Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals
Barocal might have discovered a cheap, nonpolluting material that could dethrone today’s refrigeration technology.
Bill Gates’s old climate lobbyists launch a new firm
Members of Breakthrough Energy’s policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward clean energy.
Terra Oleo’s oil-producing microbes could replace destructive palm oil plantations
Terra Oleo had operated in stealth for years, developing yeast strains capable of producing high-value oils that don’t need refining. It has raised $3.1 million.
How Bill Gates’s fellowship program is adapting to global uncertainty
As Breakthrough Energy Fellows welcomes a new cohort of 22 startups, it is also diversifying its portfolio to include more global founders.
Fervo Energy lands $206M in financing to build massive geothermal power plant
Fervo is developing what promises to be the largest enhanced geothermal power plant in the world.