Today's Pick: Use biomimicry to make better products (and companies)

Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category.

Today’s Top Pick – “Use Biomimicry to Make Better Products (and Companies)“. Find out more under Business and Entrepreneurship.

• Biotechnology “Pfizer pumps $100M into stem cell research”
• Biopharmaceuticals “Biovail hoards cash for new CNS deals”
• Cleantech “Plug-In Hybrids: More Hype Than Hope?
• Information and Communication Technology “Verizon’s Cool (But Pricey) Personal Wi-Fi Hotspot”
• Venture Capital “Slowdown Hit Venture Industry Worldwide In First Quarter”
• Business and Entrepreneurship “Use Biomimicry to Make Better Products (and Companies)”
• Science and Innovation “Canada’s progress in science, innovation mediocre, study finds”
• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship “Digging Deeper on the Social Innovation Fund: An Interview with America Forward Coalition”

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