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Startups to Watch: Roha Biotech —Where Mushrooms Meet Materials Science

What if packaging didn’t outlive the product it protected? In a world buried under plastic and Styrofoam, that question isn’t poetic — it’s urgent. And one Indian startup is answering it not with more chemicals or complicated recycling promises, but with something surprisingly simple: mushrooms. Meet Roha Biotech, a startup growing the future of sustainable packaging — quite literally. The Problem With “Protective” Packaging Protective packaging is everywhere. Foam inserts, t

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Jan 273 min read

Startups to Watch: Nike’s Robotic Footwear Revolution

When people hear “robotics,” they usually imagine humanoid robots, warehouse arms, or dogs that look like they escaped a sci-fi movie. Shoes rarely make the list. Nike wants to change that. With its robotic and self-powered footwear experiments — most notably self-lacing sneakers and the newer Project Amplify — Nike is quietly entering the wearable robotics space. Not as a shoe company dabbling in tech, but as a movement company re-engineering how humans walk, run, and exis

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Dec 19, 20254 min read

Commonwealth Fusion Systems — Bottling the Sun for Earth

Founded in 2018 as a spin-out from MIT, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on a mission to build the world’s first commercially viable fusion power plant — a clean, limitless energy source that could one day replace fossil fuels altogether. Their vision isn’t just science fiction. It ’s being built, tested, and magnetically contained right now in Devens, Massachusetts. Screenshot from Commonwealth Fusion System What Exactly Is Fusion Energy? Fusion is what powers the Sun.

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Nov 14, 20254 min read