By Isabel Hart – Reporter, Boston Business Journal Bertucci’s, a once-popular casual dining chain known for its brick oven pizza and signature bread rolls, is testing a new fast-casual concept called Bertucci’s Pronto in Downtown Boston. After filing for bankruptcy twice—in 2018 and 2022—the brand is pivoting under the direction of owner Robert Earl (Earl Enterprises) to […]
Silklab is developing underwater adhesives for shark tagging and small drones for identifying Covid-19 in the environment Eli Chavez A lab in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University is innovating with the help of one of the oldest and most domesticated animals on the planet: silkworms. The Silklab at Tufts sounds more straightforward than it […]
By Hannah Green Dominique Verhelle came to the United States in 1999 for postdoctoral training after completing a Ph.D. in her homeland of France. At the time, she had few reservations about the move: The U.S. was the best place in the world to pursue a career in science. Verhelle went on to build a life […]
By Hannah Green Two Massachusetts researchers are among the recipients of an award known as the “Oscars of Science” for their contributions to the life sciences. David Liu and Alberto Ascherio were recognized on Saturday with the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Ascherio is a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of […]
By Eli Chavez Nuclear fusion has seen increased investment within the past five years due to its promise of an inexhaustible, clean energy source. One fusion startup that’s testing its technology in the greater Boston area has taken a step in the race toward the first commercially viable fusion reactor. Type One Energy, a fusion startup […]
By Eli Chavez A Billerica-based battery manufacturer is one of two Massachusetts companies to be selected for the Amazon Web Services Clean Energy Accelerator 4.0. Out of 800 applicants from 75 countries, PolyJoule was selected as one of the 21 companies to join the Amazon accelerator. The accelerator provides startups with access to its generative AI as well […]
By Eli Chavez A Boston-based company is looking to the past to make batteries of the future. Pure Lithium, a battery manufacturing startup, is reimagining lithium battery manufacturing using a method for lithium metal batteries invented by Nobel Prize winner Stanley Whittingham in 1977. Pure Lithium was founded by Emilie Bodoin in 2021, who said in […]
By Mary C. Serreze The mid-July failure of a 350-foot offshore wind blade off the coast of Massachusetts was caused by a “manufacturing deviation” at a factory in Canada, according to Scott Strazik, CEO of GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), maker of the defective component. “We have no indications of an engineering design flaw — that’s important […]
By Hannah Green Moderna Inc. officially opened the doors to its new global headquarters on Wednesday, fulfilling its plan to bring its research and development operations under one roof. The Cambridge drugmaker has moved into a six-floor, 462,000-square-foot office and lab building at 325 Binney St. Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA) first shared its intention to move into a new Cambridge […]
By Isabel Hart Mass General Brigham, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all celebrated a joint milestone yesterday: Their collaborative research operation, the Ragon Institute, opened its new headquarters in Cambridge. The new location at 600 Main St. in Kendall Square is less than a quarter-mile from the institute’s previous address at 400 Technology Square. The new site […]
