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POM Wonderful’s Liquid Extract, POMxL, Earns Upcycled Certification

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Monday, October 23, 2023
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1 pomegranate juice in North America, today announced its liquid pomegranate extract, POMxL, has become Upcycled Certified®.

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  • 1 pomegranate juice in North America, today announced its liquid pomegranate extract, POMxL, has become Upcycled Certified®.
  • The world’s first third-party certification program for upcycled food ingredients and products, receiving Upcycled Certification reinforces POM Wonderful’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and continuous product innovation.
  • POMxL is made under POM Wonderful’s Specialty Ingredients division, which provides raw ingredients to suppliers across the food and beverage industry.
  • POM Wonderful uses a proprietary method to press whole pomegranates to create POM 100% Pomegranate Juice .

Yosemite's Beverly Lu, Ph.D. joins Ten63's Board of Directors

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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Prior to launch, the Yosemite team co-led Ten63's oversubscribed Series A financing with Hatteras Venture Partners.

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  • Prior to launch, the Yosemite team co-led Ten63's oversubscribed Series A financing with Hatteras Venture Partners.
  • Led by Reed Jobs, Yosemite is focused on making cancer non-lethal within our lifetime.
  • In connection with the partnership, Yosemite's Dr. Beverly Lu joined the company's board of directors.
  • Dr. Lu serves on Ten63's board directors along with Dr. Frenkel, Clay Thorp, General Partner of Hatteras Venture Partners, Damien Petty, operating partner at Morpheus Ventures, and Dr. Steve Hall formerly from Lilly Ventures.

NASA’s Psyche—Maxar Space’s First Deep Space Spacecraft— Performing Well After Launch

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Saturday, October 14, 2023
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Maxar Space, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, built the unique spacecraft chassis based on the Maxar 1300™ series bus, the world’s most trusted space platform.

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  • Maxar Space, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, built the unique spacecraft chassis based on the Maxar 1300™ series bus, the world’s most trusted space platform.
  • The Maxar Space-built Psyche chassis spread its two solar arrays and successfully started maneuvers toward the asteroid belt.
  • (Photo: Maxar Space)
    This Maxar 1300 spacecraft is one of the lightest and smallest ever, showing the versatility of the platform.
  • “Psyche will break records for deep space travel using SEP,” said Chris Johnson, CEO for Maxar Space.

Suffolk Los Angeles Adds Experienced Leader Abel Gonzalez as Executive Vice President, Operations, to Drive Strategic Growth and Operational Excellence

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Thursday, October 12, 2023
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Suffolk , one of the largest and most innovative real estate and construction enterprises in the country, has announced the strategic addition of industry veteran Abel Gonzalez, LEED AP, to its Los Angeles leadership team as Executive Vice President of Operations.

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  • Suffolk , one of the largest and most innovative real estate and construction enterprises in the country, has announced the strategic addition of industry veteran Abel Gonzalez, LEED AP, to its Los Angeles leadership team as Executive Vice President of Operations.
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    Industry veteran Abel Gonzalez joins Suffolk Los Angeles as Executive Vice President, Operations.
  • “I’m grateful for the opportunity to join the Suffolk team and play an important role in its strategic growth in the West Coast region,” said Mr. Gonzalez.
  • “Suffolk is a leader in leveraging innovative technologies and proven systems to streamline the construction process and deliver exceptional results for clients.

World Science Scholars Welcomes the 2023 Cohort of Promising Young Scientists

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Science Scholars (WSS) program provides an unparalleled opportunity for extraordinarily gifted high school students from around the world to explore cutting-edge scientific research with world-renowned scientists.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Science Scholars (WSS) program provides an unparalleled opportunity for extraordinarily gifted high school students from around the world to explore cutting-edge scientific research with world-renowned scientists.
  • WSS recently welcomed its sixth cohort of 52 scholars from 22 different countries.
  • — They will be making discoveries that shape our world," said World Science U President Gillian Small.
  • The World Science Scholars program is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to Asteroid

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Friday, October 13, 2023
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"Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • By August 2029, the spacecraft will begin to orbit the 173-mile-wide (279-kilometer-wide) asteroid – the only metal-class asteroid ever to be explored.
  • "Now the real fun begins as we race toward asteroid Psyche to unlock the secrets of how planets form and evolve."
  • While the transceiver is hosted by Psyche, the tech demo will not relay Psyche mission data.

Global Space-Based Solar Power Market Share Revenue Envisaged to Reach USD 1,108.90 Million by 2032, at 8.0% CAGR: Polaris Market Research

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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Satellites need electricity to power their scientific instruments, communication systems, navigation systems, and data collection systems, among other things.

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  • Satellites need electricity to power their scientific instruments, communication systems, navigation systems, and data collection systems, among other things.
  • North America: Within the region, the United States has emerged as a significant market for solar energy generated in space.
  • What is the current and expected space based solar power market size during the forecast period?
  • What factors are driving the space based solar power market growth?

Momentus Chief Executive Officer John Rood Recognized as Connectivity Business Executive to Watch

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced that Chief Executive Officer John Rood is featured as one of this year’s “Executives to Watch” by Connectivity Business.

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  • Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, today announced that Chief Executive Officer John Rood is featured as one of this year’s “Executives to Watch” by Connectivity Business.
  • Rood provided the following quote to Connectivity Business: “At Momentus, we had a vision to quickly mature from a Silicon Valley startup to a high-performing space company enabling our customers to do new things in space in much more affordable ways.
  • Receiving a Space Development Agency Small Business Innovation Research Award to tailor the capabilities of the Vigoride vehicle for DoD payloads and mission requirements.
  • The Company’s first mission of 2024 is targeted to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-10 mission slated for no earlier than February.

Quantum Computing Startup-Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Secures $8.5m Funding

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Friday, September 15, 2023
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Founded in 2022, NanoQT is a leading startup company focused on fiber connectable quantum computing hardware.

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  • Founded in 2022, NanoQT is a leading startup company focused on fiber connectable quantum computing hardware.
  • Unlike superconducting circuits and ion traps for quantum computing, NanoQT uses a technology called nanofiber cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).
  • Modularity and scalability of interconnected QPUs offer a unique platform for distributed quantum computing and quantum networks for a variety of useful applications.
  • "While cavity QED has long been a recognized platform in quantum computing, developing the ideal cavity posed significant challenges.

Quantum Computing Startup-Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Secures $8.5m Funding

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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Founded in 2022, NanoQT is a leading startup company focused on fiber connectable quantum computing hardware.

Key Points: 
  • Founded in 2022, NanoQT is a leading startup company focused on fiber connectable quantum computing hardware.
  • Unlike superconducting circuits and ion traps for quantum computing, NanoQT uses a technology called nanofiber cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).
  • Modularity and scalability of interconnected QPUs offer a unique platform for distributed quantum computing and quantum networks for a variety of useful applications.
  • "While cavity QED has long been a recognized platform in quantum computing, developing the ideal cavity posed significant challenges.