Tag: physical sciences
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Trial Underway Testing Insulin Capsules
Researchers began screening participants for a clinical trial assessing insulin formulated as capsules for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Therapist-Guided Home Stroke Rehab System in Works
A university lab is designing a system that allows for people with stroke to perform rehabilitation at home, while still guided remotely by a therapist.
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Lightweight AI Chip Designer Raises $2.8M in Seed Funds
A new company is designing computer chips and devices with artificial intelligence modeled on insect brains for autonomous vehicles and robotic systems.
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Privacy-Enhanced Contact Tracing App in the Works
A mobile app for Covid-19 contact tracing, designed to protect the user’s personal privacy, is being developed by two university engineering labs.
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$500K Challenge Seeks A.I. Covid-19 Reopening Models
A new challenge from XPrize seeks evidence-based models using artificial intelligence to help governments reopen their economies during the pandemic.
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Tech, Genomics Companies Form DNA Storage Alliance
Four companies from the computer technology and genomics industries are starting a coalition to advance DNA as a data storage medium.
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Start-Up Gains Drug Nanoparticle Manufacturing Tech
A new enterprise spun-off from University of Connecticut is acquiring a technology for continuous manufacturing of nanoscale drug particles.
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Salk, Energy Utility Partner on Carbon Capture Plants
A California energy utility and Salk Institute are collaborating on engineering new plant varieties that capture and store more carbon dioxide in the ground.
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Electric Crispr Chip Quickly Detects Covid-19 Virus
An engineering lab developed a chip device that uses gene editing and an electric field to detect viruses responsible for Covid-19 infections.
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Oral Drug Delivery Company Acquired in $1.8B Deal
Emisphere Technologies, developers of a process that makes biologic drugs available as oral medicines is being acquired by drug maker Novo Nordisk.