Researchers at Penn State University have developed a faster and less expensive DNA sequencing method that has led to a surprising finding. The technique works for any species, so it can be used to study male infertility disorders and male-specific mutations.
Whether it's Drexel's Schuylkill Yards strategy, the Science Center's uCity Square expansion or visions for capping and developing the rail yards north of 30th Street Station, the Philly neighborhood we see today is not long for this world.
The earliest civilizations knew how to weave fiber into textiles. But those products bear little resemblance to the high-tech "functional fabrics" being engineered in Philadelphia -- these miraculous materials can see, hear, sense and communicate.
Tech zillionaire and philanthropist Sean Parker has made a massive contribution to cancer research, establishing the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at six of the nation's top medical schools and cancer centers, including the University of Pennsylvania.
In the three months since she arrived, Karen Campbell has helped a company score its first sale, instituted a newsletter, hosted a "lunch and learn," and kept her door open to the in-house startups at the Allentown incubator. All while she gets her own two businesses off the ground.
A live/work project for artists and makers looks to revitalize the city by bringing together the new economy and the old.
Created by a mother-daughter team, this natural beauty startup is now based in the Bay Area, but it retains a presence -- and aims to create jobs -- in the Commonwealth.
This Cranberry-based company -- which serves the global plastics processing, waste recycling and industrial heat-transfer markets -- continues to expand and innovate in PA.
The State is exhorting everyone to "think small," at least for the first week in May when Pennsylvania Small Business Week will celebrate entrepreneurs and small businesses in the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport offers the only college-level vintage vehicle restoration degree on the East Coast.