Eating Without Wheat
Gluten-free dining options and resources are becoming more available throughout the state thanks to a growing awareness of celiac disease and some enterprising citizens and restaurant owners.
Going Green From the Pulpit
Clergy across multiple denominations are preaching green ideology alongside their respective religious beliefs, hoping to inspire environmntally responsible behavior at home and in churches and synogogues throughout PA.
Duquesne University to share FDA contract
A consortium including Duquesne University has received a $652K contract from the Federal Drug Administration to train pharmaceutical drug inspectors.
Eastern PA's Hydrogen Hub Generating Reactions
From AlumiFuel in Philadelphia to Air Products and Chemicals in Allentown, the region is earning a reputation for harnessing hydrogen's power. The tough part is convincing others it's safe and viable.
Philly's Bresslergroup brings home Popular Science innovative product awards
Pittsburgh's Touchtown gets Tech Collaborative funds to make seniors safer
Touchtown receives nearly $150,000 from The Technology Collaborative to develop communication products for retirement communities.
Apeliotus vision device in clinical trials
Apeliotus is conducting clinical trials for its diagnostic device for macular degeneration at Hershey Medical Center.
A Beacon of development near downtown Scranton will yield dozens of jobs
A medical real estate developer brought the much-anticipated Mount Pleasant Corporate Center to life last month with the purchase of a 3.26-acre lot that will yield a 30,000 square foot medical/professional services building and dozens of jobs.
Biotech 2009: Helixman and Pennsylvania Bio to the rescue
On a creative whim, an intern at Pennsylvania Bio created the character Helixman, "investigator of all things interesting and protector of all things innovative."
Drexel prof zeroes in on wound measurement device
When Elisabeth Papazoglou interviewed to be a biomedical engineering professor at Drexel University several years ago, she realized the Philadelphia school had a strong research emphasis in infrared technology.