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Newswise: Our Brains May Think Two Steps Ahead When Trying to Sway Others
Released: 3-Nov-2021 8:35 AM EDT
Our Brains May Think Two Steps Ahead When Trying to Sway Others
Mount Sinai Health System

Humans are able to think a few steps ahead in non-social situations, such as navigating a new hiking trail or planning a vacation. A Mount Sinai study now shows that we may also do this when interacting with other people.

Newswise: Unexpected Antibody Type Found in People with Malaria Infections
Released: 2-Nov-2021 3:55 PM EDT
Unexpected Antibody Type Found in People with Malaria Infections
University of Maryland School of Medicine

In a newly published study, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have detected antibodies primarily made in response to infections in the mucous membranes — in such areas as the lungs, intestines, or vagina — in study participants with malaria.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Department of Energy to Provide $10 Million for Climate and Earth System Modeling Research
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $10 million for new grants to universities, other academic institutions, non-profit organizations, for profit organizations, and other federal agencies within the area of Earth and environmental systems modeling research.

Newswise: NSF funds UCI project to boost STEM degree success for underrepresented students
Released: 2-Nov-2021 2:15 PM EDT
NSF funds UCI project to boost STEM degree success for underrepresented students
University of California, Irvine

The National Science Foundation has awarded almost $3 million over a five-year period to The Institute for Meaningful Engagement at the University of California, Irvine. This new education project will explore the environmental factors prompting underrepresented students to leave science, technology, engineering and math programs and investigate how faculty can foster better classroom cultures to retain them. A multidisciplinary leadership team will partner with the deans of UCI’s six STEM schools to accomplish this.

Newswise: UTEP Awarded $6.1 Million Grant for Cancer Research and Detection
Released: 2-Nov-2021 1:10 PM EDT
UTEP Awarded $6.1 Million Grant for Cancer Research and Detection
University of Texas at El Paso

he University of Texas at El Paso is leading new research into Hispanic cancer disparities and early cancer detection with $6.1 million in funding from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

Newswise: UTSW study finds potential strategy for fighting obesity
Released: 2-Nov-2021 12:20 PM EDT
UTSW study finds potential strategy for fighting obesity
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern scientists may have identified a method of safely mimicking the weight-loss benefits of a plant compound that – despite its harmful side effects – hold critical answers to developing therapies for obesity.

Newswise: Cornell College Professor embarks on research to explore Native American interpretations of the Bible
Released: 2-Nov-2021 11:55 AM EDT
Cornell College Professor embarks on research to explore Native American interpretations of the Bible
Cornell College

Cornell College Assistant Professor of Religion Chris Hoklotubbe (Choctaw) will spend portions of the next three years interviewing tribal leaders and writing about North American Indigenous interpretations of the Bible.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 11:10 AM EDT
COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Strong Response in Some With Weak Immunity
Cedars-Sinai

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)─whose treatment can weaken the immune system─produced a strong antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination. The study findings have been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill Scientists Identify New Antibody For COVID-19 and Variants
Duke Health

A research collaboration between scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified and tested an antibody that limits the severity of infections from a variety of coronaviruses, including those that cause COVID-19 as well as the original SARS illness.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EDT
UNH-led Atlantic Marine Energy Center Receives Nearly $10 Million From DOE
University of New Hampshire

The new Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC), led by the University of New Hampshire in partnership with several East Coast universities, has been awarded $9.7 million over four years from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The center will focus on research and development to address ongoing needs for sustainable renewable ocean energy. It will be one of only four National Marine Renewable Energy Centers (NMREC) in the country.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Mechanisms of addiction: Psychology professor receives NIH grant for brain research
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A five-year, $2.59 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow a psychology professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York to study the mechanisms of addiction.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department Receives State Health Grant to Address Health Equity for COVID Prevention
Hackensack Meridian Health

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center has received a $352,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Health to address Health Equity for COVID Prevention.

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.



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