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Five Universities You Can Do Business With

From: Inc. Magazine, February 2006 |  Page: 23 By: Carl Schramm

To look in on university research is to see the subatomic structure of modern entrepreneurial capitalism. Through a process called technology transfer, academic researchers patent their work, then license it, often under a royalty agreement, to companies that ultimately bring the innovation to market. Many of the great breakthroughs of the past 30 years--in fields such as computing, telecom, the Internet, and fiber optics--were first conceived in a university lab.

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Big Hopes For Small Packages

By Larry Greenemeier
InformationWeek

It may be too small to see, but nanotechnology's visibility got yet another boost last week when President Bush included it, as well as supercomputing and alternative energy resources, as areas of research to which he wants the government to increase its commitment over the next decade.

So far, nanotech has produced a lot more studies and centers than commercial success. But that may be changing. In addition to the president's endorsement, Arizona State University last week opened the Center for Nanotechnology in Society to study the societal impacts of nanotechnology.

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Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU

The End of E-Mail

From: Inc. Magazine, February 2006 |  Page: 41 By: Darren Dahl

It's supposed to make life easier, but e-mail has become a big pain. Enter the wiki, new software that could change the way you communicate.

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Google office coming to ASU

School, Web giant sign 3-year lease
The Arizona Republic

Google's first office on a U.S. college campus will be at Arizona State University. The announcement came, fittingly, in an electronic message Friday.

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