Incubators and R&D

Sorry, we couldn't find any posts. Please try a different search.

A day in the mouse house (McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls)

For 30-plus years, scientists at the McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls have performed cutting-edge experiments. And while most residents of northcentral Montana have heard of the institute and have seen its distinctive building on…

Ozone-monitoring balloon makes first Helena launch

Balloon travels 112 miles — a record for the Borealis Project — to land near Great Falls. A slight breeze, sunny skies and a wide-open field — perfect conditions for the first-ever launch of an…

MSU Research roundup -Weed sightings – Montana’s health -Big gray monster-Learning biology

Weed sightings Three years ago, MSU students used global positioning equipment to map the spotted knapweed and leafy spurge they saw while hiking near Virginia City and Twin Bridges. This spring, Shana Wood received her…

Ag lab sets completion ceremony

SIDNEY – The Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory here is set to celebrate completion of its new 21,470-square foot lab/office complex Saturday, Aug. 10. The dedication, open to the public, begins at 1 p.m. and…

Northwest Research Institute for Bioproducts, Bioenergy Formed

Two Department of Energy national laboratories and two land-grant universities announced on July 17 that they will work together to form a new research institute for the production of energy and industrial products from biomass…

Inventors fight fee hike, patent outsourcing

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to increase fees and require patent applicants to hire private contractors to conduct prior-art searches for their inventions. Kent Hoover Washington Bureau Chief San Francisco Business Journals.com PTO…

A 30-year Look At Support for Academic R&D

The importance of strong academic R&D capabilities in building state and regional tech-based economies cannot be overstated. Subsequently most states, either independently or in partnership with federal EPSCoR programs, are making investments toward strengthening their…

University R&D funds targeted for cutbacks

Scientific research at Montana’s universities is about to take a $1.6 million hit on the chin for the state’s ailing budget. Budget officials Wednesday told the House Appropriations Committee they’d like to trim the amount…

Big plans start with small rodents-McLaughlin Research Institute seeks to expand

What’s that expression? You have to swab out the mouse cages before you can soar with the eagles? Well, that’s the way it goes at McLaughlin Research Institute, anyway. By PETER JOHNSON Tribune Staff Writer…

Hamilton lab unravels virus mystery-Research shows how strep virus turns into flesh-eater

What causes a perfectly predictable little bug like A Streptococcus – the nasty buggers behind strep throat – to morph into a flesh-eating monster? By JENNIFER McKEE of the Missoulian State Bureau For years, scientists…