The University of Pennsylvania�s new Penn Center for Innovation has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to foster entrepreneurship and commercialization.
Eleven early-stage companies -- everything from a bagel bakery to a company that prints living tissue -- are recipients of $1.9 million in new investments from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The winners of the 2015 Y-Prize competition have harnessed Penn nanotechnology for use in cutting-edge tests of groundwater affected by fracking.
About 3,500 babies born throughout 2015 at local facilities will go home with an early appreciation of art thanks to Start With Art: PGH. The project distributes signed photographs from local artists to newborns.
Across the state, the humble bicycle is mobilizing efforts to usher in a new era of public transportation. In part three of our series on transit innovation in PA, we navigate the connection between buses, bikes and the commuters who depend on them.
Whether you're a 16-year-old who's never touched a power tool, a union carpenter, a design student, or a 20-something skateboarder, Public Workshop's Building Heroes program offers an opportunity to design, build and even sell your next big idea.
Uber, the popular tech-based car-ride service, is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University on the Uber Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh.
Economic development officials in Centre, Blair and Bedford counties are at work on a spruced up marketing campaign to tout the I-99 corridor as a location for business growth.
A new report by the Brookings Institution offers a thorough look at how high-technology industries are faring in Pennsylvania, and how the Commonwealth compares to the rest of the nation.
Seven startups in Northwestern Pennsylvania are gearing up to pitch their innovations at the annual BIG IDEA competition sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania.