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The New York Times

Aug 04, 2011

Polar Researchers Harness Robots That Thrive in the Midnight Sun

Professor Laura Ray's battery-powered Yeti and its close relative—a solar-powered version called Cool Robot—could one day expand scientists' access to Earth's poles and enhance their ability to study climate change.

Nature Materials

Jul 29, 2011

Material witness: Virtuosi's choice

Ulrike Wegst shows how the acoustical properties that determine a wood's suitability for a type of instrument – a xylophone bar, say, or a violin's soundboard or a clarinet body – can be classified according to just a few parameters, such as the speed of sound, the density, and the loss coefficient that describes damping.

Mass High Tech

Jul 29, 2011

New Gerngross startup Arsanis raises $9.6M

Biotech startup Arsanis Inc.—another creation of Tillman Gerngross and Errik Anderson—has raised $9.6 million in a new round of funding, according to federal documents.

Windpower Engineering

Jul 29, 2011

Dartmouth students study wind in remote African areas

A group of Dartmouth engineering students are using a Nomad 2 Wind Data Logger the company donated to study wind in a remote region of Tanzania.

Xconomy

Jul 29, 2011

Biotech Vet Gerngross Dishes Out More Details On Latest VC-Backed Startup Arsanis

Arsanis, co-founded late last year by successful biotech entrepreneur Tillman Gerngross, is using the antibody discovery technology from another of Gerngross's startups, Lebanon, NH-based Adimab, to find antibody drugs that might provide a new alternative to antibiotics.

Citybiznews

Jul 29, 2011

Anti-Counterfeiting Startup Sproxil Completes $1.8M Offering

Sproxil Inc., which provides anti-counterfeiting technology for use with mobile phones and targeted at emerging markets, has completed a $1.79 million equity offering.

CNET News

Jul 29, 2011

GE invests in storage unit innovation

SustainX announced it's received $14.4 million in funding from GE subsidiary GE Energy Financial Services, Cadent Energy Partners, Polaris Ventures, and Rockport Capital.

Mass High Tech

Jul 29, 2011

NH's SustainX brings in $14.4M from GE and others

SustainX Inc., which is developing technology that uses compressed air for energy storage, has received a $14.4 million investment from GE Energy Financial Services.

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