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Allozymes looks to upend chemical manufacturing with rapid enzyme engineering and $5M seed

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Part of the complex process that turns raw materials into finished products like detergents, cosmetics and flavors relies on enzymes, which facilitate chemical transformations. These large, complex molecules bind to other substances in a way that facilitates a chemical reaction, say turning sugars in a cell into a more usable form of energy.

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Flite Material Sciences uses lasers, not chemical coatings, to keep ice and rust off surfaces

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” Early research that tried to create these textures focused on a combination of gases and chemicals. About 16 companies have expressed a strong interest to do these tests in the next year and about 150 more are waiting for us to have the capacity to participate, Cohen said. ” That last point is critical.

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Nixie’s drone-based water sampling could save cities time and money

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Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of waders. Skipping the step of bringing the water back to a lab for testing streamlines the process immensely, as you might expect.

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Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round

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The company’s system enters play when you have some exotic new compound you want to make in order to test it in real life, but don’t know how to make it. The company leverages machine learning and a large body of knowledge about chemical reactions to create these processes, though as CSO Stanis?aw

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A startup using a new tech to make hydrogen extracts cash from Bill Gates’ climate tech fund

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C-Zero is developing a technology that converts natural gas to hydrogen, a much cleaner source of fuel, and solid carbon as the only waste stream for use in electrical generation, process heating and the production of commodity chemicals like hydrogen and ammonia. . “Our CTO talks about running a coal mine in reverse,” Jones said.

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Katakem’s ‘robot chef’ speeds up drug development with reliable chemistry

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Organic chemist Manuela Oliverio was working on a new drug when he noticed that test results on mice weren’t consistent, because the molecule being administered was always different depending on the chemist who produced it. “The production of a chemical product is strictly regulated and standardized. million ($1.27

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US targets advanced AI and cloud firms with new reporting proposal

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The proposed rules would require companies to report on development activities, cybersecurity measures, and results from red-teaming tests, which assess risks such as AI systems aiding cyberattacks or enabling non-experts to create chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons.

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