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Business and Finance

Navigating Corruption: How Some Companies Thrive

Indeed, companies with an advantage in operating in corrupt countries are likely to be pre-disposed to protecting that advantage. Attempts to eliminate…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Princeton engineers make breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology

The sensor, which is the most sensitive of its kind to date, relies on a completely new architecture and fabrication technique developed by the Princeton…

Physics & Astronomy

Engineers Develop Groundbreaking 3D Microscope Lens

Other 3D microscopes use multiple lenses or cameras that move around an object; the new lens is the first single, stationary lens to create microscopic 3D…

Health & Medicine

Safflower Oil: A Daily Dose for Heart Health Benefits

This finding comes about 18 months after the same researchers discovered that safflower oil reduced abdominal fat and increased muscle tissue in this group of…

Environmental Conservation

MU researcher works to save one of the world's most endangered birds

The entire population of these birds – less than 125 – lives on one tiny island in the south Pacific, and without serious intervention, they will no longer…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

MU Researchers Use Motion Sensors to Diagnose Equine Lameness

Kevin Keegan, a professor of equine surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine at MU, has been tracking horse movement related to equine lameness for years….

Environmental Conservation

One fish, two fish … reef fish

Marine biologists have solved a conundrum that has stumped them for years – how to count reef fish. It may sound simple, but the task is actually complex and…

Studies and Analyses

Health information technology 'control tower' could improve earthquake response

A new study published by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, Davis, foresees improvements in patient outcomes after…

Earth Sciences

Huge ocean 'Frisbees' spin off Brazil's coast

As the North Brazil Current (NBC) moves northward along the northeastern coast of Brazil, it draws water from the South Equatorial Current and the freshwater…

Life & Chemistry

Spacebound Bacteria Inspire New Earthbound Medical Solutions

The research involves an opportunistic pathogen known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the same bacterium that caused astronaut Fred Haise to become sick during the…

Health & Medicine

Trauma patients protected from worse outcomes associated with so-called 'weekend effect'

Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on…

Health & Medicine

New Stents Enhance Blood Flow and Reduce Thrombosis Risk

Small artificial tubes in the veins, so-called stents, dilate the veins and allow the blood to circulate again without hindrance.But after a while, the deposit…

Environmental Conservation

Japanese Radiation: Atmospheric Transport and Removal

Factors determining the distribution of hazardous material include: • Altitude to which radioactive or toxic materials are lofted • Day-to-day variability in…

Studies and Analyses

Kids’ Breakfasts Around the World Lack Adequate Nutrients

The global diversity in breakfast composition and the frequency of breakfast consumption appear to present significant public health challenges and personal…

Health & Medicine

New Ingredients Provide Spark to Energy Drinks and Foods

An article from the March issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) takes a closer look at some of the current…

Life & Chemistry

Re-Creating Autism, in Mice

They further showed that this gene, which is also implicated in many cases of human autism, appears to produce autistic behavior by interfering with…

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