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Dallas Innovates 10 years

Dallas Innovates Enters Next Chapter with New Editorial Partnership

As the publication marks its 10th anniversary, the Dallas Regional Chamber is expanding its role in Dallas Innovates, and Lawley Head Media assumes leadership of newsroom and editorial operations.
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UTA Researcher Tests Plastic-Infused Asphalt That Could Extend Road Life in Texas Heat
by | Mar 5, 2026
A one-mile pilot road in Rockwall and test sections at UT Arlington are evaluating pavement made with recycled plastic designed to improve durability and reduce waste.
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UT Dallas Team Builds Neuromorphic Computer That Could Cut AI Training Costs
by | Nov 24, 2025
The brain-inspired design could lower the energy and compute costs behind AI training requirements, an increasingly urgent challenge for enterprises.
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Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]
Three North Texas Companies Top the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup Awards
by | Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
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Organoids without blood vessels can't grow larger than sesame seeds—about 3 millimeters—before dying from lack of oxygen and nutrients. UNT and Stanford researchers say they've solved this problem. Seeds pictured above are not to scale. [Image: Pinchai Puntong/istockphoto]

First Mini Hearts and Livers With Working Blood Vessels Grown in Lab, UNT-Stanford Team Reports

by | Aug 21, 2025
Scientists at at the University of North Texas and Stanford Medicine have created tiny artificial organs called organoids with fully formed blood vessel networks. The stem cell-based breakthrough could transform drug testing and disease research while reducing the need for animal models—and expand possibilities for regenerative medicine.
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Dallas Biotech Launches Open-Access AI Tool Targeting One of Brain Drug Discovery’s Toughest Hurdles
by | Aug 20, 2025
With just 2% to 6% of small-molecule drugs able to cross the blood-brain barrier, researchers and drugmakers face steep odds. Lantern Pharma’s tool, the company’s CEO says, could be “a paradigm shift” in developing treatments for conditions ranging from brain cancers to Parkinson’s disease.
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McKinney’s Cytracom Promotes SVP of Sales to Chief Revenue Officer
by | Jul 2, 2025
The promotion follows a HQ move in 2024 and two cybersecurity acquisitions this year as McKinney-based Cytracom expands its unified platform for MSPs.
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UTA Researcher Builds AI Tool to Help Emergency Managers Plan Smarter Evacuations in Real Time
by | Jun 30, 2025
With support from UTA’s Research Enhancement Program, assistant professor Mahmoud Bayat is developing a digital twin platform to help officials adjust evacuation routes on the fly. The platform could inform future systems across cities, counties, and states for what he calls “truly resilient communities.”
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Twin Chemistry Students Win First Prize at UTD’s Big Idea Competition

by | May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors. In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
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Dallas Jewelry Brand Grows $100 Investment to $1M+ Revenue—In About a Year
by | Jan 19, 2021
The co-founders behind Dallas-based Allie + Bess have announced their first collaboration with a fellow Texas-based female entrepreneur, despite operating mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pegasus Park: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Unveils Details of 23-Acre Hub for Biotech Innovation, Social Impact in Dallas 
by | Jul 13, 2020
The mixed-use social purpose project—designed to boost local biotech, nonprofit, and corporate innovation—has been in the works for years. Expected to open in early 2021, the future-focused campus is located near the Dallas Medical District.
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