To create partnerships between researchers and businesses, the Idaho National Laboratory and its research partners look for problems needing solutions. They recently found one at the Meridian water treatment plant, where officials want to find a way to capture some ...
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Law school application rise may not result in more lawyers 
Applications to Idaho’s only law school rose 18 percent in 2010, a far greater increase than the national average. Students submitted 859 completed applications to the University of Idaho’s College of Law, Dean Don Burnett said, compared to last year’s ...
Read More »New INL manager to focus on nuclear energy research 
Rick Provencher assumes management of the Idaho National Laboratory as nuclear energy appears poised to enter a period of development in the United States. The nuclear industry has been re-energized by support from the White House and from some movement ...
Read More »Stronger work force needed to grow Idaho high-tech
One of the greatest obstacles to further developing Idaho’s high-tech industry is its work force, say entrepreneurs who gathered May 26 in Boise for a workshop on business innovation. About 150 business owners, entrepreneurs and other leaders in Idaho met ...
Read More »Local officials see $2 billion loan guarantee as another step on road to uranium enrichment plant 
Bob Everhart, the executive director of the Idaho Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau, had been confident all along that the proposed Eagle Rock uranium enrichment plant would move forward as planned 18 miles west of Idaho Falls. But news that ...
Read More »Idaho State University wins $2.5 million in Department of Energy grants
Several Idaho State University faculty, including a young assistant professor who starts work at ISU next month, have won three U.S. Department of Energy grants worth $2.5 million. ISU researcher Brian Williams is collaborating with Richard Schultz and Donald McEligot ...
Read More »Engineering, computer science graduates find employment in Idaho 
New Boise State University engineering graduate Hector Ocampo made a conscious decision to steer clear of the high-tech jobs that are open to electrical engineering and computing graduates like him in Idaho. Instead Ocampo, who has years of experience in ...
Read More »Santa Fe firm touts compact nuclear reactor 
The Eagle company that is seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Payette County has no plans to use a compact nuclear reactor for power generation there, but might use the new technology later in other locations, a spokesman ...
Read More »CWI students win BPA leadership conference awards
The College of Western Idaho‘s first trip to the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference was a success, with students placing in the top ten in seven of 51 competitive events. The team of business management, administration and information ...
Read More »Eagle-based AEHI signs agreement with Chinese company
Eagle-based Alternate Energy Holdings on May 18 announced that its Chinese subsidiary has agreed to work with a company that produces desalination plants. A subsidiary of the Idaho company, AEHI China, signed an agreement with Dalian Shipbuilding and Equipment Manufacturing ...
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