Startups developed at UW–Madison were recognized last week at the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest award ceremony during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee. The pitch competition is designed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup …
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2 Madison-area companies get federal money to help curb climate change through fusion energy
Two Madison-area companies were among eight U.S. businesses awarded a total of $46 million on Wednesday to try to curb the world’s climate crisis through nuclear fusion. Realta Fusion, a fusion energy startup founded in …
Sixteen projects chosen for Research Forward (Round 3) awards
Projects ranging from formulating a new understanding of lake water quality, to early detection of metastatic cancer, and addressing health inequities in the Hmong community, have been chosen from 102 initial proposals for Research Forward …
$850,000 in state matching grants advance 10 innovative small businesses
Ten small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $850,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. Funded by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation WEDC, the state matching …
UW-Madison researcher uses AI to improve brain cancer diagnoses, treatment
MADISON (WKOW) — Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center are using artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis and treatment options for brain cancer. Current imaging technology can’t tell the difference between a cancerous …
Wisconsin’s public and private schools could have Narcan under new proposal
Cade Reddington was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee when he took what he thought was a single Percocet. The pill turned out to be 100 percent fentanyl. Cade told a friend he felt “yucky” …
Tom Still: With big goals in mind, National Science Foundation invests in 2 homegrown ideas
During a fireside chat on the UW-Madison campus in March, a leader in the National Science Foundation’s newest and most hands-on program gave a tip of the hat to what he was seeing in his …
WiSys-led partnership wins $1 million NSF grant to make Wisconsin a global leader in sustainable ag
A Wisconsin partnership led by WiSys, a supporting foundation of the University of Wisconsin System that sparks research, innovation and entrepreneurship across the state, has been awarded $999,911 from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) …
A better whey? Researcher wants to convert cheese byproduct into eco-friendly plastic
In many ways, the basic steps for making cheese haven’t changed for hundreds of years. You need milk, an enzyme to solidify it and a process to separate the curds from the liquid that’s left. …
Madison-based clothing startup founded by a lawyer wins top ‘Project Pitch It’ prize
Any woman who’s gone to buy professional clothing has experienced firsthand the frustration of not having the same number of pockets as their male counterparts. Entrepreneur Barbara Zabawa has invented a solution to this problem …