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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.

Nearly One in Ten Americans Reports Having Depression

Prevalence is particularly high among adolescents and young adults

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

Discovery indicates looming problem for cattle health in the Midwest.

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.

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.

The Unfolding of Thought

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

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.

New Study Estimates Over 5.5 Million U.S. Adults Use Hallucinogens

Past 12-month LSD use rate increased from 0.9 percent in 2002 to 4 percent in 2019

UH Study: Greenhouse Gas Emission Impact from Peatland Fires Underestimated by 200% to 300%

Global forest fires in 2019 and 2020, such as the wildfires in Australia and California, and the deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia, accounted for between 10% and 15% of global GHG emissions.

Behind A Good Mutation: How A Gene Variant Protects Against Alzheimer’s

UCI study provides first evidence about how this protective mutation may reduce disease risk

UC Irvine Research Team Identifies Glycosylation Enzyme Critical In Brain Formation

Findings may contribute to new therapeutic uses for neural stem cells

UCI Scientists Discover How Galaxies Can Exist Without Dark Matter

In simulations, collisions cause smaller star groupings to lose material

UCI Study Reveals Neurobiological Processes Occurring During Puberty That Trigger Sex Differences In Learning And Memory

New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences

UCI, UC Riverside Astronomers Discover Galactic Protocluster In Early Universe

Researchers surprised to find that many of the galaxies had stopped forming new stars

UH Sociologist Finds Disparities in Initial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

New Study Examines Early Vaccine Rollout in Five Urban Texas Counties

UCI-Led Research Team Discovers A Molecular Feature In Prostate Cancer With Prognostic Value, Distinguishes Ancestral Differences

Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers