Stamford firm joins CT biotech companies growing amid pandemic
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About four years ago, a nascent health care information firm was spun out of the Mount Sinai Health System into a new company.
Today, that business is worth approximately $2 billion and about to become a publicly traded enterprise.
The rise of the Stamford-headquartered Sema4 attests to the potential of Connecticut’s biotechnology sector. Powered by large-scale investment, Sema4 and other companies in the industry are growing quickly and developing a range of testing services and treatments to respond to COVID-19 and many other conditions. While other parts of Connecticut’s economy have long struggled to grow, biotech offers the potential of major job creation as the state tries to rebound from the pandemic-sparked downturn.
Celebrating Black History – Black History in Science: Remembering Dr. George Carruthers
Celebrating Black History – Black History in Science: Remembering Dr. George Carruthers
By Stacy M. Brown,
NNPA Newswire Correspondent,
Dr. Carruthers receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from U.S. President Barack Obama Feb. 1, 2013. / Department of the Navy’s Information Technology Magazine
He built his first telescope at the age of 10, and by age 25, George Carruthers earned a Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering.
Upon graduating from the University of Illinois, Carruthers started work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
His telescope and image converter identified molecular hydrogen in space, and his ultraviolet spectrograph was used by the Apollo 16 crew in their flight to the moon.
Updated: 7:37 AM PST, February 10, 2021
During Black History Month, a look at how Black Americans changed the world and everyday lives, from peanut oil to home security systems.
Many know the history of George Washington Carver and how he changed American farming. Fewer may be familiar with Marie Van Brittan Brown, a nurse who worked long hours and came home alone, late at night to her Queens, New York apartment, and ended up inventing the first home security system.
From changing the world to making everyday life easier, Black scientists and inventors have long imagined, then created, pioneering works, often without recognition or compensation.
Inside the career of longtime engineering professor James West
West, who celebrates his 90th birthday today, remains as passionate about his work as he was when his career began nearly 70 years ago
Image caption: James West By Wick Eisenberg / Published Feb 10, 2021
James West has always viewed age as just a number that does not have a correlation to his ability to work. At 90, he not only oversees a lab of students conducting research, but is just as excited about conducting research as he was at the outset of his career almost 70 years ago. And not even a global pandemic can deter his passion for his work.
The Importance of Investing in Physics
2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
February 2, 2021•
Physics 14, 17
Research with immediate applications is easy to justify, but there are economic and philosophical reasons to invest in physics even when the return is not obvious.
samunella, Mechanik, and Nicolas delafraye/stock.adobe.com Medical MRI, satellite navigation, and optical-fiber communication are some of the technologies made possible by fundamental physics research.
samunella, Mechanik, and Nicolas delafraye/stock.adobe.com Medical MRI, satellite navigation, and optical-fiber communication are some of the technologies made possible by fundamental physics research.×
With large-scale COVID-19 vaccination programs now underway, some optimism about the new year seems justified. But even when the medical emergency phase of the pandemic is behind us, its economic consequences will linger for years to come. Funding for “pure” research is hard fou