Author: OurCrowd

[Plenty in Startup News] Plenty accelerates world’s largest vertical farming research center

Sep 4, 2024 |

Plenty Unlimited Inc. has driven many advancements in indoor farming over the past decade in its research and development (R&D) center in Laramie, Wyo., leveraging its proprietary R&D technology platform. Today it’s one of the top plant science research centers in the world, attracting expert scientists from all over the world as well as leveraging talent from the nearby University of Wyoming. After receiving the largest economic development grant ever given by the State of Wyoming, Plenty is expanding its R&D footprint and building the world’s largest vertical farming research center in Laramie with the support of the Wyoming Business Council, Laramie Chamber Business Alliance and City of Laramie. Read...

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[Insightec in PR Newswire] Charles River and Insightec announce strategic collaboration to advance therapeutic development utilizing focused ultrasound in neuroscience

Sep 4, 2024 |

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (NYSE: CRL) and Insightec, a global healthcare company dedicated to using focused ultrasound to transform patient care, today announced the launch of a five-year strategic collaboration to provide Charles River’s clients access to a comprehensive global service and technology platform for the application of focused ultrasound (FUS) for drug discovery and preclinical development of therapeutics in neuroscience. Insightec’s novel low-frequency ultrasound platform non-invasively disrupts the blood brain barrier, enabling drugs to be delivered to targeted brain areas. The procedure has generated positive clinical evidence across several neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and oncology indications, and holds promise for increasing efficacy of neurological drugs, to impact better health and outcomes for patients in the future. Read...

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[NeuReality in Unite.AI] Why the AI Autocrats Must Be Challenged to Do Better

Sep 4, 2024 |

If we’ve learned anything from the Age of AI, it’s that the industry is grappling with significant power challenges. These challenges are both literal—as in finding ways to meet the voracious energy demands that AI data centers require—and figurative—as in the concentration of AI wealth in a few hands based on narrow commercial interests rather than broader societal benefits. Read...

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[Perception Point in PR Newswire] Perception Point Reports 24% Increase in Cyber Attacks Per Employee in H1 2024, With Business and Vendor Email Compromise Attacks Soaring at 44% and 66% Respectively

Sep 4, 2024 |

TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Perception Point, a leading provider of advanced email and workspace security solutions, today released its H1 2024 Cybersecurity Trends & Insights report, revealing a significant increase in the volume and sophistication of cyber attacks targeting businesses globally. The report, which draws on data gathered from Perception Point’s multi-layered, AI-powered advanced threat prevention platform, and managed Incident Response service, highlights a 24% increase in malicious attacks per user in the first half of 2024 year over year, underscoring the escalating threat landscape. Read...

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