Bill Gates

Bill Gates bets on nuclear power in Wyoming town

In November, a company started by Bill Gates, TerraPower, announced it had chosen Kemmerer, Wyoming, for a nontraditional, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor that will bring on workers from a local coal-fired power plant scheduled to close soon.

Bill Gates says COVID-19 vaccines are 'missing two key things'

Bill Gates, who donated $1.75 billion to COVID-19 vaccine development and fighting the pandemic, said this week that while the currently available vaccines prevent severe illness and death, they aren't durable enough and should be better at preventing infection.