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Artificial intelligence
AI startup Blaize raises $71 million - sources - Reuters
2021-07-27 01:01:00 UTC
Artificial intelligence computing company Blaize Inc has raised $71 million from investors including Temasek and Franklin Templeton, according to people familiar with the matter.
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AI tech firm DataRobot valued at $6.3 bln after $300 mln investment - Reuters
2021-07-27 14:13:00 UTC
Artificial intelligence technology company DataRobot said on Tuesday it has raised $300 million in a funding round led by Altimeter Capital and Tiger Global, more than doubling its valuation to $6.3 billion.
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ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
2021-07-29 13:00:43 UTC
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding.
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Bioinformatics
Artificial intelligence in structural biology is here to stay
2021-07-27 00:00:00 UTC
Machine learning will transform our understanding of protein folding. And its essential that all data be open.
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DeepMind and EMBL Release AI-predicted Protein Database
2021-07-27 13:31:22 UTC
DeepMind and the European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL) release an AI-predicted protein database to the scientific community using AlphaFold that may accelerate life sciences.
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Researchers film human viruses in liquid droplets at near-atomic detail
2021-07-30 07:39:11 UTC
A pond in summer can reveal more about a fish than a pond in winter. The fish living in icy conditions might remain still enough to study its scales, but to understand how the fish swims and behaves, it needs to freely move in three dimensions. The same holds
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Genomics
Bio-Rad, 10x Genomics settle genomics patent war - Reuters
2021-07-27 19:39:00 UTC/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/YXKVN3KPVNJ2PL2IATOPHWLHW4.jpg)
Rivals Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc and 10x Genomics Inc have settled their multi-front battle over microfluidic genetic analysis technology, 10x announced Tuesday.
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1910 Genetics Jen Nwankwo and Playground Globals Jory Bell are joining us for Extra Crunch Live
2021-07-27 15:00:51 UTC
Our Extra Crunch Live series continues with some heavy hitters in August, including Jen Nwankwo, founder and CEO at 1910 Genetics, and Playground Global General Partner Jory Bell. Theyll be with us live on August 11 at 12 PM PT (3 PM ET) to tell us all about
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Sidley, DLA Piper lobby for Illumina against FTC merger challenge - Reuters
2021-07-30 19:25:00 UTC/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/FO6BIP6VHFIZFNTW5DY555BPRQ.jpg)
Illumina Inc ramped up its U.S. lobbying spend in Washington, D.C., in recent months, hiring law firms Sidley Austin and DLA Piper to advocate for the biotechnology company as it prepares to contest a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust complaint at tria
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Genetics
1910 Genetics Jen Nwankwo and Playground Globals Jory Bell are joining us for Extra Crunch Live
2021-07-27 15:00:51 UTCOur Extra Crunch Live series continues with some heavy hitters in August, including Jen Nwankwo, founder and CEO at 1910 Genetics, and Playground Global General Partner Jory Bell. Theyll be with us live on August 11 at 12 PM PT (3 PM ET) to tell us all about
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Dogs, Unlike Wolves, Are Born to Communicate With People
2021-07-30 11:00:00 UTC
Wolf puppies cant understand human gestures as well as their dog cousins. The difference could help explain what makes dogs so special.
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Wisdom Panel's new dog breed detection system uses AI to ID your pup - CNET
2021-07-28 13:00:08 UTC
The company makes big claims about its new DNA test.
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GWAS
More genetic markers for inherited testicular cancer identified
2021-07-29 12:34:24 UTC
A meta-analysis of nearly 200,000 men revealed 22 new genetic locations that could be susceptible to inherited testicular germ cell tumors.
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The distribution of common-variant effect sizes
2021-07-29 00:00:00 UTC
Fourier Mixture Regression (FMR) is a method for estimating common-variant effect-size distributions. Applying FMR to summary statistics for complex traits from the UK Biobank shows that heritability is spread across a wide range of effect sizes.
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An autoimmune disease risk variant: A trans master regulatory effect mediated by IRF1 under immune stimulation?
2021-07-27 14:00:00 UTCAuthor summary Although many genetic loci have been associated to disease, understanding how these variants impact molecular and cellular functions to impact disease risk have been challenging. Here, we first used blood cells from a large number of individual
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Data science
Five takeaways on the science behind CDC's latest mask guidance
2021-07-31 08:07:51 UTC
With surges in Covid-19 cases driven by the Delta variant, most Americans are now being advised to wear masks indoors -- regardless of vaccination status -- by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Employee engagement platform Culture Amp raises $100M at a $1.5B valuation
2021-07-29 11:00:48 UTC
Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding
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No-code Bubble raises $100M to make technical co-founders obsolete
2021-07-27 14:00:23 UTC
Among Silicon Valley circles, a fun parlor game is to ask to what extent world GDP levels are held back by a lack of computer science and technical training. How many startups could be built if hundreds of thousands or even millions of more people could code
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Population genetics
A little alcohol weekly protects your heart if you have existing condition, study finds
2021-07-27 00:00:10 UTC
If you are living with heart disease, having a small amount of alcohol each day is linked to a lower risk of having another heart attack, stroke, angina (heart pain because of constricted arteries) or an early death, according to a new large study.
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Seattle Genetics (SGEN) Q2 2021 Earnings Call Transcript
2021-07-30 14:03:11 UTC
SGEN earnings call for the period ending June 30, 2021.
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Why Do Variants Such as Delta Become Dominant?
2021-07-30 10:45:00 UTC
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Inheritance
4thWrite short story prize reveals engaging and provocative 2021 shortlist
2021-07-29 11:00:30 UTC
Seeking out the best new Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, this years finalists range across continents to show the best of what stories can doThe fallout from civil war invades the London home of a high-flying Sri Lankan couple. An elderly Jamaica
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'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' gets a new trailer
2021-07-27 15:00:08 UTC
I will pretty gladly always take a new Ghostbusters movie. I loved the original, I found Ghostbusters 2 to be ok and the reboot was wonderful. I do not understand the complaining.
This looks like a ton of fun.
Set in the universe of the first
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: I gave my parents a vintage car. They secretly agreed with my brother to take any upgrading costs out of my inheritance. Is that fair?
2021-07-29 17:08:00 UTC
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Bioinformatics AI
Artificial intelligence in structural biology is here to stay
2021-07-27 00:00:00 UTCMachine learning will transform our understanding of protein folding. And its essential that all data be open.
Read more at Nature.com
DeepMind and EMBL Release AI-predicted Protein Database
2021-07-27 13:31:22 UTCDeepMind and the European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL) release an AI-predicted protein database to the scientific community using AlphaFold that may accelerate life sciences.
Read more at Psychology Today
Global AI in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Market Report 2021-2026 with Use Cases for Verizon, Deutche Telecom, 2O.ai, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Telefonica, Brighterion AI
2021-07-29 13:03:00 UTC
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Precision medicine
Olympics-Shooting-Australia's Galiabovitch brings surgical precision to range - Reuters
2021-07-28 10:53:00 UTCMedical school manuals may not mention it but Australia's Elena Galiabovitch believes shooting has made her a better surgeon, and not the other way round.
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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
2021-07-30 21:42:00 UTC
CareDx Reports 77% Revenue Growth for Second Quarter of 2021 and Increases Full Year Revenue Guidance
2021-07-29 20:01:00 UTC
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Health
What Simone Biles Can Teach Our Children About Mental Health
2021-07-29 15:30:00 UTC
If our children are old enough to be watching the Olympics with us, theres a good chance they have already seen a fair amount of coverage and the reactionsboth good and badsurrounding Simone Biles decision to withdraw from the competition due to mental he
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Catch takes hold of $12M to provide benefits that arent tied to employers
2021-07-30 13:00:16 UTC
Catch is working to make sure that every gig worker has the health and retirement benefits they need.
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Insurtech startup Spot brings in $17.5M equity, debt to fill insurance gaps for accidental injuries
2021-07-28 13:00:22 UTC
Spot is tackling affordable healthcare with a digital, on-demand injury insurance product that can be as-is or as a compliment to traditional health insurance.
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Technology
ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
2021-07-29 13:00:43 UTCOne year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding.
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Omega Returns to the Olympics
2021-07-27 00:28:39 UTC
For the 29th time, the Swatch Group brand will be timing the events and introducing some new technology at the Tokyo Games.
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Homebase raises $70M for a team management platform aimed at SMBs and their hourly workers
2021-07-29 10:03:07 UTC
Small and medium enterprises have become a big opportunity in the world of B2B technology in the last several years, and today a startup thats building tools aimed at helping them manage their teams of workers is announcing some funding that underscores the
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Scientific publications
Dove va il mondo del gadget Editorial Design
2021-07-27 15:04:36 UTC
Dove va il mondo del gadget Editorial Design
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Be.Family shared an editorial design for Ser.Com, an Italian company focused on neuro gadgets, a new frontier of corporate gadgets based on the emotional dimension of the target. Their cons
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New insights on flowering could boost cassava crops
2021-07-30 16:52:27 UTC
Two new publications examining cassava flowering reveal insights into the genetic and environmental factors underpinning one of the world's most critical food security crops.
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LifeNet Health features revolutionary biologics for wounds at APMA Annual Scientific Meeting
2021-07-28 19:30:00 UTC
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