GRAND RAPIDS ? Veteran journalist Rod Kackley has published a new book that examines Grand Rapids' Medical Mile and asks the question whether health care will help reinvent the American economy or will it take a return to manufacturing. Last Chance Mile: The Reinvention of an American Community, Kackley says, serves as a road map
ANN ARBOR - Seven Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $232,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.8 million. ?This latest round of Michigan Microloan Fund Program investments support an impressive range of innovations from around the state,? said Skip
LANSING - Michigan would pay nothing under the terms of the Crossing Agreement with Canada to build the new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency. Other analyses of the proposal have been done, but usually they have been funded by organizations with a vested interested
DETROIT - It will obtain speeds of 45 mph on both land and water, and transition between the two mediums in five seconds or less. What is it? Billed as the world's first high-speed sports amphibian, the Gibs Quadski, will go on sale next month for about $40,000 and be built at a 54,000 square
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute, Saint Mary's Health Care and Mercy Health Partners have signed agreements paving the way for the expansion of a world-class biorepository that will store tissue and biospeciments, along with health data donated by patients. The new biorepository will work closely with the Van Andel Institute Program for Biospecimen Science,
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. military has the ability to act pre-emptively when it detects an imminent cyberattack threat, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned. During his first major policy speech on cybersecurity, Panetta echoed previous statements that the United States was facing the possibility of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" perpetrated by foreign hackers, painting a grim
MOUNTAIN VIEW - A hacker named Pinkie Pie won $60,000 for exploiting a security hole in Chrome in the Internet search giant's Pwnium 2 competition. In an effort to shore up its browser's defenses, Google holds the competition to challenge hackers to hack their way through Chrome's security to find previously unknown holes. Tuesday's Pwnium
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 plans to enhance research and collaboration over a three-year period between U.S. and Chinese researchers, scientists, educators and higher education leaders. The announcement was made at the Chinese-American Networking Symposium in Seattle. The project, ?Framework Program for U.S.-China Collaboration in Scientific Research and Education,? will establish working groups to address global
SAGINAW - Saginaw Future Inc. received a Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award for Nexteer's Journey in the category of Business Retention & Expansion - Single Events for communities with populations of 200,000 - 500,000 from the International Economic Development Council. The honor was presented at an awards ceremony October 2 during the IEDC Annual
ANN ARBOR -The University of Michigan Tech Transfer Officer set a record in fiscal 2012 with 123 licenses and options, up from 101 in fiscal 2011. Researchers also reported 368 new inventions in FY12, which ended on June 30, another record high, demonstrating the broadened participation of U-M faculty in tech transfer activities. Eleven new