4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1105+ words) In the fall, Ashley Mooneyham was at a professional standstill. She was about to get $2 million in federal funding for a big clinical trial of her award-winning invention, Momease, a heated nursing bra that marketing pros were convinced would help…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) Instead of studying why some people age faster, a University of Minnesota researcher has received $2.2 million to figure out why others stay youthful longer. Brain activity appears different in so-called “SuperAgers,” people 75 and older with no cognitive declines who walk…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (717+ words) Still holding the Minnesota Cup trophy, Dori Jones stepped away from the hubbub of the crowd Monday night to FaceTime her husband and two young sons. “I won,” she told them after the finals of the state’s largest entrepreneurial competition....

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (731+ words) To make life easier for people with a common bladder condition, Medtronic is digging in far away from urinary tract. Treatment for urinary urge incontinence can require pads, absorbent underwear and medications that come with bothersome side effects. The Minnesota-run…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (755+ words) A class of third-graders were given six Lego pieces. They had to make a duck out of their pieces. The duck could be sitting, swimming or flying. But no duck could look the same. This is how the third-graders at…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (654+ words) Though many customers are taking their business online, U.S. Bank officials say the brick-and-mortar branch is still important to clients. Over the past year, the largest bank based in Minnesota has invested about $40 million in that concept through updates to its…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1105+ words) In listing after listing, Travis Hart kept seeing the same job requirement: Applicants should know how to use ChatGPT. After losing his job at a small e-commerce company where the growing reliance on artificial intelligence concerned him, he was now…...