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Second life for pharma’s secret drug discovery data

Second life for pharma’s secret drug discovery data

A new and powerful Australian artificial intelligence model can comb through data from confidential pharmaceutical trials – both failed and successful – to help big pharma companies avoid wasting their resources on already investigated dead ends. Australian start-up Qubigen developed the AI algorithm that can learn from confidential medical, chemical and biological data and help …read more

Fire mapping and training makes buildings safer

Fire mapping and training makes buildings safer

An intentionally lit fire in a Queensland backpackers’ hostel in 2000 killed 15 people and eventually led to an improved fire safety system across the state. “That was our genesis,” says Scott Jackson, CEO of the safety technology company Locatrix, which offers an integrated platform connecting geospatially accurate indoor floor plans, site-specific emergency training and …read more