Author: WTN News

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) nearly $14.8 million over the next six years to continue its research on the interfaces of materials at the nanoscale. ...

Three Wisconsin businesses will receive funding for technology development projects from the state Department of Commerce Technology Assistance Grant (TAG) and Technology Venture Fund (TVF) Programs. ...

GE Healthcare will acquire healthcare information technology provider IDX Systems Corp., of Burlington, Vt., the two companies said on Thursday. The transaction is expected to close by early 2006. ...

The Midwest will become the nation's next "biotech hotbed," the leader of a West Coast venture capital firm said Wednesday, pointing to initiatives in Wisconsin and other states in the region....

Rita Colwell, former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak on "Water Pollution and Human Health" at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in a free public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union....