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Science Applications International Corp. plans to bring more than 200 jobs to the Dayton area, reports the Dayton Business Journal.

The McLean, Va.-based defense contractor wants to consolidate several of its operations to Beavercreek and Springfield including unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, fabrication and integration; sensor systems development; human sciences research; intelligence analysis and data analytics, according to a news release from the Dayton Development Coalition.

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A new study says Ohio is leading the American Midwest in advanced energy manufacturing, reports SmartPlanet.

In fact, Ohio is the No. 2 state in the union for "manufacturing potential" of wind turbines and components, with more than 7,500 people making the gears, bearings and blades needed for the products of cleantech firms -- and another 1,500 working on solar components.

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Marvel Studios will bring production of its superhero movie "The Avengers" to Ohio to take advantage of $8.1 million in Ohio film tax credits, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

"The Avengers," directed by Joss Whedon, will begin filming in April in New Mexico, then shoot on location in Cleveland and New York. The cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg.

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Ohio-based institutions pulled in nearly $780 million from the National Institutes of Health last year, enough to rank Ohio 10th and well above the national average, reports micrOHscope.

Based on the most recent available data for 2010, last year Ohio-based institutions and companies received $778.1 million from the National Institutes of Health compared to the national average of $497.3 million.

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Shawnee State University in Portsmouth offers one of the nation's top undergraduate programs for game design, reports the Princeton Review.

Shawnee State, the only Ohio institution named among leading graduate and undergraduate programs, received an honorable mention in the second annual listing of top programs as chosen by The Princeton Review and GamePro Media.

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Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that he says will cut out the red tape and other bureaucracy that hinders business development in the state, reports The Plain Dealer.

Senate Bill 2 is the administration's effort to reform Ohio's business regulation codes and make it easier for start-up companies to get going forward.

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Dayton business and academic leaders have joined an effort led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a "water innovation technology cluster" in the Cincinnati-Dayton region, reports the Dayton Daily News.

The regional effort is motivated by the world's need for technology to ensure clean, reliable water supplies, and an expectation that new jobs will arise from the techniques and equipment developed here.

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Germany-based R�chling Automotive AG announced Tuesday it plans to invest several million dollars to establish a new 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Akron, reports The Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

The move is in response to new contracts with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors to provide the automakers with fuel-saving engine and body undershields.

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President Obama called for increased spending on education and transportation in order to help increase American competitiveness on Tuesday, as the White House continued to position itself as business-friendly, reports The New York Times.

In remarks before small-business owners in Cleveland, Obama sought to promote the spending aspects of his budget, while pledging to cut unnecessary domestic programs.

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Ohio University and two researcher-inventors have sold partial royalty income rights to its license for the growth hormone antagonist drug Somavert to a private equity firm managed by DRI Capital, reports MicrOHscope.

The five-year agreement could net OU and its inventors up to $52 million for new biomedical research and technology commercialization initiatives.

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The Obama administration has asked Congress for $14 million to transfer the space shuttle Atlantis to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, reports the Dayton Daily News.

Although NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will make the final decision on where to locate Atlantis, the request suggests that the White House and the Air Force favor the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as a final destination for Atlantis.

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The results of your MRI are in, but the radiologist who needs to review them isn't. Now, that physician can use an Ohio-made software application to have that image sent to her iPhone, reports The Plain Dealer.

Mobile MIM will allow physicians to view CT (computerized tomography), MRI and nuclear imaging scans that have been taken elsewhere, compressed, then sent on a secure network to the mobile device.

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A U.S. House committee last week approved an aviation bill that could boost development and flying of unmanned aircraft for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Air National Guard Base in Springfield, reports the Dayton Daily News.

The measure, which authorizes operations at the Federal Aviation Administration, includes an amendment pushed by Reps. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, that would set aside air space at four sites to test unmanned aerial craft. The designation is necessary because of the danger of testing unmanned craft near commercial planes or populated areas.

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ViewRay has received federal regulatory clearance to begin commercializing its MRI-based technology to deliver radiation therapy to cancer patients, reports MedCity News.

The Oakwood, Ohio-based company's imaging device received clearance under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) program for medical devices, according to a list of clearances from the FDA.

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Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut will leave many legacies when he steps down as the state's higher-education chief next month, but many observers say none will be more important than the link he has drawn between Ohio's university system and its economic prosperity, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

Fingerhut, 51, announced Tuesday that he will leave his post March 13 -- a year shy of completing his five-year term.

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