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A cybersecurity expert with Northwestern Mutual warns the field’s “talent gap” will widen in the next decade as technology continues evolving. “I think the gap between what we’re able to fill and what we need is only going to continue to grow,” said Igor Zabara, vice...

UW-Madison engineers have developed a new system for scanning metal parts manufactured with a critical 3D printing technique that could benefit the aerospace industry. Lianyi Chen, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university, says the field of...

A Milwaukee startup developing devices to make climate-friendly industrial production more affordable has raised $4.2 million to pilot its technology and grow its team, the company said Thursday. Advanced Ionics is developing industrial electrolyzers that produce...

Brooke Navarro didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur. But Navarro, a Brookfield native and the founder of allergen-free startup Without A Trace Foods, has always had allergies. Her mom had allergies. Her daughter had allergies. Allergies – inconvenient and, at times,...

A cybersecurity expert with Northwestern Mutual warns the field’s “talent gap” will widen in the next decade as technology continues evolving. “I think the gap between what we’re able to fill and what we need is only going to continue to grow,” said Igor Zabara, vice...

Exact Sciences Corp. (EXAS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $180.9 million in its first quarter. The Madison, Wisconsin-based company said it had a loss of $1.04 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by...

Access to broadband is vital for the economic health and growth of Wisconsin. Yet many homes and businesses have no broadband access or internet service speeds that fall below FCC standards. State and federal grants are available to bring broadband to underserved...

An antibody therapy that could treat ovarian cancer, a real-time sewer flow sensor and a natural crop protection formulation were among the discoveries presented by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette...

Corey Jaskolski, founder and CEO of Delafield-based Synthetaic, believes the way artificial intelligence is generated today is not a sustainable method.  “It’s always been (you) have humans draw boxes around millions and millions of things and then the computer can...

With May 1 kicking off National Small Business Week but many small-business owners struggling to hire new employees, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best Large Cities to Start a Business, as well as accompanying videos and...

For a planet increasingly ravaged by the effects of climate change, removing carbon from the atmosphere could be part of a desperately needed turn in the right direction. Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition are racing to develop...

Nine of the state’s 12 major metropolitan areas had lower unemployment rates in March than pre-pandemic, the latest federal figures show. When comparing preliminary figures from last month with benchmarked data from March 2019, these metro areas had lower unemployment...

The state of Wisconsin’s largest single tax credit deal since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic was a $25 million award to Molson Coors Beverage Co. That award value stood out by a large margin over others as the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. shifted to...

Yi Hu has always had a close relationship with his grandfather, who lived in a poor, coal-mining region of China. Around 2005, his grandfather began to complain about hearing difficulty. “We knew that hearing aids could help him, but living in a small city, he had no...

Marquette University alumnus and Alumni Association president Bill Krueger has gifted $1.5 million to the university’s mentorship program. Krueger graduated from Marquette’s College of Engineering in 1987. His professional track record includes several notable...

The Progress Center for Black Women is launching a program for entrepreneurs called F.O.C.U.S (Fundamentals, Opportunities, Consistency, Understanding, Success), the organization announced recently. According to the website, the program is designed to help Black...

Yi Hu, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has advanced to the finalist round in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest with a submission of a new over-the-counter hearing aid that makes better hearing more accessible and more...

SPRING 2022 TECH CHALLENGE NOW OPEN We are accepting applications now through May 8 for our spring 2022 Tech Challenge. The topics are: Elimination of high operating expenses in sludge management costs: Overall intent is to address and minimize sludge management costs...