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VCs Invested More in Space Startups Last Year Than in the Previous 15 Years Combined

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Venture capital firms invested $1.8 billion in commercial space startups in 2015.

New Initiative Aims to Put Canada at the Forefront of Regenerative Medicine

Posted in Business on 22nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Canada's government has announced they will provide $20 million start-up capital for the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine.

A significant budget increase for NASA in 2016

Posted in Business on 16th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Congressional omnibus would increase the space agency's budget by $1.3 billion. He is the breakdown:

Charity offers 00m for new ways to beat cancer

Posted in Science on 12th Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

A cancer charity is offering 00m in research money for international scientists to come up with new approaches to beating cancer.

Kavli foundation invests $100 Million into brain research

Posted in Science on 2nd Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers hope the money will help develop tools that will allow neuroscientists to see the whole picture of how the brain works.