Economics professors Dr. Terrel Gallaway and Dr. David Mitchell have an innovative way of viewing the night sky- in dollar signs. The night sky has many aesthetic and monetary values and Mitchell and Gallaway’s research shows the importance of this pioneering study.
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Illiteracy is a concern for Dr. Sabrina A. Brinson, but she is equally concerned about the plague of aliteracy – a term used to describe having the ability to read but lacking the desire and motivation.
The possibility of curing fatal diseases, such as cancer, may be closer than we think. Dr. Robert Delong’s research team is interested in Ribonucleic Acids (RNA) targeting, a very rapidly developing field in science.
What do you communicate through body language? What do your text message choices say about you? Dr. Shawn Wahl will tell you what you’re telling the world.
Grapes – they make jams, wine, juices. But Dr. Wenping Qiu discovered the first grape DNA virus, and he looks to these plants for answers on disease progression.
Music is a form of storytelling, even when there are no words. For composer Dr. Michael F. Murray, his most intriguing projects have been inspired by his passion for poetry.
In an exemplary show of team work, kinesiology, special education, dietetics, computer science and graphic design students developed TRAIN to assess skills and improve eating habits in Special Olympic athletes.
Beauty may be skin deep, but like archaeology, it’s what lies beneath the surface that counts. Dr. Elizabeth Sobel, associate professor of anthropology, investigates local history through material remains.
Imagine you’re munching on popcorn with your kids watching the latest animated movie, and you continue to be amazed by the spectacular visuals, musical cues and overall entertainment value. But according to Drs. Shannon Wooden and Ken Gillam, Missouri State professors in the department of English, you should be focused on the messages within the films that viewers often overlook.
What you see, how your eye travels across objects and how long you stare say a lot about development and learning. To psychologists like Dr. D Wayne Mitchell, these looks are physiological signs that you are having a “response to novelty” and are actively encoding new information.
Ancient Athens can be credited for so much of the foundation that is today’s society: drama, both tragedy and comedy, and democracy. Dr. Edwin Carawan makes a case that they also designed the art of argument.
Most standard applications and interviews consist of questions relating to ability. But Dr. Wes Scroggins researches different ways for employers to approach both hiring new employees and managing overall employee performance.
Cold and sunburned, Missouri State University professor Dr. Kevin Mickus trudged with his fellow scientists through the snow and ice to study Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano in the world.
The ride of the future may be hydrogen cell vehicles, but until hydrogen is more readily available, these energy saving cars may stay off more roads than on. In physicist Dr. Robert Mayanovic’s laboratory, which is one of 12 partner institutions in the United States funded through the Department of Energy’s Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) center, he and his students are researching materials to extract hydrogen more efficiently to make it a readily available energy source.