After years of false starts and amid an acute regional energy crunch, large-scale onshore wind power could finally take off in Maine in 2026. Utility regulators in five New England…
Year: 2026
Crusoe taps not one but two novel battery technologies for AI buildout
AI infrastructure startup Crusoe has always differentiated itself from its competitors by finding creative ways to tap energy. Now, it’s investing in two of the most potentially transformative battery technologies…
Haldane Prize 2025 | João Vitor Messeder: Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: João Vitor Messeder discusses the paper “Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane…
What’s next for Ohio’s former green steel project? More coal, it seems.
Cleveland-Cliffs appears poised to lock its Middletown Works steel mill into using fossil fuels for at least the next two decades. The steel manufacturer had already abandoned its plan to…
States are lifting bans on nuclear power
It’s typically depicted as green. It’s loved by some and feared by others. It had a heyday in the 1960s before drawing a political backlash that led to statewide prohibitions.…
Function Health has a 23andMe problem
By DEEKSHA HEGDE I had an itch to draw parallels between the two. The structural facts kept lining up in ways I couldn’t dismiss, and by the end, I stopped…
Jason Prestinario, Particle Health
Jason Prestinario is CEO of Particle Health. The company is best known for its current lawsuit against Epic, but behind that there is a real company delivering a set of…
Ohio blocks big solar farm, despite apparently fake public comments
Ohio regulators have blocked yet another major solar project because of local pushback, even though a significant number of public comments opposing the array appear to be fabricated. It’s the…
XPrize competition to drive innovation for next-gen geothermal plants
Geothermal energy is rapidly advancing in the U.S. and globally, thanks to the arrival of next-generation technologies and skyrocketing power demand from data centers. Yet as more companies drill down…
Assault on Scientific Integrity Is “Fundamentally Problematic.”
By MIKE MAGEE This past week, U.S. District Court Judge Judge Brian E. Murphy, dealt Trump and RFK Jr. a severe blow. Not mincing word, he voided HHS vaccine schedule…