The 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine has been awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, a statement by the Nobel Assembly said on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Read more here.
The new funding gives the 2-year-old company $3.7 million in total funding raised, which includes $700,000 in pre-seed and various other stages of early investment, CEO Tigran Petrosyan told Crunchbase News. Petrosyan, who has a background in biomedical engineering, and his brother, Vahan Petrosyan, CTO, built SuperAnnotate on technical algorithms Vahan was developing as part of his Ph.D....
The Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) Science Olympiad Committee congratulates all the students, teachers, parents, judges, mentors, sponsors, donors, volunteers, committee members, and all other supporters who made the 20th AESA Science Olympiad a successful and memorable event. Los Angeles, CA – March 23, 2021: Established in 2002, the AESA Science Olympiad Committee...
LOS ANGELES—The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Kathryn Barger to donate electrical safety analyzers and portable medical devices no longer needed by the County to the Biomedical Engineering Committee of Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America. Read more on Asbarez.com here.
With double-digit annual growth rates, Armenia’s tech sector has become the fastest-growing segment–employing 20,000 workers. Once dominated by men, now the country’s tech sector employs 30 percent women–larger than the 20 percent global average of women employed in IT. Two women tech executives discuss their journey through the male-dominated sector. Read more here…
Click on the link to hear Paolo Pirjanian talk about companion robots on this podcast. Podcast: Paolo Pirjanian on why building companion robots is a ‘moonshot’
Find out how DHS awards $3.9 million to fund US small business research for Homeland Security Technology needs. Click here https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2020/06/09/news-release-dhs-awards-39-million-fund-us-small-business-research
As dozens of research groups around the world race to create the first vaccine for COVID-19, in late February, Moderna To read the full article, click here https://asbarez.com/race-for-covid-19-vaccine-7-questions-for-moderna-chairman-noubar-afeyan/
California State University, Northridge chemistry professor Gagik Melikyan has been elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow – a recognition given to AAAS members who contribute to the advancement of science and technology. Read more…
Professor Areg Danagoulian and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were selected as the 2019 Arms Control Persons of the Year through an online poll that drew participants from over 100 countries. The annual contest is organized by the independent, nongovernmental Arms Control Association. Dr. Areg Danagoulian and colleagues at MIT developed an...
