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Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Paula Hammond makes superthin batteries that can store a lot of energy and discharge--and charge--rapidly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest of things become complicated and complex when looked at more closely.

Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes, takes a victory lap. One of the perks about having a successful idea is proving the people in the peanut gallery wrong. Johnny Earle , founder of Johnny Cupcakes, a clothing company based in Weymouth, Massachusetts, took a victory lap via Twitter after The Boston Globe named him one of the most innovative business leaders in Massachusetts

Medicinal Genomics has just finished sequencing the cannabis genome.

GOOD, publishers of the magazine by the same name and the social action platform is acquiring Jumo, the cause-oriented social network created by Facebook and team Barack Obama veteran Chris Hughes. Jumo , the social network created by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes , and designed to help people find good causes and take meaningful action, has been acquired by GOOD , the media platform for "people who want to live well and do good." The amount or terms were not disclosed.

Bookstores won't die, but business models are changing.

New York is at the top of the list; South Carolina is at the bottom. New York was tops in the nation for entrepreneurial activity, according to a new report

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Researchers in Massachusetts show access to psychiatric care severely limited even for patients with top-shelf medical insurance

This Massachusetts company connects brands to the influential and elusive busy mom. During an eight-year stint as a lawyer at Harvard Law School, Stacy DeBroff realized that there were many women around her struggling to maintain balance between work and family life.

Research universities have been abuzz with what some are calling the “next big thing”: convergence, the integration of the life, engineering and physical sciences.

Companies that tout their support for breast cancer research are often the same companies whose products may be causing breast cancer. But you won't hear them mention that when they slap pink ribbons on everything. Consumers, beware: You may already be watching out for greenwashing (unsubstantiated "green" claims) but you probably don't pay much attention to pinkwashing--when companies that use chemicals known to cause cancer position themselves as leaders in the fight against breast cancer.

If European lawmakers have their way, by next year any American flying from Boston to Paris will have to pay for the plane's carbon emissions over Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Ocean and France.

Besides creating climate change, carbon dioxide emissions are an important measure of how healthy we are. New technology could save lives by making it easier for doctors to monitor your CO2

Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser met as undergrads at Babson College while both were managing businesses they started in high school. One of their biggest challenges was how to answer work calls while in class. "If a customer wanted to place an order for a product, the only number I could give them was my house line," says Taghaddos.