Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into an initiative to create a “virtual cell” that researchers can use to combat disease, as reported earlier by Reuters. The project is led by Biohub, a nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. […]
Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are putting $1.8bn into data to train AI models that predict how cells behave. Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are joining with $300M between them, Biohub announced on …
Paris start-up Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round to build an AI model that predicts how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes. HV led the round, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture taking part, the company said on Wednesday. …
A European research group has built a robot that uses magnets to steer ultra-thin graphene electrodes into the brain. Barcelona’s INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, which leads the clinical work, announced the results on Wednesday, at the end of the EU-funded M…
Northern lights may return to 22 U.S. states and Canada overnight on Thursday, Oct. 8, into Friday, Oct. 9, with a CME likely to trigger G1-G2 geomagnetic storms.
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Cleveland Clinic’s AI for brain seizures, Fidji Simo’s plan to solve complex, chronic disease, and Vivek Ramaswamy’s estimated $12 million tax cut.
Signs of a healthy relationship can be surprising. Psychology research points to two: preferring truths over white lies and letting a partner have a bad day.
Bridge Neurotech came out of stealth on Tuesday with $13.5M in funding. It plans a brain-computer interface that needs no surgery and no implant. The startup wants to use ultrasound to read brain activity through the skull. It also signed a research de…
DoorDash, the leading food delivery app, processed 970 million orders in its second quarter this year and generated $4.5 billion in revenue. A 10-person startup called Bites is a blip in comparison: It has just around 300 restaurants signed up in the Bay Area, where it’s operating as a pre-seed startup. But this summer, Bites […]
Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.