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The project will offer career counseling, work-readiness skills training, and customized-training leading to a certificate in cybersecurity, cloud computing solutions, and computer-aided design and 3D printing. The project will assist individuals with disabilities nationwide to acquire certified skills needed for entry into high quality technology sectors and can serve as a model for similar initiatives.

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Sougata Roy and his DREAM-TEAM collaborators are studying 3D printing as an alternative way to process tungsten for use as shields and other components in nuclear reactors. The project is supported by a new, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Scientists at Case Western Reserve University hope to completely upend the process of refining these minerals, which are necessary in hundreds of high-tech applications, including cell phones, computer hard drives and medications.

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Los cambios precancerosos en las células del esófago, una condición conocida como esófago de Barrett, son un factor de riesgo para el cáncer de esófago. El esófago de Barrett es causado por la enfermedad por reflujo gastroesofágico (ERGE), que ocurre cuando el ácido del estómago regresa constantemente al esófago, irritando el revestimiento del esófago.

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As alterações pré-cancerosas nas células do esôfago, uma condição conhecida como esôfago de Barrett, são um fator de risco para o câncer de esôfago. O esôfago de Barrett é causado pela doença do refluxo gastroesofágico (DRGE), que ocorre quando o ácido do estômago retorna constantemente para o esôfago, irritando o revestimento do esôfago.

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A team of international scientists has taken a significant step towards making lunar exploration safer, proposing a distress monitoring and rescue system designed for the Moon's unique and challenging environment.

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Federal, state and university officials are inaugurating a research and demonstration project at Rutgers University-New Brunswick with the purpose of advancing a technology that could produce renewable energy while making farms more sustainable.

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A UCLA research team has created the Comorbid Operative Risk Evaluation (CORE) score to better account for the role chronic illness plays in patient's risk of mortality after operation, allowing surgeons to adjust to patients’ pre-existing conditions and more easily determine mortality risk.

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A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that neurointerventionalists, who often deliver lifesaving and disability-sparing treatments for emergency stroke cases, have essentially no financially viable access to payment recovery through the No Surprises Act (NSA) for professional mechanical thrombectomy (MT) out-of-network (OON) claims.

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The University of Chicago Medicine has earned a 2024 Rising Star recognition from Vizient Inc. for making significant improvements in its year-over-year rankings and scoring in the top 25 in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study.

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Plants widen microscopic pores on their leaves in response to heat. But scientists lacked an understanding of the mechanisms behind this “sweating” function. Now, biologists have unlocked the details behind these processes and identified two paths that plants use to handle rising temperatures.

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Mount Sinai Health System today announced that Mount Sinai BioDesign, the medical technology incubator of the Health System, has expanded its reach to become a key, effective partner for the broader MedTech community.

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Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center were awarded a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve follow-up care for colorectal cancer screening in underserved populations.

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The University of Chicago, Chicago State University, and the University of Illinois Chicago received a $4.8 million grant from the NIH BRAIN Initiative to build a faster microscope for mapping all the connections in the brain.

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Ivory Innovations concludes its annual 24-hour hackathon-style housing competition by awarding three winning teams representing geographies from across the U.S.

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Wolf is an orthopaedic hand surgeon with expertise in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of bone, nerve, tendon and ligament injuries caused by trauma or overuse.

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In 2022, NextOp and Ochsner joined forces to simplify military hiring in the healthcare sector, aiming to bridge the gap between military service and civilian healthcare careers. Ochsner Health and NextOp proudly announce a milestone achievement of successfully hiring more than 300 veterans.