Pennsylvania's Nanotech Players Pursuing Giga-Scale Impact
Scientists across Pennsylvania are advancing the field of nanotechnology, developing devices that depend on particles many times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.
Scientists across Pennsylvania are advancing the field of nanotechnology, developing devices that depend on particles many times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.
A microbrewery west of Philadelphia is close to hitting its beer-making capacity, so the next step is to expand its footprint. Victory Brewing Co. plans to hire 50 more employees at its new location.
Several years ago, "efficient" was one of the last words that would have described the operation of offices that served students at Wilkes University. A drastic turnaround has since earned the college an award for being efficient.
An estimated 56 percent of small businesses in Pennsylvania don�t have a website. Google and the state's Small Business Development Centers are hosting a workshop to show them how to build an online presence.
When Tim Martin came to PDC Spas seven years ago, perhaps 5 percent of its hot tubs and other products were sold overseas. Since then, that percentage has climbed to nearly half.
Grease and waste food from restaurants often ends up in landfills, but one company near Lancaster has figured out how to transform that garbage into energy.
The Marcellus Institute, recently launched at Mansfield University, will train students to work on local natural gas-drilling sites through two new degrees offering specialized training.
The 5,500 people who live in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Lehighton use electricity distributed by the borough government. In 2014, some of that power is expected to be generated by a hydroelectric plant at a nearby lake.
Economic development officials in Scranton are working to lure biotechnology companies into northeastern Pennsylvania, and they're building a new business incubator to aid in that task.
Labs at the Penn State College of Medicine teeming with cutting-edge research, and now the doctors behind these breakthroughs will have more resources dedicated to turning them into companies.