Plastic pollution negatively impacts human and animal health as well as the stability of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Also, petroleum-based plastics degrade slowly, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces that can travel long distances through water tables and food chains.The water table is the underground dividing line between the unsaturated zone — where spaces between
A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has devised a unique method to observe changes in materials at the atomic level. The technique opens new avenues for understanding and developing advanced materials for quantum computing and electronics.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) has announced nine Phase 2 winners for the Making Advanced Technology Commercialization Harmonized (Lab MATCH) prize.The three-phase Lab MATCH prize, funded by the Technology Commercialization Fund, asks entrepreneurs to create actionable plans for groundbreaking National Laboratory intellectual property (IP) to be brought to market.
Imagine embedding an enzyme inside a product so that it can biodegrade much faster than it normally would. Well, that is the focus for a company named Circular Biosciences LLC which has received a lot of love over the past few years from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK).
One of the first observations we made when we first met Kim Tutin of Captis Aire was that she was not a typical “Innovation Crossroads” Fellow. For starters, unlike many of the Fellows, she had spent more than 34 years at Georgia-Pacific (GP), working as a Chemist, Senior Project Manager, Technology Scout, Scientist, and Group
Today we’re announcing a new deal to purchase carbon removal credits from direct air capture provider Holocene, at the lowest price on record for this technology: $100 per ton, for delivery by the early 2030s.We’re committed to doing our part to decarbonize the global economy and reach our goal of net zero emissions across our
In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material opens in Fairfield, Ohio. The resulting metals will be used in new batteries and other clean energy markets.Extracting metals out of old material avoids the environmental
Entrepreneurship in the hard tech space is not for the faint of heart. Milestones often take years to achieve. The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) is a steadfast partner in this journey, working with innovators to turn groundbreaking innovations into reality—no matter how long the commercialization runway.
Six of the seven innovators selected for the 2024 Innovation Crossroads cohort at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) spent Thursday afternoon with ecosystem partners at Smoky Mountain Brewery in Turkey Creek. The Founders’ Forum event is a monthly informal gathering where entrepreneurs can hear talks, learn lessons, and participate in Q&A sessions with program alumni,