Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have received funding to engineer microbes that create an underwater adhesive based on, but stickier than, the natural adhesive made by mussels.
Pregnancy tests can sometimes give a false negative result to women several weeks into their pregnancies, according to research by the School of Medicine’s Ann Gronowski. Her findings led the FDA to change its standards, but old tests with the false-negative problem are still on the market.
The Office of Sustainability launched RESET, an innovative program that provides students real-world experience in renewable energy. Students studied the engineering, policy and business aspects of installing solar power on the South 40.
The fire at Notre Dame in Paris gripped the world and led to outpourings of support. But the damage could have been far worse, said architectural historian Eric Mumford.
Andwele Jolly, a business director at the School of Medicine, has been named vice chairperson for the Missouri Foundation for Health. Jolly will serve as the vice chairperson for the foundation’s Board of Directors’ Executive Committee.
Roch Guérin, chair of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering and the Harold B. & Adelaide G. Welge Professor of Computer Science, received a $48,506 grant from Google to study networks that connect data centers.
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