Author: WTN News

Stratatech Corp. will launch the full-thickness human skin product, called StrataTest, in Dresden, Germany, at Eurotox 2009, the annual meeting of European toxicologists. The company says it expects its research-only product to be a compelling alternative for makers of everything from shampoo to mascara to...

Scarab Genomics, a leader in E coli technology, has entered into a license agreement with NeoClone to market and distribute their proprietary antibodies against Shiga toxin. According to Frederick R. Blattner, PhD, founder and President of Scarab Genomics, the research and diagnostic markets will...

A partnership announced in June will allow a new nanotechnology company in the area to use UW-Eau Claire facilities, including the Materials Science Center, for research and provide internships to science majors. Resonant Microsystems Inc., which specializes in micro electrical mechanical systems, will do quality control...

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI - Police Officer Jon Cvengros has cut the amount of time he spends conducting traffic stops in half. The Mount Pleasant officer said he can finish a single-citation traffic stop in about five or six minutes and spends even less time writing municipal...

The U.S. government plans to hire more than 11,500 IT professionals over the next three years, according to a survey of federal agencies. The actual number of new hires may be much more than that, as the survey by the non-profit Partnership for Public Service is...

Smart, savvy and very possibly soon-to-be-rich women from across the county will descend on Madison at the end of September in a reality show you won't see on television. Springboard Enterprises, an organization that pairs women-led technology companies with investors, will hold a two day seminar...

In the 1870s the federal government, the state government, the railroad companies and a handful of land prospectors were hammering out deals that would open up the Northwoods timber resources to the national marketplace by laying a system of railroad tracks. Today a similar coalition of...