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Designing a battery is a three-part process. You need a positive electrode, you need a negative electrode, and — importantly — you need an electrolyte that works with both electrodes. An electrolyte is…
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Wi-Fi routers continuously broadcast radio frequencies that your phones, tablets and computers pick up and use to get you online. As the invisible frequencies travel, they bounce off or pass through everything around them — the walls,…
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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division in April 2022 launched a two-phase prize challenge aimed at identifying providers of a capability that would automate document and data assessment…
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In the U.S., more people are learning to read, write and speak in a new language using the app Duolingo. In fact, the number of people learning a second language using Duolingo is more than in the…
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For the first time, the U.S.’s Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, in partnership with the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, or Dstl, demonstrated state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, or AI, technology at two…
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The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new artificial intelligence institute to focus on the speech language pathology needs of children. The need for speech and language services has been…
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After leading efforts to diversify the FDNY’s firefighter roster, Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum Laura Kavanagh has taken that diversity to the highest level.  FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh In October…
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This week in our Startup Spotlight blog series is our 2022 XTC Sustainable Smart Cities co-Runner-Up – Quiron Digital! Forest risk prediction from satellite image analysis.   Six Questions for Diogo Machado, CEO and Founder, Quiron…
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This week in our Startup Spotlight blog series is our 2020 XTC Healthcare Finalist – Elucidata! A pharmaceutical “Bloomberg service” to accelerate discovery.   Six Questions for Dr.Abhishek Jha, CEO and Founder, Elucidata of USA and…
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We are so happy to back at CES this year with thirty-two entrepreneurs presenting their startups live on stage. The innovations span across four different verticals – Digital Health, Fintech, Sustainable Smart Cities and Web3 – with a…
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This year is starting off with a bang! 🎉 XTC is in Las Vegas for the global tech event, CES, with thirty-two entrepreneurs ready to present their startups on stage. CES is one of the most influential tech events in the world so we’re…
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It didn’t take Rear Adm. Joanna Nunan (US. Coast Guard, Ret.) long after her retirement from a 35-year career in the Coast Guard to find her next challenge.  Just seven months after her retirement ceremony in April 2022, the…
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