Tag: materials science
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Quantum, AI Systems Company Gains $500M in New Funds
A developer of systems with quantum computing and artificial intelligence as a service, initially for security applications, is raising $500 million in new venture funds.
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Green Energy Chemical Company Starts-Up, Raises $15M
A new enterprise, spun-off from labs at Northwestern University, says it’s designing electrochemical processes and systems for nanoscale materials to help meet the climate crisis.
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New Venture Funds to Back Life Science, Tech Start-Ups
Three new venture funds are seeking to invest up to $6.3 billion in start-up companies with advances in life sciences, health care, energy, and information technologies.
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Nanotech Enzyme Process Boosts T-Cell Cancer Therapies
A bioengineering team devised techniques for feasibly adding cancer-killing enzymes to engineered immune cells that in lab mice kill solid-tumor and blood cancer cells.
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Implanted Organoid Connects to Brain, Reacts to Visual Cues
Engineers and neuroscientists developed a circuit that in lab mice connects implanted lab-grown brain tissue to the brain’s cognitive center and responds to visual stimuli.
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Bone Regeneration Experiment Begun on Space Station
An experiment is underway testing a bone repair biomaterial in lab mice under weightless conditions on the International Space Station.
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Venture Investor to Back Semiconductor Start-Ups
A technology investment company is partnering with a Silicon Valley incubator program to support start-up businesses developing new types of semiconductors.
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Sustained-Released Eye Treatment Company Raises $11.9M
A company creating extended-release delivery techniques for eye therapies is raising $11.9 million in its first venture funding round.
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Ginkgo Acquires Biomaterials Maker as Industry Consolidates
A developer of synthetic biology tools and components is acquiring a biological materials developer for its automation assets as the biotechnology industry consolidates.
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Preclinical 3-D Printed Breast Tissue Implant Study Begins
A study is underway testing 3-D printed regenerative breast tissue models, derived from genetically engineered plant cells, implanted in pigs.