GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

” Enzymes are the wizards of the natural world, proteins that can transform molecules and rapidly accelerate chemical reactions under mild conditions. … Read More Meet the Seattle VC behind a new $6.6M fund focused on women’s health startups Jessica Kamada does not have a traditional startups and venture capital background.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During COVID-19 lockdowns, for example, specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle developed a VPA to provide self-service assistance to over 7,000 employees at home, including a natural language interface with a chat bot, and enough AI to help people interface seamlessly with several business applications at a time.

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GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2025

The Ravel team at its Seattle pilot facility, from left: Forest Davis, process development scientist; John Goods, co-founder and chief technologist; Zahlen Titcomb, co-founder and CEO; Zack Wolford, research engineer; and Kristen Albrecht, chief sustainability officer and vice president of operations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2023

I’ve always been a techie at heart and always wanted to pursue computer programming. I started out as an application developer. Now I have consciously tapped into the R&D space, product development and the DevOps segment. How did you start at WABTEC, and what would you consider your greatest career achievement?

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Gizmodo

MARCH 25, 2021

But on Wednesday, a group of scientists detailed how to develop an insurance plan if the world fails to do so. There are some signs the world may be finally gearing up to tackle the root cause of the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions. Read more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 19, 2020

The 15-week program targets early stage companies for “cleantech-specific” instruction, mentoring, and support in business planning, manufacturing products, and building a customer base. Participants are from startups that address energy use, toxic chemical removal, biofuels, waste reduction, and other green-leaning technologies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Throughout my career at Textron, I have had many roles, spanning supply chain, manufacturing, integrated product teams, and working on helicopter programs. It is rare in a multi-industry, global organization to have such a passion for developing and promoting people from within. I love the talent philosophy.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

DARPA had already been working with commercial partners — including Blue Origin , the space venture created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as well as Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies , or USNC-Tech — on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, also known as DRACO.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 30, 2023

The tech: Sironix has developed a suite of surfactants, which are the chemicals that make shampoo foamy and lifts oily stains out of fabrics. Toxic tailwinds: Sironix’s surfactants can replace similar chemicals made from fossil fuels, including ingredients that can be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

based company is also developing a technology that could someday transform the moon’s soil into materials for electricity-producing solar cells and transmission wire. That branch of Blue Origin’s advanced development programs takes the spotlight in a blog item posted to the company’s website.

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2020

A system being developed by Redmond, Wash.-based to support the development of technologies that could come in handy for space exploration or Earth-based applications. Six Washington state businesses are among the recipients of Phase I contracts under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR. NASA Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

today unveiled two new options for its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle — one that uses an environmentally friendly chemical thruster system to help get small satellites where they need to go, and another that’s powered by an electric propulsion system. (Spaceflight Illustration). Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 29, 2024

Ferl’s flight test was funded by a grant awarded through NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, with additional support from NASA’s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences. Eugene Grin , a Ukrainian-born real estate and investment manager who lives in upstate New York. based Blue Origin’s spacefliers to 43.

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GeekWire

JUNE 5, 2023

One grant would support the development of a lunar power distribution system. Those are just two of the projects receiving Phase I grants from the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, also known as SBIR and STTR.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2024

Power moves: Not resting on its laurels, SAP has announced a company-wide transformation program and restructuring aimed at strategic growth areas, particularly AI. SAP says it will reach that number through voluntary leave programs and internal reskilling.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 13, 2020

Quantum computing is particularly well-suited for tackling challenges ranging from cryptography — which serves as the foundation of secure online commerce — to the development of new chemical compounds for industrial and medical use. ” Braket takes its name from a notation system that’s used in quantum mechanics.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 28, 2023

Whether you are an end-user wanting access or control over products and services, or a manufacturer wishing to build better technology systems faster than before – one key component remains essential: embedded software development. For up-to-date reference on embedded software development best practices, you can go for N-ix resources.

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GeekWire

MAY 24, 2021

It will use the fresh cash to accelerate growth in industries such as process heating and cooling, chemical manufacturing, and paper and pulp. DeepMind, acquired by Alphabet-owned Google in 2014, is famous for developing the AlphaGo program that beat a human world champion.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers have innovated a better way to turn biomass into fuel in a single-step chemical conversion. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs play in developing technology? ” GW: You have multiple programs to facilitate tech transfer, including the $1,000 Exploratory License Agreements.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2024

But just as important now are holistic matters of people—diversity, inclusivity, employee welfare, and so on, and perhaps few technical leaders have concerned themselves with these as enthusiastically as Raj Polanki, the US Division CIO of Wacker, the seven-billion-dollar German chemical manufacturer, and the co-lead of its DEI council.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Two years ago the professors co-founded Banyu Carbon , a Seattle-based startup developing technology for extracting carbon dioxide from the ocean, which in turn lowers the levels in the atmosphere. It has support from programs including the U.S. The effort so far is going swimmingly. million from investors. million from investors.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. He brings expertise in developing IT strategy, digital transformation, AI engineering, process optimization and operations. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2024

We recorded the episode on location, backstage at the GeekWire Gala, where we recognized five Uncommon Thinkers through this annual awards program, presented in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners. Read the profile. Read the profile.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The roles needed include employees who can tally a company’s numerous sources of carbon emissions; rethink their operations to reduce emissions; implement these programs; and track progress towards carbon goals. The UW Foster School last year recruited Donovan to help develop some of its sustainability programming.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 23, 2022

.” “Putting the burden on the consumer is part of the problem,” said Lucas Ellis , an assistant professor at Oregon State University’s School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering. Despite being an expert on plastic recycling with a chemical engineering Ph.D., Still, there are significant challenges.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2024

His diverse team of professionals that spans computing, IT, UX design, program management, cybersecurity, HPC, and systems engineering is an essential asset in making this possible. What is the scientist’s perspective on the process to refill or order chemicals for a lab?

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It’s the latest innovation to come from the emerging field of protein engineering, and the technique could revolutionize how drugs are developed to counter future pandemics. Cao is the lead author of a study about the protein-building experiment , published today by the journal Science. UW Medicine / Institute for Protein Design Photo).

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GeekWire

MARCH 19, 2022

of Washington science programs to be housed in new building that includes public, private tenants. Gates Foundation, partners launch $90M program to develop drugs for future pandemics. Gates Foundation, partners launch $90M program to develop drugs for future pandemics.

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GeekWire

JUNE 5, 2023

In contrast to a linear economy where resources are extracted, used, and tossed in landfills, a circular economy focuses on developing longer-lasting products that can be easily reused, repaired, repurposed and recycled. Restrictions on the use of PFAS or “forever chemicals” in food packaging.

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 5, 2017

Photo credit: Shutterstock IBM Cloud is now providing developers with the infrastructure and portal to a 5 qubit quantum computer. In the first half of 2017, IBM plans to release a full SDK (Software Development Kit) on the IBM Quantum Experience for users to build simple quantum applications and software programs.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The work at PNNL involved radioactive and non-radioactive activities, including chemical processing and fuel fabrication, materials handling and heat source characterization. The test data will support further development of heat sources. and in Seattle.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A delegation of Ukrainian health officials and policymakers is visiting Seattle to learn about the city’s life sciences cluster and develop relationships with its researchers and innovators. Ukraine is known for its lively tech sector , but its infrastructure for life sciences research is not as fully developed.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

“A battery is a chemical system that is highly engineered so that all the parts work together,” said Dan Schwartz, founding director of the UW’s Clean Energy Institute , which includes the testbeds. “And the nation is really under-invested in that kind of engineering work.” ” Here’s the challenge.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

The companies are developing technologies that aim to boost electric vehicle adoption, carbon capture and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. 10, the companies will make online presentations about their businesses and E8 , a Seattle-based network of angel investors that created Decarbon8, will share information about the program.

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GeekWire

JUNE 19, 2021

But as intrusion methods and the cybersecurity field itself have developed, more sophisticated decoy techniques have been needed. But Shadow Figment needs to be one piece of a broader program of cybersecurity defense. The development of Shadow Figment and this approach is very timely. BigStock Photo).

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Vox

AUGUST 25, 2023

Past analyses show that, between the early 1990s and the late 2000s, the typical drug discovery and development process took 12 years or more. In the case of halicin, the MIT team used AI that can test more than 100 million chemical compounds over the course of only a few days. “It

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GeekWire

JULY 25, 2023

million to boost development of its machine learning platform that analyzes protein-protein interactions. The startup was co-founded in 2017 by Younger and CTO Randolph Lopez , using the technology they helped to develop while graduate researchers at the UW. A-Alpha Bio Photo) Seattle biotech startup A-Alpha Bio raised $22.4

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