In his column “Acrademics,” Alexandre Acra ’26 sheds light on the ins and outs of Stanford and Silicon Valley culture. Dear Acrademics, The world around us seems to be losing rigor and specificity by ...

Fossil fuels have struggled in the cold weather. The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing ...

AI infrastructure is scaling fast, and its need for energy has moved firmly into the spotlight. News cycles are increasingly dominated by debates about AI’s impact on power systems, consumer energy ...

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Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

1:54 Power grid reliability risks rising as demand outpaces new supply: NERC report Canada is facing mounting challenges to keep up with growing demand for electricity, says a report from a North ...

Part of Mississippi is paralyzed in the wake of a winter storm that completely upended the power grid. Linemen are now working nearly around the clock to re-electrify the area around Oxford, Miss. In ...

NIGERIA’S national grid again crumbled twice in four days as of January 27, plunging millions into darkness and exposing the deep rot that defines the power sector. Power generation had collapsed from ...

Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, provides mRNA cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company’s lead product candidate is Descartes-08, an ...

Global energy company GE Vernova announced the launch of another offering in the group’s GridBeats portfolio, which features software-defined automation solutions designed to modernize electrical ...

Global electricity demand is surging, and the grid is struggling to keep up, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global power demand is set to grow by more than 3.5% ...