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New Interstate 49 opens between Kansas City and Joplin

After decades of planning and construction, U.S. Highway 71 from Kansas City to Pineville, Mo., officially became Interstate 49 at noon Wednesday. When finished, I-49 will span from Kansas City to ... Read More

MoDOT to Unveil New I-49 in Missouri Today

Interstate 49 between Kansas City and Pineville will become official today. The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public celebration and sign unveiling at 12 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Joplin ... Read More

Garmin to open facility at S&T Technology Development Center

Garmin International Inc., the maker of GPS products, is expanding its engineering internship program by opening a new software engineering facility at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Kansas City-based Garmin ... Read More

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