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AI now generates molecules far faster than the wet lab can test them. The bottleneck in #AIxBio has shifted. That’s why we've built one of the world’s largest self-driving lab fleets: 300+ workstations running 24/7, generating data 40x more efficiently.

Nitroduck designs new colors, flavors, and disease resistance into fruits and veggies. We integrate CRISPR into breeding through pollen, making any crop gene-editable. Breeding a new specialty crop variety takes 8 - 16 years: breeders hope for random gene combinations and mutations, then spend years picking out the good ones. Meanwhile, consumer tastes, the climate trends, and pathogens change way faster. Now, accessible genome sequencing and AI can tell breeders what to aim for instead of what to hope for, and CRISPR can turn random mutations into chosen ones. The catch is that CRISPR only works on about 15% of crops. It has to go into a single stem cell that’s then regrown into a whole plant, a process that has to be worked out for each variety, which is cost-prohibitive. We skip the stem cell and put CRISPR into a pollen grain. The grain pollinates a flower, and out comes an edited seed - seamlessly tapping into how breeders already work. Matúš, Miro, and I are plant synthetic biologists who made duckweed, the smallest and fastest-growing plant on Earth, genetically engineerable. For doing so we won the Grand Prize at iGEM, the “Olympics of biotech.” During our studies, we engineered 4x more plants than the average plant scientist does in a whole career. Now we’re building Nitroduck, The Crop Design Company, which will make pesticides obsolete by 2042.

Robots at Dexory are being continuously tested 🔁 Over and over again :-) I asked Andrei Danescu about testing, and that was the answer. Which is the thing simulation cannot touch. You can simulate perception, dynamics, contact, a whole snowstorm. You cannot simulate twelve months of bearing wear, cable flex, thermal cycling and dust. Reliability data arrives at one second per second. Here's the YouTube video from my visit in their factory (subscribe if you like robots hehe): youtube.com/watch?v=ZD3jKbW3…

Effects of whiskey on bacteria

Our newest book is finally here! Making the Modern Laboratory is a spectacular 504-page hardcover that tells the story of everything in the research laboratory and how it came to be, from pipettes to heat-resistant glass to microscopes and more. It features dozens of articles (most of which will never appear in print), 100+ full-color images, and original writing from 36 authors. It's printed on Arena Natural Rough paper from Fedrigoni. These books are THICC and would make a great gift for both the science-curious and the working scientist. :) We have spent the last year working on this project. It has been an insane labor of love. The best way to support our independent science journalism is to buy a copy. <3 Pre-order for $49, with free shipping: press.asimov.com/articles/mo…

There's going to be so much cheap lab automation equip. on LabX in 2 to 3 years, when either all these new self-driving AI wetlabs fold, or they realise that current lab automation equip. sucks for what they need to do.

Probably the most ambitious and craziest thing I ever did in terms of marketing for one of my apps. I built a fully functional giant ring binder, from scratch, in 5 days, mounted it on top of my car and now I'm driving it around the city. I documented the whole story of how it all came together. P.S.: thank you Grok @bot for the idea 😄

@TranslatePress turns 9 today! We started with a simple idea: build the easiest way to translate a #WordPress site. Something people would just get on the first try. Now we're closing in on 500K websites, and I still find that hard to believe sometimes. But honestly, what's most rewarding is the people using it. Their constant feedback, feature requests, the occasional "why can't it do X yet?" That's what shaped the product into what it is today. I promise we won't settle. Here's to year 10! 🙏🚀

Last @BioHackathonXYZ in Cambridge, UK had over $115,000 in awards! This October, we are doing a month-long hackathon in Japan as part of @MiraiTechCity (in-person and remote) teapaw.org/BioHackathonXYZ/status…

The first company listed on Growceanu is @RayscapeAI. When we evaluate a company, we ask a simple question: will the problem it solves become bigger or smaller over the next decade? For Rayscape, the answer is clear. Medical imaging volumes continue to grow, while the number of radiologists does not keep pace. AI can help specialists work faster and more accurately, addressing a structural challenge facing healthcare systems worldwide. Watch the video to discover why Rayscape is a smart investment opportunity! #Growceanu #PrivateMarkets #HealthTech #GrowSmart

this is the most Australian AI startup i've ever seen lol a 19-year-old just raised $1.2M to build AI drone cowboys for cattle. and the more i read about it the cooler it gets. here's how it works: 1. the rancher maps the whole property in the app, every fenced paddock, gate and water trough 2. they tap the paddock they want the cattle moved into, whichever one still has grass in it 3. the drone flies out autonomously, finds the herd, positions itself around the animals and starts guiding them toward the right gate 4. the AI watches their position, speed and posture, moving closer to apply pressure and backing off when the cattle show stress cattle can hear the propellers from up to 100 meters away. when one needs an extra push the drone can direct the airflow onto its back they even tested playing a recording of each farmer's own cattle call through the drone haha and once they're through the gate the farmer gets a fresh report on the whole property, because the drone also: > counted the herd on the way > estimated what they weigh > flagged any animal moving like it's sick > measured how much grass is left in each paddock > checked for open gates, dry troughs or busted fences one drone can typically control and track herds of up to 2,000 animals. the company says it cuts mustering costs roughly in half Brumby (formerly GrazeMate) is still rolling out pilots, but already had commitments covering 1.7 million acres across Queensland and New South Wales before expanding into California so a job that used to require riders, motorbikes, horses or helicopters is now just 3 taps on a phone and an AI drone cowboy