| Mobile Web

Search results for Plasma

Industry

Helion secures $175 million in U.S. funds to develop semiconductors to boost fusion power efficiency

Fusion startup Helion has secured $175 million from the U.S. federal government to develop advanced semiconductors for power plants and strengthen production capacity. The company aims to cut losses in power conversion to raise fusion generation efficiency and to build a U.S. supply chain for advanced power semiconductors. The funds will support R&D and manufacturing for high-voltage pulse semiconductors under the CHIPS Act over three years.

Crypto

Stripe, Plasma to develop multi-currency stablecoin card

Stripe said on Oct. 15 it will work with stablecoin company Plasma to develop a stablecoin card that can be used to pay in multiple national currencies. The partners aim to make it easier for people and companies to spend across countries and markets. The card is intended to enable payments using currencies users already hold, cutting unnecessary foreign exchange and related costs, and making overseas payments as convenient as domestic ones.

Industry

U.S. military to spend $73 million to develop room-temperature artificial blood, aims for 2029 deployment

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a programme to develop blood substitutes that can be stored for long periods at room temperature, aiming to ease shortages on the battlefield. The $73 million RAPIID effort seeks longer-lasting plasma, platelets and red blood cell substitutes and targets field deployment in 2029. Candidate technologies will be tested in parallel, moving from large-animal work to human trials under University of Colorado Anschutz oversight.