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Nanotechnology: A risky frontier?
Nanotechnology already has found hundreds of high-tech uses. But do its tiny particles pose big health risks? That uncertainty, and companies' reluctance to embrace the field, cloud its future. Updated Mar. 29, 2011
New biosciences building
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U project looks to future
Article By: THOMAS LEE ,Star Tribune Publish August 31, 2009 2:00 AM / Update August 30, 2009 5:16 PMThe first phase of the school's ambitious biotech park opens in October near TCF Bank Stadium.
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- Biotech companies follow the money
- As economy sours, some clipped wings
- A Swedish solution for biofuels
- Quiet confidence, proven competence
- Truly, a battle-tested leader
- Money is his weapon of choice
- Idea man: 270 patents
- Angel investor tax credit again bedeviled at Legislature
- Venturing to be No. 1 in hit products
- His job: Magician
University Enterprise Laboratories
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UEL still finding its feet
Article By: THOMAS LEE , Star Tribune Publish June 15, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 4:55 PMThe St. Paul facility is having trouble with its identity amid a recession and a diluted relationship with the U.
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Evolutionary ideas shape technological revolutions
Article By: THOMAS LEE , Star Tribune Publish May 25, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 4:58 PMSometimes the most innovative technology already exists. It just means using it in a different way.
Jim Stoppert, CEO of Segetis held a bottle of the company's bio-based...
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Biotech's third wave
Article By: THOMAS LEE , Star Tribune Publish May 4, 2009 2:00 AM / Update March 23, 2011 4:58 PMGreen chemistry start-ups in the Midwest ramp up to prove they can move from the lab to the factory.
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A Lethal Dose: The war on synthetic drugs
They carry names like Bliss and TranQuility, but don't be fooled: Synthetic drugs can be deadly. From a small town in Oklahoma to suburban Minnesota, these products have generated unusual violence and physical suffering. Efforts to control these substances remains a losing battlle.
State regulators have failed to protect some of Minnesota's most vulnerable citizens from being victimized by their care givers. Even known criminals have obtained state permission to work in nursing homes and other care settings.
Home builders are routinely allowed to break the rules on shoreline development. Polluters are allowed to keep polluting. And clean-up efforts are falling short. While public officials are trying to save Minnesota's iconic lakes, their efforts are undercut by a lack of federal mandates.
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- Minnesota's small banks are gaining strength
- Edina Realty closes the door on Realtor.com
- General Mills' billion-dollar baby
- Line of Target T-shirts to support gay pride
- Fooled by pal Petters, restaurateur now bankrupt
- General Mills to cut 850 jobs worldwide, half in Twin Cities
- Hecker gets dose of 'diesel therapy'
- One man's force of will built a retailing empire
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