Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 4 May 2026 at 17:00 Barocal might have discovered a cheap, nonpolluting material that could dethrone today's refrigeration technology.
Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 30 April 2026 at 00:53 Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.
Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 29 April 2026 at 18:00 When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.
How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world TechCrunch By:Tim De Chant 29 April 2026 at 07:00 Geopolitical turmoil has made venture investing challenging, leading Kompas VC to carve out a niche in startups focused on the physical world.