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Astroscale successfully demos in-space capture-and-release system to clear orbital debris

Astroscale hit a major milestone Wednesday, when its space junk removal demo satellite that’s currently in orbit successfully captured and released a client spacecraft using a magnetic system.The End-

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WHO approves China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization has approved the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm for emergency use.The announcement was made on Friday by the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, mak

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IoT satellite network startup Hiber secures €26M in funding round led by EU’s innovation agency

European satellite and communications startup, Hiber BV has secured €26 million in EU and private investment to expand its IoT satellite network. The funding comes from the European Innovation Council

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Mohamed Bazoum wins Niger's second-round presidential election

FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Bazoum casts his ballot at a polling station in Niamey during Niger's presidential and legislative elections. /Getty Images Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of Niger's ruling

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Corporate card startup Mooncard challenges American Express in France with miles

French startup Mooncard is partnering with Flying Blue to offer Air France miles to its customers. This is the first time you can earn miles with a payment card in France that isn’t an American Expres

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Live updates: Global COVID-19 cases exceed 84 million

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide have surpassed 84 million, with over 1.8 million fatalities and more than 47 million recoveries, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.Here is

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Medable raises $91 million for its clinical trial management software

The clinical trial management software developer Medable has raised $91 million in a new round of financing as life sciences companies struggle with how to conduct the necessary validation studies of

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Dataloop raises $11M Series A round for its AI data management platform

Dataloop, a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in helping businesses manage the entire data lifecycle for their AI projects, including helping them annotate their datasets, today announced that i

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AI algorithm identifies 50 new planets from old NASA data

The sizes of these planets vary, with some as small as Earth, and others as large as Neptune.

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FDA issues first emergency use authorization for COVID-19 pool testing

A woman is tested for Covid-19 at a walk-up testing site in Miami Beach, Florida, on July 17. /AP The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced it has issued an emergency use autho

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Cue Health raises $100 million to speed development of rapid, portable COVID-19 diagnostics

San Diego-based startup Cue Health has closed a $100 million Series C funding round, including participation from Decheng Capital, Foresite Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, Johnson Johnson Innovatio

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Mammoth Biosciences partners with GSK to develop handheld CRISPR-based COVID-19 test

California-based Mammoth Biosciences has signed a powerful partner for its development of a CRISPR-based test for COVID-19, which would aim to delivery accurate, fast results using a handheld, disposa