by Tech Council | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The term “big science” was first used in 1961 by physicist Alvin Weinberg, then director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to describe the notion that some problems could only be solved through big facilities and tools, big teams of...
by Tech Council | Mar 7, 2024 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The titles of the 150 or so posters on display in the Capitol’s Rotunda sounded just as impressive as what might be found at a symposium of doctoral students – such as “The cost of clean water: An efficiency analysis of Wisconsin’s water...
by Tech Council | Mar 6, 2024 | Featured, NEWSROOM, WisBusiness: The Show
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Arjun Sanga of WiSys talks about the statewide group’s role in a National Science Foundation grant process that...
by Tech Council | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Firefighting drones, Honeycrisp apples, major underpinnings of the internet, airport sensors to detect shoe bombs, nicotine patches, manufacturing processes, quantum computing and tests, vaccines or cures for diseases and conditions such...
by Tech Council | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Fifty-two entries from 30 distinct communities have advanced to the semi-final round of the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced. Contestants emerged in first-round competition involving an independent panel of about 70 judges...