Flow Reactor Created that Will Be Able to Mass Produce Amino Acids

Researchers at Kyushu University have developed highly efficient amino acid synthesis from biomass-derivable acids and water using electric energy. Amino acids are the basic building blocks of proteins and are also involved in various functional materials such as feed additives, flavor enhancers, and pharmaceuticals. Above – A demonstration flow reactor constructed by researchers at Kyushu …

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Reimagining Drug Design in the Era of AI #emtechdigital

Daphne Koller is the Founder and CEO, Insitro. Insitro will integrate cutting-edge machine learning techniques with the ground-breaking innovations that have occurred in life sciences that enable the creation of the large, high-quality data sets. They will collect and use a range of very large data sets to train ML (machine learning) models to help …

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US dept of defense providing funding for Reaction engine hypersonic wind tunnel tests – focus on hypersonic military hardware and defers spaceplanes

Audio recordings of a UK Reaction engines presentation are in the NASA Spaceflight forum. Reaction Engines is making hypersonic planes and spaceplanes. Their key technology is a precooler. Reaction Engines is looking for an engine partner now. They have some good contacts with Safran through Airbus Safran Launchers. A large amount of money is being …

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DARPA wants to be able scale up agricultural crop modification within one year instead of 15 years

DARPA has a project to have insects spread genes to agricultural crops in one season Overarching Goals and Objectives 1. Select, modify, and optimize a plant virus that can deliver a genetic construct to mature target plants and ultimately express novel and desirable traits 2. Select, culture, and optimize an insect vector of the engineered …

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