Emily Scott and William Moertl, an 8th grade duo at Whitman Middle School in Wauwatosa, are the first-place winners in Wisconsin YES!, a statewide youth business plan contest for students in middle and high school. Scott and Moertl’s company, Signfluent, will produce a software app...
Element Labs is University Research Park’s latest effort to create a home where science can flourish. Located at the prominent corner of Mineral Point Road and Whitney Way, Element Labs symbolizes the nobility of pursuing big ideas....
Finalists representing diverse tech-based sectors in Wisconsin’s early-stage economy will present from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, as part of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest....
Nimble Therapeutics Inc. today announced the company has achieved the first development milestone for each of several programs attached to a multi-target collaboration with an undisclosed large pharma partner....
Cory Nettles, whose work in the private and public sectors has helped build a robust foundation for Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial community, will receive the Ken Hendricks Memorial “Seize the Day” award...
Every incoming UW-Madison leader professes to understand the Wisconsin Idea, the guiding principle that the activities of the university should have a positive and lasting impact on the state and world. Chancellor-designee Jennifer L. Mnookin, who on Monday was named the 30th leader of UW–Madison,...
Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in benefits each year from avoided illness and death, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers....
An increasing number of Madison companies, many at University Research Park, are searching for a local space to innovate and expand beyond their current quarters....
Today, a team of scientists and the National Science Foundation shared images of Sagitarrius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. They come from the Event Horizon Telescope project, which includes more than 300 astronomers from around the world....
Tom Still: It’s no longer a case of Wisconsin companies needing to compete against their peers in Illinois, Minnesota or other neighboring states for technology talent. It has become a national and international contest, thanks in large part to the rise of remote work....
A statewide panel of judges have selected 16 entries to advance to Phase 2 of Wisconsin YES!, a youth business plan contest for students in middle school and high school. Students from across the state submitted their science- and tech-based 250-word business summaries through the...
Tech employment growth in most coastal areas slowed in 2020, found recent research from the Brookings Institution, even as it grew by more than 20% elsewhere - from college towns such as Madison, Wisconsin, to vacation spots like Virginia Beach, Virginia....