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Newswise:Video Embedded powering-up-to-solve-challenges-in-energy-storage
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Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Powering Up to Solve Challenges in Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In 2006, battery research was practically non-existent at PNNL. Today, the lab is lauded for its battery research. How did PNNL go from a new player to a leader in state-of-the-art storage for EVs and the grid?

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for March 2024
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A transformative gift to expand research and breakthrough therapies, an upcoming conference on managing neuroendocrine tumors, FDA approval of Imetelstat for patients with anemia from myelodysplastic syndromes and a researcher advocating for making bereavement care a public health priority are all included in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Newswise: New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Argonne National Laboratory

The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is a comprehensive web portal for climate science projects. It has new website features for students, faculty and researchers including career opportunities, a news section featuring climate and student news, and a calendar of workshops and events.

Newswise: Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers take a closer look at both the potential benefits and risks of acetaminophen, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, as well as aspirin for the selection of OTC drugs to treat mild symptoms of COVID-19.

Newswise: One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 AM EDT
One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
University of South Australia

A manned mission to Mars: it’s the next step in the global space race. But while agencies scurry to take pole position, UniSA experts say the innovations that will help us land the red planet are far more likely to come from next generation of STEM stars in schools.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
تنبيه من خبير: تطورات في جراحة استبدال الركبة تمنح خيارات مبتكرة للمرضى
Mayo Clinic

تدفع فئة السكان المتقدمين في العمر الطلب العالمي لجراحة استبدال الركبة، بما يتجاوز مليون إجراء طبي سنويًا. في هذا المقال، يصف الدكتور تشارلز هانون، دكتور في الطب، جرّاح العظام في مايو كلينك في روتشستر، ابتكارات مثل الأدوات المتقدمة والجراحة الروبوتية الدقيقة التي تعمل على تحسين عملية استبدال الركبة بالكامل للمرضى.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Alerta dos especialista: Avanços na cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho oferecem opções aos pacientes
Mayo Clinic

O envelhecimento da população impulsiona a demanda global pela cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho, excedendo a 1 milhão de procedimentos anuais.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Alerta de los expertos: Los avances en la cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla ofrecen opciones a los pacientes
Mayo Clinic

El envejecimiento de la población impulsa la demanda mundial de cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla, superando el millón de procedimientos anuales.

Newswise: Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
American Cleaning Institute

Americans are swapping safety for style and are ditching their cleaning products original containers for a laundry room makeover. New research from the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds that 36% of Americans believe they can enhance their laundry space with decorative jars or containers, and 12% of Americans already do this.

Newswise: Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

For 75 years, INL has been at the forefront of nuclear energy and technology research.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Argonne’s new dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up successfully demonstrated; has potential for other applications
Argonne National Laboratory

Demonstration of Argonne’s dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up advances revolutionary technology.

Newswise: Yale Cancer Center experts present new research on obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers at leading oncology conference
Released: 18-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Yale Cancer Center experts present new research on obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers at leading oncology conference
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians and scientists will share new data for breakthrough and emerging cancer treatments as well as new discoveries in obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers in early April at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.

Newswise: WashU Expert: Don’t believe hype about shorter work week benefits
Released: 15-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Don’t believe hype about shorter work week benefits
Washington University in St. Louis

The studies that are frequently touted as proof of concept for a shortened work week are riddled with statistical flaws, according to Olin Business School's Liberty Vittert, who testified March 13 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Newswise: Two Lambs Debut at Central Park Zoo – Bobbin and Sage
Released: 15-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Two Lambs Debut at Central Park Zoo – Bobbin and Sage
Wildlife Conservation Society

Born this winter, Bobbin, 7 weeks old; and Sage, 3 weeks old have joined a flock of 8 adult sheep in the Tisch Children’s Zoo.

Newswise: What does your success look like? Argonne women leaders share how they chose that fork in the road
Released: 15-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
What does your success look like? Argonne women leaders share how they chose that fork in the road
Argonne National Laboratory

As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month during March, some women leaders at Argonne share their passions and pitfalls as well as mentors and advice that changed their career trajectories.

Newswise: Nobel Laureate and NASA Astronaut to Speak at American Physiology Summit
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Nobel Laureate and NASA Astronaut to Speak at American Physiology Summit
American Physiological Society (APS)

Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka, MD, and NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, PhD, are among the highlighted speakers who will attend the American Physiology Summit, the American Physiological Society’s (APS) flagship annual meeting.

Newswise: Argonne employees help schools across Chicagoland celebrate global Hour of Code
Released: 14-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne employees help schools across Chicagoland celebrate global Hour of Code
Argonne National Laboratory

Twenty-eight volunteers from Argonne visited Chicago area schools for Hour of Code and talked to more than 2,000 students.

   
Newswise: Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
Memorial Hermann Health System

The Suzie and Larry Johnson Foundation, gifted $10 million to support the health system’s Heart & Vascular Institute and Memorial Hermann Life Flight®, enabling the expansion of highly advanced cardiovascular and trauma care across the Greater Houston community.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Measles 2024: What You Need to Know
RUSH

Measles cases are being reported in different parts of the United States. David Nguyen, MD, a RUSH infectious disease physician who treats adults and children, answers the most common questions about the measles virus.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
Penn State Health

Technology to stop or prevent colon cancer keeps improving. Still, incident rates remain more stubborn in rural areas than urban centers. The dean of Penn State College of Medicine talks about the barriers.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Cancer’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Patients Experience Superior Outcomes
Cedars-Sinai

For the fourth consecutive year, the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology and Cellular Therapy at Cedars-Sinai has achieved higher than expected survival rates in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation, according to a recent report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

Newswise: Sasin BRIDGES Nobel Laureate Talk: A Financial Approach to Climate Risk
Released: 14-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Sasin BRIDGES Nobel Laureate Talk: A Financial Approach to Climate Risk
Chulalongkorn University

Professor Robert F. Engle III, Nobel Laureate in Economics and Michael Armellino Professor of Management and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business, recently delivered a provocative talk at Sasin titled “A Financial Approach to Climate Risk: Portfolios, Greenwashing, Stress Testing, and Long Run Risk,” on February 27, 2024.

   
Newswise: GoodWalk Thailand: Designing “Walkable City” Revitalizing the Economy, Enhancing Quality of Life for City Dwellers
Released: 14-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
GoodWalk Thailand: Designing “Walkable City” Revitalizing the Economy, Enhancing Quality of Life for City Dwellers
Chulalongkorn University

Chula joins hands with the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) to design “Walkable City” using the GoodWalk Score as the criteria for selecting the pilot area to be developed as Walkable City in Bangkok as well as many cities around the country.

Newswise: Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Released: 13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Published in Nature Communications, Increased Asian Aerosols Drive a Slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, identifies the role aerosols over Asia is having on the AMOC, a complex system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean.

Newswise: Epilepsy research in low-resource areas: The complexities of data and consent
Released: 13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Epilepsy research in low-resource areas: The complexities of data and consent
International League Against Epilepsy

Although 80% of people with epilepsy live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), most epilepsy research originates in high-income regions.

Newswise: Fostering Great Minds and Great Ideas
Released: 13-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Fostering Great Minds and Great Ideas
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The room buzzed with conversation, until the moderator attempted to quiet it for a second time. Slowly, discussions paused and heads turned back towards the front of the room.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
How Rutgers Health Mobilized to Fight Covid-19
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Multiple schools made significant discoveries and provided much-needed care to New Jersey’s disparate communities.

Newswise: KIMM finds solution to medical waste problem, which has become a major national issue
Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
KIMM finds solution to medical waste problem, which has become a major national issue
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials has succeeded in developing an on-site-disposal type medical waste sterilization system that can help to resolve the problem caused by medical waste, which has become a national and social issue as the volume of medical waste continues to increase every year.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Clinical Trial Examines the Potential Benefit of Alternative Pain Management with Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery study the potential role of perioperative cannabinoids for pain management and opioid reduction with patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Researchers Perform Anatomical Dissection to Identify Sensory Nerves for Improved Cancer Treatment
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

Researchers from the London Health Sciences Centre use anatomical dissection to identify undocumented nerve pathways for the most diagnosed cancer worldwide.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
AAI Announces Esteemed 2024 Distinguished Fellows: Recognizing Excellence in Immunological Innovation and Leadership
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Recognizing exceptional scientific contributions and noteworthy service to the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) and the wider immunology community, AAI announces its 2024 class of Distinguished Fellows.

   
Newswise: “Anti-Choke Mug” – Chula Innovation for Neuro Patients to Drink Water Confidently
Released: 13-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
“Anti-Choke Mug” – Chula Innovation for Neuro Patients to Drink Water Confidently
Chulalongkorn University

Chula Medicine has designed an anti-choke mug with calculated angle, amount, and time of water flow from the mug to the patient’s lips hoping to reduce choking that may lead to lung infection, bring peace of mind to caregivers, and make it safer for patients who will have a better quality of life.

12-Mar-2024 5:00 PM EDT
AANA Emphasizes the Importance of Screenings and Safe Anesthesia Care for Colon Health During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Of the various types of cancer screenings and procedures, colonoscopies are among the most effective in preventing cancer.

Newswise:Video Embedded uncovering-why-more-black-women-than-ever-are-being-diagnosed-with-multiple-sclerosis
VIDEO
11-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Uncovering why more Black women than ever are being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Women are more likely than men to get diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), an incurable disease that affects the central nervous system.

Newswise: How Much Dam Water is Needed for Fish and Energy?
Released: 12-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
How Much Dam Water is Needed for Fish and Energy?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New research identifies the most important factors in successful fish passage, pointing toward new options for flexible dam operations.

Newswise:Video Embedded pediatric-cancer-expert-explains-new-options-for-children-with-sarcomas
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Released: 12-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Pediatric Cancer Expert Explains New Options for Children with Sarcomas
Cedars-Sinai

Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS, has an important message for parents whose children have been diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of cancer that develops in the bones or soft tissues.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Don’t Get Burned: Retina Specialists Share Eclipse Safety Tips
American Society of Retina Specialists

On April 8, 2024, 40 million people across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will have the opportunity to experience a true celestial spectacle, a rare total solar eclipse as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking daylight for several minutes.

Newswise: More than flying cars: eVTOL battery analysis reveals unique operating demands
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
More than flying cars: eVTOL battery analysis reveals unique operating demands
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are taking cleaner transportation to the skies by creating and evaluating new batteries for airborne electric vehicles that take off and land vertically.

Newswise: Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
NSF's NOIRLab

Con la poderosa Cámara de Energía Oscura (DECam por sus siglas en inglés) de 570 megapíxeles, fabricada por el Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos, los astrónomos han construido una imagen gigante de 1,3 gigapíxeles que muestra la parte central del remanente de Supernova Vela, un cadáver cósmico de una gigantesca estrella que explotó como una supernova. DECam es uno de los instrumentos de imágenes de campo amplio más productivos del mundo y está montada en el Telescopio de 4 metros Víctor M. Blanco de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de EE.UU en el Observatorio Interamericano Cerro Tololo en Chile, un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF.

Newswise: Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
NSF's NOIRLab

With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have constructed a massive 1.3-gigapixel image showcasing the central part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the cosmic corpse of a gigantic star that exploded as a supernova.

11-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
AANA Publishes Considerations for Anesthesia Care of the Patient on a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists such as Ozempic® or Wegovy® (semaglutide), Saxenda® (liraglutide), or Zepbound™ (tirzepatide), have become increasingly popular in promoting weight loss.

Newswise: No, you shouldn’t be going barefoot in public
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
No, you shouldn’t be going barefoot in public
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Trend resurfacing on TikTok has podiatry experts worried

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Newswise: Love on the land: Helping farmers grow healthy relationships
4-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EST
Love on the land: Helping farmers grow healthy relationships
University of South Australia

Life on the land can be great, but it can also put a lot of pressure on romantic relationships. Now, rural health experts from the University of South Australia have launched a new online resource to help farmers build and maintain a healthy relationship with their partner.

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Released: 11-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Propelling 3D printing into the future
Sandia National Laboratories

A team of chemists and materials scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new printing process that prints stronger nonmetallic materials in record time, five times faster than traditional 3D printing.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Alerta do especialista: as calorias são todas iguais?
Mayo Clinic

Você já ouviu dizer que “caloria é caloria” em relação à perda de peso, mas isso é mesmo verdade? Com tantas dietas diferentes por aí (cetogênica, jejum intermitente, mediterrânea), isso pode ser um grande desafio.

Newswise: Cancer Research in 3D
Released: 11-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cancer Research in 3D
Department of Energy, Office of Science

In cancer research, seeing is believing. Before they can diagnose or treat cancer, researchers and doctors need to have a clear understanding of what’s happening at a microscopic level. While existing technology allows us to see things the naked eye can’t, a team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is working to standardize a process for staining and seeing cancer in a whole new perspective – in 3D (three dimensions).

   
Newswise: What Does Social Justice Have to Do with Evolution? Everything.
Released: 11-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
What Does Social Justice Have to Do with Evolution? Everything.
University of Rhode Island

Award-winning Central Falls High School biology teacher David Upegui, Ph.D., teamed up with URI paleontologist David Fastovsky to write a book aimed at helping teachers incorporate social justice into the biology curriculum.

   
Released: 11-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Alerta para los expertos: ¿son todas las calorías iguales?
Mayo Clinic

Seguro ha escuchado que “una caloría es una caloría” cuando se trata de perder peso, ¿puede ser eso realmente cierto? Debido a la variedad de dietas que existen (cetogénica, mediterránea o de ayuno intermitente), puede ser un desafío abrumador.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
تنبيه من خبير: هل السُعرات الحرارية تنشأ جميعها بشكل متساوٍ؟
Mayo Clinic

لا بدّ أنك قد سمعت مقولة "السُعرة الواحدة ما هي إلا سُعرة واحدة" فيما يتعلق بإنقاص الوزن، ولكن هل هذا صحيح فعلاً؟ في ظل انتشار العديد من الحميات الغذائية مثل (الكيتو والصيام المتقطع وحمية البحر الأبيض المتوسط)، قد يكون هناك تحدٍ كبير في هذا المجال.



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