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A hole lot of excitement.
Bill Gates filling a pothole would be newsworthy enough. But it wasn’t the fact that Bill was filling the hole as much as what he was filling it with. He was at Modern Hydrogen to check out a demo of the company’s new methane pyrolysis reactor. The device can process...
Close. So Close.
Walkability is a very desirable characteristic when it comes to livability. Being able to walk, bike or hop aboard transit is high on the wish list of those who want to reduce their carbon footprint and connect to their neighborhood. With this in mind, Nat Henry...
Veeam chooses Washington.
When it comes to data protection and ransomware recovery, there’s a new sheriff in town. Veeam Software has officially relocated its corporate headquarters to the Seattle area, leaving its former digs in Ohio. The market leader in its respective fields (measured by...
A bloody good idea.
Anyone who has had a traditional screening for colon cancer knows the stress involved in not only doing the stool test right, but having to wait for the results to come in and, if it’s positive for blood, wondering if you somehow messed it all up on your end....
Antibodies for everyone.
Antibodies are one of the best defenses the human body has come up with. Unfortunately, your natural immune system doesn’t always have the right tools in the toolbox to combat every virus that comes your way. Until recently, lab-generated antibodies were hit-and-miss....
Ending the irritation of irrigation.
When it comes to irrigating crops, repeated timing errors, equipment failures and communication miscues have been the bane of farmers for centuries. The result: Too little, too much or no water at all on crops. It certainly was an irritation for the Wallace family in...
A quantum state for business.
A Quantum Leap Accelerator may be gee-whiz fodder for a reimagined television series. But in Washington State, quantum computing is taking its own quantum leap, thanks to a new factory in Bothell. IonQ, which started with a 65,000-square-foot space in a former...
Startups a plenty!
Washington’s startup community is not only alive and well, but changing with the times. A plethora of startups made the Geekwire 200, representing new ideas in health, energy, artificial intelligence, and other industries of the future. Exciting times, given that...
There’s plenty of space here!
Washington’s bold pioneer spirit has long been a staple of our culture of innovation and exploration, dating back to the ancient people who settled here more than 10,000 years ago. So it should come as no surprise that this spirit is alive and well as humans escape...
A lot of “hard” work.
For the last 200 years, the role of concrete has been set in society. The miracle chemical reaction that binds water, sand, rock, and a dry compound containing limestone can be found in our bridges, buildings, pipes, and highways. Concrete is everywhere. And therein...
Lighten up on the lithium, will ya?
Artificial intelligence is having some profound effects on the scientific world these days. Even the most mundane item – batteries – are getting a makeover with AI. Researchers at Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with a little...
A real thirst quencher!
Who would have thought that the standard bearer of keeping cold things cold and hot things hot would become a cultural phenomenon? Yes, we’re talking about the social media darling – Stanley. A Seattle institution, Stanley thermoses have been in the backpacks of...