Feature Channels: Ethics and Research Methods

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Jozef Madzo, Ph.D., recruited as an assistant professor and director of Bioinformatics, at The Wistar Institute.

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A new study has revealed a key homeodomain transcription factor, PbHB.G7.2, that plays a crucial role in ethylene biosynthesis during pear fruit ripening. By binding to the promoter of the ethylene biosynthetic gene PbACS1b, PbHB.G7.2 enhances ethylene production, significantly impacting the ripening process.

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UC San Diego researchers have discovered another factor that affects the composition of the gut microbiome: time of day.

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A team of researchers from Ochsner Health recently published an insightful article in the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology exploring the application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of nasal endoscopy.

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Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for the scalable synthesis of withanolides.

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Fred Hutch Cancer Center has launched (PS2@FH), a new summer research program that trains middle school and high school teachers in Fred Hutch labs to expand hands-on learning experiences they can take back to the classroom.

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University and community guests recently gathered to celebrate the 7,700 square-foot Good Manufacturing Practice facility’s grand opening in Hewitt Hall’s basement on the UC Irvine campus. Although the highly sterile environment remains off-limits for tours, the gala highlighted its importance to the campus, the UC system and the local community.

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JMIR Publications is pleased to announce the outstanding performance of its scholarly journals in the 2024 release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate

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Digital Science today announces an exciting new tranche of data that throws light on how and why research cuts through to society at large – in the shape of the Altmetric 500.

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JMIR Publications is thrilled to announce an outstanding performance in the recently released Scopus CiteScore rankings. In all, 23 of its journals received a CiteScore this year, a testament to the high-quality research published across our diverse portfolio.

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A new publication titled “Protection of Participants in Community-Engaged Research by Institutional Review Boards: A Call for Action,” co-authored by Liliane Windsor, PhD, MSW, and Kevin Tan, PhD, MSW, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work, highlights critical shortcomings in the current Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes that hinder community-engaged research (CEnR).

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Deep brain stimulation procedures use electrical pulses to disrupt tiny portions of the brain and halt epileptic seizures or disease-related tremor. The therapy is invaluable, but the basic technology has not advanced in decades.

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The Gevena Convention protects people who have fallen victim to armed conflict, but militaries around the world use thousands of animals in combat, support, and ceremonial roles. Who looks out for them?

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Dr. John Anderson, W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology and Natural History at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor, ME, has been selected as the 2024 Council on Undergraduate Research – Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee.

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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation professor and chair Dr. Paul F. Pasquina has been named Researcher of the Year by The Geneva Foundation.

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The Faculty of Education at Chulalongkorn University, Division of Educational System Management Leadership, in collaboration with Teachers College, Columbia University, cordially invites you to the 3rd International Conference on Educational System Management Leadership (ICESML 2024). The theme of this year’s conference is “Education System Redesign for Creating a Better World for All.” The event will take place on May 31, 2024, 9:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. (GMT+7) via an online platform.

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Dive into the world of advanced research and intellectual exchange as Professor Haroche shares his inspiring journey and groundbreaking contributions in the field of quantum physics and optics. From his early fascination with physics to his pioneering work in "Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics," Professor Haroche's expertise has paved the way for exciting possibilities in quantum information science.

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Many scientists study the proteins in our cells in order to fight diseases like cancer, but Cornell College Assistant Biochemistry Professor Collin O’Leary and a team of researchers are turning their focus to the structure of RNA.

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The framework has the potential to improve one of the basic facets of how science is done and shift researchers’ and clinicians’ perspectives from statistical significance to biological relevance.

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Dr. James T. LaPlant, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA), has been elected to serve as president of the Council on Undergraduate Research for the membership year 2025-2026.

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Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future.

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Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to share the news that University College London (UCL) has launched a new public profiles system, UCL Profiles, powered by Symplectic Elements.

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A new field of forensics is being proposed by research integrity experts to recognize their investigations into unscrupulous research behavior and misuse of scholarship: Forensic Scientometrics.

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Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD, has been named senior vice president for drug discovery and chief research strategy officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In this new role, he will lead Dana-Farber's institutional research strategy with an initial focus on therapeutic discovery work.

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Genetic testing has become a more common way to diagnose and manage many neurologic conditions including dementia, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy, but a new study has found not everyone may have the same level of access to these tests. Black people were half as likely as white people to be evaluated for genetic testing, according to a study published in the March 6, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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University Hospitals (UH) has received the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies® recognition by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. The health system has been recognized 12 times since 2012 and is one of only four honorees in the Healthcare Providers industry. This year, 136 honorees were recognized spanning 20 countries and 44 industries.

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The average researcher thinks they are better than their colleagues at following good research practice.

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Two University Hospitals physician-scientists will receive recognition for their profound contributions to advancing clinical research. UH is the only hospital system to have two honorees acknowledged this year by the Clinical Research Forum for the 10 most significant clinical advancements impacting the health and wellness of humanity.

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Saint Louis University’s Liz Chiarello, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology recently published an article in the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. The article explores pharmacists’ use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and the ethical and practical application of PDMPs in healthcare.

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Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.

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With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

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The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, has an exceptionally large number of these powerful instruments. They have more than 200 different instruments available for researchers to use for free. To get access to these tools, a researcher submits a proposal for time on the equipment. Other scientists review this and other proposals and choose the strongest ones.

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In recent years, clinical trial reports in major urology journals have been more likely to include data on harmful effects of treatments, reports a study in the January issue of The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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In a study evaluating the bias in OpenAI's CLIP, a model that pairs text and images and operates behind the scenes in the popular DALL-E image generator, University of Michigan researchers found that CLIP performs poorly on images that portray low-income and non-Western lifestyles.

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The latest articles on occupational medicine, workplace culture, and the labor market are in the "In the Workplace" channel on Newswise.

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Digital Science is pleased to announce that Louisiana State University Health Shreveport (LSUHS) has chosen Dimensions Analytics and Dimensions Research Security from Digital Science’s flagship products to advance its world-class research programs.

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The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.

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The by-product of financial advice, known as a Statement of Advice (SOA), serves as a written documentation of financial guidance provided to consumers. Its primary purpose is to ensure accountability for regulatory compliance and consumer protection, as outlined in the Corporations Act (2001) of Australia. However, due to the intricate nature of mandatory disclosure requirements, SOA documents tend to be extensive and pose challenges in both their creation and comprehension by consumers. Indeed, recent studies have indicated a decline in the recording of consumer relationships within the Australian financial practice.

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RUDN University psychologists have developed a questionnaire to determine how students feel about digital educational technologies. It is one of the first such scales in Russia.

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The dependence between biomechanical properties of extracellular matrix and the development of tumor cells inside it was proven by scientists. This will allow to create more realistic models for studying growth of cancer tumors and metastases.

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Congratulations to a #UWF graduate team for placing first and an undergraduate team for placing second at the HR Conference Student Case Competition that was held during the annual HR Florida Leadership Conference in Orlando.

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The Financial Times and Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan are partnering on a new monthly poll to track how American voters perceive financial and economic issues in the lead up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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Cornell Tech has announced a total of more than $10 million in gifts and grants from the Simons Foundation and the National Science Foundation, respectively, to support arXiv, a free distribution service and open-access archive for scholarly articles.