Rare Element Resources Ltd. (RER) received a non-binding Letter of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for debt financing of up to $553 million for the Bear Lodge Project in Wyoming. The funding aims to support the project’s permitting, engineering design and construction. This announcement coincides with President Donald Trump’s Executive...
Steven R. Spurgeon, a materials data scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, has been awarded the Microscopy Society of America’s (MSA’s) Burton Medal. The Burton Medal is the organization’s highest honor for early-career scientists in the field of microscopy and microanalysis, awarded annually to a researcher under the age of 40....
Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) closed a 49:51 joint venture with Ayna.AI (Ayna), aimed at accelerating the development of the Aluminum Cup category. The new joint venture, named Oasis Venture Holdings LLC, will include the Aluminum Cup business, its commercial teams, supply chain, manufacturing teams and the plant in Rome, Ga., which will serve as its...
The Colorado School of Mines has been awarded $2.5 million by NASA to assist in a balloon experiment aimed at investigating high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos. The project is international in scope, with Mines serving as a leading institution among 10 U.S. universities and 15 international partners. Eric Mayotte, assistant professor of physics at Mines,...
Trimble Inc. (Nasdaq: TRMB) has announced Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. as the first Trimble Technology Outlet in the United States. This outlet will sell and support Trimble grade control technology to customers using Komatsu, Takeuchi and Hamm earthmoving equipment across Texas and Oklahoma. Contractors will be able to purchase Westminster-based Trimble technology from Kirby-Smith, including the...
KRTL Holding Group Inc. (OTC: KRTL) subsidiary KRTL Biotech Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Industria Químico Farmacéutica Sigma Corp. S.R.L. (“Sigma”) of Bolivia. This MOU outlines the framework for a strategic international merger between the two companies. Under the MOU, Lakewood-based KRTL Biotech and Sigma have developed key merger provisions, which...
Sherpa 6 Inc. revealed it was awarded a contract last summer by Army Combat Capability Development Command (DEVCOM) C5ISR Center to develop and test a frequency diverse private 5G system, alongside a non-traditional mmWave solution. The initiative aims to evaluate the feasibility of using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies to enhance situational awareness and communication capabilities...
A team of students from the Colorado School of Mines has been selected by NASA to participate in the University Student Research Challenge (USRC), focusing on a project to develop a megawatt-scale electric turbofan system. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and provide a potential solution for large-scale supersonic commercial planes. Led...
SHF Holdings Inc., dba Safe Harbor Financial (NASDAQ: SHFS), has named Michael (Mike) Regan as head of investor relations and data science. Regan brings extensive experience in investment analysis and product innovation to the role. In his new position, Regan will assist investors in understanding the company’s growth initiatives and lead the development of products...
Trimble Inc. and PTx Trimble announced the availability of Trimble IonoGuard for the precision agriculture industry. IonoGuard is designed to improve RTK GNSS signal tracking and hardware positioning performance, ensuring more reliable and accurate positioning during challenging ionospheric conditions. Every 11 years, solar activity peaks, leading to ionospheric disturbances such as scintillation and signal noise...
Spatial Corp. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. are collaborating to utilize Spatial Software Development Kits (SDKs) in creating neoROSET, Kawasaki’s offline robot programming tool. Broomfield-based Spatial Corp., a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, specializes in 3D software development toolkits designed for technical and engineering applications. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has used the technological capabilities of Spatial’s...
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Osong Medical Innovation Foundation (KBIOHealth) to jointly develop workforce training for cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing. The partnership aims to create training programs focused on mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) and chimeric antigen (CAR) T-cell therapies, utilizing Terumo BCT’s...