News & Announcements

UMN researchers have built prototypes of machines that can make fertilizer out of air and water.

A UMN startup will offer its gene-editing technology, analogous to "molecular scissors," to other companies. 

The University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine and academic collaborators have received a $26 million National Science Foundation grant to establish a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio).

The research infrastructure that has allowed university scientists to respond to the pandemic has served as the foundation for many other innovations, including UMN's Honeycrisp apple. 

The open-source design specifications for a low-cost emergency ventilator are now available for download worldwide.

The “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents” was released by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.

The University of Minnesota Press is releasing an open access collection of antiracist books in an effort to contribute to the necessary and long overdue conversations the Twin Cities and our country must now undertake, following the killing of George Floyd.

The UMN and Mayo Clinic pitch competition changed to a virtual format this year to showcase how innovators are taking on COVID-19.

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc, of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., has been named the next executive director of The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota. 

Calyxt, a Roseville-based startup based on UMN technology, has released its first cooking oil product.