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UH inks international partnership for energy transition innovation
The University of Houston and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month that celebrates an official partnership between the schools in education,...
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Houston fitness entrepreneur serves up smart baby gear line
Ashley Gooch has taken her entrepreneurial spirit from the fitness studio to the finger foods. The Houston-based founder of high-end cycling studio RYDE and mom of three has launched a new baby gear...
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Houston students develop underwater robot with energy-efficient buoyancy control
A team of Rice University engineering students has developed a new way for underwater robots to move around, save power and work more efficiently and quietly. The robot uses reversible hydrogen fuel...
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Houston university breaks ground on $54.5M project to expand business school
Rice University broke ground last week on an innovative $54.5 million building for the Jones Graduate School of Business that is designed to be built around the current structure and also integrate...
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Houston college lands $5M NASA grant to launch new aerospace research center
The University of Houston was one of seven minority-serving institutions to receive a nearly $5 million grant this month to support aerospace research focused on extending human presence on the moon...
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Rice University inks strategic partnership with French research institution
Rice University and Université Paris Sciences & Lettres signed a strategic partnership agreement last week that states that the two institutions will work together on research on some of today's...
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Rice accelerator names innovative second summer cohort
Rice University's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, or Lilie, has named eight teams to the second cohort of the Lilie Summer Venture Studio. The teams are focused on a range of...
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Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech
Rice University awarded DivInc. an $800,000 grant this month to support its work in sports technology. The Texas-based company, which operates numerous accelerators, focuses on BIPOC and female...
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Houston lab sees progress with breakthrough light-harvesting processes
A groundbreaking Rice University lab has made further strides in its work to make harvesting light energy more efficient and stable.Presented on the cover of a June issue of Science, a study from Rice...
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University of Houston names new executive, partnership amid energy transition
The University of Houston has made two big moves in growing its role in supporting the Houston energy transition.UH to explore repurposing offshore tech for clean energy with new partnershipThe...
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Houston Airports rollout innovative fleet of fire rescue vehicles
Houston Airports and the Houston Fire Department will roll out a new fleet of eco-friendly and health-promoting vehicles this summer. Four new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) trucks will be...
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Houston chemist lands $2M NIH grant for cancer treatment research
A Rice University chemist has landed a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Health for his work that aims to reprogram the genetic code and explore the role certain cells play in causing...
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Houston engineers develop breakthrough device to advance spinal cord treatment
A team of Rice University engineers has developed an implantable probe over a hundred times smaller than the width of a hair that aims to help develop better treatments for spinal cord disease and...
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Houston medical device startup implants artificial heart in first human patient
Heart health tech company BiVACOR and The Texas Heart Institute announced that they successfully implanted the company's first Total Artificial Heart in a human at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in...
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Houston chemist earns $12M grant to support innovative soil pollutant removal...
A Rice University chemist James Tour has secured a new $12 million cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center on the team’s work to efficiently remove pollutants...
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Houston 3D printing co. moves forward to next phase of NSF accelerator
An innovative project led by Houston-founded re:3D Inc. is one of six to move forward to the next phase of the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator that aims to drive solutions with...
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Rice University awards $150,000 to space researchers
The Rice Space Institute has awarded $150,000 in seed funding to six university researchers to further their work in space-related science and engineering. The projects each will receive $25,000 until...
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10th Houston cohort named to early-stage accelerator
National venture capital firm gener8tor named its 10th Houston cohort this week, which includes startups focused on innovative tableware to substitute teacher operations. gBETA Houston offers startups...
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NASA awards Houston university $1.2M for diversity in aerospace initiative
NASA will award the University of Houston $1.2 million toward a collaborative project with some of the biggest players in aerospace to foster diversity in the field. The funds will go toward UH's...
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Where to work: These 2024 Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring
About a third of this year's startup finalists for the Houston Innovation Awards are hiring — from contract positions all the way up to senior-level roles.The finalists, announced last week, range...
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People's Choice: Pick your startup of the year for the 2024 Houston...
It's firmly voting season in Houston, and in addition to deciding the nation's next political leaders, the local innovation ecosystem is being called to weigh in on one category for the Houston...
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Top innovation leaders talk Houston's strengths, weaknesses
The six finalists in this year's Ecosystem Builder category for the Houston Innovation Awards shared many reasons why Houston has been a great place for them to launch their startups. Still, they've...
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Overheard: 2024 Houston Innovation Awards finalists share top advice for...
There's a great deal of advice swirling around the world today about how to find success business. Why not take it from mentors and founders with a proven track record, like the finalists for this...
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Meet 5 of the fastest-growing scaleup companies in Houston
The 2024 Houston Innovation Awards will feature a new category: Scaleup of the Year, which honors a Bayou City company that's seen impressive growth in 2024.From biotech companies to decarbonization...
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These are 6 of the organizations best supporting Houston's innovation community
It takes a village to launch, run, and grow an innovative startup. And from helping founders gain access to capital to promoting diversity, offering mentorship and hosting pitch events, demo days and...
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Houston space health nonprofit launches first experiments onboard Blue Origin...
Houston's Translational Research Institute for Space Health, or TRISH, conducted cutting-edge research onboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket that launched Friday, November 22. The NS-28 mission...
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Houston AI data firm partners on Alzheimer’s clinical trial
Houston data science firm OmniScience announced this month that it has partnered with Florida-based INmune Bio (NASDAQ: INMB) on a global Phase 2 Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial.The trial, known as...
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Houston med school lands $3.5M grant to rollout genetic telehealth platform...
Baylor College of Medicine received $3.5 million to help hospitals in Texas better care for and diagnose some of the state's most vulnerable patients.The funds come from the National Human Genome...
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TMC launches cancer-focused partnership with Japan
Houston's Texas Medical Center announced the launch of its new TMC Japan BioBridge and Japan-Accelerator Cancer Therapeutics and Medical Devices, or JACT, this month.The strategic partnership between...
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Houston robotics co. closes series B after year of growth
Houston- and Boston-based Square Robot Inc. closed a series B round of funding last month.The advanced submersible robotics company raised $13 million, according to Tracxn.com, and says it will put...
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