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‘For profit, for good’: How ‘Junto 2013’ rallied local business leaders
“This is a business retreat, but maybe not the business retreat most people would imagine,” said
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CHOP partners with VC fund to funnel revenue back into research
Commercializing research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is nothing new. One of its biggest hits is a rotavirus v
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Can a hackathon make it easier to get around town?
Thirty-plus coders and a handful of local transportation agencies say, yes, it can.
It’s the third year SEPTA is asking loca
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How a new robot in Phoenixville dispenses meds to area nursing homes
A Baltimore company is expanding into the Philadelphia area, using robots to supply medications to nursing homes and long-term care facil
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Philadelphia Zoo nets $6M grant from William Penn Foundation
There’s a bunch of other stuff, too, but a $6 million grant will partially fund “an overhead passageway allowing the Zoo̵
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Are these the 15 nerdiest places in Philly?
Nerds, geeks, dorks: Help us out here.
A lifelong Philadelphian, Chris
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With new job title, William Penn Foundation seeks new leader
After an abrupt split with
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Eight ‘green innovators’ square off at Greenfest Philly
From wool dryer balls to a company that builds
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Nutter welcomes Brand.com to new HQ in Center City Philadelphia
Want to look good online? That’s what Brand.com promises.
On Thursday, Philadelphia
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Could ‘connected vehicle technology’ have prevented this South Jersey school bus crash?
In February 2012 in Chesterfield, N.J., a school bus was T-boned by a speeding dump truck. The crash killed an 11-year-old girl.
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With Philly as test market — and tech toys in hand — NRG aims for electric ‘engagement’
An electricity company is using Philadelphia as a launch pad for a new service.
NRG Residential Solutions is not unique in ch
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Philadelphia bioethics meeting tackles implanted memories and other thorny issues
Consider, for example, the implications of a fake memory.
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2013 Philly Geek Award Winners #PHLGeekAwards
And the 2013 Geek of the Year award goes to…
Dan Ueda, coach of th
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On Snakey’s trail in Swarthmore, but we couldn’t find the 7-foot boa constrictor either
We’re here in Swarthmore, Pa., on the trail of a 7-foot-long boa constrictor that goes by the name ‘Snakey.’
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Hey, grown-ups: There’s no such thing as a ‘birthday week’
“Friday is my birthday!” a 20-something friend announced on Facebook on a recent Monday morning. “That means Tuesday, W
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