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UW technology key to growth as firm stays in Madison long after sale

May 18, 2016

The explosion in next-generation sequencing has opened windows throughout medicine and biology.

Brenner’s simpler fertility test is basis for promising UW–Madison spinoff

April 28, 2016

BluDiagnostics co-founder Katie Brenner says the idea came directly from her own difficulty with conception.

Madison-made electrolyte going big at global battery manufacturer

April 25, 2016

Silatronix, a UW–Madison spinoff, says its formulation will lead to safer lithium-ion batteries used in phones, laptops and tablets.

UW spinoff tracks weightlifter safety, performance

March 7, 2016

WeightUp is a unique weightlifter monitoring system that not only counts reps, but also can detect sloppy form that can undermine the benefits of lifting.

Autism test on the horizon as firm screens for signatures of disorder

February 26, 2016

Early diagnosis for autism can allow quicker, better treatment. In the best case, it could pinpoint ways to reduce the symptoms or even prevent the disorder.

UW-Madison spinoff receives construction permit for medical isotope plant in Janesville

February 25, 2016

This is the first time since 1961 that the NRC has issued a permit for a facility to make the life-saving isotopes.

Small-scale protein production a big business for UW spinoff

February 4, 2016

Unlike many young biotech spinoffs, Fritz Schomburg's company — Lytic — earns its income not from federal research grants, but from shipping product.

Free legal advice yields valuable benefits to startups, state

November 12, 2015

As Abraham Lincoln said: "A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade."

Medical physics publisher marks 30 years of success

November 11, 2015

A small Madison publisher focused on the use of radiation in medicine has just celebrated 30 years in business. Medical Physics Publishing focuses on technology used to diagnose and evaluate disability and disease - X-ray, CT, MRI, PET and ultrasound - and on radiation treatment for cancer.

UW-Madison spinoff handles grocery delivery for time-pressed consumers

November 6, 2015

When Jeremy Neren claims to know online grocery ordering and delivery from the inside out, he's not kidding. Shortly after graduating from UW–Madison in 2005, he opened Madtown Munchies and started to deliver groceries around Madison - on a bike.

Mackie honored as his latest startup shifts toward high gear

November 5, 2015

Thomas “Rock” Mackie, a scientist, entrepreneur and educator, has been honored with the 2015 Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education award for career-long assistance to students and faculty interested in starting businesses.

UW-Madison spinoff wants to help out in the grocery aisle

October 27, 2015

When Wes Schroll moved from a dorm into an apartment and began grocery shopping, he hated it.

App from UW–Madison spinoff puts live help for apartment search in your hand

October 19, 2015

A Madison startup created in 2012 soon after two Wisconsin natives graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is introducing the first free "personal assistant" to aid renters in the difficult search for a new apartment.

Interactive website developer succeeds by excelling in information architecture

October 2, 2015

Earthling Interactive of Madison does produce websites, but calling the 16-year-old firm a "website developer" is like comparing a Boeing 777 pilot to a kid who hurls paper airplanes. Sure, they both achieve flight, but that's the end of the similarities.

‘Garage Physics’ is a makerspace for undergraduate brainstorms

September 25, 2015

To physics professor Duncan Carlsmith, a student's proposal to make a four-rotor helicopter drone was fine fodder for what he calls "garage physics." But why stop at a quadcopter, he told the University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate. Make one that is mind-controlled, so a person with severe movement impairment could think: "Go open the fridge and show me what's inside," and that would actually happen.