life science
noun
: a branch of science (such as biology, medicine, and sometimes anthropology or sociology) that deals with living organisms and life processes
—usually used in plural
life scientist
noun
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Halliburton, the services provider for oil and gas producers, and Danaher, the life sciences and diagnostics company, also jumped to gains of at least 8% after delivering better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
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Stan Choe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Driving Danaher’s topline guidance are the assumptions that biotechnology delivers about 5% revenue growth; life sciences revenue grows at a low-single digit rate; and that diagnostics is largely flat on an annual basis.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Every incremental advance in writing technology will accelerate progress across the entire spectrum of life science, from agriculture to pharmaceuticals, and from materials science to planetary defense; DNA synthesis is, after all, the foundational tool for engineering biology and biomanufacturing.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
To Mazlish, a finance quant turned life sciences entrepreneur, the work seemed amenable to automation with a computer program.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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Stan Choe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Driving Danaher’s topline guidance are the assumptions that biotechnology delivers about 5% revenue growth; life sciences revenue grows at a low-single digit rate; and that diagnostics is largely flat on an annual basis.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Every incremental advance in writing technology will accelerate progress across the entire spectrum of life science, from agriculture to pharmaceuticals, and from materials science to planetary defense; DNA synthesis is, after all, the foundational tool for engineering biology and biomanufacturing.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
To Mazlish, a finance quant turned life sciences entrepreneur, the work seemed amenable to automation with a computer program.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Life science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20science. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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