The city of Titusville is looking for a couple of businesses to fill downtown storefronts. And it's deploying an unusual tool to recruit these new businesses: a business plan contest with a spot downtown as part of the winning prize.
An apple orchard north of Gettysburg has begun growing a variety of other produce, cut down on its use of pesticides and most recently earned certification from an international sustainable-agriculture organization.
The Ben Franklin Technology Partners, an organization that gives money and support services to tech businesses, is sponsoring another business plan contest similar to competitions it's put on over the last decade.
A State College startup has developed a system that could save time and money for companies that purify proteins as part of the process of developing vaccines and conducting biotechnological research.
A Bethlehem-based inventor of a stand for smartphones, e-readers and tablet computers recently received an award from an international entrepreneurs' group. Not bad for a seventh-grader.
Dozens of new jobs are coming to a northwestern PA plant that makes about 2,000 diesel train engines every year.
Three buildings that had been left to languish in Honesdale are being transformed into a data recovery center. Facilities like this use a lot of energy, but plans call for a wind turbine to alleviate that impact.
Your new favorite website just might have been started right here in the Keystone State. Check out these sites we found in 2011.
In 2011, innovations continued to come out of college campuses, inside and outside the classroom.
The idea of sustainability took a stronger hold in Pennsylvania this year. Expect these trends to continue in 2012.