Technology
Virginia Beach lab speeds up COVID-19 testing with new technology
The technology is capable of returning COVID-19 test results in just 30 minutes, according to the lab’s president. NORFOLK, Va. — With states reopening and people returning to work, employers are faced with a new challenge: testing for COVID-19. “If a job site shoots up high on the positive list — like 20, 30, or …
Horizon Technology Finance Provides $20 Million Venture Loan Facility to Provivi
FARMINGTON, Conn., June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, announced today it has provided a $20 million venture loan …
The Evolution Of Tax Technology
Taxes, we are told, have been around almost as long as Death. Even the most primitive tribe typically has some form of “taxation,” such as an expectation to participate in communal defense. We generally don’t think of taxation as being something that has developed over the years, like technology. But, much of our current taxation …
LhARA: world-leading radiobiology and novel technology development | Imperial News
The CCAP has led the design for LhARA: a new world-leading radiobiology facility that could deliver a paradigm shift in cancer therapy. The Centre for Clinical Application of Particles (CCAP) and the Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications (LhARA) consortium has published a pre-conceptual design report (pre-CDR) for a new, highly flexible facility that will probe …
8 ways technology is helping fight coronavirus
Around the world, tech start-ups are putting leading-edge innovations at the service of frontline workers. Many use artificial intelligence and cloud computing to help organizations process data, giving new insights to help fight the virus. Some companies have made their software available for free to those who need it most. Behind the achievements of those …
The Technology 202: Two former Pinterest employees allege racial discrimination at the company
with Tonya Riley Two black women who until recently served in key public policy roles at Pinterest are making their claims of racial discrimination at the company public. Ifeoma Ozoma, who as Pinterest’s public policy and social impact manager was widely credited for leading its efforts to combat misinformation about vaccines, says she was unfairly …
Food-X Technologies Announces Strategic Alliance With Attabotics Inc.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Food-X Technologies, a leading scalable end-to-end software solution for profitable online grocery fulfillment, today announced a three year strategic alliance with robotic warehouse and fulfillment system provider, Attabotics to leverage common synergies and streamline technology and operations at Food-X Technologies fulfillment centers across the globe. Attabotics sells, designs, manufactures and implements 3D …
Sherlock Biosciences Named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sherlock Biosciences today announced that it has been selected as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Launched last year, Sherlock Biosciences is using Engineering Biology tools, including CRISPR and Synthetic Biology, to create a new generation of molecular diagnostics that can rapidly deliver accurate and affordable results for a vast …
DARPA taps Wyss technology to ID drugs for COVID-19 treatment – Harvard Gazette
The Wyss Institute and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have signed an agreement worth up to $16 million over the next year to use Wyss technologies to identify and test FDA-approved drugs that could be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19. Specifically, DARPA will use the computational drug-discovery pipelines and human organ …
Carbon Engineering named a Technology Pioneer | News
Founded by Harvard Professor, David Keith, in 2009, Carbon Engineering has now fully demonstrated its direct air capture (DAC) technology and is working to deploy industrial-scale DAC facilities that will each capture one million tonnes of CO2 a year. “Being selected to join the community of Technology Pioneers, alongside leading innovators and entrepreneurs, in an honour …
