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EXPERT AVAILABLE: MU Law Expert Says Fair Housing Ruling is Correct
4:45 pm Eastern | USA News
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Surface Of Mars Unlikely Place For Life After 600 million Year Drought
1:31 pm Eastern | SciTech
Scientists say Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surfaceread more »
CDC’s Nowak Named First Mizzou Advantage Visiting Professional
2 Feb 16:06 | USA News
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Facebook Not Such Good Thing For People With Low Self-Esteem
2 Feb 12:28 | SciTech
People with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively on Facebook, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study.read more »
New Super-Earth Detected In Habitable Zone Of A Star
2 Feb 12:21 | SciTech
An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. read more »
Noise Exposure Can Cause 'Ringing In the Ears'
2 Feb 11:41 | SciTech
New research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can cause lasting changes to our auditory circuitry – changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears.read more »
EXPERT AVAILABLE: Current Renewable Energy Laws Undervalue Airspace, MU Expert Says
2 Feb 10:09 | SciTech
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Facebook's 'Hacker Way' Described In Public Offering Filing
1 Feb 21:48 | Business
Facebook has made a regulatory filing for an initial public offering of stock, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg inserting a letter to potential investors describing the company's "Hacker Way" of doing business. read more »
CALENDAR ITEM: MU Law School to Host Symposium on Cyberbullying in Schools
1 Feb 15:05 | SciTech
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Quarter Of Tweets Not Worth Reading Say Twitter Users
1 Feb 12:38 | SciTech
Researchers have found that Twitter users believe only a little more than a third of the tweets they receive are worthwhile.read more »
Brain Capacity Limits Exponential Online Data Growth
1 Feb 12:22 | SciTech
Scientists have found that the capacity of the human brain to process and record information - and not economic constraints - may constitute the dominant limiting factor for the overall growth of globally stored information. read more »
New Species of Ancient Crocodile, Ancestor of Today’s Species, Discovered by MU Researcher
31 Jan 17:01 | SciTech
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UI News: Risk-based passenger screening could make air travel safer
31 Jan 12:44 | SciTech
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Daily Diet Soft Drink Consumption May Increase Risk Of Stroke And Heart Attack
31 Jan 12:12 | SciTech
Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death, according to a new study.read more »
Facebook Can Get Educators Fired
31 Jan 12:05 | SciTech
School administrators are facing a growing dilemma resulting from social networking that goes beyond preventing cyber-bullying among students. They're also faced with balancing the rights of privacy and free speech of educators with what should be the appropriate behavior of teachers as role models, according to new research.read more »
Online News Portals Get Credibility Boost From Trusted Sources
31 Jan 11:56 | SciTech
People who read news on the web tend to trust the gate even if there is no gatekeeper, according to Penn State researchers. read more »
MEDIA ADVISORY: MU “Cosmic Conversations” to Discuss Sights of the Sky
31 Jan 10:24 | SciTech
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Oxford, Harvard Scientists Lead Data-Sharing Effort
30 Jan 12:56 | SciTech
Researchers at University of Oxford and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University are leading more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe in creating a common standard that will make possible the consistent description of enormous and radically different databases compiled in fields ranging from genetics to stem cell science, to environmental studies.read more »
Milk Drinkers Score Better On Memory And Brain Function Tests
30 Jan 12:19 | SciTech
Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal.read more »
Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages
30 Jan 12:13 | SciTech
Divorce at a younger age hurts people’s health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist.read more »
Improved Forecasting To Coincide With Peak In Solar Activity
29 Jan 12:43 | SciTech
After years of relative somnolence, the sun is beginning to stir. By the time it's fully awake in about 20 months, the team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., charged with researching and tracking solar activity, will have at their disposal a greatly enhanced forecasting capability.read more »
New Research Show Earth Has Not Warmed in 15 Years
29 Jan 12:42 | SciTech
New data released by a noted climate research institute last week indicated that the earth has not warmed in more than a decade, findings that are sure to challenge the global warming mentality for years held by a number of scientists.read more »
Bedwetting Can Be Due To Undiagnosed Constipation, Research Shows
27 Jan 12:58 | SciTech
Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting.read more »
UI News: Ten undergraduates awarded Gilman Scholarships to study abroad
26 Jan 14:24 | SciTech
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Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women: Study
26 Jan 12:50 | SciTech
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.read more »
Radical Theory Explains the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
26 Jan 12:47 | SciTech
The earth is alive, asserts a revolutionary scientific theory of life emerging from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.read more »
UI News: Historian on the first black fighter pilots
26 Jan 11:13 | SciTech
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EXPERT AVAILABLE: MU Expert Says Missouri’s Failing Grades in Tobacco Control Aren’t a Surprise
25 Jan 15:17 | SciTech
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UI News: State of the union speech: a linguist's analysis
25 Jan 14:28 | SciTech
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UI News: State of the union speech: a linguist's analysis
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Health and Environmental Effects of Nanotechnology Remain Uncertain
25 Jan 12:57 | SciTech
Scientists say despite extensive investment in nanotechnology and increasing commercialization over the past decade, insufficient understanding remains about the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanomaterials. read more »
Being Ignored Hurts, Even by a Stranger, Study Finds
25 Jan 12:48 | SciTech
A new study has found that a feeling of inclusion can come from something as simple as eye contact from a stranger.read more »
UI News: Expert Sheldon H. Jacobson on obesity and driving
25 Jan 12:22 | SciTech
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UI News: Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain
25 Jan 11:02 | SciTech
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Scientists Discover New Clue To The Chemical Origins Of Life
24 Jan 12:36 | SciTech
Organic chemists at the University of York say they have made a significant advance towards establishing the origin of the carbohydrates (sugars) that form the building blocks of life.read more »
Scientific Plagiarism Growing Problem In Era Of Shrinking Research Funding
24 Jan 12:32 | SciTech
As scientific researchers become evermore competitive for scarce funding, scientific journals are increasing efforts to identify submissions that plagiarize the work of others. read more »
Babies Are Born With “Intuitive Physics” Knowledge, Says MU Researcher
24 Jan 09:59 | SciTech
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MIT neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others
24 Jan 09:43 | SciTech
TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 2012 read more »MU Student, Staff Member Receive Honorary Public Service Award from U.S. Department of Defense
23 Jan 15:28 | SciTech
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UI News: Foreign relatives of workers in Beardstown, Ill., help town thrive
23 Jan 13:46 | SciTech
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UI News Advisory: Expert on presidential rhetoric available
23 Jan 13:32 | SciTech
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UI News: Economics expert Werner Baer on the rise of the Brazilian economy
23 Jan 2012 | SciTech
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UI News: Pattern of antibiotic-resistant bacteria seen in Galpagos reptiles
23 Jan 2012 | SciTech
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California Condor Still Threatened By Human Activities
23 Jan 2012 | SciTech
A recently released scientific paper authored by San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research scientists shows the leading causes of death of the endangered California condor in the wild are human influenced, with lead poisoning being the primary factor in juvenile and adult birds.read more »
Compounds In Mate Tea Induce Death In Colon Cancer Cells
23 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Scientists have shown that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of yerba mate tea, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties.read more »
Ui News: Trio of exhibitions to open at U. of I.'s Krannert Art Museum
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Two MU Veterans Center Members to be Honored with Department of Defense Award
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
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'Extinct' Monkey Rediscovered In Borneo
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
An international team of scientists has found one of the rarest and least known primates in Borneo, Miller's Grizzled Langur, a species which was believed to be extinct or on the verge of extinction. read more »
Personal Care Products Chemical May Contribute To Childhood Obesity
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York say they have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children – including increased body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.read more »
Carbon Dioxide Is "Driving Fish Crazy" Say Researchers
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous system of sea fishes with serious consequences for their survival, an international scientific team has found.read more »
