holy grail

Scripps awarded $7.9 million NIH grant for research to find root...

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Thu, 06/30/2011 - 22:00

(Scripps Research Institute) Researchers investigating a root cause for heart attacks and coronary artery disease will soon begin a novel investigative approach bordering on science fiction in pursuit of the holy grail of American medicine: preventing the nation's No. 1 killer.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $7.9 million grant to the Scripps Translational Science Institute of San Diego and Sangamo BioSciences of Richmond, Calif., to conduct the nation's first-ever, heart-based "disease in a dish" research.


 

Goodwin Procter Launches Founder’s Workbench

Small Business Trends  Tue, 11/16/2010 - 05:00

Boston (PRESS RELEASE – November 16, 2010) – Goodwin Procter LLP, a national Am Law 50 law firm, launched Founder’s Workbench, a free, online resource that helps entrepreneurs navigate many of the legal and organizational challenges commonly faced by start-ups and emerging companies.  The site, which includes self-service tools for generating basic company legal documents, removes cost and access barriers that can handicap early stage ventures and bootstrap operations, and provides advice and best practices on a wide variety of topics related to capital-effic


 

News Story Google, Bing and Twitter sitting in a tree...

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Thu, 10/22/2009 - 03:36

Forget the Windows 7 launch, the real big news from Microsoft this week is that it has reached a deal with Twitter to include real-time tweet data in Bing searches.

If that wasn't excitement enough for the Twitterati, just a few hours after Microsoft made its announcement Google joined in and announced that it too had reached an agreement with Twitter to do the same.


 

McDonald's the holy grail for potato farmers

MSNBC.com: Business  Wed, 09/23/2009 - 08:24

A freshly fried batch of Clearwater Russett french fries is pictured in the laboratory at the University of Idaho, Kimberly Research Center.<br /><br />Potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries.



 

How to sell your killer iPhone app

Ask FSB  Thu, 06/25/2009 - 07:03

A guide to breaking big in Apple’s very crowded market.

Keeven Kuate Konga, Tempe What steps do I take in order to make a big jump in the iPhone application industry?

I have found an app designer. I know the basics, but is there any other information other than what’s given on Apple’s Web site?


 

ALIPR - Image Recognition for Keywording

Photo Business News & Forum  Sun, 10/12/2008 - 17:03

Image recognition - that is - the automated determination of the visual contents of an image parsed into text, is the holy grail of search.


 

SMS Mobile Marketing Tailored For Small Business

Small Business Trends  Sun, 10/05/2008 - 05:03

PASADENA, CA (September 2, 2008) - NearU Search, a premium SMS search company, has launched a functional demo for “Qpons”, a tool that will enable small local businesses to quickly and effectively implement mobile marketing campaigns.

Text messaging (SMS) is fast-becoming the most lucrative opportunity for content providers, advertisers, and small local businesses to communicate with their customers.

Since the message arrives on a personal handset, this medium can offer unprecedented immediacy and relevancy to the end user.