ANN ARBOR - The last month has been extremely busy as we put the final planning touches to the 2014 MichBio Expo & Conference and prepared the next issue of BioMatters? more on that later. In late August I visited Thermo Fisher Immunodiagnostics (i.e., Phadia U.S.) in Portage and met with the Medical Director, Rob
SAN FRANCISCO - We're one step closer to creating the Ansible communicator in "Ender's Game," the warp drive envisioned by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre and a "Star Trek"-style Transporter. Or we can at least keep thinking that while scientists do the hard, incremental physics required to keep us dreaming of those kinds of future advancements.
DETROIT - Over the years, Detroit has held many titles and nicknames, many of them negative - which is why, as the city works to reinvent itself, one local woman is on a mission to crown it the "Little Free Library capital of the world." Kim Kozlowski wants to raise enough money over the next
ANN ARBOR - The use of non-compete agreements in employment contracts from the chief executive to the middle manager is on the rise, but is that good or bad for competition and innovation? That depends on who's signing them and why, according to research by Norman Bishara, associate professor of business law. "We're seeing companies
BIRMINGHAM - As summer is drawing to an end many IT security professionals are returning to their desks after vacations and trips to drop freshmen off at their new schools. A quick check of emails, Twitter, Facebook, and news sites will reveal that insecurity never sleeps nor vacations. A quick recap: Celebrity Photo Leaks. There
BIRMINGHAM - Michael Daniel, the White House Cyber Policy Coordinator, created a disturbance in the force last week when he was quoted as saying: "Being too down in the weeds at the technical level could actually be a little bit of a distraction." You can see how such a statement coming from the top cyber
ANN ARBOR - The summer vacation season curtailed people?s calendars and my travels over the last month. Nonetheless, we begin this report much like we ended the previous month?meeting with state legislators. Representatives from Novartis, Amgen, and BIO along with their contract lobbyists and myself met with Rep. Ken Yonker (R-Caledonia), sponsor of HB 5598.
NOVI - As the largest owner and operator of the high-voltage electrical grid in Michigan, ITC transports energy from generators to local retail distribution utilities throughout the Lower Peninsula. We connect all forms of energy to the grid. Much of the new generation coming online these days is wind energy. Our 140-mile Thumb Loop transmission
SAN FRANCISCO - Much of the equipment that planes and ships use to access satellite communications networks is wide open like the sea and sky itself, says a security researcher presenting his findings later this week. The skies are wide open, perhaps too wide open. In a world where everything from the latest breaking news
LANSING - Michigan?s local small businesses are already on their way to saving $507 million in tax and compliance costs, savings that will be confirmed with the passage of Proposal 1 on the August 5th statewide primary ballot, according to a new study by the Anderson Economic Group. ?Tens of thousands of local small businesses