MIDLAND– BlueWater Angels, a network of individuals and organizations from the Great Lakes Bay and mid-Michigan region focused on investing private capital in promising start-up companies, has selected Erin Strang to succeed long-time director, Leland Richards. Strang is an accomplished business development professional who joined the Central Michigan University Research Corporation (CMURC) in 2009 as Grant
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's cannabis sales in calendar 2024 - went adult-recreational in August - came in at $242 million, according to the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control More than 32,000 pounds was plant material and 4 million pounds was manufactured product. So far 124 dispensaries have been licensed to sell recreational marijuana in Ohio.
NOVI - Collaborative robots (cobots) are the fastest-growing segment of industrial automation with the global market forecasted a skyrocketing 20%+ growth through 2028. As the market leader and pioneer of collaborative robotics, Universal Robots (UR) is at the forefront of transforming the way cobots work, helping businesses unlock new levels of productivity, efficiency, and innovation, including
LOS ANGELES -Researchers from Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have discovered a way to extend the life and performance of lithium-ion batteries, one of the most commonly used rechargeable batteries, according to an article from the school posted on Tech Xplore. From our cell phones to our laptops and even electric vehicles, many of us
SAN DIEGO, CA. - To harness the power of the sun and make sugars for energy storage, plants use photosynthesis. But some plants are more efficient at it than others. For the first time, researchers have identified a key step in the transformation between old-fashioned C3 photosynthesis and new and improved C4 photosynthesis — which
SOUTH KOREA - Researchers from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have unlocked a new technique to dramatically increase efficiency in next-generation perovskite solar panels. For years, perovskite has been a promising technology that could offer solar panels a massive leap in efficiency. The solar panels we see today are built with silicon. Perovskite is a
NEW YORK - Researchers think they may have discovered evidence of a fifth dimension, an invisible plane that might provide the answers to some of the universe’s most significant mysteries, such as what dark matter is. This possible finding raises the possibility that the cosmos is more complicated than the four dimensions we see daily, building
BIRMINGHAM, UK - The very first urban wind turbine designed by artificial intelligence has officially been unveiled, bringing with it a new age of affordable, clean energy generation. AI specialists EvoPhase and precision metal fabricators Kwik Fab Ltd. have unveiled the world's first urban wind turbine designed by AI. The Birmingham Blade was designed especially
DETROIT - Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), the world’s largest manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage, has unveiled two types of swappable batteries and rolled out a charging network with 100 partners in China, a press release said. Founded in 2011, CATL is the battery provider for the likes of Tesla,
DETROIT - The scientific push to make cheap sodium-ion batteries a viable alternative to the packs with lithium cells that go into electric cars and energy storage systems can only be compared to the R&D rush that went into LFP batteries in the past decade or so. The phosphate cells that don't use expensive nickel
