Denver startup Intero Biosystems, spun out of the University of Michigan, has launched GastroScreen, a human intestinal organoid model made of multiple cell and tissue types found in the gut. The company ships roughly 100 of the millimeter-sized organoids at a time to pharmaceutical, biotech, food, and chemical companies, which use them to test drugs and compounds in either healthy or disease-induced states. Intero also sells supporting supplies like nutrient mixes and reagents, and runs custom experiments and lab studies for clients.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-14
General Motors is building out a half-million-square-foot Battery Cell Development Center at its Warren, Michigan campus, where engineers are prototyping new battery cell chemistries and manufacturing processes. The facility houses equipment like slurry-mixing vats and electrode-coating machines, and is designed as a low-volume testbed ahead of larger production plants. GM says the goal is to lower battery costs, which currently account for 30 to 40 percent of an EV's price.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-12
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed released digital video and billboard ads targeting Republican opponent Mike Rogers for his history of backing government surveillance measures, including the Patriot Act and a 2011 bill allowing companies to share emails with the NSA. The ads also highlight a 2013 quote from Rogers saying privacy can't be violated if people don't know about it, and will appear on billboards reading 'Mike Rogers is watching you' across the state.
wired.com
· 2026-10-06
Alina Morse, who appeared on Entrepreneur Magazine's cover at age 13, is now a senior at Michigan State University while continuing to run her candy company Zolli Candy and its nonprofit, the Million Smiles Initiative. She told Entrepreneur that the company expanded distribution through retailers including Whole Foods, Walmart and Amazon in the years following the cover story, and that she still uses the original magazine feature as a tool when pitching new retail partners.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-02
On June 7, 1937, Michigan State College students armed with concrete reinforcing rods confronted Lansing labor union members in what became known as the Battle of East Lansing. The clash followed a rapid wave of UAW Local 182 organizing successes in Lansing's auto industry, including a dispute at Capital City Wrecking Company where newly elected union officers were fired, triggering a strike and a court injunction against the union.
eastlansinginfo.news
· 2026-09-21
A Texas Air National Guard F-16 went down in Michigan on Thursday afternoon during a training exercise, forcing an evacuation of homes and businesses within a mile of the crash site over a chemical spill. The pilot ejected safely and was taken to a hospital, while all Texas Air National Guard aircraft at the site were grounded pending investigation. One pilot reportedly told air traffic control his wingman may have struck a bird before the crash.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-19
A new analysis argues that digital infrastructure—search engines, cloud platforms, and networks people rely on daily—should be designed, built, and maintained with the same rigor applied to physical infrastructure like water systems and power grids. It draws comparisons to failures such as Flint's water crisis and Puerto Rico's electrical grid collapse to illustrate what happens when essential systems are neglected.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-07
Researchers at the University of Michigan reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the past millennium using fossilized corals from the Galápagos Islands, concluding that the current El Niño event is the most intense on record for that timeframe. The findings suggest the phenomenon could drive more extreme weather across the U.S., particularly during hurricane season.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-03
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has proposed a major residential rate reduction plan expected to save Hoosier customers roughly $59 million in electric bills through 2027, or about $100 annually for a typical household. The utility also intends to freeze rates for three years, crediting rising demand from data centers and other large customers for boosting revenue enough to offset costs. The proposal now awaits approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, with a decision anticipated by June 2027.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-28
Palaeoclimatologist Julia Cole and colleagues reconstructed a millennium of sea surface temperatures using Galápagos coral skeletons, published in Science. They found that strong El Niño events have occurred more often over the past century, since industrial-era greenhouse gas emissions began, than in the thousand years before it.
nature.com
· 2026-08-27
The CDC has confirmed a growing multistate outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts, with dozens of illnesses reported across 15 states and four people hospitalized. Michigan and Wisconsin have recorded the highest case counts, and the update comes just days after a recall of multiple alfalfa sprout products linked to the contamination.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-08-25
Local officials overseeing data center projects in Marshall, Michigan, Salix, Iowa, and Box Elder County, Utah, have reported credible death threats and safety concerns tied to their votes. Marshall's council faced threats after passing a building moratorium, Salix's leaders were threatened over a land annexation for a possible Google site, and a Utah commissioner now has police stationed at his home. NBC News reports this pattern is spreading nationally, with officials targeted regardless of how they vote on data center proposals.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-23
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