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Growing, Together: MU researchers hope their model of cooperation can help feed the world

Operating on the principles of openness, communication and collaboration, the IPG has created a community of 57 researchers — including 19 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ... Read More

Soy-genes: Breeding the soybeans of tomorrow

MU Professor of Plant Science Grover Shannon breeds soybeans to find useful traits, such as drought resistance. When most MU scientists look for drought-resistant traits in soybeans, they do so in ... Read More

EaglePicher Technologies awarded a new contract on alternative energy storage system

EaglePicher Technologies announced Wednesday that it has been selected by ATK Launch Systems in Utah to design and build a commercial Battery Energy Storage System. The Battery Energy Storage System, or ... Read More

Westinghouse, Burns & McDonnell in SMR Project Development Pact

Construction of a single Westinghouse SMR estimated to create nearly $3 billion in economic impact and thousands of U.S. jobs in more than 15 states. Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that ... Read More

Study: Kansas City life sciences companies increase by 17 percent

The number of life sciences companies in the region has increased by 17 percent in the past three years, according to a study released the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute ... Read More

Central Bancompany joins Commerce and UMB on Forbes list

Three Missouri banks cracked the top 25 on Forbes’ list of best banks for 2013. In addition to Commerce Bancshares (No. 9) and UMB Financial (No. 21), perennials on many best-bank ... Read More

Children’s Mercy gets $1M for genome center

Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics received a $1 million grant to help establish the world’s first genome center in a children’s hospital, the hospital said in a release on Monday. The ... Read More

Missouri Cities Rank High in Best-Performing Small Cities Index

Columbia ranked in the top 10 and St. Joseph in the top 30 in Milken Institute’s 2012 Best-Performing Cities index, which examines jobs, pay and the technology sector to determine which ... Read More

Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska health information exchanges successfully communicate

In what might be a first, three state health information organizations, namely Missouri Health Connection (MHC), the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) and the Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN), have connected ... Read More

Moonrise Hotel to power rooftop space using solar panels

Joe Edwards’ Moonrise Hotel along the Delmar Loop will soon have a new event space topped with a roof made of 107 solar panels. Microgrid Solar installed the glass solar panels ... Read More