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Two Michigan Tech graduate students have developed a way to produce sounds through a loudspeaker using heat. It’s called a carbon nanotube transducer and Tech’s Troy Bouman says it’s the first of its kind.   Tech Today reports that Bouman and fellow Tech graduate student Mahsa Asgarisabet recently won a …

The Michigan Organ Donor Registry now stands at more than 4 million people willing to be organ, tissue and eye donors, bringing the statewide total of donor registrants to 52 percent of adults. The program is dedicated to reducing the need for organ and tissue transplants among ethnic and minority …

Perhaps you’ve heard someone say, “There is nothing to do around here,” perhaps even by some long-time residents. Now businesses can make it easy for their employees to do a great job featuring the Copper Country, by utilizing the new “Welcome” card featuring the Keweenaw area. The Keweenaw Convention & …

A state lawmaker wants schools and state licensed daycares to post their immunization rates online, so he’s sponsoring bills that would require it. Senator Curtis Hertel says his bills are aimed at helping parents of at-risk kids make informed decisions. The legislation would mandate that schools and daycare make immunization …

Much like you use different means to get weeds out of your yard the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is prepping to rid some of the state’s waterways of invasive plants. The U-S Fish and Wildlife Service recently gave the DNR the green light to use herbicides to get rid …

A public policy research group in Michigan thinks the state’s constitution could use some spring cleaning. The Citizens Research Council of Michigan found several sections that no longer apply or are outdated and wants them removed. For instance, one states marriage is only between a man and a woman. That …

A Michigan lawmaker says medical marijuana businesses should be allowed to put their money into banks and other financial institutions. State Senator Coleman Young II says medical marijuana facilities are legitimate businesses and should have a place to invest their money. Medical marijuana is legal in Michigan, however, the sale …

The number of charter schools in Michigan has recorded a net increase of only three as preparations are underway for the 2015-2016 school year. There were seven new charters for the year, however four charters closed. While charters now represent just over half of the students enrolled in Detroit, the …

Regional planners in the Upper Peninsula are going in on a housing market analysis to be done across the U.P. The groups say the finished product should show them were more housing is needed and give them hard numbers to take to developers. The latter brings money and jobs. Joel …

Beware the bears — that’s the warning from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The DNR has received 170 nuisance complaints from people in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula so far this year. It’s mating season, so adult bears are on the move and younger bears are too — …