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A $38 million funding round has been disclosed by Arzeda, a protein design business that creates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural, and other uses. The Seattle-based startup uses tools for protein design to produce enzyme blueprints. In its laboratories, Arzeda tests and develops the enzymes
Parent-reported preadolescent sleep disruptions were linked to a 2-year risk for suicidal ideation and attempts, according to the findings published in JAMA Network Open. These findings imply that sleep may be a visible risk factor for the investigation and intervention in youth suicide prevention. This
Matchbox, a brand-new live-action picture from Skydance and Mattel Films starring John Cena and helmed by Sam Hargrave, has been acquired by Apple Original Films. David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper will pen the screenplay for the film, which is based on Mattel’s renowned die-cast toy
Researchers from Spain and Japan have discovered abundant live fungi, bacteria, and viruses at altitudes of 1,000 to 3,000 meters in Earth’s atmosphere. This groundbreaking study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved collecting air samples over Japan to investigate how
Cortex Applications Inc., a productivity platform startup, announced it has raised $60 million in funding to enhance its internal developer platform, increase developer awareness, and integrate more advanced workflows, engineering intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019, Cortex provides a platform that helps companies streamline
On August 15, two Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by a SpaceX Falcon 9. Liftoff of the Maxar-2 mission occurred at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. The company’s constellation of six high-resolution imaging satellites, called WorldView Legion, requires
This week, space weather has continued to produce vivid displays of the Northern Lights, which are even more amazing from 250 miles above Earth, where astronauts live and work. At least five strong solar flares with coronal mass ejection throughout the course of the weekend
The August security update for Samsung phones is being sent rapidly, which is indicative of its significance. It is now available for certain years-old former flagships in the US after being added to the Galaxy S24 range and some Galaxy Fold models last week. The
The finance behemoth has made its latest investment in a low-key Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that specializes in search engines and writing help: Ant Group. According to a report released by local media Latepost on Thursday, Shanghai Mita Network Technology raised over 100 million
Workers everywhere put in countless hours a day on monotonous repetitive chores, like turning papers into PDFs and then uploading them to a drive, where they are then imported into a database and sent to a group of people by email. Even though UiPath was