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ProSciento Finds Funding For Clinical Research

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San Diego-based ProSciento , a clinical research organization (CRO) which focuses on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic diseases, has raised a round of funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. ProSciento is led by Dr. Marcus Hompesch. READ MORE>>.

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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

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A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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Agilent Funds Biotech Research Center At USC

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Scientific equipment maker Agilent is funding a new scientific research center at the University of Southern California , focused on biomedical research, through a new scientific collaboration.

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

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Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. This is the transition stage from basic research to applied research.

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Caltech Gets $750M For Climate Research

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university, the California Institute of Technology has received a massive, $750M pledge from entrepreneurs Stewart and Lynda Resnick, to go to environmental sustainability research. The gift is the largest ever received in Caltech's history, and the largest ever for environmental sustainability research.

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MFour Mobile Research Raises $5M

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Irvine-based MFour Mobile Research , a developer of mobile survey and research software, announced today that it has raised $5M in a new funding round. The funding came from Kayne NewRoad Ventures Fund. According to the company, the funding will go towards scaling technology and research staff.

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FarmSense Harvests $2.2M In SBIR Funding

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in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. According to the company, the funding will go to ongoing biosecurity research, including the impact of Japanese Beetles and Gypsy Moths as invasive species. Riverside-based FarmSense, a developer of "smart sensors" for the agriculture market, has raised $2.2M

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