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Hoku Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, has received the second half of a $50 million loan for construction of its plant in Pocatello. Dustin Shindo, chairman and chief ...

A Seattle-based IT support company is opening up a branch in Boise and hopes to become a long-term player in Idaho’s technology economy. Northwest Computer Support plans a grand opening March 11 at the Microsoft offices in downtown Boise. Company ...

Jay Larsen, president of the Idaho Technology Council, looks to Utah for an example of how the public and private sectors can partner for strong research outcomes. He said R&D at the University of Utah last year spawned 20 new ...

When Harold Blackman, director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies, thinks about the future direction of research, he thinks of a nighttime satellite photograph of earth. The deep blue of the planet is shot through with tiny pinpoints of ...

Idaho research and technology leaders agree that brick and mortar facilities are valuable to driving innovation, but if the equipment and minds that reside within them don’t have a clear focus, they can become “expensive boondoggles,” according to Jack McIver, ...

When Boise State University President Bob Kustra recently made his case for a new research park, he said expanding and sharing “ideas, patents and concepts” is essential to the growth not only of Boise State, but the state as a ...

The city of Nampa is exploring the possibility of working with Google to bring very high-speed Internet into the community, and at least one Internet competitor has already weighed in on the long-term demands that could come from the increased ...

Dustin Shindo, co-founder and CEO of Hoku Scientific, will step down from the company he’s helmed since 2001, even as it continues to struggle with financing for a planned $390 million polysilicon production facility in Pocatello. Effective April 1, Hoku ...

Analysts cheered but investors demurred following Micron Technology‘s announcement on Feb. 9 that it would acquire Swiss memory chip maker Numonyx Holdings BV. News of the deal, an all-stock transaction valued at about $1.27 billion, sent Micron share values down ...

Micron Technology is making a move to acquire Swiss chip competitor Numonyx Holdings B.V. in an all-stock transaction valued at about $1.27 billion, the Boise-based firm announced on Feb. 9. Under terms of the deal, which is expected to close ...