Full profile interview
11 Jul 2025

Calicat
California Catalysts (Calicat), formerly known as H2U Technologies, is a California-based startup. Calicat's unique Catalyst Discovery Engine technology uses AI with rapid catalyst screening to develop PGM-free catalysts for PEM electrolyzers.
Background
10 Dec 2024

Caelux
Caelux is a US-based perovskite solar technology developer, aiming to commercialize its perovskite/silicon tandem solar panels.
Full profile interview
11 Nov 2024

Flion Energy
Flion Energy is a start-up in the R&D stage and working in collaboration with academic and industry partners on primary and secondary fluoride-ion batteries, primarily for high temperature applications.
Full profile interview
24 Oct 2024

Captura
Captura is a US-based company using electrodialysis direct ocean capture to generate carbon dioxide removal credits. In October 2024, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke to CEO Steve Oldham at Smart Energy Week.
Update interview
19 Jul 2023

Euclid Techlabs
Euclid Techlabs is a US company aiming to commercialize technologies developed for the particle accelerator community. This includes modules that enable high frequency pulsed transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-quality synthetic diamonds for a range of technical applications including x-ray optics and quantum sensors. IDTechEx caught up with Business Development Director Ilya Ponomarev to find out more.
Update
7 Jul 2023

TuSimple: Autonomous Truck Difficulties
TuSimple is one of the leaders in the development race for autonomous trucks. However, it has recently encountered some difficulties and is considering exiting the US.
Background
20 Dec 2022

H2U Technologies
H2U Technologies are a start-up PEM electrolyser manufacturer based in California, US, looking to commercialise PGM-free PEM electrolysers.
20 Oct 2022

Beaming Clean Energy From Space
Once considered science fiction, technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth to provide a global supply of clean and affordable energy is moving closer to reality. Through the Space-based Solar Power Project, a team of researchers is working to deploy a constellation of modular spacecraft that collect sunlight, transform it into electricity, then wirelessly transmit that electricity wherever it is needed—including to places that currently have no access to reliable power.
19 Aug 2022

New Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat
If you have ever had your blood drawn, whether to check your cholesterol, kidney function, hormone levels, blood sugar, or as part of a general checkup, you might have wondered why there is not an easier, less painful way. Now there might be. A team of researchers has unveiled a new wearable sensor that can detect in human sweat even minute levels of many common nutrients and biological compounds that can serve as indicators of human health.
Update
9 Aug 2022

TuSimple: Autonomous Trucks on the Verge of Commercial Deployment
TuSimple is one of the biggest and best-funded companies working on autonomous trucks. It has been expanding its network of autonomous compatible roads, making partnerships with potential commercial customers, and engaging in the most advanced stages of testing. In December 2021, TuSimple became the first company to operate a completely unmanned mission from Tucson to Phoenix in Arizona, US.
24 Mar 2022

Cosmic Milestone: NASA Confirms 5,000 Exoplanets
The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes.
8 Sep 2021

Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
NASA's Perseverance rover has completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory received data that confirmed the historic milestone. The core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, making it available for retrieval in the future.