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Mo. high school prepares to expand biodiesel production center

In Fenton, Mo., Rockwood Summit High School students and chemistry teacher Darrin Peters have taken hands-on learning to a whole new level with biodiesel production. The journey began five years ago ... Read More

KC Region Named Among Top Metros for Corporate Facility Location

Site Selection, a corporate real estate and economic development publication, announced this week that the KC region is among the top 10 major metro areas for new and expanded facilities in ... Read More

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