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Danforth Center researchers launch ag biotech start-up

Tom Brutnell and Todd Mockler, researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, have launched an agricultural biotech start-up focused on improving intrinsic crop yield. Benson Hill Biosystems, led by CEO ... Read More

Columbia’s solar power output increases

Over the past year, the amount of solar power generated in Columbia has steadily increased, and private industry has been helping to drive the trend. Through 2011, there were 28 megawatt ... Read More

Lee Biosolutions isolates marker for testicular cancer

Lee Biosolutions Inc. has expanded its line of biomarkers to include products used to track testicular cancer. Based in Brentwood, Lee Biosolutions collects biological materials — human saliva, semen, urine and ... Read More

Washington U. med school gets $50M NIH grant

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $50 million federal grant aimed at helping researches turn scientific discoveries into ways to improve human health. The university announced ... Read More

Agri-tech Company Announces Launch of North American Development in Missouri

Northwest Missouri State University CIE welcomes Missouri Moisture Analyzers LLC to Maryville The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at Northwest Missouri State University has entered into an agreement with Missouri ... Read More

MU Life Science Business Incubator provides help for biomedical companies

Owned by MU and operated by the Missouri Innovation Center, the MU Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place opened in January 2009. So far, 22 tenants of the incubator have ... Read More

Global aerospace manufacturer to significantly expand operations in St. Charles

A leading provider of components, assemblies and engineering services to the aerospace, defense and technology industries plans to expand its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in St. Charles, Gov. Jay Nixon ... Read More

LMI Aerospace to spend $4.3 million, add 100 jobs at St. Charles plant

LMI Aerospace Inc. plans to spend $4.3 million over the next five years to expand its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in St. Charles and add 100 jobs to the existing ... Read More

St. Louis data center XIOLINK uses 55 percent less power than average data center

Managed hosting and colocation company XIOLINK says it’s downtown data center, at 1111 Olive St., uses 55 percent less power to cool its facility than the average enterprise data center. Mike ... Read More

Kansas City Is Boosting Its Tech Startups With Launch KC

One of the best kept secrets of the Midwest is that Kansas City, Missouri is home to a thriving entrepreneurial community. But thanks to the launch of Google Fiber, Kansas City ... Read More