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It's that time of year again, the annual celebration of the progress of the biotech industry around the globe. This year's fiesta, known as the BIO International Conference, will go to a new venue for the first time: Atlanta, Georgia. But don't fret too...

A vision of Spaceport Sheboygan as the Midwest’s hub for aerospace development, education and — eventually — travel was unveiled Friday by the taskforce organized to pilot the ideas to touch down. The timeframes are uncertain and the organization is in its infancy, but the Wisconsin...

There are no plans to hang crepe inside the Georgia World Congress Center, but the 2009 BIO International Convention will take place here this week against the backdrop of the toughest economic times ever witnessed by this still-young industry. Venture capital investments in biotech companies have...

Federal funding and new tech are speeding efforts to digitize America's medical practices. But are they ready to forge into a paperless existence? CNET News' Ina Fried documents the trials and tribulations. Walk though a typical Kaiser Permanente doctor's office or hospital, and you...

Alongside the explosive growth of online video over the last six years, time spent on social networks surpassed that for e-mail for the first time in February, signaling a paradigm shift in consumer engagement with the Internet. Skip to next paragraph According to a report released in...

Almost unnoticed amid the revival of stem cell politics this year, progress and peril in the science behind the controversy continues to hum along. Human embryonic stem cells, with their ability to turn into every kind of organ tissue in the body, have tantalized biomedical researchers...

The police generally need a search warrant to enter a person’s home or to listen to phone calls. But courts have been divided on whether the police must obtain a warrant before placing a GPS device on a car. New York State’s highest court ruled...

Halfway into a five-year, $5 million grant to spur entrepreneurship, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has started a host of programs designed to help get students into business. The university has used the money to roll out new initiatives, from an arts enterprise club to a specialized...