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BETA Built an Open Charging Network. Automakers Picked a Different Plug.
The plug BETA is built on is the one Ford, GM, Toyota, and six other automakers are moving away from.
The Money Behind the Robots Is Now the Story
Three robotics companies raised capital through three different structures this year…
Roche's AXELIOS Entered a Growing Market. It's Locked Out of the Growth.
Genomic sequencing is booming. The boom is concentrated in one segment…
Three Companies Got Big July News. One Comes With a Deadline.
Radiant Nuclear's delayed test bed quietly held its schedule. Deployable Energy landed…
Nanoform Built Its Identity on Supercritical Nanoparticles.
Nanoform's new manufacturing license reads as validation. Three months later there’s a different story.
NASA Just Told You Where the Space Economy's Supply Chain Is Weakest
NASA does not usually publish a list of its own structural weaknesses. On June 29, it effectively did.
The Post-Lithium Battery Story Is Two Races. CATL Just Made One of Them Real.
The battery industry is splitting into two tracks: sodium and iron‑air for the grid, and solid‑state lithium for electric vehicles…
Mining the Moon for Helium-3
The U.S. Department of Energy has agreed to buy three liters of helium-3 from the Moon…
Autonomous Robotics Is Past the Demo Stage
What most coverage of the autonomous robotics moment keeps missing is the difference between a robot that performs well in a curated environment and a robot that performs well enough to anchor a commercial contract.
The Battery Race Nobody’s Watching
Quantum batteries are getting the headlines. Here’s where the real fight is happening.
