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    Release date: 5-Nov-2024 6:05 PM EST
    Where Did Americans Find Information for the 2024 Election?
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to a survey by researchers at Rutgers and other universities.

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    Newswise: Artificial “mini-hearts” take flight to the International Space Station
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EST
    Artificial “mini-hearts” take flight to the International Space Station
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

    The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:55 PM EST
    Stephen Wolfram presents at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for the Hertz Foundation’s Empowering Excellence Event
    The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

    The Hertz Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) have jointly released a keynote talk, Where the Computational Paradigm Leads (in Physics, Tech, AI, Biology, Math, ...), by visionary mathematician Stephen Wolfram, delivered to members of the Hertz Foundation board of directors and invited guests at the Empowering Excellence: The Hertz Way event held October 18 at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:40 PM EST
    Program at Rutgers Supporting Veterans Facing Challenges Bolstered by $1 Million Grant
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    Face the Fight, a collaboration of organizations committed to reducing veteran suicide, has awarded the grant to Vets4Warriors, a program at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care that offers around-the-clock support to veterans.

    Newswise:Video Embedded giving-veterans-a-reason-to-smile
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    Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:10 PM EST
    Giving Veterans a Reason to Smile
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    The Vet Smiles Program at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine provides free dental care to veterans in Essex County, Nj

    Newswise: Rethinking Electric Bus Depots as ‘Profitable Energy Hubs’
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 4:00 PM EST
    Rethinking Electric Bus Depots as ‘Profitable Energy Hubs’
    University of Utah

    How do you electrify a populous city’s transit without destabilizing its grid? New research into Beijing’s 27,000-bus system explores using depots to generate a solar power.

    Newswise: For Layered 2D Materials, Robotics Produces Cleaner Interfaces Between Stacked Sheets
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:45 PM EST
    For Layered 2D Materials, Robotics Produces Cleaner Interfaces Between Stacked Sheets
    Department of Energy, Office of Science

    Layered assembly of 2D materials such as graphene have potential roles in the development of new electronic devices. Manufacturing these materials at a large scale while making them atomically clean is a major challenge. In this study, researchers used a special robotic system to assemble graphene heterostructures into large sheets with atomically clean interfaces.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST
    ADHA Objects to ADA Non-Hygienist Staffing Resolutions, Calls for Constructive Collaboration
    American Dental Hygienists' Association

    In an open letter to the healthcare community released today, American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA®) President Erin Haley-Hitz, RDH issued a strong objection to recently passed American Dental Association (ADA) resolutions that would eliminate faculty-to-student ratios in dental hygiene programs and allow unlicensed practitioners to perform dental hygiene services.

    Newswise: Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 2:10 PM EST
    Ancient Immune Defense System Plays an Unexpected Role in Cancer, MSK Researchers Find
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways — ways that have important implications for the development of cancer, researchers at MSK are discovering.

    Newswise: Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:55 PM EST
    Voters Rely on Personal Networks and News Media to Guide Them in 2024 Election Vote
    Rutgers University-New Brunswick

    How do people decide who gets their vote? Americans rely primarily on personal networks and news media for voting information, according to a new report from the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50).

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:40 PM EST
    SLU Study: Integrative Palliative Care Critical to Improve Mental Health Among Pancreatic Cancer Patients
    Saint Louis University

    For patients facing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a compassionate approach to care can be transformative. Yet, a new study published in Healthcare reveals that palliative care, a service focused on enhancing the quality of life for those with serious illnesses, remains significantly underutilized among pancreatic cancer patients in the United States.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 1:30 PM EST
    SLU Study: Black Patients with Heart Failure Less Likely to Receive Palliative Care
    Saint Louis University

    A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis. The study also highlighted significant racial and geographic disparities. Black people were 15% less likely to receive palliative care compared to their white counterparts.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:55 PM EST
    Chili Peppers Exhibit Antitumor Effect on Mesothelioma Cancer Cells
    Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

    Capsaicin, the compound in chili peppers which gives them their spicy taste, may become a source of new, natural drugs for the hard-to-treat Mesothelioma type of cancer.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
    Australian Courts Use “Body Language” to Judge Witness Credibility
    Universite de Montreal

    Professor Vincent Denault shows that legal decisions by Australian judges have used myths about “body language” to assess the credibility of witnesses.

       
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
    Expert Available: What Does Political Rhetoric Owe Democracy?
    George Washington University

    As one expert at the George Washington University reflects on the 2024 campaign season and the uncertainty that lays ahead, he explores the question: what does political rhetoric owe democracy? ...

    Newswise: How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread
    Released: 5-Nov-2024 11:30 AM EST
    How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread
    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they’ve escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to stop cancer recurrence, and one – MUC1 – is already in clinical trials.

    Released: 5-Nov-2024 11:25 AM EST
    Trend of Antibiotic Resistance in Alzheimer’s Needs Examining
    Alzheimer's Center at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine

    A review article entitled “Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Older Adults and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” is now published in the Journal Alzheimer’s Disease Reports.



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