Startup Scales Up Eco-Friendly Ingredients for Cleaning, Personal Care Sironix Renewables uses a patented method to make nontoxic, sustainably-sourced surfactants that replace their counterparts made from petroleum. Business & Technology October 27, 2021
Research Tools: Distributing Resources to Spur Scientific Progress A Technology Commercialization program helps researchers share tools developed in the course of their work with others in academic and industry settings. Business & Technology July 28, 2021
Treating Parkinson’s with Surgical Precision University startup Surgical Information Sciences generates patient-specific 3D maps to help surgeons more precisely target deep brain stimulation. Business & Technology June 28, 2021
Collaboration with Cisco Explores Frontier of Data Technologies The projects seek to advance cutting-edge technologies that transform the way people access, manage, and protect data. Business & Technology May 26, 2021
Changing Gears: Startup’s Next Mechanical Game Teaches Electronics Three years after launching the Turing Tumble to teach computing concepts using marbles, Paul Boswell and his team are bringing a second game to market. Business & Technology May 26, 2021
Unearthing Potential: Startup Makes Geothermal More Efficient Darcy Solutions' systems provide greater heating and cooling capacity using less above-ground space, making them easier to install in existing buildings. Business & Technology February 4, 2021
USPTO Director: US Must Broaden Involvement in Innovation Many groups are still underrepresented in the intellectual property system, which accelerates the introduction of new ideas and technologies into society. Business & Technology December 22, 2020
Catamaran Bio, Based in Part on UMN Research, Soars with Early Funding A biotech startup created to bring new cancer therapies to life has attracted high levels of funding during its early-stage investment rounds. Business & Technology November 24, 2020
UMN Startup BlueCube Bio Takes MN Cup Grand Prize The startup, based on College of Science and Engineering research, is developing a nontoxic method for preserving biological cells used for cell therapy. Business & Technology September 24, 2020
Nonprofit Startup Gets Unused Medications to Minnesotans in Need Student-founded RoundtableRx sources unexpired medications from health care facilities across the state to help people who can't afford their prescriptions. Business & Technology September 8, 2020