A new CRISPR startup is betting regulators will ease up on gene-editing
“I went to Fyodor and said, ‘Hey, we’re getting all these great results in the clinic with CRISPR, but why hasn’t it scaled?” says Hu....
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How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more...
This startup wants to clean up the copper industry
This is far from the first attempt to use a water-based, chemical approach to processing copper. Today, some copper ore is processed with acid, for...
This startup is about to conduct the biggest real-world test of aluminum as a zero-carbon fuel
The initial pilot will use the engine to supply hot steam and hydrogen. But the energy released in the reactor could be put to use...
This startup thinks slime mold can help us design better cities
Officially known as Physarum polycephalum, slime mold is neither plant, animal, nor fungus but a single-celled organism older than dinosaurs. When searching for food, it...
This medical startup uses LLMs to run appointments and make diagnoses
During the appointment, assistants read off questions from the ScopeAI interface, and ScopeAI produces new questions as it analyzes what the patient says. For the...
This startup wants to use the Earth as a massive battery
Texas-based startup Quidnet Energy just completed a test showing it can store energy for up to six months by pumping water underground. Using water to...
Fighting forever chemicals and startup fatigue
Megan Tatum: From MIT Technology Review, I’m Megan Tatum. This is Business Lab, the show that helps business leaders make sense of new technologies coming...
This startup wants to use beams of energy to drill geothermal wells
This rock-melting drilling technology from the geothermal startup Quaise is certainly unconventional. The company hopes it’s the key to unlocking geothermal energy and making it...
The Download: Funding a CRISPR embryo startup, and bad news for clean cement
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Reddit is suing Anthropic Reddit claims the AI company kept accessing its...