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U of M licenses technology to monitor crop nitrogen status to ag-tech firm Sentera
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Sentera, a Minneapolis-based supplier of technology solutions to the agriculture industry, has signed an agreement to bring University of Minnesota-developed corn nitrogen deficiency technology to the market.
3M invests $26 million in the next generation of science and business talent
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3M and the University of Minnesota announced a major investment by 3M to benefit the next generation of scientists, engineers, and business leaders. The College of Science and Engineering will receive $3.6 million between 2017-2023 for scholarships, K-12 outreach and student programs support,
University of Minnesota receives $12 million grant for energy research
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The University of Minnesota announced today that it has been awarded a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to lead an Energy Frontier Research Center aimed at accelerating scientific breakthroughs in energy research.
University of Minnesota is co-leader of team that has discovered evidence of the “first tremors of the Big Bang”
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New data from a nationwide team of researchers gives direct evidence of the “first tremors of the Big Bang” providing groundbreaking new information about the earliest beginnings of our universe.
University of Minnesota receives prestigious National Historic Chemical Landmark designation
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The University of Minnesota announced today that the work of legendary chemistry professor Izaak M. Kolthoff (1894-1993) in establishing the field of analytical chemistry as a scientific discipline has received the prestigious honor of being named a 2014 American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmark.
Valspar donates $1 million for new University of Minnesota materials science and engineering lab
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The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced today that it will receive a gift of $1 million over five years from Minneapolis-based Valspar Corporation, provided through the Valspar Foundation.
Several CSE students among Acara Challenge winners
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Seven teams of collaborating student entrepreneurs from universities in the United States and India have been selected winners of the 2012-2013 Acara Challenge, a competition co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and the College of Science and Engineering. Several students are among the winners.
University of Minnesota students are finalists in Disney ImagiNations competition
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University of Minnesota students from the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Design are finalists in the 2013 Walt Disney ImagiNations competition.
U of M launches record number of startup companies in fiscal 2012
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From promoting better driving skills to treating deadly brain tumors, discoveries by University of Minnesota researchers were used to launch a record 12 startup companies in fiscal 2012.
Crews complete first block of North America’s most advanced neutrino experiment
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Today, technicians in Minnesota will begin to position the massive first block of a detector that will be part of the largest, most advanced neutrino experiment in North America.