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How do you store electricity in a way that is large and powerful enough to support the electric grid, as well as reliable, safe, environmentally sustainable, and inexpensive? One way may be to make a…

The new split of Gradable will be 50-50 between ADM and FBN. ADM and Farmers Business Network (FBN) have unveiled the two agricultural companies’ newest partnership: an expansion of Gradable, a platform created by FBN in…

Ideal Switch® delivers efficient, sustainable, and reliable results for high-voltage power control IRVINE, Calif., August 6, 2024 Menlo Microsystems Inc. (Menlo Micro), the company responsible for bringing its Ideal Switch® technology to market, has been…

To help put out wildfires quickly, a startup called Rain is equipping helicopters with software that lets them fly and drop water autonomously. At 4 a.m. one morning when entrepreneur Maxwell Brodie was 11 years…

Airspace is a next-generation freight forwarder specializing in time-critical shipping. The San Diego-based logistics startup moves valuable and complex packages, ranging from organs for transplant to aircraft parts to semiconductors. Coordinating such critical shipments is…

Across sub-Saharan Africa, over 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections. This gap threatens health when clinics can’t keep the lights on or reliably provide patients with oxygen and other life-saving…

SpaceX successfully launched its Starship megarocket Thursday on an uncrewed test flight to orbit and back, achieving several key milestones for the first time. The nearly 400-foot rocket is the most powerful booster ever developed…

Jay Precourt, BS ’59, MS ’60, has stepped down from co-chairing the advisory council of Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy. At the request of the Precourt Institute’s leadership, Ira Ehrenpreis, MBA/JD ’96, has agreed…

Every Thanksgiving, Terrence Keeley asks his relatives to review the funds in their retirement accounts and explain why they selected them. All his younger family members tell him they favour funds investing in line with…

The Department of Energy has selected 13 board members from across the investment community and industry for its newly formed foundation, the group tells Katie. Why it matters: The DOE’s foundation could help provide alternative…

DBL was recognized as a 2024 ImpactAssets IA50 Emeritus Manager. The Emeritus Manager category recognizes impact investment fund managers who have achieved IA50 recognition for five or more years for their commitment to generating positive…

A Bay Area coffee supplier and equipment company is unveiling a smaller model of its electric roaster that works for retail shops. Why it matters: Coffee roasting is a growing frontier in the wider “electrify everything”…