Incubators and R&D

"The grant to McLaughlin comes from the National Institutes of Health’s Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and it may lead to three additional staff members at McLaughlin, including two research assistants and a post-doctoral fellow."

Friday’s edition of the national journal Science features research from two University of Montana scientists who put a positive spin on global warming, saying the Earth is becoming greener and wetter. Billings Gazette "Most of…

Scientists behind a proposal to turn a former gold mine in South Dakota into a vast underground laboratory said yesterday that they would abandon their proposal if the mine was allowed to flood. By KENNETH…

Among our community’s economic development professionals and neighborhood activists, the talk of incubators is in the air. Several groups are proposing new facilities to house business development activities, from retail to technology. Patrick Tam Special…

"The key to this creative environment is to welcome everyone’s ideas and to seek help from outside advisors."

Two-name river One result of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is that a river in northern Montana became known as the Milk River, says Walter Fleming, director of Native American Studies at MSU-Bozeman. Before that,…

"The discovery is one of the latest developments in "bioprospecting" at Yellowstone, which is the search for useful compounds in the microbes, plants and fungi that thrive in the extremely hot environments of the park’s geothermal features."

(This is a great idea that should be considered by every state-Russ)

"The whole intention of our park is to be an extension of the university," said Bruce Wright, chief operating officer of the UA park. "That’s the ripple effect," Drohan said. "It’s what everybody dies for."

Mapping Maine Sea kayaks and shoulder harnesses were helpful when Lesley Berry mapped three spots along the coast of Maine. The December MSU graduate was part of a team that used integrated precision digital mapping…