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A Battery for Electronics That Lasts Twice as Long

MIT Technology Review, February 2nd

This story highlights one of our finest research universities being at the forefront of innovation. An MIT startup called SolidEnergy has developed a kind of lithium-ion battery that stores far more energy.

Lockheed Martin + Project Lead The Way... Will Be Leading The Way For Florida School District's STEM Programs

Sat News Daily, February 2nd

Why this story gives hope to educators seeking ways to get secondary school students interested in STEM:   Lockheed Martin & Project Lead The Way will team to bolster STEM education throughout the United States.  Developing new programs to target K-12 students are key to addressing the capacity and capability challenges facing the engineering profession.

Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review, January 29th

Read this article to find out how Big Data is bolstering industrial competitiveness. General Electric Company is making critical investments in big data to empower customers with better decision-making tools. 

Researchers from Local Labs Gather to Learn More about Entrepreneurship

The Independent, January 29th

Read this feature to find out how we can empower our national lab researchers to become budding entrpreneurs. The Department of Energy's new program shows Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers the art of entrepreneurship and how to bring new technologies to the marketplace. To insure the future of the U.S. innovation pipeline, more programs are needed to help train researchers on various business planning concepts and how to commercialize new technologies.