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Can Creatine Supplements Make Your Brain Stronger?
The New York Times spoke with Matthew Taylor, an associate professor of dietetics and nutrition at the University of Kansas Medical Center, about his research on creatine and brain function.
Why millennial women are leaning out of the corporate world
Misty Heggeness, an economist at KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research, assessed how return to office policies affect women in the workforce.
We blasted mobile homes with hurricane‑force winds to test how they fail
Elaina Sutley, associate professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering, and colleagues tested manufactured homes to help improve their resilience to extreme weather events.
KU fungi library is cornerstone of $1.9M grant researching crop drought tolerance
“Soil microbes can have a big influence on crop resilience to drought, and this project will test benefits of an important group of soil fungi that associate with plant roots,” said Jim Bever, the lead researcher at KU and a professor.
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