MU scientists take a new look at the importance of keeping your eyes on the road With the recent advances in vehicle-assisted safety technology and in-car displays, this old adage has a new... Read more
Findings from MU study could help identify people at-risk Help may be on the way for people who might lose contact with reality through a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia. People wh... Read more
Team develops new method of measuring the speed of sound in liquids Ping! The popular 1990 film, The Hunt for Red October, helped introduce sonar technology on submarines to pop culture. Now... Read more
MU scientists advance a way to track changes in a person’s cardiovascular system Every heart beat sends blood flowing throughout the human body. While an electrocardiogram uses a contact app... Read more
A team of MU researchers are applying one of the first uses of artificial intelligence principles to the field of materials science Discovering how atoms — such as a single layer of carbon a... Read more
With the safety of countless lives at stake, MU researchers find that smartphone sensors can be the solution to monitor infrastructure such as crumbling roads and bridges In the United State... Read more
Device uses laser technology to detect glucose levels under the skin, an alternative to painful pricking For those living with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose accurately is necessary to p... Read more
Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery life is too short and—in some cases—that the devices generate heat. Now, a... Read more
A team led by USC Viterbi researchers developed 3-D printed acoustic metamaterials that can be switched on and off remotely using a magnetic field Researchers have been pushing the capabilit... Read more
Polyhedral boranes, or clusters of boron atoms bound to hydrogen atoms, are transforming the biomedical industry. These manmade materials have become the basis for the creation of cancer the... Read more
Each year, millions of people—especially those 65 and older—fall. Such falls can be serious, leading to broken bones, head injuries, hospitalizations or even death. Now, researchers from th... Read more
Developing and evaluating motion-capture technology to help older adults “age in place” has been the focus of researchers at the University of Missouri for more than a decade. Previous resea... Read more
Laser-writing technique can help manufacturers create micro energy storage and conversion units; possibilities are ‘endless,’ researchers say In the race to design smaller handheld devices a... Read more
Muscular dystrophy, which affects approximately 250,000 people in the U.S., occurs when damaged muscle tissue is replaced with fibrous, fatty or bony tissue and loses function. For years, sc... Read more
Engineering researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a material that has the ability to control these waves, creating possible medical, military and commercial applications w... Read more
