Wisconsin colleges secure funding for nanotechnology

Professors from the Chippewa Valley Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and the University of Wisconsin-Stout are collaborating to develop curriculum for nanotechnology courses offered at Chippewa Valley Technical College. The National Science Foundation has contributed a $217,795 grant to the project, which will...

Demo Letter columnist Chris Shipley took it on the chin this week following her recent column on the lack of user friendliness of a certain mobile device (which she refused to call a phone). While Shipley conceded one reader's point (about phoning and driving), she...

A Wisconsin biotechnology company is seeking to commercialize medicines to treat the diseases of aging, and it has adopted a business model that seeks to shoot down one degenerative disease at a time - perhaps before stem cell research gets a chance to. ...

Michael Rosen breaks down Tom Friedman, and then explains what it all means to the American biotechnology industry in this presention of Yer Biotech Blues. In Rosen's view, the trend lines suggest that U.S. biotechs have some mighty challenges and opportunities ahead, particularly labor shortages...

After six years as a teacher and a collaborator in the field of nanotechnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, associate professor Rob Carpick is leaving. He cites discriminatory state laws prohibiting domestic partner benefits, but how much will such policies impact the state's ability to...

Another election cycle is upon us, and when the critics of the University of Wisconsin take aim during this fall's elections, voters would do well to remind themselves of all the university contributes to Wisconsin and its economy, writes Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. Yes,...

The ball is now in NASDAQ's court after Merge Healthcare filed its 2005 and first quarter 2006 financial reports before the stock market's opening bell on Aug. 30. But will the company's request for an extension to file its second quarter 2006 reports be the...

Mithridion, Inc., a Madison-based biopharmaceutical start-up, is moving into the next phase of drug research and development with $296,800 in federal grants. One grant, which is designed to promote technology transfer, will enable collaboration between the company and University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Jeffrey Johnson....

With the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a proving ground, a group of college students has developed an online business model, and American college students are the target market. If they are successful in driving users to the site, their goal is to eliminate transaction fees...

A modest Renewable Fuels Standard was established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and two Wisconsin politicians have endorsed a Congressional effort to raise it. During a visit to West Salem, Gov. Jim Doyle and Congressman Ron Kind stumped to place higher alternative fuel...