Mati Carbon walked away with the $50 million grand prize for its enhanced rock weathering program that locks carbon in soils for thousands of years.
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Dispatches from the conference room
Greetings on a brisk New England morning. I’m finally here on my long threatened trip to Boston. I was planning to be here in early
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Touchlab to begin piloting its robotic skin sensors in a hospital setting
Manipulation and sensing have long been considered two key pillars for unlocking robotics’ potential. There’s a fair bit of overlap between the two, of course.
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Umaro is turning ocean-farmed seaweed into imitation bacon
Don’t call it a pivot, exactly — but it’s a fascinating journey, nonetheless. Umaro Foods, which is set to release a seaweed-based bacon replacement, entered
Read more15 carbon removal projects score $1M each in climate Xprize milestone
A multi-year, $100 million Xprize competition for startups trying to remove or reverse carbon emissions has its first crop of big winners. Though the bulk
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Elon Musk’s $100 million carbon capture XPrize competition starts today
After teasing it last month, Elon Musk has unveiled his $100 million XPrize competition with the lofty aim of removing carbon from the atmosphere to
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