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Lennox Industries won a patent for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control device. [Image: USPTO Patent #18340116; DI Studio]
Patented: Lennox’s Machine-Learning Thermostat Scheduling and 105 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head | Oct 7, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 nationally with 106 patents the week of Sept. 15. One went to Richardson-based Lennox for a thermostat that predicts when a home is occupied and adjusts based on how aggressively the user wants to save energy.
by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 2, 2026
Paul Hallen will oversee Nanoscope's global operations, including commercial readiness, supply chain, and cross-functional execution, as the company works toward regulatory approval and launch of MCO-010 (MOGENRY), a therapy developed to treat retinitis pigmentosa.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 8, 2024
The Alcon Foundation has supported Orbis International for more than 40 years, providing monetary donations for the Flying Eye Hospital and its mission to prevent and treat avoidable blindness around the world. The latest mission is in Mongolia through August 22.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 2, 2024
The ORBIE Awards are set to recognize North Texas’ top information technology talent with back-to-back award events on Feb. 8 and 9. The DallasCISO and DallasCIO ORBIE Awards events will spotlight chief information security officers (CISOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) driving innovation and shaping the digital landscape at major North Texas organizations....
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The city of Fort Worth and Tarrant County are collaborating with the Texas A&M System on the building of two other buildings for the urban research campus, to be located on four downtown Fort Worth blocks owned by the A&M System.
Texas A&M System Approves New Tarleton State Biotech Institute in Downtown Fort Worth
by Quincy Preston | Sep 1, 2023
Tarleton State University received the go-ahead for a new biotechnology institute as part of Texas A&M-Fort Worth’s burgeoning downtown research campus.
Approved in mid-August by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, the biotech institute is situated in one of the nation’s fastest-growing life sciences hubs.
“More than 5,000 biotechnology manufacturing and research and development firms — think Novartis, Alcon, AstraZeneca — call Texas home,” according to the university....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 21, 2023
Dignitaries dug in today at the groundbreaking for Texas A&M Fort Worth. Construction will begin with the $150 million Law & Education Building, part of a three-building urban research campus. Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp says the campus will be "a magnet for economic growth for the North Texas region.”
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 10, 2021
One of the world's largest independent dermatology companies, Galderma's portfolio includes well-known brands such as Cetaphil, Proactiv, Differin, and Restylane. The Swiss company, whose ties to Texas date back to 1961, will call Trammell Crow Center in the Arts District home.
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by Jeff Bounds |
Jan 21, 2020
Alcon gave rise to a startup ecosystem in North Texas that is spreading into all parts of how drugs, medical devices, and more are created.
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Illustration: Michael Samples
Earwax Treatment Hits Amazon, Soon in Pharmacy Chain
by Lance Murray | May 10, 2017
EarwaxMD recently made its debut on Amazon, and will hit the shelves of a pharmacy chain in August.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 21, 2016
The company as developed a treatment for presbyopia, which can make it difficult for people to focus their eyes.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 18, 2016
Former Alcon employees have new product to treat impacted earwax.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jul 11, 2016
The MD-10 is the world’s first certified hospital aircraft developed by Orbis, a nonprofit that fights blindness around the world.
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