IonQ Secures $55 Million in Funding to Bring Quantum Computing from the Lab to the Enterprise.
IonQ, the leader in universal quantum computing, today announced it has secured $55 million in a funding round led by the Samsung Catalyst Fund and Mubadala Capital. This round of funding brings IonQ’s total amount raised to $77…
Realtime Robotics scores $11.7M Series A to help robots avoid collisions
One of the major challenges facing engineers as they develop more agile robots is helping them move through space while avoiding collisions, especially in a dynamic environment. Realtime Robotics, a Boston-based startup, announced an $11.7 million…
Phitonex Announces $2M Seed Funding
Fluorescent Dye Platform Will Enable New Breadth and Depth in Single Cell Analysis DURHAM, North Carolina. (PR NEWSWIRE) — Phitonex, Inc., developers of next-generation fluorescent labels for biomarker detection on single cells, announces that is…
Exclusive License Agreement for Duke start-up, restor3D®
Ken Gall’s 3D-printing company, restor3D, has signed an exclusive license with SeaSpine, a global medical tech company. SeaSpine Holdings Corporation (SPNE), a global medical technology company focused on surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal…
Echodyne Raises $20M in Funding
Echodyne, a Kirkland, Wash.-based manufacturer of radars for government and commercial markets, closed an additional $20M financing round. Existing investors participating in the round included Bill Gates, Madrona Ventures, NEA, Vulcan Capital, and Lux Capital.…
Quantum Computing Holds Promise for the Public Sector
Quantum computers can vault far past today’s systems. They could help resolve issues around health care and policy outcomes, but technologists, academia and government will need to collaborate to make them truly useful. In 1981,…
Hungry for Innovation: Notable Project Stems from MEDx Dinner
On a chilly December evening in Durham guests arrived at The Restaurant at The Durham Hotel with a hunger for food and innovation. Seated around a U-shaped table, gastroenterology and engineering professionals brainstormed engineering solutions…
Polarean Enrols First Patient At University Of Cincinnati Trial Site
Polarean Imaging PLC on Monday announced enrolment of the first patients in its third trial site at the University of Cincinnati in the US and is on track for its third quarter enrolment target. Shares…
Echodyne plays role in a pioneering flight of a drone on its own
A public-private consortium led by the University of Alaska has conducted the first-ever federally authorized test flight of a drone beyond the operator’s line of sight without on-the-ground observers keeping watch – with Echodyne, the…