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Therapy Dogs Aren’t Always The Answer To Help Children With Autism

MU study finds some – but not all – children with autism respond favorably to therapy dogs as a motivator to complete tasks, learn new skills.

The Unfolding of Thought

Can the neurobiology of the simplest of decisions also underlie our most complex of thoughts?

In Pursuit Of Better Batteries

MU researchers are using a $500,000 grant from NSF to explore a key technical challenge preventing lithium-ion batteries from achieving optimal energy performance.

Astronauts and Airplanes Come From?

New research shows how and when these particles form and offers clues to questions that have troubled scientists since the 1940s.

Longhorned Tick Discovered In Northern Missouri For First Time, MU Researchers Find

Discovery indicates looming problem for cattle health in the Midwest.

Nearly One in Ten Americans Reports Having Depression

Prevalence is particularly high among adolescents and young adults

Electronic Health Records May Be Key To Improving Patient Care, MU Study Finds

MU researcher studies benefits, challenges of using electronic health records in health care industry, offers solutions for using digital data to improve health outcomes.

How Close Are We to Developing Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants?

Recent developments have brought potentially lifesaving technologies closer to fruition.

From Analog To Digital

How a University of Missouri researcher and colleagues have helped advance the field of anatomical research from scalpels, scissors to 3D models using artificial intelligence.

Resiliency, Family Support Help Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors Manage Lymphedema

MU researcher studies factors that help Hispanic women return to work, adapt to life with lymphedema after surviving breast cancer.

A Researcher Shores Up Einstein’s Theory With Math

Professor Giorgi shares how she showed that black holes are stable, and how a discovery as a Columbia student charted her professional “destiny.”

New Research Shows Recovering Tropical Forests Offset Just One Quarter of Carbon Emissions from New Tropical Deforestation and Forest Degradation

A pioneering global study has found deforestation and forests lost or damaged due to human and environmental change, such as fire and logging, are fast outstripping current rates of forest regrowth.

Genetic Causes of Three Previously Unexplained Rare Diseases Identified

Using a new computational approach developed to analyse large genetic datasets from rare disease cohorts, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and colleagues including the University of Bristol, have discovered previously unknown genetic causes of three rare conditions:

Providing Free School Meals to All Secondary Pupils Is Feasible and Acceptable, Finds Study

Providing free school meals to all secondary pupils is feasible and acceptable, and brings many potential benefits, finds a new University of Bristol-led study of a pilot scheme in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, published today [22 March].

Earth’s First Plants Likely to Have Been Branched, Study Finds

A new discovery by scientists at the University of Bristol changes ideas about the origin of branching in plants.

HIV And Hepatitis C Virus Monitoring Needs to Increase to Achieve Global Elimination Goals

Countries must intensify efforts to track HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence among people who inject drugs, and to prioritise this group in prevention and elimination work, according to new University of Bristol-led research, published online in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

UCI Researchers Find Fewer Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors In Disadvantaged Communities

First-of-its-kind state study examined distribution, sociodemographic factors over time

MIT's Nedivi: 'How the thalamus communicates with the cortex is a fundamental feature of how the brain interprets the world'

Researchers from MIT have made significant progress in understanding how the brain communicates using neural pathways, shedding new light on the brain's interpretation of the world.

Taking Down Stigma, One Step At A Time

MU researcher decreases stigma among probation and parole officers through short online trainings, showing even a small intervention makes a difference.

One in 10 Older Americans Has Dementia

In the first nationally representative study(link is external and opens in a new window) of cognitive impairment prevalence in more than 20 years, Columbia University researchers have found almost 10% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older have dementia, while another 22% have mild cognitive impairment.