The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative, or READDI, is tackling a monster challenge with a simple mission. “We’re trying to look into the future and create medicines against viruses we’ve never seen,” says CEO James Rosen. The nonprofit biotech company was launched in April 2020 by founding partners UNC Chapel Hill, the Structural Genomics […]| Business North Carolina
The American Dream isn’t dead. It’s alive and well in a 60,000-square-foot steel structure taking shape in Ackerman, Mississippi that will eventually house machinery to produce kiln-dried lumber for the construction industry. Or in 70,000 square feet of production space in Athens, Georgia, for door manufacturer Steves & Sons. Or a seven-story, 126,000-square-foot building for […]| Business North Carolina
Momentum is building for a nuclear energy revival as power demand and climate concerns soar. Can the industry overcome its long-term pitfalls? If a “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, then ecologist Stewart Brand must be considered an unusually expansive thinker. Once a vocal opponent of nuclear power, […]| Business North Carolina