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Mobius Microsystems is a war with crystals. Sounds like a weird fantastical story. But no, it's really just about one company striving for a smaller, faster, more efficient semiconductor.

And, in the mean time, they're moving back to Ann Arbor and adding jobs.

Leading the charge in information-providing when it comes to municipal environmental transparency is Ann Arbor.

The city just launched a website that details its progress in multiple categories of environmental goals it has set for itself.

Storing data is allowing Online Technologies to build up some jobs in Ann Arbor. The data-storage start-up has just hired three, has two jobs open and plans to bring on another two or three people by the end of the year.

Research is a hotbed for business in Ann Arbor and NextGen Sciences is taking advantage of it. The drug research firm has been growing between 10 to 15 percent each year since its founding in 2001.

Some businesses stay, some go over time. Rosebud Solutions not only came to Ann Arbor, but it plans to stay for a long time and add more jobs locally as it expands.

HandyLab is not only doing more with less, it's making it the central cog of its business. The Ann Arbor firm specializing in miniaturizing experiments has become so successful at it that it expects to hire another 10 people this year.

Two years in the making, Ann Arbor-based Boomdash is preparing to launch their first product later this month.

Big deal? You bet. The company expects to earn tens of millions of dollars and create up to 30 jobs.

Sakti3 is looking to cash in on hybrid battery technology and to do so in Ann Arbor. The start-up looks to invest $1.1 million in Tree Town and create 112 new jobs.

Keeping track of men and materials can mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. That's why a couple of Metro Detroit entrepreneurs started ERT Systems.

The start-up hopes to add six more people to its payroll this year and another 12 or so next year.

Third time is definitely the charm for Ann Arbor's NanoBio. The UofM spin-off recently received the third installment of venture capital ($10 million) and hope to create more research jobs in the near future.