Are we ready for a robot with brain-like intelligence? Two Missouri State faculty researchers have been working on an advanced machine with a knack for common sense and the ability to learn well beyond the parameters of its programming.
Mental stress can cause physical reactions in the body – for example, a nervous stomach. Currently, researchers at Missouri State University’s Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences (CBLS) within Jordan Valley Innovation Center are taking a close look at how the central nervous system and digestive system communicate.
Humans have 20,000 genes in every cell within the body, yet we only express about 6,00 of them. So where are the rest of them? Do you have any control over them? And what does it matter?
On average, each person is walking around with 10 gene mutations that predisposes them to certain diseases. You can thank your family tree for those.
The Missouri State Foundation will host an official grand opening and dedication ceremony for the Robert W. Plaster Center for Free Enterprise and Business Development at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 3. The former Willow Brook facility has transformed into a cornerstone of entrepreneurship in IDEA Commons.