Technology

Jason Shohet, a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received a second grant for cancer research totaling $300,000, two years after the first grant, according to a Monday announcement on the school’s website.

The long-awaited digital COVID-19 vaccination card, sometimes referred to as a vaccine passport, launched on Monday, according to an announcement from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.

As part of WBJ’s 2022 coverage of the 300th anniversary of Worcester’s founding, the publication has partnered with the Worcester Historical Museum to run a trivia contest. Those with the most correct answers at the end of the year will win a special prize package.

Seattle e-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday purchased a 93-acre Westborough lot with an industrial office park for $65 million, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds, with plans to include at least a last-mile fulfillment center.

Two apartment complexes in Northborough totaling 15 units sold for $2.8 million to an entity registered to Subrahmanyam Kota, according to the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds.

On Monday, Worcester’s Internet service provider, Charter Communications, Inc., announced a new Spectrum Store will open at 68 Stafford St., becoming the second Spectrum location in the city.

From technological innovations to changing the concept of traditional banking, the future of finance is going digital and breaking free from its previous brick and mortar confines.

Three Worcester Polytechnic Institute researchers have been awarded nearly $1.8 million for an electronic manufacturing project, the college announced Wednesday, one day after it announced a $1-million grant for a new research and development center.

On Tuesday, Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $999,963 grant from the state government to support a new research center focused on manufacturing and cybersecurity, according to a press release from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

In its second expansion in a year, Trivedi Advanced Technologies LLC is moving into a Northborough location after purchasing the 21,500-square-foot office for $2.15 million in a deal closed Dec. 8.