by master | Oct 31, 2019 | News
Accelerate Long Island and the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund have approved the disbursement of $500,000 for five biotech and energy startups in what could be the start of a new source of cash for Long Island firms that could soon include millions more....
by master | Oct 31, 2019 | News
Xconomy New York — After a few years of organizing and bringing together local VC firms, picking an investment philosophy, and sifting through pitches from hopeful startups, Accelerate Long Island has selected its first companies to seed. Read Full...
by master | Oct 31, 2019 | News
A new type of brain scanner attaches to a rat’s head, allowing neuroscientists to study the brains of fully awake, mobile lab animals for the first time. The RatCAP, for Rat Conscious Animal PET, is worn over a rat’s head like a crown. A system of...
by master | Oct 31, 2019 | News
A miniaturised scanner that can peer into the brains of freely-roaming rats has been demonstrated by researchers. Their wearable “Ratcap” does positron emission tomography – an established technique that tracks the movement and change of an injected...
by master | Oct 31, 2019 | News
Rats sporting tiny metal caps are not the latest in rodent fashion but rather an attempt to learn more about their brains and by extension help unravel mysteries about the human brain. The headgear, appropriately called a RatCAP, is a positron emission...
