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It would be a shame to impose any new limits now, when venture capital is the asset class that can best help build and nurture the companies that bring about growth and job creation.

Headband-shaped device designed by grad students could be a promising in-home treatment option Parkinson’s disease patients whose symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness and slowed movement make it tough to hold an eating utensil steady have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Medication can help, but over time it tends to

Soon, nearly every device will be online. That is both a beautiful and a dangerous thing “We live in a connected world” is a well-worn axiom. Even so, few people realize the true extent of that interconnectivity. Networking giant Cisco Systems estimates that by 2015 as many as 15 billion devices will be connected to

Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, green energy technology is now one step closer to using excess CO2 to store solar energy – in the form of chemical bonds – for

By shifting a fundamental property of computation, Princeton researchers have built a new type of computer chip that boosts the performance and slashes the energy demands of systems used for artificial intelligence. The chip, which works with standard programming languages, could be particularly useful on phones, watches or other devices that rely on high-performance computing

“Cognitive Patterns” features intelligent human-robot collaboration Robots can be ideal in situations where humans are not, like entering a radioactive facility, or disposing of explosive ordinance. But even so, these mobile machines still require considerable human oversight as they lack the intelligence to respond to the unexpected on their own. If robots are to become

Genetic Diversity of the species significantly increased providing fresh hope for the future survival of this near-extinct species Black-footed ferrets, a critically endangered species native to North America, have renewed hope for future survival thanks to successful efforts by a coalition of conservationists, including scientists at Lincoln Park Zoo, to reproduce genetically important offspring using

Tailor welded coil technology   Tailor Welded Blanks showed off new technology on Friday that could lead to lighter, more fuel-efficient automobiles as well as bigger business for the Frenchtown Township metal-processing factory. The company, at 1600 Nadeau Rd. in Frenchtown Township, demonstrated its “tailor welded coil technology,” which will provide stronger and less costly

Image via CrunchBase IN a city passionate about the environment and technology, commuters are using their smartphones to check in at a popular social networking service to help keep a critter threatened by climate change from checking out. “What does it take to help save the endangered pika? About 20 seconds,” read ads from Earthjustice, a