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Jolt Energy Storage Technologies Graduates from Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by NREL, Launches Commercialization Strategy

In a groundbreaking development, Jolt Energy Storage Technologies has successfully graduated from the Shell GameChanger AcceleratorTM Powered by NREL (GCxN), a program aimed at fostering innovation in cleantech start-ups. Specializing in organic energy storage materials for grid-storage applications, Jolt collaborated with NREL to significantly enhance the long-term stability and performance of its materials. Achieving life …

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Translating technology: MTRAC-funded projects on display at Great Lakes EXPO

By Lynn Waldsmith

Remarkable research projects that focus on food, fuel & fiber are underway at the Michigan State University AgBio Innovation Hub — but not for long. Many of these innovative projects that are funded by the Michigan Translational Research & Commercialization (MTRAC) program and MSU will likely move from the lab to the marketplace in the …

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Lansing Regional SBIR + MedTech Accelerator Creates Pathway for Startups, Supported by MSU Research Foundation

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The Lansing Regional SBIR + MedTech Accelerator has helped early-stage medical technology companies secure SBIR/STTR grants and bridge critical funding gaps while fostering collaboration and growth in the region, with promising success stories such as Tarn BioSciences and CavGene Therapeutics. Written by Rich Keener In a 2019 U.S. News and World Report survey of the …

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Entrepreneurship at MSU ranks in the top 15 nationwide

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The Princeton Review announcement marks the sixth consecutive year of distinguished recognition Michigan State University’s Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has been recognized as a leader in entrepreneurship education by the Princeton Review for a sixth consecutive year. According to The Princeton Review’s new rankings, MSU jumped eight spots from last year to No. …

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Great Lakes EXPO to showcase benefits of Technology Transfer

By Lynn Waldsmith

Specialty crop researchers at Michigan State University and representatives from the MSU Innovation Center are gearing up for the Great Lakes EXPO in Grand Rapids next month, where the latest AgBio technological innovations will be on display. These research products and discoveries largely result from the economic benefits of technology transfer, a process that offers …

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Great Lakes EXPO 2023 showcases AgTech innovation from Michigan State University

By Lynn Waldsmith

Few people likely realize that agriculture is the second largest industry in Michigan, employing almost 25 percent of the workforce in the state. Michigan is also the second most agriculturally diverse state in the nation, thanks to the variety and volume of specialty crops that are grown here. It should be little surprise then, that …

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FRIB Receives DOE-SC Grant Connecting Nuclear Theory and Quantum Computing

A team of FRIB scientists has received a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) to address challenges in nuclear physics via the development of more efficient and powerful quantum computing algorithms. The work of Dean Lee, professor of physics at FRIB and in Michigan State University’s Department of Physics and …

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Using neuroscience to stop phantom braking

MSU has received a $1.2 million multiyear grant from the National Science Foundation to understand the security of autonomous vehicles’ vision systems “Frequent phantom braking incidents can erode confidence in autonomous driving technologies,” said Qiben Yan, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering. “If riders perceive the technology as unpredictable or unreliable, they’ll be …

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MSU Professor At the Forefront of Graphene Research

MSU Professor Lawrence Drzal leads the charge on a nanomaterial called graphene that could be in the next generation of EV batteries Most people are familiar with graphite, the dark silver-colored crystalline form of carbon commonly used in pencil lead. In fact, graphite derives its name from its usage (graphein is “to write” in Greek).  What’s …

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