FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - High school students from across the country who attend schools of mathematics, science and technology will convene at the University of Arkansas next week for the 14th annual Student Research Symposium, “Celebrating Discovery.” The national event will take place from Sunday, June 10, to Tuesday, June 11, with most of the activity centered at the Bell Engineering Center.

Forty-six students from 11 states have been…[more]

Most of us treat spam as a simple nuisance, but one scam takes spam to a new, frightening level. Imagine opening an email and reading a message from an alleged hit man, claiming that you are his next target unless you pay him thousands of dollars to cancel the contract on your life. The hit man claims he is following you and warns you not to contact law enforcement, unless…[more]

Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has fascinated physicists and generated debate about the origin of the universe and the structure of objects like black holes and complex stars called quasars. A major focus has been on confirming the existence of the gravitomagnetic field, as well as gravitational waves. A physicist at the University of Missouri-Columbia recently argued in a paper that the interpretation of the results of Lunar Laser…[more]

Springfield, MO – An old feed mill is now a research center for futuristic development in areas such as nanotechnology.

The Roy Blunt Jordan Valley Innovation Center, named in honor of Rep. Roy Blunt who is an avid supporter of the project, has a mission of allowing Missouri State University scientists work with private companies to promote new job and manufacturing opportunities. Blunt was instrumental in freeing up…[more]

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study low-pressure hydrogen storage. The grant is part of a DOE hydrogen fuel initiative that gave $11.2 million to 13 projects across the United States.

Peter Pfeifer, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Science and principal investigator in the project, will work with M.…[more]

A long-term research project at the University of Missouri-Columbia is producing valuable information about alcoholism and individuals who are affected by a family history of the disease. MU psychology researchers, now several years into a multi-year study, have discovered that individuals from alcoholic homes maintain personality traits that could eventually lead to alcohol dependency.

Kenneth J. Sher, professor of clinical psychology in the College of Arts and Science’s…[more]

While in Thailand, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found a treasure trove of previously unknown information about aquatic insects in the country. In the process, he learned firsthand that a few of these little critters pack quite a punch when they bite.

“It’s much, much worse than a bee or wasp sting,” said Robert Sites, an entomologist in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources…[more]

The Arkansas Archeological Survey and Arkansas Archeological Society will cosponsor a Training Program in Archaeology June 9-24, 2007, at the Jones Mill Site (3HS28) in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

The annual Training Program and excavation has been conducted at various sites throughout Arkansas since 1972. The 2007 Training Program will be an investigation of Archaic Period novaculite stone tool manufacture and exchange. The Jones Mill Site, which is…[more]

COLUMBIA, Mo. - What a person says is not necessarily an indication of what that person knows because speech is motivated by social circumstances and the desire to influence the listener. Two researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have applied this principle to local environmental knowledge by indigenous peoples and are urging other scientists to incorporate more observation and skepticism into their studies.

“We need to treat talk…[more]

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - University of Arkansas researchersresearchers, in partnership with a local company will develop a probe for future planetary rovers that will help scientists study the history of the solar system by examining the properties of layers of material beneath the surface of the moon, Mars, comets and other planetary bodies.