http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles Fri, 12 May 2006 15:28:58 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/23 We see that as humans we are different from other modern primates, although we don't know exactly how that came to be. Unlocking this mystery has been Anthropology professor Carol Ward's life's work. While the fossil record is sketchy at times, it is crucial in estimating the chronology of certain key acquisitions of modern humans, be it walking on two feet, developing big brains, changing their diet, or changing their tool-making behavior. Working with fossils, Ward seeks to answer the bigger question—why did those changes occur? Fri, 12 May 2006 15:28:58 GMT http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/23 (LuAnne Roth) http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/101 In a back corner of the University of Missouri’s medical building, a few floors above the hospital and tucked away to the right, Habib Zaghouani watches a cellular war. He has been up there for seven years, with an army of graduate students and a colony of mice, trying to understand why our bodies attack us and how we can make them stop. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:00:00 GMT http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/101 (Jessica Huang) http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/108 A rainbow of feathers floats upward like a psychedelic butterfly. Fingers of color, violet and lime green, seem to flow outward from the tips of the wings. If you didn’t know better, you might assume it is a work of art. Beyond their beauty, for Shawn Christ these images taken at MU’s new Brain Imaging Center reveal the brain’s activity and connections. In his role as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of MU’s Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory, Christ studies how the relationship between the brain and behavior changes as we develop. Christ chose a career in psychology because it would combine two passions— working with kids and solving puzzles. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://syndicate.missouri.edu/articles/show/108 (Jessica Huang)