GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business Development Center and Small Business Association of Michigan launched a joint research project designed to help determine what resources small and medium-size Michigan companies need for future success. The research project kicked off February 10 with a survey of small business owners to learn more about what kind
ANN ARBOR - The defense and security products developer Arotech Corp. said it has received a $720,000 grant from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist toward research and development for its grid storage flow battery system. The grant will cover 40 percent of the planned R&D budget for the system in 2016. Arotech’s iron-iron flow
DETROIT - Asterand Bioscience says it has been awarded a five-year, $6.5 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide oncology specimens with associated clinical data to the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium. The CPTAC is a coordinated effort to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer by systematically identifying proteins
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University is now a co-sponsor of a news blog covering high technology in Michigan. TechCentury.com is the online version of TechCentury, the magazine of The Engineering Society of Detroit. LTU recently hired Matt Roush as managing editor of its news bureau. He had been director of communications and public relations at
LANSING - There are several states yet to hold caucuses and primaries before Michigan's March 8 presidential primary that will help shape the Democratic contest between former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but a new survey shows Clinton leading with 50 percent to 40 percent. Powering Clinton
ANN ARBOR - The spacecraft engine that will help take humans to Mars may be based on a University of Michigan prototype. NASA gave this dream new credibility by funding a spaceflight propulsion system to be built around a tabletop-sized thruster developed by Alec Gallimore, the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Professor of Engineering
LANSING - The Pure Michigan marketing campaign was honored this week with a gold and two silvers at the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International’s Adrian Awards. “We have tremendous stories to tell about the leisure travel experience in Michigan and we strive to find new and engaging ways to share these stories in all
ANN ARBOR - LLamasoft announced Tuesday that three members of its senior leadership has been named to Supply and Demand Chain Executives list of ‘Pros to Know’ for 2016. TC Baker is the vice president of solution design for LLamasoft and holds over 28 years in the software development and technology industries. Baker has taken
FERNDALE - We think we did pretty well covering a heavy topic like Flint’s water crisis during last week’s episode, but we’re still glad to be getting a little bit closer to “normal” for us tonight for episode 131 of our weekly live podcast broadcasting from the Podcast Detroit studio. We’ve also got our casual
DETROIT - Foster Braun interviews MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan who talks about last week’s top headlines, including Switch Datacenter hiring a general contractor to build out the 600,000-plus facility in the old Steelcase Pyramid building, Gov. Snyder proposes increasing funding for skilled trades training, and hot Michigan products for Valentine’s Day. To listen, click on
