Research

April 24, 2026

Lighting the way

Mizzou’s new Center for Rural Energy Security applies a practical Midwestern perspective to rural energy policy, challenges and opportunities.

Haojing Yan

April 24, 2026

Cosmic misfits revealed

University of Missouri researchers discovered nine unusual objects in space that look like stars but behave like galaxies — challenging what we know about the cosmos.

illustration of soccer player heading a wrecking ball

April 24, 2026

Physics of the header

A Mizzou researcher examines the risks of repeatedly heading the ball in soccer.

Kiho Lee posing in a lab.

April 22, 2026

Unlocking a sustainable way to edit chicken genes

A Mizzou researcher is working to create chickens that hatch useful medical proteins.

Researchers who study the flu posing.

April 22, 2026

At Mizzou’s influenza center, researchers are developing better flu treatments

The NextGen Center for Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases is expanding to advance studies on how the virus spreads — and how to stop it.

James Stannard standing in front of a computer screen.

April 20, 2026

Sterilizing surgical implants with neutrons could reduce infections

Mizzou researchers have created a new way to kill bacteria that gets trapped within surgical implants.

Kishan Biradar

April 16, 2026

Mizzou researchers turn up the heat on tomatoes

Show Me Research Week project focuses on why tomatoes don’t produce the compound that gives peppers their spice.

Dave Arnold collaborating with others in a lab.

April 14, 2026

Mizzou’s bench-to-bedside efforts support a new drug for a neuromuscular disorder with no cure

The drug, ignaseclant, helped people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a clinical trial at Mizzou’s NextGen Precision Health building.

two researchers in a lab

April 13, 2026

Mizzou researchers building ‘green’ protection for fragile enzymes

The new water-based process — an example of green chemistry — could reduce or eliminate toxic organic solvents from the manufacturing of medicines, biofuels and food.

A cow wearing a virtual fence collar.

April 7, 2026

Mizzou expands virtual fencing for cattle in Missouri and Nebraska

A $3.7 million grant is helping Mizzou’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture put GPS-enabled collars on the cattle of 200 livestock producers, saving time and labor.

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