The Liscense Agreement

Jul 24th, 2009
Larry Plonsker

It has been said by many that no one company can gain all its growth through internal development alone. Bringing in new opportunities for your company through technology transfer has been the ongoing theme for this column.

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Let's Connect the Dots Between Beauty Marketing and R&D: Beauty Accelerate Los Angeles 2024
Join Beauty Accelerate in Los Angeles to set the 2024-2025 innovation agenda!
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Summer Fridays, Spate, Good Face Project & Bluebird on the Digitization of Beauty
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The lab runs with robots and artificial intelligence performing as much as 90% of the work. That, in turn, speeds up the process of discovery. *Depiction shown
AI x Automation = University of Toronto's Self-driving Human Tissue Lab
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The liquid-liquid encapsulation system introduces a drop of core material through a nozzle, which impacts on a host bath containing a floating shell layer on the surface.
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Microbes Convert Biodiesel Residuals to Lactic Acid, Boost $189 B Market
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