Technology

Ascend Elements raised more than $1 billion in the past year to build a new factory.

Northborough materials technology company Aspen Aerogels appointed 25-year human-resources veteran Stephanie Pittman as its chief human resources officer, effective Tuesday.

The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is now offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in financial technology.

Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School, the NIH, and Emory University School of Medicine, have developed a database for information related to ALS.

Natick machine-vision firm Cognex partnered up with OSARO, a California robotics company specializing in AI-driven fulfillment robots, to improve the robots’ efficiency in reading barcodes.

Natick-based Allurion Technologies will add a generative AI technology to its clinical offerings in the form of an artificial intelligence-powered health coach.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Inna Nechipurenko has received two grants totaling $564,000 to advance her study into how cellular structures called cilia affect the development of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Mary Munson, a UMass Chan Medical School professor, is an accomplished scientist and a champion for women in science.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has entered a new collaboration with Cambridge pharmaceutical company Moderna to study cytomegalovirus transmission in early education settings.

Massachusetts moved up nine spots in CNBC's annual America's Top States for Business rankings this summer and the man behind the scorecard of states told the Mass. High Tech Council that he is beginning to put more emphasis on things like reproductive rights and inclusion when he ranks states.