The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and New Brunswick Innovation Foundation are providing a total of $5.5 million in funding to the Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick.

The two agencies said in a statement Wednesday that the funding would be used to support both the R&D expertise and pay for equipment at the centre, which is known as the

Halifax-based Densitas, a breast imaging analytics innovator, has signed a partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospitals in the U.K. to bring its breast screening technologies into routine clinical workflow.

The Densitas software provides an automated mechanism for quantifying and recording breast tissue density, a risk factor for breast cancer in women. Dense breasts can mask cancerous cells. Dense

Participants in LaunchDal’s LaunchPad Accelerator will showcase their ventures at its fifth annual Demo Day on August 7. Participating ventures include an online convenience store and a company that is creating a software for mental health.

The 10-week program, which is offered at the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, provided each business with $10,000 and the

You may have seen those tear-jerking YouYube videos in which colourblind people use special glasses to see the world in full colour for the first time. Until now, those heavily tinted glasses are the only market solution that lets colourblind folks see the rainbow.

Now, Halifax chemist and entrepreneur Gabrielle Masone has found a way to put the magic of those glasses into a contact lens. This

The ninth annual Invest Atlantic conference will take place in Charlottetown this year, checking off all four provinces as hosts of the pan-Atlantic conference.

Invest Atlantic, which started in 2010, was initially based in Halifax. This September, it will be hosted by Startup Zone, Prince Edward Island’s Startup incubator.

"It's exciting to have Invest Atlantic here on the island for the first

Thirteen entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial teams took to the stage in Fredericton on Thursday as UNB TME held its summer send-off for two of its programs.

The University of New Brunswick’s Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship program began by staging the final pitches by six entrepreneurs who have completed their Masters in TME. Then, in the evening, TME hosted several hundred people at

A team from Google has been in Nova Scotia this week filming a pilot project that uses Google Home to improve the lives of seniors.

For the past three months, a team led by entrepreneur John Hamblin has been working with the voice-activated product to help seniors maintain better contact with family members and carers. Google, the Silicon Valley tech giant, has been monitoring the project and

Adaptiiv, a Halifax-based medical technology company, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell its 3D Bolus Software in the United States.

Formerly known as 3DBolus, Adaptiiv has developed software that works with 3D printers to produce a personalized bolus – a plastic fitting used in radiation therapy.

The company has launched three different products,

The Ocean Supercluster this week is undertaking a road-show throughout Atlantic Canada, outlining how companies can participate in research and development spending expected to be worth as much as $360 million over the next five years.

The group, which is now finalizing its articles of incorporation, was recently chosen as one of five projects from across Canada to establish a “supercluster” of

Startup Zone, Prince Edward Island's startup incubator, has named Patrick Farrar, the Co-Founder and former COO of Venture for Canada, as its new CEO.

Startup Zone provides resident companies with a workspace, advice in professional services like accounting and law and free information sessions.

Farrar stepped into the position on Monday, succeeding interim CEO Shannon Pratt as she becomes