Innovation

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…

UI researcher wins global biomedical science prize
University of Iowa researcher Dr. Michael Welsh will receive the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences…

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

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…

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…

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…

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics
Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

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…

The rise and fall of Moxie Solar
Once a rising star in the solar industry, Moxie Solar failed to adequately care for…

UI Center for Hydrologic Development expands national reach
The University of Iowa College of Engineering is home to a new research center—the 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…

Lawsuit against Linn County in Coggon Solar project dismissed
A lawsuit brought by a group of Linn County landowners regarding the Board of Supervisors’…

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…

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…

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…
