Employing some 292,300 high-tech workers at 24,500 high-tech establishments, Florida ranks 4th in the nation in terms of high-tech employment and 3rd for its number of high-tech business locations. (Read more)

Pico-Tesla Magnetic Therapies, LLC will open an east coast headquarters in Clearwater. The medical research and device development company provides personalized electro-magnetic treatment regimens for multiple diseases and disorders. (Read more)

Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, donates a high-technology semiconductor wafer fabrication facility and the land it occupies to the University of Central Florida. (Read more)

Planar Energy, the developer of large-format, solid-state, ceramic-like batteries at half the cost and triple the performance of lithium-ion batteries, is one of four companies selected to collaborate in a U.S. Department of Energy research-and-development initiative. (Read more)

Two Palm Beach County Companies are strengthening and expanding operations with jobs & worker training grants. Infinity Sales Group, LLC plans to add 200 jobs, and Belcan Corporation plans to add 50 jobs. (Read more)

Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc., which designs, develops and markets highly efficient renewable energy and energy conservation products in the solar and LED lighting industries, plans to triple the size of its facility and add 68 employees in a relocation to Sarasota County. (Read more)

Moffitt Cancer Center, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Florida in Jupiter, has been awarded a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design lymph nodes for cancer immunotherapy. (Read more)

The Business Development Board of Martin County is pleased to announce the upcoming expansion of Bonadeo Boatworks. Bonadeo Boatworks just broke ground for a new facility located on Commerce Avenue in Stuart. (Read more)

Officials from NASA joined Florida Power & Light Company to commission FPL's Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center. The new solar photovoltaic power facility is the result of a unique public-private partnership between NASA and FPL and demonstrates both organizations' commitment to bringing clean-energy solutions to the state. (Read more)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded funds to several Florida nonprofits to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers. Community Health Centers Alliance in St. Petersburg will receive $10.9 million, Univeristy of Central Florida will receive $7.6 millio,, and University of South Florida was awarded $5.8 million. (Read more)