Innovation

Dale Todd LightLine Loop groundbreaking

Council member Todd at LightLine groundbreaking: Project will restore ‘circle of life’

Cedar Rapids City Council member Dale Todd borrowed a trope from a classic Disney movie to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning for the city’s new roundhouse and LightLine Loop project. “The circle of life was once broken,” Mr. Todd…

UI flight expert briefs DARPA on AI in aerial combat

Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) director and University of Iowa industrial engineering professor Tom “Mach” Schnell…

The Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) is working with DARPA to improve AI capabilities in aeria combat. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

UI researcher wins global biomedical science prize

University of Iowa researcher Dr. Michael Welsh will receive the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences…

Michael Welsh, pictured in 2022, has researched mechanisms and treatment of cystic fibrosis for decades. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Integrated DNA Technologies debuts collab network

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the Collab Network Program, an inaugural program between next…

IDT has launched the Collab Network Program to ramp up scientific discovery. CREDIT IDT

ADM takes steps to protect South American ecosystems

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) company, recently named a best-managed company in the U.S. by the Wall Street…

ADM's Cedar Rapids plant. CREDIT CBJ

Ethanol executive: Carbon capture might be ‘life or death’ for producers

An increasing demand for low-carbon fuels will imperil ethanol producers unless there is widespread adoption…

Monte Shaw Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

Public hearing set for MidAmerican’s Wind PRIME project

A public hearing has been set for later this month to review MidAmerican Energy’s proposed…

Wind turbines

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

ImOn purchases Internet assets from Comelec Services

ImOn Communications, based in Cedar Rapids, has purchased residential and business fiber-to-the-premise Internet service assets…

ImOn

The rise and fall of Moxie Solar

Once a rising star in the solar industry, Moxie Solar failed to adequately care for…

Moxie Solar

UI Center for Hydrologic Development expands national reach

The University of Iowa College of Engineering is home to a new research center—the Center…

IFC will contribute its expertise in hydroinformatics and experience building web-based platforms like the Iowa Flood Information System that provides flood alerts and forecasts for over 1,000 Iowa communities. CREDIT IOWA FLOOD CENTER

A local look at broadband internet progress in the Corridor

In the Corridor, three local Internet Service Providers report exciting developments and improvements to their…

Internet Service Provider Sharon TC fiber main line

Lawsuit against Linn County in Coggon Solar project dismissed

A lawsuit brought by a group of Linn County landowners regarding the Board of Supervisors’…

Linn supervisors Coggon Solar

Involta’s new DRaaS+ model boosts disaster recovery services

Involta, a Cedar Rapids-based hybrid IT, cloud computing and data center services company, has introduced…

Involta data center

UI study identifies potential target for treating addiction and relapse

New research from the University of Iowa finds that blocking an enzyme that lowers localized…

UI professor John Wemmie in his lab on Jan 14. 2022. His research centers around treating addiction and relapse. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE

Linn Area Credit Union sponsors Emerging Entrepreneur program with NewBo City Market

Linn Area Credit Union (LACU) and the NewBo City Market (NBCM) are partnering to bring…

NewBo City Market