Beta Bytes: Week of February 14th, 2020.
Snippets of breaking news calibrated to science, technology, and engineering topics as well as our clients’ interests.
Illumina Accelerator Invests in Nine Genomics Startups for Second Global Cycle
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has selected nine new genomics companies to join the second global funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator in the U.S. and UK.
The global company creation engine, focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build breakthrough genomics startups, invested in four companies for the second funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator Cambridge, UK and five companies for the twelfth funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator San Francisco Bay Area.
During two, six-month funding cycles per year, Illumina Accelerator provides the selected startups with access to seed investment, access to Illumina sequencing systems and reagents, as well as business guidance, genomics expertise, and fully operational lab space adjacent to Illumina’s campuses in Cambridge, UK or the San Francisco Bay Area.
From Illumina
NASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Mission to Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 11, to discuss science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on Northrop Grumman’s 15th commercial resupply mission for the agency to the International Space Station.
Northrop Grumman is targeting no earlier than 12:36 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, for the launch of its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s pad 0A
The Cygnus spacecraft will carry crew supplies, scientific research, and hardware to the orbiting laboratory to support the Expedition 64 and 65 crews.
From NASA
All the iPhone 13 Rumors So Far
Apple's iPhone 12 lineup has only been on virtual shelves for a few months, and already the mobile phone world has turned its attention to the iPhone 13.
This year, speculators are forecasting business as usual for Apple's supply chain. If that's the case, you can expect to see the iPhone 13 unveiled at an event sometime in September.
Apple's next flagship might not be called iPhone 13. iPhone 12S is a worthy guess for the name of Apple's next generation of iPhones. Or maybe Apple will take a page out of Samsung's book and names its next phone after the year of its conception: iPhone 2021.
From cnet
General Atomics Acquires Tiger Innovations
General Atomics announced the acquisition Feb. 1 of Tiger Innovations, a Herndon, Virginia small business focused primarily on satellite systems, and related hardware and software.
General Atomics plans to integrate Tiger Innovations with its General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) group to “complement GA-EMS’ portfolio of advanced space systems and technologies,” according to a Feb. 1 news release.
In addition, the acquisition helps Colorado-based GA-EMS expand its coast-to-coast space systems development infrastructure.
From SpaceNews
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