R&D

Two Missouri Cities Named Among Best For Working Women In 2018

St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, were recently named among the top 10 cities in the U.S. for working women in 2018. The two cities took home the 9th and 10th ... Read More

Missouri Hospitals Ranked Among Best In U.S. For 2018

Two Missouri hospitals recently earned top spots on IBM Watson’s newly released 100 Top Hospitals ranking for 2018. Mercy Hospital St. Louis and SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital made the list, ... Read More

Missouri-Made Batteries Power The Implants, That Power Your Life

When it comes to critical, life-saving medical devices, failure is not an option. Whether its cardiac rhythm management (CRM), neuromodulation, or cochlear devices, medical professionals turn to Missouri-made batteries to empower ... Read More

Missouri Agtech Is Working To Meet Future Challenges

By 2050, the global population will reach 10 billion people, requiring a 60 percent increase in worldwide agricultural productivity. At the same time, available farmland will continue to shrink. If we ... Read More

Missouri Agtech Company Partnering With Bridgestone Americas On Rubber Research

St. Louis, Missouri-based agtech startup NRGene is partnering with Bridgestone Americas to increase the U.S. supply of natural rubber. The two companies will work to sequence and assemble genomes of guayule, ... Read More

St. Louis County Earns ACT Certified Work Ready Community Status

St. Louis County, Missouri, recently earned Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status bringing the total number of fully certified counties in Missouri to 51. CWRC is an American College Testing (ACT) ... Read More

Missouri Ranks Third In U.S. For Healthcare Openness, Accessibility

Missouri was recently ranked third in the U.S. for healthcare openness and accessibility, according to a study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Missouri ranked highly in flexibility with ... Read More

Missouri Health Innovation Company Awarded $2.2 Million For Augmented Reality Research

St. Louis, Missouri-based health innovation startup, SentiAR, has been rewarded a $2.2 million federal grant to advance research on technology that can create holograms of a patient’s heart. The company has ... Read More

Missouri University Partners With Israeli Startup To Foster Innovation

St. Louis, Missouri-based Washington University School of Medicine recently announced it signed a strategic partnership with Israel-based MDClone to connect data from across the BJC HealthCare system for use by researchers ... Read More

Missouri Health Innovation Company Adding 600 New Jobs In Kansas City

Cerner Corp., a Missouri-based health innovation company, announced it is expanding its workforce in Kansas City with plans to add 600 new employees. The company announced the new jobs will support ... Read More