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David Mendoza receives Pew Charitable Trusts grant for plant microbe nutrition collaboration

The collaborative project will focus on how synthetic communities can improve plant nutrition.

Group exercise boosts physical, mental health for older adults, MU study finds

Evidence-based benefits include improved muscle strength, balance, flexibility, sleep, social support, confidence and decreased risk of falls.

University of Missouri researchers design new heart health wearable

Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor.

Dec. 7, 2022

David Mendoza receives Pew Charitable Trusts grant for plant microbe nutrition collaboration

The collaborative project will focus on how synthetic communities can improve plant nutrition.

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy participant looking on while a trainer coaches her through an exercise.

Dec. 6, 2022

Group exercise boosts physical, mental health for older adults, MU study finds

Evidence-based benefits include improved muscle strength, balance, flexibility, sleep, social support, confidence and decreased risk of falls.

Dec. 5, 2022

University of Missouri researchers design new heart health wearable

Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor.

Dec. 5, 2022

Feline genetics help pinpoint first-ever domestication of cats, MU study finds

Cat genes reveal how invention of agriculture bonded cats with people in ancient Mesopotamia, leading to worldwide feline migration with humans.

Dec. 2, 2022

Team using fluorescent molecules as biomarkers to study secretion

A grant from the National Science Foundation is helping Mizzou researchers explore what happens to us molecularly when we get an adrenaline rush.

Nov. 30, 2022

Overcoming barriers to enhance clinical trials

In two separate studies, MU researchers found testimonials on social media can help recruit much needed Black Americans and rural white men to participate in medical clinical trials.

Illustration of autonomous robots moving boxes in a warehouse. Source: Adobe Stock.

Nov. 29, 2022

Making “transport” robots smarter

University of Missouri engineers are working to speed up the order delivery process by optimizing warehouse operations using a collaborative human-robot order picking system.

Nov. 29, 2022

Expanding opportunities

Groundbreaking held for new livestock handling facility at MU’s Southwest REEC

Nov. 29, 2022

MU researcher studies supercritical carbon dioxide for efficient applications

College of Engineering associate professor Chanwoo Park is developing the next generation of cooling systems thanks to funding from the U.S. Army.

Nov. 18, 2022

Study: New imaging technique in animal study gives insight to popular supplement's potential role in cancer progression

University of Missouri researchers made the discovery while using bioluminescent imaging technology to study how nicotinamide riboside supplements work.