Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- Leeds School of Business—ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø alum Nick Manuzak is one of the 2024 Entrepreneurs in Residence in the Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator, leading an innovative venture focused on integrating carbon-storing hempcrete into modern construction to revolutionize sustainable building practices.
- The Colorado Sun—Thornton-based Solid Power, a ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø spinout, has a $50 million federal grant to ramp up development of the solid-state EV batteries it considers the technology of the near-future in automobiles, putting the company closer to its goal of developing a mass production facility in the eastern U.S. or Korea.
- EIN Presswire—Female-founded Boulder-based Silvis Materials, a ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø startup, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its work making sustainable and recyclable binders and adhesives.
- ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø Today—An international team of researchers led by an engineer at ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø has revealed the underlying mechanism behind battery degradation. Their discovery could help scientists to develop better batteries.
- 9News—Jack Elston's company, Black Swift Technologies, a ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø spinout, designed a prototype fixed-wing drone that could carry a sophisticated weather sensor inside the rage and turbulence of the strongest tropical cyclones on earth.