With atoms and lasers, IonQ makes a quantum computing leap
Startup IonQ is taking a decidedly sci-fi approach to quantum computing, using atoms to store information, along with sophisticated lasers to retrieve and process that data. IonQ expects to deliver by year’s end its first…
Unravel Data, Application Performance Monitoring Firm, Raises $35M
Big-data application performance monitoring firm Unravel Data Systems Inc. today said it has raised $35 million in a round of funding led by Point72 Ventures. Harmony Partners and existing investors Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and…
LCMS Plus is now DaVinci Education
PTA president-turned-Durham CEO channels Leonardo Da Vinci with new brand April 8, 2019 Durham, NC — The company behind the online platform that supports leading healthcare education programs — including seven of the country’s top-ranked…
DIHI Announces 2019 RFA Innovation Awards
The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) has announced that it will support high-potential innovation projects in the areas of population health and analytics, novel patient interactions, new and team-based models of care, and optimization…
DIHI Announces 2019 RFA Innovation Awards
The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) has announced that it will support high-potential innovation projects in the areas of population health and analytics, novel patient interactions, new and team-based models of care, and optimization…
String of ions may out-compute best quantum computers
New ion-based quantum computer debuts by computing the ground state of water. CHRIS LEE – 2/26/2019, 10:19 AM [Originally posted on Ars Technica] Usually, I reflexively delete press releases. This one was no different, but as the…
Using Supercomputers to Checkmate Cancer
Unless they’ve had a family member with cancer, most people don’t know that cancer cells mutate rapidly to escape the drugs we use to kill them. Duke PhD student Marcel Frenkel knows this problem well,…
Showcasing Innovation at 2nd “Invented at Duke” Celebration
From Antiperspirant Lotion To Waste Treatment To Targeted Radiotherapy – Duke Made Yet Another Exhibition Of Ingenious Innovations That Span Numerous Fields And Applications. Riding on the success of the first “Invented at Duke” event…
Duke Celebrates Innovation & Entrepreneurship at 1st Annual “Invented at Duke”
“Commercialization turns discovery into invention, enabling Duke researchers to fulfill our institution’s mission of bringing knowledge to bear in service to society.” –President Price A puncture-proof vascular graft, silicone microspheres, improved eye disease imaging, a…