PLYMOUTH - Comcast announced that Xfinity Mobile, a new wireless service designed for the way people use their phones today, is beginning to roll out in Xfinity stores in Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Macomb, Plymouth, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights and Troy this week. Xfinity Mobile combines the nation’s largest and most reliable 4G LTE network with the largest
ANN ARBOR - An outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles is coming to the University of Michigan's College of Engineering this fall, adding to the university's spate of advanced robotics facilities. M-Air will be a netted, four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment continued to slowly fall in the July survey, although the overall level still remains quite favorable, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The small decline amounted to 5.1 Index-points below the January peak, which was the highest figure in a dozen years, said economist Richard Curtin, director
ANN ARBOR - A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. The findings—led by researchers at the University of Michigan—support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Treasury is hosting several sales tax outreach seminars across the Lower Peninsula in August to provide insight to and receive feedback from small businesses. Treasury Outreach Team members will be providing an overview of the sales tax filing process, the ins and outs of auditing and how to appeal
ANN ARBOR - For chief executive officers who want to boost their company's bottom line, it pays to be humble. In fact, something as simple as seeking feedback from those who work closely with the CEO has important payoffs. New research indicates that a CEO who asks for feedback on his or her performance from
ANN ARBOR—A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is now keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie. This week, a robotic lake-bottom laboratory began tracking the levels of dangerous toxins produced by cyanobacteria that bloom each summer in the lake's western basin. The goal is to provide advance warning to municipal drinking water managers
ANN ARBOR - The science fiction of invisibility cloaking devices may become science fact after University of Michigan researchers announced this week they have developed a new technique that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors. The advance also could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by about 50 percent. It's the first technique that can inexpensively
MUNCIE, IN. - Ball State University sits at the heart the "Rust Belt," so educators have the right to be pessimistic about the drift of the U.S. economy. But a report by the school's Center for Business and Economic Research goes even further. "We found a toxic brew," said CBER Director Michael Hicks. "Automation is likely to replace
STAMFORD, Conn. - The PC industry, in the midst of a five-year slump, recorded its 11th straight quarter of declining shipments, the lowest volume since 2007. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 61.1 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 4.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner,
