Read more in the New York Times here.
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How to Accelerate American Science
Over the holidays this winter, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) solicited information on how “to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, and ensure that scientific progress and technological innovation benefit all Americans.” Building on work to accelerate and reform the American scientific enterprise, I offered suggestions for how to effectively direct this effort to improve the function, productivity, vitality, and health of American science. It is a welcome attempt to wrest American science from the grip of malaise that characterizes the status quo. Science is viewed as slowing down, productivity decreasing, and requiring more resources, more grants, and more personnel to achieve tremendous breakthroughs.
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2026 fire season off to ominous start after relatively mild 2025
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Bees are Essential to Feeding the World. Can This Company Save Them?
Bees are among the most important and best-known pollinators on the planet. Despite their small size, these insects play an outsized role in sustaining the global food supply. That’s why AI-powered beehive company Beewise wants to save them.
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The Onshore Wave Energy Company Turning the Tide on Clean Power
Onshore wave energy company Eco Wave Power is turning the tide on reliable, clean electricity with its patented, wave-harnessing devices that can be seamlessly integrated into coastal infrastructure. Founded in 2011, the Israeli-based company was featured in a February 2026 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory report on coastal structure-integrated wave energy converters (CSI-WECs), which are smart, automated devices that can be attached to onshore or nearshore structures such as breakwaters, piers, and ports.
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Shine Technologies Raises Nearly a Quarter of a Billion Dollars for Commercial Fusion
Read more in HEATMAP here.
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South Dakota’s POET says it will provide zero-carbon ethanol to NASCAR
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Building a More Competitive America: How Domestic Materials Innovation Is Driving a Manufacturing Renaissance
There is a powerful movement underway to reindustrialize America, a recognition that our nation’s economic strength and military security are built in its factories. For our country to compete, we must be able to make things– and make them quickly.