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CAFNR Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct. 1, 2021

CAFNR Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Mason Ward’s extraordinary research portfolio has earned him two undergraduate research awards from the Entomological Society of America (ESA). Ward earned the Undergraduate Student Achievement in Entomology award from the Plant-Insect Ecosystem (P-IE) section of the ESA, as well as the BioQuip Products Undergraduate Scholarship from the Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity (SysEB) section.

Sept. 28, 2021

Taking a Chance
An Asian man with short, dark hair and glasses wears a grey sweater with 3/4 button closures inside of a building wiht large windows and a staircase behind him. He stands with his hands clasped in front of him.

Aug. 31, 2021

Solving Problems Through Research
The University of Missouri is one of eight institutions collaborating within the new AI institute.

Aug. 30, 2021

MU Plays Crucial Role in New NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute
In a new study published in PLOS Genetics, Decker and his team have uncovered evidence showing that cattle are losing important environmental adaptations, losses the researchers attribute to a lack of genetic information available to farmers.

Aug. 30, 2021

Cattle Losing Adaptations to Environmental Stressors, MU Researchers Find
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Aug. 30, 2021

Unconscious Biases can Drive Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, MU Researchers Find
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Aug. 30, 2021

Breakthrough Could Lead to Early Detection of Pregnancy Complications
The zebra finch is capable of vocal learning, a rare talent in the animal kingdom and the foundation of human speech.

Aug. 30, 2021

Piecing Together the Puzzles of Bird Genomes
Michael Stambaugh cuts a sample from a white pine in northern Pennsylvania.

Aug. 30, 2021

A Burning Passion for the Good Kind of Forest Fire
Earl Vories, an agricultural engineer with USDA-ARS, has been studying irrigation on the variable soils at the Fisher Delta Research Center, with a focus during the past five years on variable rate irrigation in cotton fields.

July 29, 2021

Studying Variable Rate Technology