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Confronting COVID-19
America's leading research universities are at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19
- Yale-led study links higher weight in children with structural and functional brain impairments, which could contribute to reduced academic performance.
- New study explores the benefits and consequences of proactive helping and how it can stem the tide of ‘quiet quitting’
- Using a $2.6 million grant from NIH, researchers at the MU College of Engineering are designing a breathable material with antimicrobial properties for use with a wearable heart monitor.
- Researchers at the University of Kansas have received almost $1 million from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program to design and build an adaptable radar system for long-range unmanned aerial systems in collaboration with Michigan State University experts.
- Research from a Carnegie Mellon expert showed the world could lose as much as 41% of its total glacier mass this century — or as little as 26% — depending on today's climate change mitigation efforts.

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