SOUTHFIELD - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields are always looking for ways to stand out for Middle School and High School students so that they can consider jobs in those fields. In order for Interest to gain traction among these younger people, STEM learning needs be both applied and fun. The Verizon Innovation
LANSING ? The Michigan House and Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed bills that would discontinue charging sales tax on trade-in motor vehicles, recreational vehicles and boats when purchasing one. The big change, as was first reported Monday by Gongwer News Service, was extending the phaseout of applying the sales tax to the value of the
NOVI ? If you'd like to watch live the keynote speakers appearing Friday at the 2013 Michigan Cyber Security Summit, a live feed is available. The Dynamic Speaker Lineup includes: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Congressman Mike Rogers (invited), Chairman, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Roberta Stempfley, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
TROY - Walsh College alumni continue to see Michigan?s longer-term economic prospects on an upward trend since 2011, yet express caution when compared to the country as a whole. National economic sentiment has been marked by volatility since 2011, but has improved nearly 50 percent over the last 12 months, according to preliminary findings of
ANN ARBOR - Michigan, home to the greatest concentration of automotive production and innovation in North America, is also a national leader in agriculture, ranking second in bio-diversity of agricultural products. The Center for Automotive Research will be the lead in a recently funded project focused on the intersection of these two sectors. CAR, along
WASHINGTON DC - The National Institute of Standards and Technology released its draft cybersecurity framework for private companies and infrastructure networks on Tuesday. These standards are part of an executive order that President Obama proposed in February. The aim of NIST's framework (PDF) is to create guidelines that companies can use to beef up their
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network engineers have completed a 3,000 foot-long segment of fiber-optic network on the edge of Alpena and have lit a 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) network connection between Alpena and Powers. Lit by ADVA optical networking equipment, the dense wavelength division multiplexing fiber-optic connection goes from Alpena west to Gaylord, then north to
ANN ARBOR - Enzo Life Sciences has expanded its portfolio of drug discovery screening platforms with the introduction of the new Leading Ligh Sclerostin-LRP Screening System. The Leading Light Sclerostin-LRP Screening System was developed to meet the market need for a simple, sensitive biochemical screening assay for detection of sclerostin inhibitors (antagonists of the Wnt
KALAMAZOO ? There?s a scene in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," where Butch gets ready for a knife fight. He asks his advisory if there are any rules. When told no, Butch kicks the man in the groin. A similar scene played out this week when the National Science Foundation awarded a
TROY - Billhighway has donated $2,412 and can be attributed to the Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada to help Isaac, a 3 � year old boy who suffers from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, realize his dream of visiting Lightning McQueen at Disneyland. Make-A-Wish grants a wish, on average, every 38 minutes to a child with a life threatening