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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is co-leading a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to develop advanced, inexpensive devices to detect toxins in water and people. UAMS’ $908,952 portion of the four-year, $6 million project involves testing a novel way to detect toxins in humans, and is led by Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D., vice chancellor for Research and Innovation.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, at Auburn University hosts a public presentation of and#8220;Taiwan: A Pleasant Island Waiting for you to Exploreand#8221; with Dr. Jason Chang from 11:30AM to 1:00PM on Wednesday, September 21 at the Boykin Community Center, 400 Boykin St. in Auburn. This lecture will also be broadcast on Facebook. No registration is necessary.

Pregnant women who had more changes had infants that were more fearful, sad, and distressed, according to the researchers.

A study has found that pregnant woman who had bigger fluctuations in had infants with more fear, sadness and distress.

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