The Record

African Americans with autism experience delays in diagnosis

African American children affected by autism spectrum disorder typically face longer delays in diagnosis than white children. A study from School of Medicine researchers explores those obstacles and the high stakes of health disparities.

COVID-19 studies should continue without stopping breastfeeding, researchers say

It is not easy to conduct human milk research during a pandemic. Yet, despite the lack of quality evidence for transmission of viral RNA from breast milk, some leaders are altering public health and clinical practice guidance, according to E.A. Quinn in Arts & Sciences.

Study finds income, job rut for millions in U.S.

A big-data study of loan-to-value ratios in the wake of the 2007-08 recession carries a cautionary forecast for economic weather ahead: The higher that workers’ outstanding mortgages are relative to home value, the worse their future income growth and job mobility.

Using light’s properties to see inside a cell membrane

Using properties of light from fluorescent probes is at the heart of a new imaging technique developed at the McKelvey School of Engineering that allows for an unprecedented look inside cell membranes.

Study suggests Earth may have always been wet

A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed. The research co-authored by physicist Lionel Vacher in Arts & Sciences is published in Science.