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UChicago Spin-Out NowPow Acquired by Unite Us to Scale, Add Greater Value to More Consumers

University of Chicago spin-out NowPow, a referral platform grounded in science and community, has been acquired by Unite Us, the nation's leading technology company connecting health and social care services.…

AI Helps to Earlier Detect Brain Injury in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

University of Chicago researchers have developed a patent-pending technique using deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to better assess hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in survivors of cardiac arrest. Over…

Polsky Center Teams Up with $15 Million Great Lakes Innovation Hub to Catalyze Innovation in the Midwest

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has joined the Great Lakes Innovation Corps Hub, which was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support innovation…

Psyonic Racks Up Accolades as its Bionic Hand Prepares for Nationwide Launch

An Illinois startup that has developed a more affordable bionic hand has been racking up accolades as it prepares for the nationwide rollout of its high-tech prosthetic. Psyonic, which…

Liv Labs Lands SBIR Grant and Spot in Y Combinator as it Develops a Better Tool for Women Experiencing Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is a common ailment among women that often goes unspoken – and therefore untreated. One in four U.S. women, and 40% of women over age 65, experience unwelcome…

Duality Cohort 1 Company Super.tech Launches New SuperstaQ Platform

Super.tech, a participant in the inaugural cohort of the quantum tech startup accelerator Duality, announced the launch of a software platform endeavoring to make quantum computing commercially viable years…

Stellatus Solutions, a Startup Born at UChicago and Nurtured By Polsky, Acquired by Slingshot Aerospace to Help Prevent Satellite Collisions in Space

Last fall, a team of University of Chicago students was tasked with addressing a challenge one might hope already had a solution: How to improve communication between satellite operators to…

UChicago Spin-Out Gives Researchers a Genome-Wide View of Cell Transcription

A University of Chicago spin-out company, AccuraDX is developing next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies that enable researchers to map the location of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) on the genome. The innovation came…

Researchers to Know: UChicago Professors Kunle Odunsi and Rama Ranganathan Recognized for Groundbreaking Work

The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) this year has named University of Chicago Professors Kunle Odunsi and Rama Ranganathan as among its 2021 Researchers to Know. "Research activity at…

Multifunctional Nanomedicine Developed Using Novel UChicago Tech Gets FDA Nod to Initiate Clinical Trials

Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI) recently announced that the FDA has approved the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical study of its novel cancer…

Kin Insurance To Go Public, Expand Nationally, With Aim to Save Homeowners Time and Money

Kin Insurance this week announced plans to go public and expand across the U.S., supercharging its efforts to make homeowners insurance more convenient and affordable by cutting out the agent.…

Duality Quantum Accelerator Accepts Six Startups into Inaugural Cohort

Duality, the nation’s first accelerator exclusively for quantum companies, has accepted six startups for Cohort 1. Duality is led by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University…

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