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Going Global In Davos

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 29, 2010

 

David Din, a Luxembourg-based technology entrepreneur, took his company global over breakfast at the World Economic Forum  January 28.

Din, one of 26 companies named by the Forum as 2010 Technology Pioneers, is behind Epuramat, a company that promises to revolutionize waste water treatment, helping the United Nations meet its goal to give 2 billion people access to clean water and sanitary facilities in the coming years.Read more

Revolutionizing The Energy Sector

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 7, 2009

If Bloom Energy's  technology fulfills its potential, homes and businesses could one day generate their own electricity and fuel their own vehicles.  It builds what are called solid-oxide fuel cells, in which water, oxygen, and a hydrogen source such as natural gas, are pulled through the cell to cleanly generate electricity. The secretive Silicon Valley firm, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital, is one of 26 companies chosen as a 2010 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.Read more

Pioneering A New Approach To Cancer Drug Delivery

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 7, 2009

Aura Biosciences has cobbled together a new approach to delivering cancer drugs by combining unrelated discoveries from European research institutions in the fields of virology, molecular biology, advanced chemistry, and nanotechnology. The company, which is headed by Spanish molecular biologist Elisabet de los Pinos, is one of 26 companies named as 2010 Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum.Read more

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