May 21, 2015
Houston—Rice University’s Rebecca Richards-Kortum is among this year’s recipients of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, known as the “genius grants.” A bioengineering professor at Rice, Richards-Kortum became the first woman and youngest faculty member ...
[Corrected 1/07/16, 5:56 am. See below.] As 2015 draws to a close, let’s take a look back at the innovation stories our readers found most interesting. The list spans across the major metros of the state—Dallas, Houston, and Austin—and highlights themes t...
Here’s the latest innovation news for Xconomy Texas. —Pulmotect, which is making an inhaled therapeutic to prevent and treat respiratory infections in cancer patients with compromised immune systems, received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of He...
Healthcare and energy, edtech and urban design. Those were among the topics at hand at the inaugural Houston 2035 conference last Thursday, which brought together leaders from Houston and nationally to speak about how Houston can both leverage its assets and prepare fo...
What makes Houston one of the nation’s most innovative cities of the future but also represents its biggest challenge? Its diversity. Hand-wringing over the diversification of those who call America’s fourth largest city home is beside the point, said Stephen Klineb...
Last Thursday, in front of a packed house of more than 300 people, we took a day to explore how today’s innovations will shape Houston over the next 20 years. Our attendees took to Twitter to share their thoughts—we’ve aggregated some of the highlights in the Stor...
The line between robot and human will be getting even more blurred. So says John Holcomb, director of the Center for Translational Injury Research and vice chair of the department of surgery at UT’s Health Science Center in Houston. Sensors embedded within us, he says...
To celebrate the Rocket’s come-from-behind victory in last night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, we’ve decided to extend our Rockets Playoff Special for Houston 2035 until midnight on Monday. With a star line-up of speakers from Houston and beyond, this e...
The Rockets will be hustling to tie up the playoff series tonight, and it’s your time to hustle, too—today is the last day to save $100 on regular registration for Houston 2035 with our Rockets Playoff Special. While the Rockets hope that a championship is in their ...
We’re seven days out from Houston 2035, a look at the innovative city of the future. This week we have been featuring predictions from some of the entrepreneurs who are attending our daylong conference on May 21. On tap: discussions on how Houston can leverage its str...