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Released: 1-Nov-2021 4:50 PM EDT
DOE grants will help advance AI techniques to address data challenges
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne scientists have received two high-profile grants from the U.S. Department of Energy that will help scientists at the U.S. National Laboratories take advantage of the latest developments in machine learning technology.

Released: 1-Nov-2021 4:10 PM EDT
Cellular Quality-Control System Identified as a Culprit in Coronavirus Infection
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The unfolded protein response plays a key role in how Middle East Respiratory Syndrome damages the lungs. MERS is much less common but much lethal than COVID-19, which is also caused by a coronavirus.

   
Released: 1-Nov-2021 3:20 PM EDT
Tulane researcher gets NSF grant to teach algorithms to be fair
Tulane University

Tulane researcher Nick Mattei is part of a new NSF study to design more equitable algorithm recommender systems.

Released: 1-Nov-2021 2:00 PM EDT
In Covid-19 Vaccinated People, Those with Prior Infection Likely to Have More Antibodies
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In what is believed to be one of the largest studies of its kind, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2 (the COVID-19 virus) stay more durable — that is, remain higher over an extended period of time — in people who were infected by the virus and then received protection from two doses of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine compared with those who only got immunized.

Newswise: “Tobacco-Free Nicotine” Claims Could Lead Non-Smokers to Try E-Cigarettes
Released: 1-Nov-2021 1:05 PM EDT
“Tobacco-Free Nicotine” Claims Could Lead Non-Smokers to Try E-Cigarettes
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Young adults who do not use tobacco products report higher intentions of using Puff Bar, a leading e-cigarette brand that has a “tobacco-free nicotine” claim, than products with the regular claim of containing nicotine, according to a Rutgers study.

Released: 1-Nov-2021 11:20 AM EDT
With awards totaling $446M, UIC sets record for annual research funding 
University of Illinois Chicago

The University of Illinois Chicago received $446 million in sponsored funding during the 2021 fiscal year, setting a record for research awards.  The total amount represents an 8.6% increase over fiscal year 2020, with funding supporting over 3,500 research projects that move research to practical application.

Released: 29-Oct-2021 1:45 PM EDT
DOE to Provide $6 Million for U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research in High Energy Physics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $6 million for collaborative research in high energy physics that involves substantial collaboration with Japanese investigators.

Released: 29-Oct-2021 1:35 PM EDT
You Might Not Know What You’re Saying
State University of New York at Geneseo

SUNY Geneseo's Jason Ozubko is the first author on a recent paper that looks at a type of memory glitch called a “recognition failure.” It’s when you can come up with a word—like the name of a restaurant you’re struggling to remember—without being sure that the name you just blurted out is the correct name.

27-Oct-2021 1:00 PM EDT
High Availability of Fast-Food Restaurants Across All U.S. Neighborhood Types Linked to Higher Rates of Type 2 Diabetes, New Study Finds
NYU Langone Health

A new nationwide study led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine published online today in JAMA Network Open suggests that living in neighborhoods with higher availability of fast-food outlets across all regions of the United States is associated with higher subsequent risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Newswise: UTSW scientists eliminate key Alzheimer’s feature in animal model
Released: 29-Oct-2021 8:05 AM EDT
UTSW scientists eliminate key Alzheimer’s feature in animal model
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A study by UT Southwestern researchers finds that changing the biochemistry of parts of brain cells abolished the formation of amyloid beta plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The finding, published in eLife, might eventually lead to treatments that prevent the memory-robbing condition in humans.

Newswise: Magnus Medical Launches with Breakthrough Device Designation for Rapid, Individualized Treatment of Major Depression and $25M in Series A Financing
Released: 29-Oct-2021 6:05 AM EDT
Magnus Medical Launches with Breakthrough Device Designation for Rapid, Individualized Treatment of Major Depression and $25M in Series A Financing
Magnus Medical

Magnus Medical, Inc., a medical device company, today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its individualized, rapid-acting, non-invasive neurostimulation technology designed to treat major depressive disorder (MDD) in people who have not improved sufficiently from antidepressant medication or other treatments.

   
Released: 29-Oct-2021 4:10 AM EDT
U of U Health leads national studies of “long COVID” in adults and during pregnancy
University of Utah Health

University of Utah Health scientists are on the leading edge of a pair of large studies investigating the long-term effects of COVID-19. The nationwide studies, supported by the National Institutes of Health, will attempt to answer key questions about the lingering effects of the viral disorder on pregnant individuals and their infants, as well as why some people develop post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), including “long COVID,” and others don’t.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 5:25 PM EDT
A ‘Dented’ Internal Clock Provides Insight Into Shift Workers’ Weight Gain and Diabetes
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Weight gain and high blood sugar caused by a damaged internal clock was corrected by researchers, who changed the length of the “day” in mice

Newswise: U.S. Small Business Administration Awards ASBTDC $2.5 Million Grant for Community Navigator Pilot Program
Released: 28-Oct-2021 4:15 PM EDT
U.S. Small Business Administration Awards ASBTDC $2.5 Million Grant for Community Navigator Pilot Program
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $2.5 million grant to engage in targeted outreach to small businesses in underserved communities. The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded the competitive funding under the Community Navigator Pilot Program administered by the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Personalized medicine research focuses on Hispanics with diabetes in South Texas
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A team of researchers studying genetic data to identify hormone responses in a population of Mexican Americans with prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity recently received a $3.5 million grant to fund a five-year study set to begin in late 2021.

Released: 28-Oct-2021 9:55 AM EDT
Area nonprofits receive $150,000 in grants from UT-Battelle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

“The success of our community is a vital part of the lab’s mission,” said Alan Icenhour, deputy laboratory director for operations at ORNL. “We’re proud to support organizations that positively impact many lives in East Tennessee.”

Newswise: UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
Released: 27-Oct-2021 2:50 PM EDT
UC San Diego-Led Team Receives $9M to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
UC San Diego Health

A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego’s discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson’s symptoms.

Newswise: Albert Einstein Cancer Center Researcher Receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award to Study Two Deadly Blood Diseases
Released: 27-Oct-2021 1:40 PM EDT
Albert Einstein Cancer Center Researcher Receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award to Study Two Deadly Blood Diseases
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ulrich G. Steidl, M.D., Ph.D., co-director of the Blood Cancer Institute and associate director of basic science at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center (AECC), has received a prestigious Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Released: 27-Oct-2021 12:30 PM EDT
Wayne State receives $3.1 million grant to seek alternative sources of rare earth elements
Wayne State University Division of Research

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Wayne State University have been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC program to seek alternative sources of rare earth elements critical to advanced military and consumer technologies.

Newswise: UA Little Rock Postdoctoral Researcher Receives $40K Grant to Create Predictive Modeling of Refugee Numbers
Released: 27-Oct-2021 11:45 AM EDT
UA Little Rock Postdoctoral Researcher Receives $40K Grant to Create Predictive Modeling of Refugee Numbers
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission, using flow-through funding from the National Science Foundation, has awarded a postdoctoral research fellow at UA Little Rock a grant worth more than $40,000 to create a machine learning model to predict refugee counts in the United States.



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