Lithium-ion batteries have dropped in cost by 75% over the past decade, a marvel of research and development that isn’t the result of a singular breakthrough but of myriad incremental improvements. Few know that better than Chaitanya Sharma, founder of the stealthy Nascent Materials. Sharma spent a little over two years working at Tesla’s Gigafactory…
Standard Nuclear emerged from stealth Wednesday with $42 million in funding to make advanced nuclear fuel. Except Standard Nuclear isn’t an entirely new company. Rather, it’s built on assets purchased at auction following the bankruptcy of the Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) for $28 million. The new company’s CEO, Kurt Terrani, served as vice president…
Watching a new Wes Anderson film is like reaching for a trusty closet standby. You know what you’re getting into, but it continues to delight. The familiarity of the director’s distinctive visual aesthetic, sense of whimsy, and reoccurring cast of A-list actors is always comforting, yet his knack for unique storytelling and casting breakout talent…
