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DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center will soon become the fifth location in the country for Spark!Lab, a new educational, interactive space, thanks to a partnership with the Smithsonian Institute and support from the Ford Motor Company Fund. Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, Spark!Lab provides
LANSING - The task force that Governor Rick Snyder appointed to investigate how the Flint water crisis occurred takes a hammer to the message Snyder and his staff have emphasized for months that the crisis resulted from a failure of government at all levels. In reading the Flint Water Advisory Task Force's report on the
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund has issued four Requests for Proposals for contractors to assist the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Travel Michigan with business and travel marketing efforts regionally, national and internationally. The following RFPs were issued: Travel Marketing MEDC and Travel Michigan are seeking an agency to develop and implement a comprehensive,
GRAND RAPIDS - If you'd like to create a mobile app for your business, but you're not a techie the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan and Michigan Small Business Development Centers on April 12 in East Lansing will present a bootcamp at the Technology Innovation Center to teach you what you need to know. Listen
FERNDALE - Keith Schonberger, an attorney with the law firm of Young Basile, outlines what it takes to do an effective patent search, the first step for obtaining strong patent rights. If you are an inventor, you want to listen to this 14-minute segment to protect your product from patent infringement or even if you
ANN ARBOR - Large-scale changes to agricultural practices will be required to meet the goal of reducing levels of algae-promoting phosphorus in Lake Erie by 40 percent, a new University of Michigan-led, multi-institution computer modeling study concludes. Last month, the U.S. and Canadian governments called for a 40-percent reduction, from 2008 levels, in phosphorus runoff
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site and will host a special celebration during its annual Merit Member Conference in May. Established in 1966, Merit has been at the forefront of networking technology throughout its history. Merit's engineers
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. wind farms now pay $222 million dollars a year to farming families and other rural landowners, with more than $156 million dollars going to landowners in counties with below average incomes, a new study released Tuesday shows. $650 million dollars a year in payments to landowners every year is possible by
ALLENDALE - More than 1,000 high school students on 41 teams from across the state will compete in the varsity sport for the mind at Grand Valley State University March 24-26. The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics District Competition will take place in the Fieldhouse on the Allendale Campus. Teams will
LANSING - The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice mobile tour app, commissioned by the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, will debut on the same day the film appears in theaters, March 25. The exciting new app developed by Grand Rapids-based Mutually Human allows movie fans and travel enthusiasts to combine their interests to
