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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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In this conversation with Foundry, Kopal dives deep into her career progression, the challenges of marrying manufacturing with digitization and WABTEC’s commitment to sustainability. Our products are sometimes tested for a year before being launched in the field. What does sustainability look like for WABTEC ?

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Katakem’s ‘robot chef’ speeds up drug development with reliable chemistry

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Organic chemist Manuela Oliverio was working on a new drug when he noticed that test results on mice weren’t consistent, because the molecule being administered was always different depending on the chemist who produced it. “The production of a chemical product is strictly regulated and standardized. Image Credits: Katakem.

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?

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“Sugar is a massive consumer of water and in contrast, there’s big sustainability pitch for what we do. The first viable, non-toxic chemically derived sugar substitute was discovered in the late 18th century by a German chemist. Those chemicals. That’s made form a sustainable source but also biodegradable.”

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Chipotle’s love of robots continues with autonomous farming

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Reduce reliance on harmful chemicals traditionally used to kill weeds. Minimize risk for farmers and make farming more sustainable. With Chipotle’s investment, Greenfield Robotics will add more capabilities to its robots, including soil testing, crop planting, and microspraying.

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FarmWise plans to add autonomous crop dusting to its suite of robotic services

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The San Francisco-based company is currently testing the application of fungicides and insecticides to row crops as an additional capability for its weed-killing robots, according to company chief executive Sébastien Boyer. “I was attracted by working on a large-scale sustainability problem,” Boyer said.

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Noya Labs turns cooling towers into direct air capture devices for CO2 emissions

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Noya’s tech works by adding a blend of CO2-absorbing chemicals to the water in the cooling towers. Burns test.” ” Introducing "the Mr Burns test" for sustainability companies. Stoya’s first installation could cost around $250,000, Santos said. That's the to impact at scale.

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The era of software-defined battery startups is here

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Designing and manufacturing pouches, slabs or cylinders filled with volatile chemicals that are capable of recharging ever more quickly is far from easy. Years ago, new battery types were discovered by chemists laboring away at benches, testing different combinations. “Batteries are hard,” an expert once said. He wasn’t kidding.