17+ hour, 18+ min ago   (196+ words) The three will develop, test and validate advanced analytics tools for electric distribution systems. The goal is to move new algorithms from prototype to field in mere months. Chattanooga has become known as Tennessee’s quantum hub, but Middle Tennessee is…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (365+ words) Three flights over Crossville totaling more than two hours move the company's eQ250 propulsors from the test stand toward civil and defense aircraft. Whisper Aero has flown its electric propulsion system with a pilot on board for the first time, moving…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (406+ words) Participating student founders with the UT Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation underwent a 10-week crashcourse in entrepreneurship, guided by mentors and industry experts from across Knoxville’s startup ecosystem. After ten weeks with their heads in the financial books, building…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (245+ words) A partnership between CIS and CECS brings together emerging technology experts and manufacturers across the state to help upskill workers in AI without losing the human touch. On Aug. 6, the UT Institute for Public Service’s Center for Industrial Services (CIS)…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (474+ words) "Our Hermes 2 will be the first fluoride, self-cooled, high-temperature reactor to regenerate 50 megawatts for the Tennessee Valley. The work we're doing here is about more than one plant, though. We are creating a blueprint to scale nuclear power across the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (895+ words) The newly announced Catalyst Capital angel group seeks to create a $1 million fund, with an anticipated investment range from $25,000 to $250,000 into regional companies making an economic impact. Inside the long hallways of the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Research Corporation…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (245+ words) This Knox-based fintech startup's goal is to become the trusted verification layer for complex income across mortgage, commercial, consumer, SBA and specialty lending. Since we last wrote about VeriQual back in May, Founder and CEO Bryan Crosby has been busy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (355+ words) On Friday, August 14, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) opened Tennessee’s first and only Patent and Trademark Resource Center, giving inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs across the state free access to intellectual property search tools, workshops and one-on-one guidance. The center…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (546+ words) Today, isotope innovations that continue to benefit patients, researchers and communities around the world. 80 years ago, a shipment out of Oak Ridge changed medicine forever. On August 2, 1946, carbon-14 produced inside Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s X-10 Graphite Reactor shipped out to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) Nashville-headquartered Main Street Health was named America's #1 fastest-growing private business in 2026, experiencing 546,533% growth in its revenue in the past three years. Tennessee had a strong showing on this year’s Inc. 5000, one of the most prestigious rankings in American business, with…...