Startup Ascenix BioTechnologies will perfect and commercialize production methods to synthesize chemicals from renewable feedstocks.

Robotics could change the face of society as profoundly and permanently as personal computers. The U of M is uniquely positioned to help spearhead a robotics revolution.

Bark from the birch tree, the oldest of all species of trees, will be used by U of M startup The Actives Factory to produce a variety of natural chemicals for nutritional supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

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.

Professor Steven Koester is developing a new type of continuous glucose monitor, which uses graphene to sense glucose wirelessly. Connect with Koester and several other U of M scientists during the Sept. 27 Innovation Showcase: Software & Physical Sciences.