| Measuring Up |
Measuring Up
Keithley Instruments corporate officer knows her technology, inside and out
By Thomas Skernivitz
Photo by Don Bensman
Linda Rae is the rare interview subject who can speak into a digital recorder and then explain how the device just picked up her words. By the end of the conversation, it’s readily apparent why the fourth-generation engineer is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Keithley Instruments.
“I was going to be a math major. I liked math the best, ...
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| Nanometers, Beware |
The Cleveland-based Nano-Network is watching, even if you are naked to the human eye
By Thomas Skernivitz
Photos by Don Bensman
The Nano-Network loves taking advantage of the little guy. Its members are bullies with brains. Its weapon of choice is far more powerful than your average microscope.
That’s what the world of nanotechnology has come to. And Northeast Ohio couldn’t be better off because of it.
Nanotechnology is the study of the control of matter on a molecular scale. The science offe ...
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| Save a Cord, Save a Life |
Cleveland Cord Blood Center draws from Northeast Ohio population to stamp out worldly health woes
By Alysse Dalessandro
Dr. Mary Laughlin hasn’t stopped making medical history since performing the world’s first umbilical cord blood transplant in an adult leukemia patient in 1993. She has carried out more than 150 transplants in which stem cells from umbilical cord blood have been used.
Today her expertise is centered in Northeast Ohio. As the founder and medical director of the Cleveland C ...
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| For the Love of Sick Babies |
Technology meets comfort at Rainbow’s new
$25 million neonatal intensive care unit
By Stephanie Davis
The new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital blends the latest in communications and operating room technologies with a well-appointed at-home feel.
Babies classified as “very sick” will be moving into the new $25 million Quentin and Elisabeth Alexander Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which was scheduled to open in mid-May. Rai
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| Incubate and Accelerate |
Youngstown corporation nurtures technology-based businesses in Mahoning Valley and beyond
By Lynne Meyer
When you think of Youngstown, innovation isn’t exactly the first word that comes to mind. Chances are, you picture a Rust Belt city that has been down on its luck for decades. And you’d be right.
Youngstown was hit hard by the decline of steel mills in the early 1980s and never recovered. Yet something exciting is happening in Youngstown that’s planting the seeds for a robust economic ...
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