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.
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.
April 24, 2026
Physics of the header
A Mizzou researcher examines the risks of repeatedly heading the ball in soccer.
April 22, 2026
Unlocking a sustainable way to edit chicken genes
A Mizzou researcher is working to create chickens that hatch useful medical proteins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.