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Newswise: A bioengineering professor finds her niche in global health
Released: 7-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
A bioengineering professor finds her niche in global health
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., a professor of bioengineering at Rice University who has been solving women’s health challenges globally for the past two decades.

   
Released: 7-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
A new approach to transportation: Pairing off-street parking with electric scooters
Argonne National Laboratory

A pilot program led by Argonne and the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative uncovers a fun and creative way to make urban transportation more environmentally friendly.

   
Released: 7-Mar-2024 12:00 PM EST
MD Anderson Research Highlights for March 7, 2024
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
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Released: 7-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST
When Plants Flower: Scientists ID Genes, Mechanism in Sorghum
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Oklahoma State University have identified key genes and the mechanism by which they control flowering in sorghum, an important bioenergy crop.

Newswise: What Makes a Pathogen Antibiotic-Resistant?
Released: 7-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
What Makes a Pathogen Antibiotic-Resistant?
Sanford Burnham Prebys

In a new study, Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers, led by Andrei L. Osterman, Ph.D., combined experimental evolution in a continuous culturing device with whole genome sequencing of evolving cultures to track how two bacterial pathogens acquired drug resistance against a pair of antibiotics, one long-used and the other experimental.

Newswise: Cuts costs for capturing carbon dioxide, essential for producing blue hydrogen, by Half
Released: 7-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Cuts costs for capturing carbon dioxide, essential for producing blue hydrogen, by Half
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Park Jong-ho's research team at the Clean Fuel Research Laboratory of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a key material & process technology that significantly reduces the cost of capturing carbon dioxide, which is essential for the production of blue hydrogen.

Released: 7-Mar-2024 8:10 AM EST
The role of machine learning and computer vision in Imageomics
Ohio State University

A new field promises to usher in a new era of using machine learning and computer vision to tackle small and large-scale questions about the biology of organisms around the globe.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EST
Do Some Electric Fish Sense the World Through Comrades' Auras?
Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

It would be a game-changer if all members of a basketball team could see out of each other's eyes in addition to their own.

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Released: 6-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EST
Follow the little blue plow: Iowa State engineers help snowplow drivers stay on the road
Iowa State University

The Iowa Department of Transportation is supporting Iowa State engineers as they work to develop, test and prove the concept of a snowplow navigation system. The system is designed to help snowplow drivers maintain their position in a lane. A second phase of the project will help snowplow drivers avoid collisions with snow-covered cars or debris in the roadway.

Newswise: Scientists reveal molecular mysteries to control silica scaling in water treatment
Released: 6-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
Scientists reveal molecular mysteries to control silica scaling in water treatment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientist develop synthetic polymers to combat silica scale, the unwanted coating that fouls the surfaces of various engineering systems, such as reverse osmosis desalination water-treatment membranes, heat exchanger components and plant pipelines

Newswise: In Peatland Soil, a Warmer Climate and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Rapidly Alter Soil Organic Matter
Released: 6-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST
In Peatland Soil, a Warmer Climate and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Rapidly Alter Soil Organic Matter
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Conditions in peatlands slow microbial decomposition of organic matter into greenhouse gases. This process stores carbon in the soil. Researchers use the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experiment to warm air and soil in a northern Minnesota bog to simulate the effects of climate change on the carbon cycle. The experiments showed that all organic soil components can break down more quickly in warmer conditions.

Newswise: Department of Energy User Facility to Host Hands-on Fungal Research Training
Released: 6-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EST
Department of Energy User Facility to Host Hands-on Fungal Research Training
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers for the 2024 EMSL Summer School focused on fungal research. EMSL is providing transportation and hotel accommodations for up to 25 students who are selected through the application process.

Newswise: New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep off Costa Rica
29-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep off Costa Rica
University of California San Diego

Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Rouse, curator of the Scripps Benthic Invertebrate Collection, co-authored a study describing the new species in the journal PLOS ONE that was published on March 6.

Newswise: Caught on camera: grey seal spits at sea eagle in never seen before encounter
Released: 6-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Caught on camera: grey seal spits at sea eagle in never seen before encounter
University of Portsmouth

A grey seal has been seen spitting a jet of water at a sea eagle, a defensive behaviour that hasn’t been reported before, according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth.

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5-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EST
Healable Cathode Could Unlock Potential of Solid-state Lithium-sulfur Batteries
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego engineers developed a cathode material for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries that is healable and highly conductive, overcoming longstanding challenges of traditional sulfur cathodes. The advance holds promise for bringing more energy dense and low-cost Li-S batteries closer to market.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
What Are Hubble and Webb Observing Right Now? NASA Tool Has the Answer
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Space Telescope Live provides an interactive way to explore the most accurate, up-to-date, publicly available information on current, past, and upcoming observations by NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes.

Newswise: Moffitt Researcher First in Florida to Receive Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Released: 6-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST
Moffitt Researcher First in Florida to Receive Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Moffitt Cancer Center

Alex Jaeger, Ph.D., assistant member of the Molecular Oncology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center, has received a Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. He is the first researcher in Florida and at Moffitt to earn this prestigious grant.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST
Finding new physics in debris from colliding neutron stars
Washington University in St. Louis

Neutron star mergers are a treasure trove for new physics signals, with implications for determining the true nature of dark matter, according to research from physicist Bhupal Dev at Washington University in St. Louis.

Newswise: New Nano-Microscope Enables Simultaneous Measurement of Nano-Composite Material Properties
Released: 6-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
New Nano-Microscope Enables Simultaneous Measurement of Nano-Composite Material Properties
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a hybrid nano-microscope capable of simultaneously measuring various nano-material properties.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
Launch of a pioneering translational research programme in Europe
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

- The TRIP initiative establishes three new joint laboratories that bring together fundamental biomedical research and clinical research with the aim of accelerating the delivery of results to patients. - TRIP will focus on emerging fields such as immuno-oncology, inflammation, and cellular senescence.

Newswise: INFUSE workshop gives private and public fusion partners a chance to network and share experiences
Released: 6-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EST
INFUSE workshop gives private and public fusion partners a chance to network and share experiences
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

More than 120 people gathered for the 2024 Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) Workshop at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory from Feb. 27-28. The event, which was sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), is a part of the INFUSE awards program that funds laboratories or universities so they can partner with private sector companies working on the science and technology solutions that will bring fusion energy to the power grid. To date, DOE has granted 90 awards, with most ranging from $100,000 to $350,000 for a 12-month project.

Newswise: Platform chemicals from CO2
Released: 6-Mar-2024 3:05 AM EST
Platform chemicals from CO2
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Is it possible to convert CO2 back to fuels or other useful chemicals? Absolutely – but not in a very targeted way just yet. Empa researcher Alessandro Senocrate is looking at defects in materials that will help us achieve this goal.

Newswise: NUS researchers invent new triple-junction tandem solar cells with world-record efficiency
Released: 5-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EST
NUS researchers invent new triple-junction tandem solar cells with world-record efficiency
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that can achieve a certified world-record power conversion efficiency of 27.1 per cent across a solar energy absorption area of 1 sq cm, representing the best-performing triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell thus far. To achieve this, the team engineered a new cyanate-integrated perovskite solar cell that is stable and energy efficient.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EST
TECHNOCLONE RECEIVES US FDA MARKETING Technoclone Receives US FDA Marketing Authorization For The First ADAMTS13 Activity Diagnostic Test
DiaPharma

Technoclone Herstellung von Diagnostika und Arzneimitteln GmbH, world-leading producer of diagnostic tests, equipment, and research products in the field of blood clotting and its exclusive distributor in the USA, DiaPharma Group, Inc., are pleased to announce that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted De Novo marketing authorization for Technozym ADAMTS13 Activity ELISA.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST
Researchers provide unprecedented view into aerosol formation in Earth’s lower atmosphere
Argonne National Laboratory

An international team of scientists captures the first clear evidence in the field of Criegee intermediates, which help form aerosols in the atmosphere that impact air quality and human health.

Newswise: New study uncovers novel receptor function in Fragile X syndrome
Released: 5-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST
New study uncovers novel receptor function in Fragile X syndrome
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Fragile X syndrome is one of the most commonly inherited forms of autism and intellectual disability, and no treatment currently exists. But a team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered a novel receptor function that may be used in a therapeutic approach to treatment.

   
Newswise: How Does a River Breathe?
Released: 5-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EST
How Does a River Breathe?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists have been studying how rivers and streams breathe. Their research focuses on respiration, organic matter, and natural disturbances that affect rivers and streams.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Utilizing Physics to Understand Social Systems
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

Early in Hertz Fellow Alex Siegenfeld’s PhD program, he found himself unmotivated by his research and knew something had to change. His turning point overlapped with the 2016 Hertz Summer Workshop, where he discussed his concerns with other fellows.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
A Dark Matter Detective
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

Hertz Fellow Katelin Schutz thinks existing experimental data across many fields of physics and cosmology can be re-analyzed through a “dark matter lens.”

Newswise: Using Light to Precisely Control Single-Molecule Devices
Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Using Light to Precisely Control Single-Molecule Devices
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Researchers flip the switch at the nanoscale by applying light to induce bonding for single-molecule device switching.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
How bias shows up in maps made with citizen science data
Washington University in St. Louis

When biologist Elizabeth Carlen in Arts & Sciences saw that squirrels were not being reported in north St. Louis, she wanted to know why. Her new paper in People & Nature illustrates how social and ecological factors can create bias in contributory science data.

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Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:15 AM EST
Celebrating 25 Years: A Q&A With CEO Gunther Eysenbach
JMIR Publications

In this new video, Eysenbach shares the origins of the Journal of Medical Internet Research and the driving forces that led him to establish an open access digital health journal. His passion for publishing, coupled with a background in medicine and information and computer science, fueled his vision to leverage the internet's transformative power in making medical information accessible to both professionals and consumers.

   
Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Multinational collaborative research to improve climate-smart grain for Ethiopian farmers receives $4.9M grant
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have received a $4.9 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build on previous advances in gene editing of tef for reduced height and lodging resistance in advanced, farmer preferred tef lines.

Newswise: Game-Changing Sensor Unveiled for Spotting Chemical Threats
Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Game-Changing Sensor Unveiled for Spotting Chemical Threats
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking sensor that can wirelessly detect chemical warfare agents, marking a significant leap in public safety technology. This innovative device, capable of identifying substances like dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), offers a new level of efficiency and reliability in monitoring and responding to chemical threats, without the need for direct power sources or physical connections.

Newswise: Collaboration essential to meet open data challenges, says new report
Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Collaboration essential to meet open data challenges, says new report
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

A new report – part of The State of Open Data series – provides real-world insights into how the research community is responding to the challenges of data sharing.

     
Newswise: Development of an 'electron gun', the heart of electron beam welder, 99% dependent on imports
Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Development of an 'electron gun', the heart of electron beam welder, 99% dependent on imports
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Han Seong-Tae's team at KERI's Industry Applications Research Division has developed the core technology of 'electron guns', the heart of 'electron beam welders', which had been dependent on imports for more than 99%.

Newswise: Mosaic Biosciences™ Joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance
Released: 5-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EST
Mosaic Biosciences™ Joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance
International Phytobiomes Alliance

The International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research is pleased to announce that Mosaic Biosciences™ has joined the organization as a sponsoring partner.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Infant Formula Safety: A New Frontier in Pathogen Detection
Released: 5-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
Revolutionizing Infant Formula Safety: A New Frontier in Pathogen Detection
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Cronobacter sakazakii is a harmful germ that can be found in powdered baby formula. It can cause very serious health problems in infants, such as meningitis and septicemia. Right now, it takes a long time and is complicated to check if the germ is in the formula. However, a new study has created a special test that uses a computer program to find the germ in the formula. This new method makes it easier and faster to find the germ, which is known for causing serious illness in babies. It helps make sure that baby formula is safe to use.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
Revolutionizing Urban Landscapes: The Eco-Metropolis Model
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a revolutionary stride toward sustainable urban development, researchers have introduced the eco-metropolis model. This innovative approach seamlessly integrates ecological conservation with urban agglomeration, promising a future where cities thrive in harmony with nature.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EST
One way to improve a fusion reaction: Use weaknesses as strengths
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Scientists are using the imperfections in magnetic fields that confine a fusion reaction to improve and enhance the plasma in an approach outlined in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications. PPPL Physicist Seong-Moo Yang led the research team, which spans various institutions in the U.S. and South Korea. Yang says this is the first time any research team has validated a systematic approach to tailoring magnetic field imperfections to make the plasma suitable for use as a power source. These magnetic field imperfections are known as error fields.

Newswise: Scientists explained what defines the leaves type and that in 100 years a third of the world's forests will change
Released: 5-Mar-2024 5:05 AM EST
Scientists explained what defines the leaves type and that in 100 years a third of the world's forests will change
Scientific Project Lomonosov

An international collaboration of scientists with the participation of an ecologist from RUDN University conducted the first global analysis of leaf type. In addition, the authors described the current state of forests and said what will happen to them by the end of the century due to climate change.

Newswise: 61% of the world's lost forests can be restored to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions
Released: 5-Mar-2024 5:05 AM EST
61% of the world's lost forests can be restored to significantly reduce greenhouse emissions
Scientific Project Lomonosov

An international collaboration of scientists with the participation of a RUDN ecologist has for the first time assessed the natural potential of the world's forests to retain carbon. The results can be called hopeful - those regions where forests can still be restored have great potential and will help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases.



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