The University of Minnesota’s Joseph J. Warthenson Food Processing Center on the St. Paul Campus bustles with students, faculty, and industry developers working out new ideas. 

University researchers are on the cutting edge of a novel process that harnesses natural bacteria to purify water contaminated by hydrofracking—the process of pumping water underground to open up ancient stores of natural gas and oil.

What do disease early detection, rare-earth-free magnets and massive information storage and processing all have in common? Magnetic materials could be instrumental in a new wave of solutions in these areas.

The Biotechnology Resource Center in the BioTechnology Institute houses the equipment and expertise needed for companies to put discoveries to the test in larger batches.