Tag: engineering
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Infographic – Tech Shares Collapse in April
For the month of April, the Nasdaq Composite Index, made up largely of technology company stocks, fell more than 13 percent.
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Virtual Reality Studied for Chronic Cancer Pain
A software company is partnering with a psychologist to explore virtual reality working with mindfulness for relieving pain in cancer patients.
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Partnership Developing Faster, Sensitive Covid-19 Test
A collaboration between developers of protein analytics and test-strip diagnostics aims to create a quicker, more sensitive, easy-to-use Covid-19 detection test.
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Semiconductor Tech Drug Discovery Company Underway
A drug discovery company with an electronic screening process based on semiconductor technology is starting up and raising $9.25 million in seed funds.
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Health Blockchain Start-Up Raises $5.5M in Seed Funds
A new enterprise aggregating and securing a wide range of health care data with blockchain technology is raising $5.5 million in seed funds.
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Synthetic Bio Companies Partner on Therapeutic Microbes
A developer of therapies from engineered microbes is collaborating with a synthetic biology components company on tools to create engineered gut bacteria.
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Lung Chip Reveals Respiratory Immune Responses
A study with a small chip device simulating human lung functions shows normal breathing generates immune responses that protect against respiratory diseases.
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NASA Supporting Electric Alternative to Rocket Launch
A company creating an electric-powered launch technology says NASA agreed to a test later this year of a space satellite launched in low earth orbit.
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Infographic – AI Help Wanted by Workers
Gartner Inc. polled U.S. consumers about their views of A.I. in the workplace and found a number of tasks for which workers would accept A.I.’s help.
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NIH Funding Nanoparticle Gene Therapy for Opioid Disorder
National Institutes of Health is funding research on an experimental gene therapy delivered with nanoparticles to treat opioid use disorder.