Startup of the Month: Factory OS

You might not associate remote work with construction, but Mare Island-based Factory OS is redesigning the business model by building multifamily homes off-site, then shipping them to the designated location.

Status Check: Innovation on Hold

Proponents for Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus press on despite election defeat

Davis voters narrowly rejected Measure B this past November, declining to change land-use designations to pave the way for the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus.

Power Surge

The Capital Region is emerging as a clean energy technology hub

Here are four innovative companies helping drive the clean energy revolution in the region.

Technology on Your Side

For small businesses, free or low-cost tools can provide an advantage

Here are seven things small businesses can do right now to help with their technology challenges.

Promise for New Proteins

Advancements in the alternative-protein space ignite in the Sacramento area

In September, UC Davis was awarded the first federal funding given to a university to research cultivated meat, positioning the Capital Region to serve as a hub of the advancing technology.

Comstock’s Talks: Promise for New Proteins

PODCAST: In September, UC Davis was awarded the first federal funding given to a university to research cultivated meat, positioning the Capital Region to serve as a hub of the advancing technology. Efforts to advance the emerging food market using science and technology have ignited worldwide to address the global challenge of food access and proper nutrition for a growing population and the unsustainable environmental and ethical practices of industrial animal agriculture as it barrels toward the planet’s capacity on land and at sea.

Vaccination Anticipation

UC Davis researchers join the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine

UC Davis is participating in a global clinical trial being run by Pfizer — one of the most promising vaccine trials to date.

Startup of the Month: Unfold

Breeding seeds for vertical farms

The future of vertical farming begins on the genetic level. That’s the philosophy of Unfold, a Sacramento-based startup focused on innovating fruit and vegetable seeds to better serve indoor growing facilities.

The Image of Health

Co-inventor Simon Cherry on how the world’s first total-body PET scanner could significantly change disease diagnosis

Comstock’s spoke with Cherry about the groundbreaking work that led UC Davis to name him and co-inventor Ramsey Badawi among the recipients of the 2020 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards.

Bridging the Digital Divide

Sacramento funds free tech-training programs for workers displaced by the pandemic

The City of Sacramento is banking on the relative health of the technology sector and other insulated fields to help displaced workers get back on their feet.