Good Thursday afternoon, readers. Today’s cleantech headlines contain a slew of research in different stages of development. Higher education institutions and federal government-supported entities are leading the charge, along with private sector...
Happy Thursday afternoon, readers. Today’s top tech news hits like a ton of bricks. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that red bricks can be used to store electricity. Chemists developed a method...
The pandemic is prompting more accelerator programs to emerge or expand to help entrepreneurs navigate the already challenging startup landscape in an even more challenging time. Some of these efforts aim to...
Good afternoon, readers. Clean Energy Trust recently launched the first of its webinars featuring discussions about cleantech innovation in the Midwest. I’ll bring you key themes that emerged during the first Virtual...
The director of marketing for Igor, a Des Moines, Iowa-based smart building business, has been named a rising leader by an industry trade publication. Centered spoke with Kim Johnson about the honor....
🔋 BATTERIES: Argonne National Laboratory has made progress on better performing lithium-ion batteries with a new anode material. The material had been developed for sodium-ion batteries, but it is showing promise with...
Happy Friday afternoon! We’re about midway through the summer so I hope you have some fun, safe, and socially distant plans to milk these summer days for all they’re worth. When making...
The U.S. Department of Defense is granting Chicago-based startup NanoGraf $1.65 million to develop a longer-lasting lithium-ion battery. The goal is to experience a 50-100% longer battery runtime with NanoGraf’s graphene-wrapped silicon...
🌞 SOLAR: A Midwest collaboration has resulted in a new smart window that could generate energy while also adjusting to the user’s preferences. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee contributed...
🔬 RESEARCH: A Michigan State University research team is developing bio renewable resins that do not contain styrene, which is made from petroleum. The bio plastics would have wide applicability for products...
