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Reverse osmosis is already a cornerstone of modern desalination. The opportunity now is to rethink what’s happening inside the system. From smarter membranes to printed spacers and data-driven systems, meet these four #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Semifinalists who are reinventing RO. 💧

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 29/09/2026

Meet the Build with Gemini XPRIZE winner! 🏆 POLYFORK by Lucas Martinic took home the $500K grand prize at Moonshots LIVE in LA. The competition drew 26,000+ builders to create revenue-generating businesses powered by AI. Learn more: www.xprize.org/news/polyfor...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 29/09/2026

After 2,500+ submissions, THE GIFTED by Jeff Synthesized is the grand prize winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE! 🎬 Announced at Moonshots LIVE, the film receives a $2.5M equity investment and $100K for screenplay development to have their vision turned into a full-length feature. #SciFi #Film

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 28/09/2026

How can we advance the biomarkers needed to better understand and measure aging? 🩺 On Oct. 6, XPRIZE’s @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD will join the 2026 Biomarkers of Aging Conference to share an update on #XPRIZEHealthspan and its work advancing biomarker discovery and clinical validation.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 25/09/2026

It was a momentous day for #XPRIZEWildfire as we recently announced the competition’s awardees at the Awards Ceremony during #ClimateWeekNYC. The event featured insightful discussions about the need for new approaches to destructive wildfires and the role of breakthrough technologies. #Wildfire

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 24/09/2026

We’re fresh off the heels of the #XPRIZEWildfire Awards Ceremony! Check out XPRIZE Wildfire awardee Dryad Networks’ Carsten Brinkschulte and XPRIZE Wildfire Executive Program Director Andrea Santy’s interview with ABC News about the prize competition. abcnews.com/video/136684...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 24/09/2026

Reverse osmosis (RO) has been widely used in desalination for decades. But is it possible to separate salt from water without RO? Meet four #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Track A Semifinalists exploring a new future for seawater desalination through electromagnetic, thermal, and electrochemical approaches.💧⬇️

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Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis @ltg.ca.gov · 23/09/2026

This morning, I joined Peter Diamandis & Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks on stage at the @xprize.org Wildfire Awards. We discussed the importance of wildfire prevention given recent catastrophic wildfire seasons, & our shared vision of a future with ultra-early detection & precise rapid response to fires.

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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re proud to announce that MyRadar has been named an @xprize.org Wildfire awardee, earning $100,000 in Special Recognition for Commercial Viability for our space-based wildfire detection technology. A major milestone for our team! myradar.com/news/myradar...

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MyRadar Earns XPRIZE Wildfire Recognition | Powered by MyRadar

MyRadar earns XPRIZE Wildfire recognition for commercially viable space-based wildfire detection, receiving a $100,000 award.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 23/09/2026

Congrats to the #XPRIZEWildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track awardees! 🏆1st place & Bonus Prize - Anduril Industries 🏆2nd place - Dryad Networks 🏆3rd place - Aura Foresight These teams are paving the way for autonomous systems that can detect and respond to wildfires before they escalate.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 23/09/2026

We’re proud to announce the awardees of the #XPRIZEWildfire Space-Based Detection & Intelligence Track, presented by Minderoo Foundation! 🏆1st place - SIRIUS 🏆2nd place - Snuffed Special Recognition: 🏆DeepFire 🏆Mayday.ai 🏆MyRadar cc: @minderoo.bsky.social

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 22/09/2026

The next generation of innovators is exploring how they can shape a better future. 🌏 #XPRIZEConnect has launched in Indonesia, in collaboration with UNSW Sydney, bringing 615 students across 28 schools together to develop ideas on how they can tackle global challenges.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 21/09/2026

#XPRIZEHealthspan Finalist Teams are heading to ARDD 2026! On Oct. 1, Finalists will discuss their therapeutic solutions as they advance toward clinical trials. XPRIZE Healthspan Executive Director @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD will also give an overview of the competition.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 18/09/2026

As wildfire threats intensify, every second counts. The #XPRIZEWildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track is helping to detect and suppress destructive wildfires before they spread. See innovators' work take center stage Sept. 23 at the XPRIZE Wildfire Awards Ceremony. #Wildfire #Wildfires

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 16/09/2026

What if the soil beneath our feet could help remove carbon from the atmosphere while creating new opportunities for farmers?🌎 In this XPRIZE Alumni Spotlight, we're highlighting MATI, winner of the $50M Grand Prize in the $100M #XPRIZECarbonRemoval competition. 📸: Photos 1 & 2: MATI, Photo 3: TIME

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 15/09/2026

It's #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth! We're highlighting some of the many Hispanic scientists and their groundbreaking work, from discovering that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could destroy the ozone layer to becoming the first Hispanic woman to go to space. More below. ⬇️ 📸: WikiCommons

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 14/09/2026

XPRIZE is heading to #ClimateWeekNYC! 🌎 From water and agriculture to climate innovation and conversations with XPRIZE alumni, we’ll be bringing breakthrough solutions to the forefront. Plus, celebrate our awardees at the XPRIZE Wildfire Awards Ceremony. Check out where we’ll be! ⬇️

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 11/09/2026

The #XPRIZEWildfire Space-Based Wildfire Detection & Intelligence Track is rethinking how quickly we can detect emerging wildfires from space. See the awardees recognized Sept. 23 at the XPRIZE Wildfire Awards Ceremony. Learn more here. xprize.org/wildfire

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 10/09/2026

Wildfires can devastate forests and communities in their path. Research shows their impacts can reach deep into cities, affecting air quality, public health, healthcare systems, and communities far from the burn zones. Read more at the link below. ⬇️ www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

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Wildfires Have Left The Forest And Moved Into The City

A growing body of research shows that wildfires now pose a significant health risk to those living in cities.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 09/09/2026

What if desalination systems were moved off the coast and were built in the ocean itself? 🌊 Five #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Track A Semifinalists are taking their systems into the ocean, tackling corrosion and maintenance to explore a new way to produce fresh water. Meet the Teams below. ⬇️

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 08/09/2026

A single cotton T-shirt can carry a hidden water footprint of ~2,500L, which is about 2.5 years of drinking water for one person. What happens when that demand is multiplied across global supply chains? Read below about the water usage behind what we wear. scienceblog.com/d-a-single-c... #Water

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A single cotton T-shirt can have a water footprint of roughly 2,500 litres — about what one person drinks in two and a half years — and cotton production places some of its greatest pressure on region...

The world's thirst for cotton is draining aquifers faster than they can refill, threatening communities that can least afford the shortage.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 04/09/2026

Meet Enuma, who created KitKit School for the Global Learning XPRIZE competition, a game-based learning tool to teach literacy, math, and foundational skills. From winning the Global Learning XPRIZE to reaching 10M+ kids, Enuma is redefining how we learn. Learn more. www.xprize.org/articles/How...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 31/08/2026

@time.com spotlighted the #XPRIZEHealthspan global competition, Finalist Teams, and Executive Director @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD. The story explores the science and approaches behind the work to advance healthy aging. Read the full story at the link below. ⬇️ time.com/article/2026... #Health

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X Prize Healthspan Is Testing the Best Ideas for Slowing Aging

The seven-year competition just named its top 10 finalists.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 28/08/2026

#XPRIZEHealthspan is proud to partner with @ucsandiego.bsky.social’s Stein Institute for Research on Aging as our Central Lab and Biorepository! 🩺 UC San Diego will help provide the rigorous, standardized testing and analysis needed to validate breakthroughs in healthy aging.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 27/08/2026

What happens when quantum innovators, industry experts, and investors come together? ⚛️ At the XPRIZE #QuantumApplications Team Summit at the XPRIZE Canada Hub, Finalists shared their work and explored how to move quantum applications from promising ideas to real-world impact. @ucalgary.bsky.social

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 26/08/2026

In this XPRIZE Alumni Spotlight, we're highlighting CarbiCrete, a Finalist in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE that is helping reimagine one of the world's most widely used building materials. Their technology produces cement-free concrete using steel slag and captured CO2.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 25/08/2026

The #XPRIZEWildfire Awards Ceremony is coming up on Sept. 23 during #ClimateWeekNYC! 🔥 After over three years of pushing the boundaries of wildfire detection and response, we’re getting ready to celebrate the innovators working to make that future possible. Stay tuned for more. #Wildfires

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Jamie Justice, PhD @jamienjustice.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So proud of this recognition, and certainly did not make the list without a huge list of people to thank! What an honor! Thank you @xprize.org and our many teams, advisors, partners, and sponsors! And to Alice Park and TIME Magazine!

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Edifice Health | iAge @edificehealth.com · 20/08/2026

Proud to be an official XPRIZE Testing Partner for #XPRIZEHealthspan. As the ten finalist teams move into human trials, iAge® measures immune health and chronic inflammation along the way. @xprize.org edificehealth.com/xprize?utm_s...

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

✨ After emerging from an international field of semifinalists announced in May 2025, Mount Sinai's NYC-Vita Clinical Trial Team was selected as a Milestone 2 Award recipient, advancing to the @xprize.org Healthspan Finals. Huge Congratulations! 🎉 Learn More 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 24/08/2026

Clean water can shape what’s possible for people, communities, and the planet. 💧 In honor of #WorldWaterWeek, we asked a few #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Semifinalist Teams to reflect on what access to clean water means to them, and what it could mean for the future. #CleanWater #Water #WaterScarcity

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Another Featured Guest for #LAconV is coming your way now! Greg Morris is president of Scaled Composites. In addition to his leadership role, Morris serves as a Test Pilot for Scaled. Morris joined the company in 2023, having previously supported the Scaled’s flight operations team.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 20/08/2026

Congrats to XPRIZE's @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD, on being named to @time.com’s Longevity Leaders 2026! Dr. Justice is helping turn bold ideas about aging into rigorous science, with #XPRIZEHealthspan Finalist Teams helping to make healthy aging possible for everyone. time.com/collection/l...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 20/08/2026

#XPRIZEHealthspan is proud to have Edifice Health as our official testing partner! 🩺 @edificehealth.com is bringing iAge®, its validated measure of inflammatory age, to support the discovery of healthier aging. Learn more: www.xprize.org/partners/edi...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 19/08/2026

Can we build a regulatory pathway for drugs that target aging itself?🩺 XPRIZE’s @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD joined the Reagan-Udall Foundation and ARPA-H PROSPR to discuss this. XPRIZE Healthspan Finalists are generating the human data regulators need. Read more. reaganudall.org/publications...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 17/08/2026

Every breakthrough starts with someone willing to ask: What if we could? On #NationalNonprofitDay, we’re celebrating the XPRIZE innovators tackling humanity’s toughest challenges. Here’s how they’re making a difference: ➡️$31B in impact ➡️20K+ jobs created ➡️$7.6B capital to competing teams

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The Longevity Initiative @thelongevityinitiative.org · 11/08/2026

2/2 the best emerging evidence. @xprize.org is playing that role for longevity, and we can’t wait to see the results in 2030. Read our interview thelongevityinitiative.org/2026/08/xpri... with Dr Jamie Justice to learn more about the solutions, regulation, evidentiary standards and accessibility

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XPRIZE Healthspan: “A transparent and rigorous head-to-head comparison, for the first time” – The Longevity Initiative

The $101 million XPRIZE Healthspan has just announced its Finalists - 20 teams competing for it Grand Prize. The LI interviews Dr Jamie Justice and comments.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 14/08/2026

The future of healthy aging took center stage at the #XPRIZEHealthspan Finalists Awards Ceremony. 🩺 Hosted by Julian Issa, the evening featured Peter H. Diamandis, MD and @jamienjustice.bsky.social, PhD as we celebrated Finalist Teams and the work ahead. #Healthspan #HealthyAging

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 13/08/2026

Congratulations to XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari on being named to @forbes.com’s 2026 50 Over 50: Impact list! 🚀 Her leadership continues to push bold ideas forward and inspire a future shaped by innovation and impact. See the list here: www.forbes.com/sites/maggie...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 12/08/2026

Teams compete because tackling water scarcity demands bold answers. 💧 Discover what inspired some of the #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Semifinalist Teams to join the competition and what keeps them pushing the boundaries of clean water innovation. #WaterScarcity #Water #CleanWater

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 11/08/2026

Meet the teams taking on one of humanity's biggest challenges: healthier aging. We’re proud to announce the Finalist Teams advancing in the #XPRIZEHealthspan competition. Their journey continues through coordinated clinical trials. Learn more. xprize.org/news/20-heal... @jamienjustice.bsky.social

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 07/08/2026

The #XPRIZEWildfire Innovation Landscape Report is here! 🔥Reflecting the field through Jan. 2026, it captures where the year began in a landscape that has only continued to evolve. Explore the technologies reshaping wildfire detection, response and scalability: www.xprize.org/news/2026-in...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 05/08/2026

As destructive wildfires burn around the world, advancing the tools available to manage them has never been more important. Finalists in both tracks of #XPRIZEWildfire have tested their technologies to autonomously and rapidly detect, locate, and suppress potentially destructive wildfires.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 04/08/2026

One more week. That's all that stands between now and our next #XPRIZEHealthspan milestone announcement. Tune in to our livestream to meet the Finalist Teams shaping the future of healthy aging. 🗓️ August 11 | 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET 📺 youtube.com/live/RhHAo_0... cc: @jamienjustice.bsky.social

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 03/08/2026

When the Deepwater Horizon spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, the need for better cleanup tech became urgent. Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE alumni Elastec developed a solution that removed oil at nearly double the competition’s required rate! Learn more. xprize.org/prizes/oil-c...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 30/07/2026

What if one of the biggest breakthroughs in clean energy starts with a quantum computer? 🖥️ Researchers have identified promising materials that could help solve one of nuclear fusion's biggest challenges: producing the fuel it needs. Read more. ⬇️ www.sciencealert.com/quantum-comp... #Quantum

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Quantum Computers Identify Nuclear Fusion Fuel in Major First

A major barrier to harnessing energy via nuclear fusion is the fuel source.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 28/07/2026

Nature needs more than protection, it needs people building the future of conservation. 🌱 On #WorldNatureConservationDay, we’re celebrating #XPRIZERainforest innovators whose work continues to advance biodiversity technologies globally. Read more: www.xprize.org/news/post-pr...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 27/07/2026

Countdown time! 🚨 Get ready to meet the #XPRIZEHealthspan Finalist Teams on August 11. The XPRIZE Healthspan Finalists Awards Ceremony livestream, hosted by Julian Kissa, is open to everyone. Join us. ⏰ 5:00 PM PT / 6:00 PM MT / 8:00 PM ET 📺 youtube.com/live/RhHAo_0... #Healthspan #Health

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 24/07/2026

Quantum is advancing fast, but its real impact lies ahead. 🖥️ XPRIZE #QuantumApplications challenges innovators to create quantum computing algorithms that can address real-world problems. Learn more about the $5M competition here: xprize.org/qc-apps #Quantum #QuantumComputing

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