Research
Researchers work to solve energy problems
Amid summer’s energy crunch, UMR researchers are to address electrical distribution problems that could lead to power failures.
Read More »Researchers developing next generation of Navy warships
The U.S. Navy’s warships in the future will be safer, high-tech vessels able to sustain power and continue in battle even after taking a missile hit.
Read More »Chemists Develop Strongest, Lightest Material
The world’s strongest, lightest material has been built by researchers in UMR’s chemistry department, the researchers reported in the Sept. 12 issue of the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters.
Read More »Waterjet Technology Used to Fight Fires, Save Lives
In the aftermath of last year’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, researchers at UMR are developing a waterjet system to more effectively cut through rubble and extinguish fires that may lie smoldering beneath the rubble.
Read More »David Saphian Named Director of Institutional Research
Dr. David Saphian, senior manager of research at the public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, will become director of institutional research at UMR effective Sept. 16, Dr. Y.T. Shah, UMR provost, announced today.
Read More »A robotic bug’s life
Insect-like robots may one day swarm over the surface of Mars, helping scientists better study the planet, says K.M. Isaac, who is helping to create this new breed of bugbots. Isaac, a UMR professor of aerospace engineering, is working with NASA, the Ohio Aerospace Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology to create a locust-like robot […]
Read More »Using Glass to Heal Bones
Arthritis sufferers may soon find relief from an unlikely source: glass. UMR researchers are developing special glasses that could be used to repair bone and microscopic glass spheres that could be injected into arthritic joints
Read More »A Clean, Green Pollution Solution
Here’s an idea that will grow on you: using trees and other plants to reduce water and ground pollution — and reducing overall cleanup costs.
Read More »The world in 3-D
Take a satellite photo of the world, apply some three-dimensional mapping technology, and you get a far-out, 3-D view of the world.
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