The task force charged with ensuring a smooth rollout of Minnesota’s medical marijuana law began its duties last week.
The 23-member task force — which comprises elected and public safety officials,...
With government dollars and partnerships with industry in tow, the University of Minnesota’s research powerhouse is turning its gaze to addressing global food security, safety and sustainability.
In...
A newly unveiled 14,000-ton neutrino detector built in part by hundreds of University of Minnesota students and staff is searching a kilometers-wide beam of particles for clues about the beginning of the...
The University of Minnesota Duluth received an $8.97 million National Science Foundation grant to construct an ice-drilling platform in Antarctica for research, the university announced on Thursday.
The...
In the University of Minnesota area’s dinkiest neighborhood, Target is set to debut its smallest store in company history.
On Wednesday, the Minneapolis-based retail company will open for a soft...
From 2007 to 2012, more than a quarter of southeastern Minnesota’s grassland disappeared as fertilized farmland expanded — a shift in land use that’s contaminating the region’s...
Minnesota Power will pay a $1.4 million penalty and invest in clean energy products in a Wednesday agreement with state and federal regulators that settles the Duluth-based utility's alleged violations...
Forty years after his expeditions to Antarctica, Akhouri Sinha discovered he had made a more permanent mark on the continent than he knew.
Sinha, a University of Minnesota adjunct genetics, cell biology...
On any given race day, a team of University of Minnesota engineering students will race on two hours’ worth of battery charge.
After that, they’ll be at the sun’s mercy.
Starting Monday,...
University of Minnesota Twin Cities students and employees will get unlimited rides on the Green Line light rail's three University of Minnesota stations with a proposed transit pass, starting this...
Midsummer sunrays beamed on Monday as University of Minnesota researchers let a swarm of buzzing honeybees loose, allowing them to forage nearby fields before returning to the experiment’s site on...
Ongoing University of Minnesota research using 200 temperature sensors placed around the Twin Cities has found that Minneapolis and St. Paul have about a 3-degree temperature difference when compared to...
Humans aren’t the only ones who can feel regret.
A study by University of Minnesota researchers, published earlier this month, proved that when rats skipped on appealing food choices, they regretted...
The number of citywide stops made by Minneapolis police decreased by about 22,000 in the past year, compared to the first six months of last year, according to city data.
Minneapolis Police Chief...
Tyler Olsen didn’t have trouble finding his passion, but until recently, he did struggle to find a major that fit it.
The University of Minnesota junior said he wants to work as an environmental...
A group of University of Minnesota researchers is testing to see if medical marijuana can help treat chronic pain caused by sickle cell disease, but state and federal laws are putting a hitch in their...
In light of national conversations surrounding Internet security, University of Minnesota technology experts say the institution could amp up its efforts in ensuring safe online practices.
By expanding...
The Minneapolis park system was named the best in the country for the second year in a row in a report released Thursday.
In its ranking of parks in the 60 largest U.S. cities, the study analyzed...
As Asian carp move closer into state waters, the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center is racing to find ways to stop them.
With the push to increase research efforts to keep the invasive...
Minnesota is the first state to ban the retail sale of products containing triclosan — a common antibacterial ingredient that has resulted in the potentially dangerous buildup of the chemical...
