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Massachusetts startup OPT Industries is perfecting a 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 tests

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One small company that stepped into the fray of swab production was the two-year-old OPT Industries, a Massachusetts-based company with 15 employees involved in additive manufacturing (think 3D printing) of dense microfiber structures. While the pandemic is still a global disaster, the vaccines have changed the game when it comes to testing.

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Y Combinator’s biotech startups incubate a new generation of therapies and tools

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Medical and biotech had a strong showing at Y Combinator’s latest demo day , with nearly a dozen companies in the space catching my eye. Atom’s founders have published the details of their techniques in Nature Chemistry, and says it’s working on a COVID-19 test as well as therapies for the virus and other conditions.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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Similarly, clothing brand Under Armour recently produced an ad that used AI-generated 3D models of the British boxer Anthony Joshua, based on videos they took of him in the past. Helping software developers write and test code Similarly in tech, companies are currently open about some of their use cases, but protective of others.

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iRocket to begin rocket engine testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

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The partnership will give iRocket access to testing facilities and engineering support, chiefly at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The company is hoping that it will conduct its first rocket engine test — an on-the-ground engine firing test — at the Huntsville site in September.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan

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You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a rocket, baby: SpinLaunch scores NASA test mission to demonstrate its unique launch method. Printing me softly with his song : Mostly known for its battery packs, Anker launches a Kickstarter campaign for its first 3D printer. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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Charm Therapeutics applies AI to complex protein interactions, locking down $50M A round

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“This is done most easily when one knows how exactly these drugs bind to the protein (the exact 3D shape of the ligand bound to the disease-causing protein). . “Designing drugs that bind to the disease-causing protein of interest very tightly and selectively (i.e., All it takes is one hit and they’re laughing.

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Here’s Y Combinator’s answer to cultivated meat’s scaling problem

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Mooji Meats: Speedy 3D printing whole cuts. The company has developed a 3D printer capable of producing whole cuts of meat using plant protein or cultured meat cells. They’re developing a 3D-printed cut of Wagyu beef, and expect a prototype to be viable for taste tests within six months, co-founder Insa Mohr told TechCrunch.

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