Department of Energy funds to help start medical isotope plant in Janesville

5.8.12 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Kathleen Gallagher

The Morgridge Institute for Research and the U.S. Department of Energy have reached a multimillion-dollar agreement to help open a medical isotope plant in Janesville - a development that Morgridge's director says could spark a manufacturing cluster that could ultimately bring as many as 1,000 jobs to economically beleaguered Rock County.

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A camera that peers around corners

3.20.12 | MIT News Office | Larry Hardesty

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was designed for a much different application: a camera that can see around corners.

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Cycle Computing announces BigScience Challenge winner

3.13.12 | HPC Wire

Cycle Computing announced today that Victor Ruotti, computational biologist, Morgridge Institute for Research, won the 2011 CycleCloud BigScience Challenge . Ruotti will be awarded $10,000 of computation time, the equivalent of eight hours on a 30,000-core cluster. The contest was open to all applicants working on behalf of non-profit organizations to further humanity and state of the art research using utility supercomputing.

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Wisconsin stem cell group wins Cycle Computing $10,000 Challenge

3.13.12 | BioIT World | Kevin Davies

Victor Ruotti, a computational biologist at the Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won the 2012 CycleCloud BigScience Challenge. Ruotti will be awarded $10,000 of computation time on the Amazon cloud—or the equivalent of eight hours on a 30,000-core cluster.

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Christie partners honored with DSE 2012 awards

3.8.12 | Sign Builder Illustrated

Christie®, a global visual technology company, winds down a triumphant appearance at Digital Signage Expo® (DSE), March 6-9, with several of its products featured in partners’ winning entries at the prestigious Annual Digital Signage Expo Awards celebration held March 7 in Las Vegas.

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In the News

Department of Energy funds to help start medical isotope plant in Janesville
5.8.12 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Kathleen Gallagher

A camera that peers around corners
3.20.12 | MIT News Office

Cycle Computing announces BigScience Challenge winner
3.13.12 | HPC Wire

Wisconsin stem cell group wins Cycle Computing $10,000 Challenge
3.13.12 | BioIT World | Kevin Davies

Christie partners honored with DSE 2012 awards
3.8.12 | Sign Builder Illustrated

Testing begins on video game for intelligence analysis
3.7.12 | The Oklahoma Daily | Paighten Harkins

Stem Cells: Flexible friends
2.29.12 | Nature | Nirupama Shevde

Q&A: Stemming the tide of misinformation
2.29.12 | Nature | Michael Eisenstein

Radioisotope recipe lacks one ingredient: cash
2.6.12 | New York Times | Matthew L. Wald

White House office studies benefits of video games
1.31.12 | USA Today | Greg Toppo