G. Duncan Hitchens
@hitchnow.bsky.social
Vice President. Motivating scientists to be their creative best. Research commercialization. Currently managing teams in: materials, electrochemistry, energy, data science, life sciences. Focused on new concepts: see "SBIR.gov Lynntech". IP strategist.
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COMMENTARY ON SBIR REAUTHORIZATION: Defense Companies Getting Outplayed on Contracts | Perspective by Tyler Beaver | #SBIR #Viewpoint #DefenseInnovation
Read now: bit.ly/45UQR2O
Read now: bit.ly/45UQR2O
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
COMMENTARY ON SBIR REAUTHORIZATION: Defense Companies Getting Outplayed on Contracts | Perspective by Tyler Beaver | #SBIR #Viewpoint #DefenseInnovation
Read now: bit.ly/45UQR2O
Read now: bit.ly/45UQR2O
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Bypassing RFK Jr to make vaccines available
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How medical groups may preserve vaccine access — and bypass RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
wapo.st
June 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Bypassing RFK Jr to make vaccines available
wapo.st/3TBmtVd
wapo.st/3TBmtVd
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THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
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If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate)
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
If you like dark chocolate, you'll like this finding that it reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (not seen with milk chocolate)
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]
[in 3 large prospective cohorts, with the usual caveats of epidemiological, observational nutrition studies]
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"Two wheelers like e-bikes and electric mopeds] are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport" theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
The world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric ...
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2023 at 8:51 PM
"Two wheelers like e-bikes and electric mopeds] are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present, due to their staggering uptake in China and other nations where mopeds are a common form of transport" theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
We don't hear enough about all the smart tech that started with the US Government as investor of first resort (not private VC firms). SBIC investments massive success. thttps://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/10/dod-sba-to-pour-over-2-8-billion-into-small-businesses/
DoD, SBA to pour over $2.8 billion into small businesses
The first 13 funds approved under the SBICCT initiative are now eligible to receive government-backed loans. Each fund can borrow up to $175 million.
federalnewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:07 AM
We don't hear enough about all the smart tech that started with the US Government as investor of first resort (not private VC firms). SBIC investments massive success. thttps://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/10/dod-sba-to-pour-over-2-8-billion-into-small-businesses/
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Americans eat unhealthy food because the food system is designed to feed it to us. Changes to that system are necessary, but food and agriculture companies will fight them bitterly.
November 30, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Americans eat unhealthy food because the food system is designed to feed it to us. Changes to that system are necessary, but food and agriculture companies will fight them bitterly.
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#Birdflu takes no holiday breaks: #USDA posted 13 new #H5N1 infected herds from California today, bringing the state's total to 474 & the cumulative national total to 688 herds in 15 states.
ICYMI, last night California announced a 2nd raw milk recall, because product tested positive for H5.
ICYMI, last night California announced a 2nd raw milk recall, because product tested positive for H5.
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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(1/6) When we think about microscopic objects likes cells or viruses, we often forget how close they are to atomic scales. This is a model of the virus responsible for COVID-19 where the individual atoms of the virus are represented by colored spheres. #Science #Chemistry #Biology #Virology 🧪
November 27, 2024 at 2:28 AM
(1/6) When we think about microscopic objects likes cells or viruses, we often forget how close they are to atomic scales. This is a model of the virus responsible for COVID-19 where the individual atoms of the virus are represented by colored spheres. #Science #Chemistry #Biology #Virology 🧪
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Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin when he left a petri dish of bacteria uncovered. The mold that grew led to the first antibiotic, revolutionizing medicine. 🧫🩺
It’s estimated to have saved over 200 million lives since its discovery.
It’s estimated to have saved over 200 million lives since its discovery.
November 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin when he left a petri dish of bacteria uncovered. The mold that grew led to the first antibiotic, revolutionizing medicine. 🧫🩺
It’s estimated to have saved over 200 million lives since its discovery.
It’s estimated to have saved over 200 million lives since its discovery.