As Arthur Erdman observed high-class research in the medical device field being done at the University of Minnesota, he noticed nothing usable in the field was being produced. âÄúMany of the ideas...

A new threat to our global food supply is spreading out of Africa, and a professor at the University of Minnesota is working to halt the menace by working with a weed no larger than what you may find in...

A professor at the University of Minnesota asked her students to turn off their iPods, cell phones and laptops and turn on the 8-track players, landlines and typewriters. Last month, Heather LaMarre, assistant...

About 4,000 scientists travel around the vast, ice-covered continent of Antarctica each year to look at topics ranging from climate change to the search for dark matter, and prior to 2007, they were doing...

A University of Minnesota research facility looking to transform the fluid power industry received a $16 million grant renewal Monday from the National Science Foundation. The four-year grant will be given...

A study at the University of Minnesota revealed a considerable increase of self-harm in youth going through a chronic illness. Adolescents ranging in ages from 10 to 19 showed a considerable increase in...

University of Minnesota researchers are looking to solve the mysterious and rapid decline of the U.S. honey bee population in a study announced Wednesday. Honey bee colonies decreased by about 29 percent...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota found pollution from commercial cooking in restaurants is prominent, and current methods to reduce it are less than effective. Dr. Thomas Kuehn, professor in...

The University of Minnesota is one of four universities nationwide that won a grant to take part in a unique campaign combating the prevalence of binge drinking on college campuses. The University will...

A University of Minnesota study that took place in Papua New Guinea identified important evolutionary information using a process that revealed diversity within a species. Widely known for its ability...

The recommendations of students in a University of Minnesota internship program could save businesses more than $600,000, the program estimates. The Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, a summer internship...

Data released in December from the Soudan Underground Mine in northern Minnesota have brought scientists one step closer to identifying dark matter, which makes up 25 percent of the universeâÄôs...

The University of Minnesota was awarded the renewal of a contract to speed the development of cell-based therapies from the laboratory to clinical trials Thursday. The University received a five-year contract...

In his project management class last semester, undergraduate teaching assistant James Rodriguez handed in an assignment that proposed a student organization fair specifically for students of the University...

Last December Amazon.comâÄôs Kindle became the most-gifted item in the companyâÄôs 15-year existence. Christmas Day of the same month brought another first for Amazon when books for the...

A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota shows that a method to decrease carbon concentrations by converting farmland to woodlands would be ineffective. In late 2007, the University began...

The vender of the University of MinnesotaâÄôs most commonly used course management system, WebVista, will drop support after January 2013, forcing users to find a new option for their course Web...