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

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With Katakem, Oliverio aims to develop what he calls a “robot chef” for chemists — a device that makes chemical reactions more consistently reproducible while accelerating the experimental process. “The production of a chemical product is strictly regulated and standardized. Image Credits: Katakem. million ($1.27

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

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In development is a smarter version of the sampler that includes a set of sensors that can do on-site testing for all the most common factors: temperature, pH, troubling organisms, various chemicals. 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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Aigen’s swarm of agtech robots want to make agriculture carbon negative

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Even the diehard people that love chemicals, that love tilling the earth and other practices that have been releasing carbon in the atmosphere for thousands of years are starting to realize, hey, maybe we should be open to other ways to do this,” reflects Richard Wurden, CEO at Aigen. “We are collecting data through images.

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EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights

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Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims to map the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and more cheaply than traditional techniques, and has raised $10M to scale its solution. The best way to check these things, however, involves “putting a really expensive stick in the ground,” said Dyrud.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

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From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. With just over a 1.5%

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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

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The three-pronged technology includes biofloc technology, which creates an ideal environment to protect shrimp from disease and so they can grow without the need for antibiotics or harsh chemicals and with minimal need for water discharge. CellMEAT, a South Korean lab-grown shrimp producer, bags $8.1M Series A funding . Now armed with $3.9

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Aramco’s Prosperity7 powers AI drug firm Insilico’s $95M round

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Sustainable chemistry, as defined by OECD , is “a scientific concept that seeks to improve the efficiency with which natural resources are used to meet human needs for chemical products and services.” “Ren generates a lot of proprietary data for us to train AI to do better than humans.

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