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Research & Development

  • Mustang Bio refinances $75M to further fund R&D

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022

    Mustang Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Worcester, has announced $75 million in debt refinancing.

    Sam Bonacci March 9, 2022
  • Business Leaders of the Year: Batra sets a high standard at Waters

    Sloane M. Perron Updated: March 7, 2022

    All that stood in the way of an excited 8th grade Indian boy and his Atari game console was a broken transformer.

    Sloane M. Perron Updated: March 7, 2022
  • Boston food tech firm to open lab in Northborough

    Sloane M. Perron March 3, 2022

    Motif FoodWorks, a Boston-based food technology company, is constructing a research-and-market development center in Northborough.

    Sloane M. Perron March 3, 2022
  • KPM Analytics acquires German near-infrared firm

    Sloane M. Perron January 13, 2022

    KPM Analytics Inc., a Westborough scientific instrumentation company,has acquired Bruins Instruments, a manufacturer of near-infrared reflectance and transmission analyzers in Germany.

    Sloane M. Perron January 13, 2022
  • UMass Chan professor receives second $300K for childhood cancer research

    Katherine Hamilton January 12, 2022

    Jason Shohet, a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received a second grant for cancer research totaling $300,000, two years after the first grant, according to a Monday announcement on the school’s website.

    Katherine Hamilton January 12, 2022
  • Worcester 300 trivia contest, part 1

    January 10, 2022

    As part of WBJ’s 2022 coverage of the 300th anniversary of Worcester’s founding, the publication has partnered with the Worcester Historical Museum to run a trivia contest. Those with the most correct answers at the end of the year will win a

    January 10, 2022
  • WPI awarded $1M for new R&D center

    Katherine Hamilton December 15, 2021

    On Tuesday, Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $999,963 grant from the state government to support a new research center focused on manufacturing and cybersecurity, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

    Katherine Hamilton December 15, 2021
  • Running behind schedule, UMass Chan begins construction on $325M research building foundation

    Katherine Hamilton December 14, 2021

    UMass Chan Medical School has begun construction on the foundation for its nine-story education and research building in Worcester, about five months behind its original schedule.

    Katherine Hamilton December 14, 2021
  • WPI receives $500K to research on-campus nuclear reactors

    Katherine Hamilton December 9, 2021

    Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were awarded $499,509 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulation Commission to design nuclear microreactor facilities to be built on university campuses, according to a Thursday press release from WPI.

    Katherine Hamilton December 9, 2021
  • Q&A: Battery Resourcers eyes the future of power & recycling

    Brad Kane Updated: November 8, 2021

    As more of the world becomes dependent upon lithium ion batteries to power electric vehicles and battery storage systems for the electric grid, Worcester energy technology company Battery Resourcers has developed ways to recycle spent batteries and

    Brad Kane Updated: November 8, 2021
  • UMass Chan researchers receive $2.5M grant for post-viral illnesses

    Sloane M. Perron November 3, 2021

    On Wednesday, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced that Dr. Liisa Selin, pathology professor and principal investigator, and Dr. Anna Gil, instructor in pathology, received a five-year, $2.5-million grant from the National Institute of

    Sloane M. Perron November 3, 2021
  • Alden Research Laboratory joins Miami investment firm and sells HQ for $2.7M

    Katherine Hamilton October 21, 2021

    Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. announced it will be joining Miami-based private investment firm Round Table Capital Partners as it sold its Holden headquarters to RTC for $2.7 million.

    Katherine Hamilton October 21, 2021
  • UMass Chan researchers awarded $12.3M for opioid addiction treatment

    Katherine Hamilton October 18, 2021

    A UMass Chan Medical School research team was awarded a four-year, $12.3-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study and develop a treatment program for adults with opioid-use disorders.

    Katherine Hamilton October 18, 2021
  • WPI manufacturing research team granted $1M to innovate drying

    Katherine Hamilton October 8, 2021

    The National Science Foundation will provide $1 million to continue to fund drying technology innovations at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, according to a Wednesday press release from WPI.

    Katherine Hamilton October 8, 2021
  • Massive property slated for Blackstone Technology Park sold for $5M

    Katherine Hamilton September 30, 2021

    Roughly 70 acres of land along Lackey Dam Road, and sprawling through Uxbridge, Sutton, and Douglas, have been sold for $5 million to Indianapolis real estate firm Scannell Properties, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

    Katherine Hamilton September 30, 2021
  • WPI granted $464K to study stress fractures in female runners

    Katherine Hamilton September 29, 2021

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher and biomedical engineering professor Karen Troy was awarded $463,645 by the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of foot injuries among female runners, according to a Tuesday press release from

    Katherine Hamilton September 29, 2021

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