Researchers at the University of Southern California and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have demonstrated a proof-of-concept system designed to restore and improve memory function in humans as part of a Defense Advanced
More
Jeffrey DeWit, treasurer for the state of Arizona and chairman of the Arizona State Board of Investments, will be nominated to serve as chief financial officer at NASA, the White House announced
More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has launched an effort to research and develop “quantum enhanced” computers. The Quantum Enhanced Optimization program aims to develop technology that can speed up the training of machine learning algorithms;
More
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has named six additional individuals to the NASA landing team, Space News reported Friday. Brian Berger and Jeff Foust write Steve Cook, a corporate vice president at Dynetics,
More
The National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency have awarded five-year grants to five research centers to study how various environmental factors affect health in communities. NIH said Wednesday the National Institute of Environmental Health
More
The Minority Business Development Agency has awarded a grant to the University of Southern California to operate a business center in Los Angeles under a program that aims to help minority-owned companies generate jobs and grow their businesses. MBDA said
More
The National Science Foundation has partnered with the Japan Science and Technology Agency to jointly fund six research projects on the use of big data and analytics to support disaster management efforts.
More