💡 Innovation
🧬 New machine speeds up DNA sequencing – hours instead of weeks
Sequencing a patient's entire DNA and getting the results back can currently take doctors several weeks. But a new method developed by researchers at Stanford Medicine can cut that time to hours instead.The researchers use a new sequencing machine from Oxford...
💰 EU pledges €1bn to support Entrepreneurship in space sector
Space, as it seems, is where it's at right now. Prices are dropping and possibilities increasing, making way for an industry expected to have a turnover of $1.4 trillion by 2030. Of course, no country wants to be left behind and miss out on this new and...
🪁 Kitepower – the future of green energy?
Airborne Wind Energy, a leading start-up in the wind energy sector, is now working on alternatives to traditional wind turbines. The alternative is both innovative and cost-efficient. According to the start-up, their new technology, Kitepower, uses up to 90% less...
🔬 AI just as good at diagnosing prostate cancer as a pathologist
1.3 million men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. To make a reliable diagnosis, a pathologist must analyze a tissue sample. A new study suggests that AI can be beneficial in that process.A problem with today's prostate cancer diagnosis is that...
