The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

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When a group of engineers and researchers gathered in a warehouse in Mukilteo, Wash., 10 years ago, they knew they were onto something big. They scrounged up tables and chairs, cleared out space in the parking lot for experiments and got to work.

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A non-profit best known for marketing submarine construction jobs through television ads and NASCAR races won a $951 million Navy contract, according to a Tuesday Pentagon announcement. Texas-based BlueForge Alliance…

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Commerce Department Unveils a New Supply Chain Tool, Plans to Hand Out Billions in Capital

The Department of Commerce unveiled a new tool on Tuesday to help bolster our supply chains. The diagnostic tool, known as Scale, is meant to assess economic and national security concerns within supply…

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