Software

Proscia, a company developing digital and AI-based pathology software, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to expand the adoption of its Concentriq platform. The new investment brings the company’s total funding to $130 million as demand grows for more efficient diagnostic tools in oncology and other disease areas. The funding round…

Warehouses are going high-tech. Picture Corvus One autonomous drones hovering along 30-foot warehouse racks or Amazon’s “Proteus” robots ferrying pallets. These self-flying inventory systems operate without GPS or human guidance, using computer vision to navigate corridors, scan, map, and count inventory in real-time. In a similar vein, Honeywell has introduced a pair of new technologies…

Imagine a research world where laboratory scientists don’t just analyze their data; they talk directly to it, and it talks back. That’s a reality that the Somerset, New Jersey–based laboratory information management system (LIMS) provider LabVantage is working toward. The company’s latest LIMS platform, version 8.9, layers semantic search onto complex data sets, allowing scientists…

The R&D World Index saw a slight gain of 0.22% last week, closing at 4,163.38 points. Corporate actions focused heavily on new manufacturing investments, with Apple doubling its Advanced Manufacturing Fund and Eli Lilly announcing plans for four new U.S. drug manufacturing plants. Technology companies continued their push in advanced computing, with Amazon and Google…

The R&D World Index saw a slight gain last week amidst a landscape of innovation and cost-cutting within global industries. Pharma giants Eli Lilly and Merck announced a partnership with Purdue University to launch the Young Institute Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Consortium, aimed at bolstering domestic pharmaceutical production. However, automotive supplier Continental AG revealed further job cuts…

Apple has committed to spend over $500 billion in the U.S. by 2029, equalling the total that OpenAI and partners announced last month as part of the Stargate Project. From an R&D perspective, one core takeaway is how much of this cash will fuel cutting-edge work. For instance, Apple is specifically aiming to invest in…

In an iconic scene from The Matrix (1999), Neo sits wired to a training chair, eyes closed, as decades of martial arts expertise—jujitsu, kempo, taekwondo, even drunken boxing—flood his brain in seconds. At the end of it all, he stoically declares: “I know kung fu,” before he spars with his guide Morpheus. A quarter-century later,…

Brain signals in, mechanical responses out—traditionally, that’s been the limit of many brain computer interfaces (BCIs). But in a sense, this BCI doesn’t just listen; it talks back. In a study published in Nature Electronics, a research team in China reported a two-way setup that not only efficiently decodes a user’s intentions  but also sends tailored…

Enfabrica Corporation has opened a new research and development facility in Hyderabad, India, marking its latest step in expanding global operations. The Hyderabad office will focus on building the company’s engineering team and scaling silicon and software product development. Enfabrica’s leadership views this move as a way to strengthen its capacity to design networking products…

The skills that fuel a cybercriminal’s success—systematic planning, relentless curiosity and precise execution—darkly mirror those driving breakthroughs in research and development. Yet in the wrong hands, that similar cunning can becomes a blueprint for infiltration rather than discovery. Just ask Hector Monsegur, the once LulzSec hacker who later became an FBI ally and was released…

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Invitrogen EVOS S1000 Spatial Imaging System, designed to help researchers generate more efficient, high-quality, multiplexed images of tissue samples. The system uses advanced spectral technology to capture images of up to nine targets simultaneously, reducing the need for multiple imaging rounds and preserving tissue integrity. “Understanding tissue structure and function…

EssilorLuxottica has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its over-the-counter Nuance Audio Glasses, alongside achieving CE marking under the EU’s Medical Devices Regulation. The company also developed an ISO Quality Management System certification for hearing aids, enabling the product’s launch in Europe. Nuance Audio Hearing Aid Software is the first…

A year ago, NASA quietly released one of the most captivating astrophysical simulations ever produced: a mind-bending visual journey into the swirling depths of a supermassive black hole. Although published in May 2024, the immersive 360° visualization has inexplicably resurfaced on social media sites ranging from Instagram to Reddit and is now racking hundreds of…

NASA missions with limited mass and power budgets have long demanded innovative communication systems. In response, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) developed Frontier Radio, which first flew in 2012 on the twin Van Allen Probes. This compact, radiation-tolerant radio became a critical component on several near- and deep-space missions, including Parker Solar Probe,…

OpenAI has launched a new offering known as “Deep Research,” which can plan and execute multi-step online research tasks. Potential uses of the product, as OpenAI outlined in an announcement include navigating scientific literature or analyzing UI/UX research data. In an internal evaluation, the agent shows strength in automating routine online research tasks, achieving nearly…

Here’s the scoop: AI is still on fire, despite bubble talk, and OpenAI’s rumored $40B capital raise—driving its valuation up to $340B—could be one of the biggest bets yet. But this isn’t happening in a vacuum. Competition from China’s DeepSeek, fresh AI model launches by Alibaba, and rumored next-gen offerings from Google and others mean…

While OpenAI charges $60 per million tokens for its flagship reasoning model, a Chinese startup just open-sourced an alternative that matches its performance—at 95% less cost. Meet DeepSeek-R1, the RL-trained model that’s not just competing with Silicon Valley’s AI giants, but in some cases running on consumer laptops in some configurations rather than in data…

Who is leading in terms of U.S. patents? Asia. While U.S. patent grants rebounded by 4% in 2024 after a four-year decline, the real story is who’s driving innovation: Samsung Electronics maintained its crown for the third straight year with 6,377 patents, TSMC claimed second place with 3,989 patents, according to IFI Claims’ roundup of…

As tech giants use AI to automate traditional coding tasks, companies are simultaneously cutting lower-performing roles while competing for AI talent—creating a two-track job market where AI expertise increasingly defines career prospects. During a recent interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dished on the company’s plans for its continued push into…

In this week’s R&D Market Pulse, the $29.1 billion Constellation-Calpine mega-merger promises to reshape U.S. energy, the Commerce Department awards a third CHIPS for America facility to Arizona State University, and new AI export restrictions put China on notice. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s xAI rolls out a consumer app, BlackRock withdraws from a major climate initiative,…

Recent advancements in the semiconductor and automotive sectors indicate a growing reliance on advanced technologies to meet the evolving needs of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Honda Motor Co. and Renesas Electronics Corporation, an embedded semiconductor provider, have announced a partnership at CES 2025 to develop high-performance System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for future vehicles. Meanwhile, chiplet technology is…