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Researchers examine developing hearts in chickens to find solutions for human heart abnormalities (Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When it is head versus heart, the heart comes first. The heart is the first organ to develop and is critical in supplying blood to the rest of the body. Yet, little is known about the complex processes that regulate the heartbeat. ...


Diabetics with previous foot ulcers may be able to participate in walking program

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and that number is expected to increase by more than 5 million by 2010. One complication related to diabetes, Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, (DM+PN), can cause individuals ...





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Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care

Medical interpreters break language barriers in health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Language barriers in health care settings can decrease access to quality care and diminish comprehension for limited English proficient patients (LEP). These barriers compromise quality of care, and increase ...


Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball? ...


Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Nearly 73 percent of all American adults use the Internet on a daily basis, according to a 2009 Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. Half of these adults use the Web to find information via search ...


Health journalists utilize audience, other media to build news agenda

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approximately one-fifth of Americans follow health news very closely, according to the Pew Research Center. To identify how the demand for health stories is met, University of Missouri researchers surveyed national health ...


Traditional media provide more comprehensive news than citizen media and blogs, researchers find

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

COLUMBIA, Mo. -Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Journalism recently completed a comprehensive comparison of citizen journalism sites (news sites and blogs) and traditional media Web sites. They found ...


Children with autism show slower pupil responses, MU study finds

Children with autism show slower pupil responses, study finds

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autism affects 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Despite its widespread effect, autism is not well understood and there are ...


MU researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less

Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less

Biology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With more than 2 million cows on 68,000 farms, Missouri is the third-largest beef producer in the nation. Due to rising feed prices, farmers are struggling to provide feed for the cows that contribute more ...


MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University ...


Researchers create drought conditions to unearth solutions

Researchers create drought conditions to unearth solutions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Droughts have devastating effects on farmers. In most of the world, droughts are the leading cause of crop failure. Droughts increase consumer costs, kill livestock, reduce crop yields, and trigger wildfires ...


MU researcher uses bacteria to make radioactive metals inert

Researcher uses bacteria to make radioactive metals inert

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 16

The Lost Orphan Mine below the Grand Canyon hasn't produced uranium since the 1960s, but radioactive residue still contaminates the area. Cleaning the region takes an expensive process that is only done in ...



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