Plants Made of Bio-based Polymers can be used as Fertilizer
Plastic waste can be extremely hazardous to the environment. Wouldn’t it be great if you could turn that plastic into fertilizer for your garden plants?…
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Super Stable Glass is created by Molecular Mixing
Glass is an amorphous solid, which means it lacks the ordered internal structure of a crystal. Glass is created by cooling a mixture of materials…
Sequoia provides founders with key insights on launching, building, and fundraising
Last month, during the virtual Disrupt SF, Sequoia conducted a special, sponsored AMA for founders in Startup Battlefield and Startup Alley. Stephanie Zhan, Konstantine Buhler,…
Predicting the next wave of Southeast Asia tech giants
With Grab’s upcoming Nasdaq offering and GoJek’s merger with Tokopedia to become internet behemoth GoTo, casual foreign watchers may be forgiven for thinking Southeast Asia’s…
NerdWallet’s IPO proves you can write your way to a unicorn valuation
You can make a lot of money if you create software and sell it online. Because of low-cost distribution, it is conceivable to develop a…
As Climate Change Delivers Extended Dry Spells, Tropical Crops may Suffer
Climate change may cause longer, hotter, and drier spells in regions throughout the world, threatening vital global crops over the next 50 years. Climate change,…
Mark Zuckerberg takes thinly-veiled shots at Apple for ‘stifling innovation’ via its platform policies
When discussing his intentions for the metaverse during today’s keynote speech at the company’s Facebook Connect 2021 event, Facebook (aka “Meta”) CEO Mark Zuckerberg took…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Goes Far Deeper Than We Thought
The Great Red Spot is the solar system’s greatest atmospheric vortex. For at least two millennia, a storm the size of our whole planet has…
Indications of a hot market abound as Freshworks, Toast price IPOs
The announcement that Klarna is waiting for better market circumstances before going public seemed a little strange. Today, hesitancy to go public strikes me as…
Hacking lettuce for taste and profit
The scent is the first thing you notice,” Henry Sztul, Bowery Farming’s chief science officer, exclaims. “Does it have that odor?” As you approach Farm…
Getting the details right in your pitch deck
UCs scan pitch decks rapidly, which means that every element has the power to convince them to invest in a company or pass it over…
Can LEDs ultimately replace the sun?
Agriculture has a 10,000-year history, and it is mostly a technological history. Crop yields have continually risen thanks to innovations ranging from the plow and…
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