Sentences with phrase «drive research advances»

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While still at MIT, Vogt also programmed a Ford F - 150 to drive itself across the Nevada desert, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge in 2005, though his team didn't make it past the qualifying round.

Signaling its seriousness, Ford said Tuesday that it had elevated work on self - driving cars from mere research to an advanced engineering project.

In February, Uber and CMU went public with a partnership deal that was to result in joint advances in research and development for maps, vehicle safety, and autonomous driving.

The year - over-year improvement was driven primarily by reduced taxes, lower restructuring charges, and a modest top - line advance (+1 %), partially offset by increased production (+4 %), SG&A (+3 %), and research & development (+2 %) costs.

Mark Noll intended his Scandal of the Evangelical Mind in part to stimulate moves across the evangelical spectrum toward a research - driven model that would enable evangelicals to advance knowledge at the highest levels within a distinctly evangelical worldview.

Under this system, the life of the mind became connected to a research - driven agenda, scholars being measured by how much they advanced knowledge.

The topics were informed by interviews with both industry and research, with some being primarily driven by advances and investment in science and technology while others require broader operational changes at the business and ecosystem level.

As a research - driven organization led by nutrition scientists, the McCormick Science Institute is focused on advancing the scientific study of the health and wellness properties of spices and herbs, with all research teams required to submit their findings to reputable, peer - reviewed scientific journals for publication.

It's important because - through us - you get access to world - class research facilities and dedicated scientists, food technologists etc. that are constantly seeking to find cutting edge discoveries that will drive advances in human and animal health.

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as «student - driven, parent - enabled.»

After diving into the literature and research while studying for my advanced degrees and working intimately with hundreds of families through my work (plus 3 co-sleeping babes of my own), I discovered that those natural drives of early childhood are actually brilliant and essential for a little one to thrive.

This dedication to exceptional pediatric medical care also inspires and drives our research: our institutes, centers and divisions continuously explore and develop new and advanced diagnostics, therapies and methods that touch people in every stage of their lives.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute bills itself as a «high - tech educational ecosystem» and «the world's most advanced, university - driven research enterprise» with more than «300 corporate partners.»

is an essential platform for peer - reviewed, multidisciplinary research driving the latest medical advances.

Stephen Waldron / AAAS Interdisciplinary science is driving advances in marine and freshwater research — ...

Being a science editor allows you to keep abreast of the latest advances in research without having to spend time at the bench — an ideal combination if it is bench work itself that is driving you away from research.

Next week, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), which is part of the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence, will hold a meeting about a planned funding programme for detecting genetically modified organisms that are potentially harmful, including ones that contain gene drives.

The research team included expertise from Argonne's Advanced Photon Source (APS), Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), Chemical Sciences and Engineering, and Materials Science, and partners from Northwestern University, the University of Connecticut - Storrs and the University of Wisconsin - Madison, who wanted to understand the driving force behind the rearrangements.

Scientific, research - based teaching makes sense to faculty whose science builds on prior evidence and advances the field through hypothesis - driven experiments and analysis, says Frederick.

DARPA [the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] used to play a major role, and they're completely application - driven now, or almost completely.

«The use of a radiofrequency - driven magnetic field is a big advance in remote gene expression because it is non-invasive and easily adaptable,» says Dordick, who is Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and vice president of research at Rensselaer.

«The research performed at NSLS - II will probe the fundamental structure of novel materials and help drive the development of low - cost, low - carbon energy technologies, spark advances in environmental science, and spur medical breakthroughs,» Moniz said.

Interdisciplinary science is driving advances in marine and freshwater research — progress largely due to the use and ability of underwater robotics to collect data from some of the world's least hospitable regions, said scientists during a presentation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Washington headquarters.

The first DARPA Grand Challenge — a 2004 race of self - driving vehicles through the Mojave Desert sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — was a well - publicized flop, with the best vehicle covering just one - tenth of the course.

A bill requiring all National Science Foundation grants to pass a «national interest» test could hamper the sort of curiosity - driven research that «at first might have seemed esoteric and hardly in the public interest, but ultimately advanced human quality of life,» AAAS CEO Rush Holt writes in a...

«Whether it's an advanced drive vehicle of any sort — a hybrid, a plug - in hybrid or an electric vehicle (EV)-- the manufacturers are taking it seriously, and they understand it as a growing market,» said Jeremy Acevedo, analyst at the automotive research website Edmunds.com.

The experiments set off a debate about the safest way to do gene drive experiments in the lab and helped prompt the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the academies's study.

Its report, Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty and Aligning Research with Public Values, stresses that although gene drive offers great promise for agriculture, conservation, and public health, neither the science nor the current regulatory system is adequate to address the risks and requirements of gene drive — altered organisms.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's $ 65 - million program called Transformer has awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and other corporations to develop aircraft that can also drive on a road.

No single test can determine the safety of self - driving cars, says Steven Shladover, a research engineer and manager of the Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology program at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Obama Administration is exploring fundamental reforms to human subjects protections — actions that are being driven in part by the fact that technological advances, especially in genomics and computing, have made the notion of «de-identifying» a research participant's biological sample virtually impossible.

In this role he is responsible for driving innovation across the entire portfolio of the advanced materials division.Sreeram joined Dow in June 2006 as the vice president of core research and development, where he initiated innovation in the application of advanced materials to a variety of product areas.

Scientific American technology editor Larry Greenemeier talks with Ken Washington, vice president of Research and Advanced Engineering at Ford, about self - driving cars.

Having an organization driving collaboration and funding is also key to advancing research, he said about CRI's 60 years of leadership in the field.

Kim et al. suggest that moving away from empirical research to either systems analysis or hypothesis driven approaches may advance our vaccinology understanding.5 Interrogation of peripheral blood responses following vaccination, termed «systems vaccinology», has led to the identification of immune signatures and pathways that are correlated to immune responses.

The University of Leicester has secured funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Proximity to Discovery scheme to support engagement between academic scientists and industry partners to drive biomedical research into «real world» advances in health care, bio-medical and pharmaceutical Research Council (MRC) Proximity to Discovery scheme to support engagement between academic scientists and industry partners to drive biomedical research into «real world» advances in health care, bio-medical and pharmaceutical research into «real world» advances in health care, bio-medical and pharmaceutical sectors.

The New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not - for - profit organization that since 1817 has been driving innovative solutions to society's challenges by advancing scientific research, education, and policy.

They are the engine that drives new discoveries and advances research towards cures for diseases.

Fallon said that in addition to the value of the findings themselves, the study demonstrates advances in creating animal models that can be used more successfully in mimicking the disease in ALS research, which is a key element in driving new research and possible therapies.

This is a fast moving field and these detailed methods will help drive advances in stem cell research.

Science is becoming increasingly driven by advanced technologies that are fundamentally changing the way research is conducted.

Through a powerful integration of basic and clinical research, we are driving major advances that have an impact on many of today's most devastating diseases.

«We've shown that the direct - drive method, is on par with other work being done in advancing nuclear fusion research,» said Bose.

«Moderna is firing on all cylinders, making important discoveries on the core science behind mRNA drugs, advancing research programs and filing key patents to drive future growth,» said Bancel.

This research is the driving force behind delivering medical advances to patients and their families, enabling us to educate health care professionals and the public, and to establish outreach services for underserved populations.

At the University of Chicago Medicine campus, care is based on a foundation of advanced, research - driven medicine.

This Hub will ensure Australia does not miss out on advances in genomic - driven advances in drug development and oncology, and will lay the foundations for advances in the global effort to transform cancer research and treatment.

Three big factors - research, classroom innovation and advances in technology are driving the change.

She has successfully directed efforts and forged partnerships to professionalize the field of teaching, raise educator quality, and work with legislators to implement policies that advance research - driven innovations and equity for all students.

Understanding the potential impact of the systemic use of coaching, the UF Lastinger Center has created, field - tested, and perfected a portfolio of research - driven coaching programs to advance learning in a range of areas and subjects and is offering access to them through a new Coaching Academy.