2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
New fertilizer made out of repurposed alkaline batteries being tested by Australian startup to help keep some of the 158 million batteries sold each year out of the landfill An Australian company has announced new testing of a new kind of fertilizer It’s made with a mix of zinc and manganese powder sourced from old … Read more
Lab-grown fish is real: San Diego start-up gets $20million in funding to develop yellowtail derived from muscle tissue cells taken from real fish BlueNalu is a San Diego startup that makes lab grown seafood The company says its products are ethical and sustainable alternatives to commercial fishing, and are made from real fish muscle tissue … Read more
Government launches start-up loan aid to help innovative businesses survive the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:52 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 22:52 BST, 19 May 2020 The latest Government aid scheme is launching today to help innovative and high-growth businesses survive the pandemic. The £500million Future Fund will open … Read more
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is now pouring funds into a start-up wants to gene-edit heart disease out of existence using a one-time injection. Verve Therapeutics hopes to leverage its CEO’s discovery of a gene he believes is linked to lower heart disease risks to ‘fix’ the DNA of people at high risk of heart disease. … Read more
British tech start-up helping to train front-line staff at NHS’s new emergency hospital in London to detect coronavirus By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 3 April 2020 A British tech start-up is helping to train front-line staff at the NHS’s new emergency hospital in … Read more
California company creates windows with built-in solar panels to help residents comply with a state regulation mandating all new home constructions use solar power A tech company in Redwood City has made windows with solar panels in them The windows only absorb infrared and ultraviolet light to avoid dim interiors The company believes the windows … Read more
ALABAMA Alabama health officials on Tuesday ordered the closure of day cares, senior centers and on-site restaurant dining in six counties to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The order from the Alabama Department of Public Health applies to Jefferson County, which has the highest number of cases, and the surrounding counties of Tuscaloosa, Walker, Blount, St. … Read more
Chinese driverless delivery van startup sees a surge in demand amid coronavirus outbreak as the machine stops physical contact with customers China has eased restrictions on autonomous vehicles since coronavirus Now, a Neolix, a driverless delivery service is thriving by doing tasks The technology is delivering goods and food without human contact It is also filling … Read more
Startup grows ‘breast milk’ in a lab that contains two key components of the biological version but still lacks crucial immune benefits Biomilq says its has created a type of lab-grown ‘breast milk’ in a bioreactor The researchers used mammary cells to create milk with lactose and casein While it mimics nutritional components of breast milk … Read more