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UWM prof launches TCARE, a caregiver support company
Rhonda Montgomery, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee social work professor, has started a caregiver support company that seeks to provide better outcomes for family caregivers and their patients.
Triple-duty fuel cell launches UWM startup company
The organic contaminants in wastewater that can make people sick and pollute the environment are often the same ones that feed bacteria. A device called a microbial fuel cell (MFC) takes advantage of this, using bacteria to purify wastewater and harnessing their metabolic energy to generate electricity.