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Released: 5-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Objective sleep duration and all-cause mortality among people with obstructive sleep apnea
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

In this study of 2,574 participants with obstructive sleep apnea, compared with participants with objective sleep duration of at least seven hours, those sleeping less than seven hours had higher risks of all-cause mortality independent of apnea-hypopnea index. Further studies would be needed to investigate health benefits of extending sleep length among people with obstructive sleep apnea with short sleep duration.

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Released: 5-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Researchers secure $2 million grant to develop airborne pathogen-monitoring technology
Virginia Tech

Bahareh Behkam and collaborators have received a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue their fight against airborne pathogens. An associate professor of mechanical engineering, Behkam and her team will use the funding to further develop engineered living systems for indoor air monitoring. Currently, there is a lack of sensitive, specific, affordable, and easy-to-use airborne pathogen monitoring technology and an overwhelming need for innovative approaches to address this challenge.

Released: 30-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Broadband buzz: Periodical cicadas' chorus measured with fiber optic cables
Entomological Society of America (ESA)

Annapolis, MD; November 30, 2023—Hung from a common utility pole, a fiber optic cable—the kind bringing high-speed internet to more and more American households—can be turned into a sensor to detect temperature changes, vibrations, and even sound, through an emerging technology called distributed fiber optic sensing.

Newswise: Algorithmic advances: S&T researcher works to improve geospatial analytics
Released: 29-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Algorithmic advances: S&T researcher works to improve geospatial analytics
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Computer scientist Dr. Satish Puri is working on ways to organize and search for petabytes of geospatial data. He is developing algorithms that can use data for everything from geophysical trends to social issues. His work will eventually be incorporated into publicly available software for mapping and analytics.

Newswise: Bacteria, stay out!
Released: 28-Nov-2023 3:05 AM EST
Bacteria, stay out!
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Hospital germs and pathogens are not always transmitted directly from person to person. They can also spread via germ-contaminated surfaces and objects.

Newswise: RESEARCH ALERT: Examination of Fertility Treatments and Genetic Changes in Embryos
Released: 23-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EST
RESEARCH ALERT: Examination of Fertility Treatments and Genetic Changes in Embryos
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators found no established link between the use of assisted reproductive technologies and potential problems in DNA methylation that might impact genetic expression or embryonic development.

Newswise: Gordon Bell Prize finalists at Argonne use supercomputers to study nuclear reactor design, climate modeling
Released: 8-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Gordon Bell Prize finalists at Argonne use supercomputers to study nuclear reactor design, climate modeling
Argonne National Laboratory

Two teams that include scientists from U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have been named finalists for the Association for Computing Machinery 2023 Gordon Bell Prize. Both teams conducted groundbreaking research with the use of high performance exascale computing tools, such as Frontier, a supercomputer at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

27-Oct-2023 9:25 AM EDT
Neuroscience: Possibly Incompatible - But Methodologically Complementary
University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies

This commentary considers the fields of extrasensory perception (ESP) research and cognitive neuroscience, discussing points of conflict and domains where they may be complementary.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded breakthrough-discovery-made-from-within-2-000-year-old-herculaneum-scrolls
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Released: 13-Oct-2023 7:05 AM EDT
BREAKTHROUGH: Discovery made from within 2,000 year-old Herculaneum scrolls
University of Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2023) — The Herculaneum scrolls are among the most iconic and inaccessible of the world’s vast collection of damaged manuscripts.  Since being burned and carbonized by the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE, they’ve been deemed “unreadable.” For more than 2,000 years, wisdom from the only library to survive from ancient times remained locked away.



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