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Nerites Corp. is conducting animal tests to validate two new products, and it recently raised an additional $1 million to support its business operations. The money, which was raised from angel investors, brings the company's venture capital base to $3 million. ...

The role of Wisconsin businesses in avian flu preparedness and genetic-based medicine will be among the trends explored at the 2006 Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association conference. The annual gathering, which will convene Oct. 12 at the GE Healthcare Institute, will feature addresses by...

Government research grants are a numbers game, but which states racked up the most impressive numbers in 2005? According to columnist Michael Rosen, the usual suspects - California, Massachusetts, and New York - remain atop the list, while companies in Wisconsin saw their share of...

The new products and solutions of 67 companies were on display during the recent DEMOfall 2006 event, raising the bar for the Winter 2007 conference. In this brief edition of DEMO Letter, columnist Chris Shipley points readers to recaps of the event's media coverage, to...

Outspoken professors and unruly students capture many headlines, but some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's most prominent graduates were reminded of what the university is doing in the areas of stem cell research, avian flu preparedness, and cyber security during a recent CEO summit of...

The recent Milwaukee BarCamp was called the "unconference" for a very good reason. With no formal schedule and about as many keynoters as attendees, technology professionals were free to talk about anything tech related, professional or otherwise. The camp was held in the casual setting...

For a variety of reasons, your domain portfolio may not be as impenetrable as you think. In the latest edition of IP Online, columnist Deborah Wilcox provides several principles for domain name protection, and she reminds chief executives to conduct trademark searches to find out...

Several companies in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley have landed over $36 million in new contracts with the Department of Defense, and businesses in southeastern Wisconsin received more than $20 million in the recent defense appropriations bills - much of it for products and technologies that better...

NimbleGen Systems, Inc., has improved its ability to sell microarray products to researchers worldwide by obtaining a non-exclusive, worldwide license to a number of patents held by Affymetrix, Inc. Affymetrix, which is based in Santa Clara, Calif., developed the first commercial microarray in 1994. ...