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Newswise: What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells
Released: 19-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
What heat can tell us about battery chemistry: using the Peltier effect to study lithium-ion cells
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

New research from The Grainger College of Engineering suggests that observing how heat flows in conjunction with electricity can give important insights into battery chemistry.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Genetics, Sex and Smoking Linked to More Health Issues for IBD Patients
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified risk factors that make inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients susceptible to developing serious conditions in other parts of their bodies.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
خلايا راقصة تُظهر كيف يفيق الدماغ من التخدير
Mayo Clinic

وفقًا لدراسة أجرتها مايو كلينك ونُشرت في مجلة Nature Neuroscience، فإن الخلايا التي تعمل كخط الدفاع الأول للجهاز العصبي المركزي ضد الأخطار تلعب دورًا أيضًا في مساعدة الدماغ على الاستفاقة من التخدير. ويمكن أن يساعد هذا الاكتشاف في تمهيد الطريق للتوصل لأساليب مبتكرة تعالج مضاعفات ما بعد التخدير.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein
University of Michigan

Teardrop-shaped particles designed to inactivate multiple strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could one day complement existing treatments for COVID-19, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan and Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Células dançarinas mostram como o cérebro desperta da anestesia
Mayo Clinic

De acordo com um estudo da Mayo Clinic publicado pela Nature Neuroscience, as células que atuam na primeira linha de defesa do sistema nervoso central contra lesões também desempenham um papel em ajudar o cérebro a despertar da anestesia. Esta descoberta pode ajudar a pavimentar o caminho para métodos inovadores que abordam as complicações pós-anestésicas.

Newswise: Monitoring and measuring biodiversity require more than just numbers; scientists advocate for change
Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Monitoring and measuring biodiversity require more than just numbers; scientists advocate for change
University of Florida

A study led by University of Florida scientists published today in the journal of Trends and Ecology and Evolution advocates for change to promote standardized practices in the field – a practice that has been missing from the science.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Células danzantes muestran cómo el cerebro se despierta de la anestesia
Mayo Clinic

Según un estudio de Mayo Clinic publicado por la Nature Neuroscience, las células que actúan en la primera línea de defensa del sistema nervioso central contra las lesiones también juegan un papel en ayudar al cerebro a despertar de la anestesia. Este descubrimiento puede ayudar a allanar el camino para métodos innovadores que abordan las complicaciones post-anestesia.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:40 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Insights into Lack of Durability in COVID Antibody Response to Infections and Vaccines
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Researchers at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine published a new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases investigating the short-lived antibody response following SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

Newswise: New Research Continues to Support Massage Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality
Released: 19-Mar-2024 12:25 PM EDT
New Research Continues to Support Massage Therapy for Improving Sleep Quality
American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)

It's National Sleep Awareness Month, and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is sharing the latest research on how massage can improve sleep quality.

Newswise: Change in Mycn-Driven Cell State Opens Therapeutic Window in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Change in Mycn-Driven Cell State Opens Therapeutic Window in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that the MYCN protein promotes a switch in the cellular state within the tumor microenvironment, with slow-growing mesenchymal cells swapping to the more dangerous and faster-growing adrenergic state.

   
Newswise: Immunotherapy Targeting Cancer Fusion Protein May Hold Key to Treating Rare Liver Cancer
Released: 19-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Immunotherapy Targeting Cancer Fusion Protein May Hold Key to Treating Rare Liver Cancer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center discovered two T-cell receptors in a single patient that recognizes the fusion and can guide T cells to kill all tumor cells carrying the hybrid protein in a mouse model.

Newswise: New Ultrasound Technology May Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Diagnoses
14-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New Ultrasound Technology May Revolutionize Respiratory Disease Diagnoses
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

By evaluating sound vibrations produced by the airflow induced within the lungs and bronchial tree during normal breathing as well as those produced by the larynx during vocalizations, doctors can identify potential disease-related abnormalities within the respiratory system.

   
Newswise: Conservation Value of Field Research Stations Greatly Misunderstood and Underfunded According to 173 Conservation Scientists in New Study
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Conservation Value of Field Research Stations Greatly Misunderstood and Underfunded According to 173 Conservation Scientists in New Study
Wildlife Conservation Society

Funding of field conservation research stations worldwide has been drastically reduced since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising the alarm for more than 170 conservation researchers representing 157 field stations in 56 countries in a new paper published in Conservation Letters.

Newswise: Advancing Soybean Yield Through High-Throughput UAV Phenotyping and Dynamic Modelling
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Advancing Soybean Yield Through High-Throughput UAV Phenotyping and Dynamic Modelling
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Soybeans, valued for their use as both oilseeds and grains, encounter yield limitations compared to crops like maize and rice, emphasizing the necessity for developing higher-yielding varieties .

Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Chop Researchers Find Branched Chain Amino Acid Supplementation May Aid in Concussion Recovery
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

In the first clinical trial of a targeted pharmacologic therapeutic for mild traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients, scientists have found preliminary evidence that adolescents and young adults with concussion who take a specific formulation of branched chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements after injury experience faster symptom reduction and return to physical activity.

18-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Researchers from IRB Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu unveil the origin of second pediatric cancers and chemotherapy-induced mutations in healthy tissues
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

A team from IRB Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital · IRSJD has studied the cases of four children who have experienced two cancers during childhood and has addressed the origin of the second tumour.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Rising rates of head and facial injuries from exercise and weightlifting
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Numbers of craniofacial injuries related to exercise and weightlifting have increased sharply over the past decade, reports a study in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: A Breakthrough in Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries: Twice the Quality with Streamlined Processes
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
A Breakthrough in Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries: Twice the Quality with Streamlined Processes
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has reached a significant milestone with the publication of a groundbreaking study in a globally esteemed journal, marking a crucial stride toward the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries, free from the inherent risks of explosion and fire.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Field Phenotyping: A Novel Glare Correction Technique Using Polarized Light
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Revolutionizing Field Phenotyping: A Novel Glare Correction Technique Using Polarized Light
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amidst challenges like a booming global population and diminishing arable land, plant phenotyping offers a way to automate agriculture and improve crop diagnostics.

Newswise: Circulating Tumor DNA Levels Predict Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer Treated with a Novel Immunotherapy Combination
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Circulating Tumor DNA Levels Predict Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer Treated with a Novel Immunotherapy Combination
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Monitoring levels of DNA shed by tumors and circulating in the bloodstream could help doctors accurately assess how gastroesophageal cancers are responding to treatment, and potentially predict future prognosis, suggests a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Newswise: Dehydration is rampant among Florida farm workers, new study shows
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Dehydration is rampant among Florida farm workers, new study shows
University of Illinois Chicago

Many still showed signs of dehydration in the morning after a shift

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: Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

New oceanic research provides clear evidence of a human “fingerprint” on climate change and shows that specific signals from human activities have altered the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface temperatures (SST).

Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

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Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Four PPPL researchers featured in the Physics of Plasmas
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL’s important work seeding the field of plasma physics was evident from the list of first authors in Physics of Plasmas 2023 Early Career Collection, which included four people from the Lab: Ben Isreali, Stephen Majeski, Ian Ochs and Willca Villafana.

Newswise: Unlocking Alzheimer's Mysteries: A Revolutionary Leap in Brain Network Analysis
Released: 19-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Unlocking Alzheimer's Mysteries: A Revolutionary Leap in Brain Network Analysis
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dementia stands as one of the most significant global health challenges of the 21st century, with over 50 million individuals worldwide currently affected, a number projected to triple by 2050, reaching 152 million, due to global population aging.

Newswise: Does AI Help or Hurt Human Radiologists’ Performance? It Depends on the Doctor
14-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Does AI Help or Hurt Human Radiologists’ Performance? It Depends on the Doctor
Harvard Medical School

Study shows AI improves performance for some radiologists but worsens it for others. Understanding who might benefit from AI and who would not is critical for designing tools that boost human performance.

Newswise: Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies
Released: 19-Mar-2024 4:00 AM EDT
Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies
University of Vienna

Many studies on the climate crisis focus on researching temperature extremes on a global scale. Scientists at the University of Vienna have now uncovered an error in an established calculation method, leading to a systematic underestimation in the frequency of heat days.

Released: 19-Mar-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Nanoparticles activated by ultra-low-energy X-rays effectively halt the aggregation and toxicity of amyloid beta in preclinical models
Bar-Ilan University

A collaborative effort between Israeli and Italian researchers has led to the development of a new treatment strategy targeting the early-stage aggregation of A-beta before the formation of toxic oligomers.

Newswise: All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
University of Wisconsin–Madison

The blue whale genome was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, and the Etruscan shrew genome was published in the journal Scientific Data.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations
University of California, Irvine

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered the key role that the APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B enzymes play in driving cancer mutations by modifying the DNA in tumor genomes, offering potential new targets for intervention strategies.

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Newswise: A New Study Shows How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A New Study Shows How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A landmark study, led by Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, shows how neurochemicals can influence blood vessels. The new findings may alter how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Newswise: Teasing Strange Matter from Ordinary
Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Teasing Strange Matter from Ordinary
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Like protons and neutrons, Lambda particles consist of three quarks bound together by gluons. But unlike protons and neutrons, which contain a mixture of up and down quarks, Lambdas also contain a strange quark.

Newswise: Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Text nudges can increase uptake of COVID-19 boosters– if they play up a sense of ownership of the vaccine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster. The key in both cases is to include in the text a sense of ownership in the dose awaiting them.

Newswise: Role in mitochondrial metabolism paints more complete picture of MCL-1 function
Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Role in mitochondrial metabolism paints more complete picture of MCL-1 function
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have uncovered a metabolic role for cell-survival protein MCL-1, potentially explaining previous clinical trial setbacks.

Newswise: Researchers Call for Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests
Released: 18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Call for Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Scientific research has linked a person’s microbiome to everything from gut and mental health to immunity and predisposition to cancer.

Newswise: Cleveland Clinic-Led Research Concludes Video Laryngoscopy is Most Effective Method for Intubating Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures
Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:25 PM EDT
Cleveland Clinic-Led Research Concludes Video Laryngoscopy is Most Effective Method for Intubating Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures
Cleveland Clinic

New Cleveland Clinic-led research provides evidence that video laryngoscopy significantly decreased the number of attempts needed to achieve intubation in adult surgical patients who required single-lumen endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia, compared with direct laryngoscopy. The research was published today in JAMA.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Five factors to ensure an infant thrives
Washington University in St. Louis

In new research published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis make the case that “thrive factors” are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive development.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Team Develops Fluid Biomarker for Early Detection of ALS and FTD
Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Team Develops Fluid Biomarker for Early Detection of ALS and FTD
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Two progressively degenerative diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD, recently in the news with the diagnoses of actor Bruce Willis and talk show host Wendy Williams), are linked by more than the fact that they both damage nerve cells critical to normal functioning — the former affecting nerves in the brain and spinal cord leading to loss of movement, the latter eroding the brain regions controlling personality, behavior and language.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:15 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
WashU engineers manage a first: measuring pH in cell condensates
Washington University in St. Louis

In a first for the condensate field, researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, figured out how nucleolar sub-structures are assembled.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Study Estimates Nearly 70 Percent of Children Under Six in Chicago May Be Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Tap Water
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that 68 percent of Chicago children under age six live in households with tap water containing detectable levels of lead.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Attacking metastatic prostate cancer early with combination treatment approach improves outcomes in preliminary study
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A team of UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators has shown the combination of a short course of powerful and intense hormonal therapy with targeted radiation is safe and effective in treating people with prostate cancer that has come back and has spread to other parts of the body.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study shows middle-aged Americans are lonelier than European peers, suggests loneliness in middle age is endemic
Arizona State University (ASU)

New research has shown that not only are middle-aged Americans lonelier than their same-age peers in Europe, but levels of loneliness are also increasing across generations in the U.S. and Europe.

Newswise: Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
11-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have identified a yeast that could be used to prevent invasive candidiasis, a major cause of death in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. The study, to be published March 18 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), shows that the novel yeast lives harmlessly in the intestines of mice and humans and can displace the yeast responsible for candidiasis, Candida albicans.

Newswise: Case Western Reserve University researchers report rise in global fungal drug-resistant infections
Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Case Western Reserve University researchers report rise in global fungal drug-resistant infections
Case Western Reserve University

A global wave of infections caused by fungi growing drug-resistant has the medical community issuing precautions on how to protect yourself.

13-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Middle-aged Americans lonelier than European counterparts
American Psychological Association (APA)

Middle-aged adults in the U.S. tend to report significantly higher levels of loneliness than their European counterparts, possibly due in part to weaker family ties and greater income inequality, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

   


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