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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 ...


Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Comparing prices over the Internet has become a common practice for consumers. Now, just in time for Black Friday, a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is putting ...


Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...


Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods'

Ice cream researchers making sweet strides with 'functional foods' (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream ...


Pushing the brain to find new pathways

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be forced to compensate for the lost function by focusing on their remaining ...


Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence

Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...


MU researchers develop digital solutions to support divorced families

MU researchers develop digital solutions to support divorced families

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Conflict between parents, before and after divorce, is associated with feelings of anger, helplessness, loneliness and guilt in children. Now, an online program created by University of Missouri researchers ...


White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

White House rhetoric is important in forming foreign policy opinions

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surveys have shown that the public pays little attention to foreign policy, but politicians regularly cite the importance of public support for military actions overseas. Now, a new study has found that these ...


Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence ...


USA Today tests online edition at colleges

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.



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