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Released: 19-Dec-2018 9:05 AM EST
Diabetes drug could be used to treat common heart failure syndrome, study suggests
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, might also be used to treat heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition that is predicted to affect over 8% of people ages 65 or older by the year 2020. The study, which was published December 19 in the Journal of General Physiology, shows that metformin relaxes a key heart muscle protein called titin, allowing the heart to properly fill with blood before pumping it around the body.

Released: 19-Dec-2018 9:00 AM EST
Theory Paper Offers Alternate Explanation for Particle Patterns
Brookhaven National Laboratory

A group of physicists analyzing the patterns of particles emerging from collisions of small projectiles with large nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) say these patterns are triggered by quantum mechanical interactions among gluons, the glue-like particles that hold together the building blocks of the projectiles and nuclei.

Released: 19-Dec-2018 6:05 AM EST
Marmoset monkeys expect the melody’s closing tone
University of Vienna

In speech and music, words and notes depend on each other. Humans are highly sensitive to such dependencies, but the evolutionary origins of this capacity are poorly understood. Cognitive biologists at the University of Vienna conducted playback experiments with common marmoset monkeys and found that sensitivity to dependencies might have been present in the shared ancestor of marmosets and humans.

   
Released: 18-Dec-2018 5:05 PM EST
Study Shows NPs Play Vital Role in Oral Health Care and Disparities
Stony Brook University

A national survey of nurse practitioner (NP) training program educators reveals that a large majority of responders believe graduates’ level of oral health training and competence is at a high level, and therefore NPs are vital and integral to oral health care practices.

Released: 18-Dec-2018 4:45 PM EST
The “Hairy Canary” in the Coal Mine
Wildlife Conservation Society

A new study by WCS, El Colegio de Frontera Sur, Washington State University and other key regional partners has found that the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), one of the last large herding mammals of the Americas, has been eliminated from 87 percent of its historical range in Mesoamerica.

12-Dec-2018 3:05 PM EST
Scientists Develop Method to Visualize a Genetic Mutation
New York University

A team of scientists has developed a method that yields, for the first time, visualization of a gene amplifications and deletions known as copy number variants in single cells. Significantly, the breakthrough allows early detection of rare genetic events providing high resolution analysis of the tempo of evolution.

   
Released: 17-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
How to Diminish Collusion in Public Procurement Auctions? Impose a Price Floor, Economists Argue in New Paper
New York University

A pair of economists suggest a new way to alleviate the problem of collusion the public procurement process: establish price floors for the contracted work—i.e., a minimum price below which bids are disqualified.

Released: 17-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
Mount Sinai Recruits Internationally Recognized Ophthalmologists to Expand Leadership
Mount Sinai Health System

New appointments will enhance pediatric care, research, and education

13-Dec-2018 8:05 AM EST
Neurons with Good Housekeeping Are Protected from Alzheimer’s
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

A new study finds that some brain cells protect themselves from Alzheimer’s with a cellular cleaning system that sweeps away toxic proteins associated with the disease.

13-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
Tuning Arousal to Boost Information Transmission in the Brain
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

A new study from biomedical engineer Qi Wang, who is developing innovative ways of selectively activating neural circuitry to enhance perception and cognition, demonstrates a major advance in understanding how the locus coeruleus (LC) modulates information processing in the thalamus. Wang found that activating the LC improves the transmission of information about different features of sensory stimuli from the thalamus to the cerebral cortex, and subsequently perceptual performance in perceptual tasks.

Released: 14-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
Microsoft/National Geographic Grant Will Advance Penguin Colony Location Research
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University Associate Professor Heather J. Lynch is a recipient of a Microsoft/National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation Grant, devised to advance the uses of artificial intelligence in scientific exploration and research on critical environmental challenges.

Released: 14-Dec-2018 8:05 AM EST
Accelerated Computing Hackathon Returns for Second Year
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Brookhaven Lab's Computational Science Initiative hosted its second hackathon on graphics processing units for accelerating scientific discovery.

Released: 13-Dec-2018 4:05 AM EST
For a longer battery life: Pushing lithium ion batteries to the next performance level
University of Vienna

Conventional lithium ion batteries, such as those widely used in smartphones and notebooks, have reached performance limits. Materials chemist Freddy Kleitz from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Vienna and international scientists have developed a new nanostructured anode material for lithium ion batteries, which extends the capacity and cycle life of the batteries.

Released: 12-Dec-2018 7:05 PM EST
Argentina Creates Two Massive Marine Parks
Wildlife Conservation Society

The Government of Argentina has created two massive offshore marine parks in the southwest Atlantic that will help protect the diverse marine life of the Patagonian Sea, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and a host of other partners who have worked for years to protect these biodiverse seascapes.

Released: 12-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST
Hematology Researcher and Dean of Medicine Elected NAI Fellow
Stony Brook University

Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, Senior Vice President of the Health Sciences and Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Released: 12-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
Hearing loss is a risk factor for premature death
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

A new study links hearing loss with an increased risk for mortality before the age of 75 due to cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that mortality among those with hearing loss is elevated, particularly among men and women younger than age 75 and those who are divorced or separated.

12-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
DNA “Webs” Aid Ovarian Cancer Metastasis, Study Reveals
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that ovarian cancer cells spread, or metastasize, to new tissue after being caught in DNA "webs" extruded by immune cells. The study, which will be published December 19 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, reveals that preventing immune cells from forming these webs reduces metastasis in mice, suggesting that similar treatments could be used to limit the spread of ovarian cancer in humans.

Released: 11-Dec-2018 5:05 PM EST
The Weizmann Institute of Science Establishes the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science

The new Sherman Institute will advance basic research on novel therapies for a range of disorders, including autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and infectious diseases, as well as cancer.

Released: 11-Dec-2018 4:05 PM EST
Discovery of New Neural Mechanism Underlying Anxiety Points to Possible Treatments
Weizmann Institute of Science

Controlling the mechanism, found by the lab of Weizmann Institute scientist Prof. Mike Fainzilber, may lead to better therapies for anxiety

   
Released: 11-Dec-2018 4:05 PM EST
New Technology for Profiling Myeloma Cells
Weizmann Institute of Science

Weizmann Institute scientists Profs. Ido Amit and Amos Tanay, working with hemato-oncologists, have created a new way to profile myeloma tumor cells. The machine-learning-based technique will allow earlier and better diagnosis of the cancer, including in terms of relapse, and improve treatment.

   
Released: 11-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
Biophysicist F. William Studier Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Brookhaven National Laboratory

F. William Studier, a Senior Biophysicist Emeritus at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry at Stony Brook University, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is among 148 renowned academic inventors being recognized by NAI for 2018.

Released: 11-Dec-2018 10:00 AM EST
NUS SINAPSE Director Professor Dean Ho elected as Fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Professor Dean Ho, Director of the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology at the National University of Singapore, has been elected as a Fellow of the United States National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional accolade for academic inventors.

   
Released: 10-Dec-2018 4:00 PM EST
Mount Sinai Opens New State-of-the Art Express Care Center
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System today opened a new, full-service center called Mount Sinai Express Care that offers immediate care for minor injuries and illnesses.

4-Dec-2018 7:05 AM EST
New Study Finds Bias against Women & Girls When Intellectual Ability is Sought
New York University

A new study finds bias against both women and girls for jobs or activities requiring intellectual ability. The research underscores the pervasiveness of gender bias, held even among females, in both adults and young children.

Released: 10-Dec-2018 1:30 PM EST
Health Experts Call on EPA to Reverse Decision to Eliminate Pollutant-Specific Panels
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

In a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler members of the scientific community expressed concern about the agency’s decision to dissolve pollutant-specific advisory panels, including one charged with setting the National Ambient Air Quality Standard or NAAQS for airborne particulate matter or PM.

Released: 10-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts without Knowing It
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

A new study from Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Irving Medical Center shows that avoidant grievers unconsciously monitor and block the contents of their mind-wandering, a discovery that could lead to more effective psychiatric treatment for bereaved people. The researchers, who studied 29 bereaved subjects, are the first to show how this unconscious thought suppression occurs.

Released: 10-Dec-2018 11:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers: 20-Year Study Reveals Pseudopolyps Do Not Predict Neoplasia in IBD patients
Mount Sinai Health System

In a study published today in Gastroenterology, a team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and elsewhere finds that there is no association between post-inflammatory polyps (PIPs), also known as pseudopolyps, and advanced colorectal neoplasia (CRN) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

7-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
Compelling Evidence for Small Drops of Perfect Fluid
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Nuclear physicists analyzing data from the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have published additional evidence that collisions of miniscule projectiles with gold nuclei create tiny specks of the perfect fluid that filled the early universe.

10-Dec-2018 11:00 AM EST
Small but Versatile
University of Vienna

The ammonia oxidizing archaea, or Thaumarchaeota, are amongst the most abundant marine microorganisms. Yet, we are still discovering which factors allow them to thrive in the ocean: A new publication reveals that marine Thaumarchaeota have a broader metabolism than previously thought.

Released: 7-Dec-2018 2:00 PM EST
Low Oxygen and pH Levels in Estuaries Causing More Death to Larval Blue Crabs
Stony Brook University

Inhabiting a vast network of estuaries along the Atlantic coast, blue crabs are ecologically important and represent one of the valuable and prized fisheries in the United States. Blue crabs spawn in estuaries at a time of year when water-quality issues such as low dissolved oxygen (hypoxia) and low pH (acidification) can be the most persistent and severe. A group from the lab of Christopher Gobler, a professor in the School of Marine Science (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, investigated the effects of these individual and combined stressors on early life stages of the blue crab. Their study, recently published in PLoS One, provides evidence that larval blue crabs experience increased mortality when exposed to low oxygen and/or low pH conditions at levels routinely found in degraded estuaries.

Released: 7-Dec-2018 8:05 AM EST
Damning Evidence of Dam’s Impacts on Rainforest Birds
Wildlife Conservation Society

A study by an international team of conservation scientists found that a dam built in Thailand 31 years ago has caused the local bird population to collapse.

Released: 7-Dec-2018 8:00 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researcher Receives $2.5 Million to Fight Neurodegenerative Disorders, Including ALS, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Mount Sinai Health System

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Funding Brings Together Interdisciplinary Experts to Accelerate Understanding

7-Dec-2018 7:30 AM EST
Solar Base Station Gets Upgrade
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The improvements will facilitate solar energy research conducted by scientists from Brookhaven Lab and outside institutions.

4-Dec-2018 4:00 PM EST
Vitamin C May Reduce Harm to Infants’ Lungs Caused by Smoking During Pregnancy;
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Vitamin C may reduce the harm done to lungs in infants born to mothers who smoke during their pregnancy, according to a randomized, controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

3-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
Study Among First to Describe Work Environments for Nurses in Mexico
New York University

A study of nurses in Mexico identifies both positive and problematic areas of their work environments, with age, experience, and education level influencing nurses’ perceptions of their workplaces.

Released: 6-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
Expert: “Literature’s not dead; VR to Inspire Next Generation of Storytellers”
NYIT

What does virtual reality (VR) have in common with Shakespeare and Hemingway?

5-Dec-2018 10:00 AM EST
Scientists Enter Unexplored Territory in Superconductivity Search
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists mapping out the quantum characteristics of superconductors--materials that conduct electricity with no energy loss--have entered a new regime. Using newly connected tools named OASIS at Brookhaven Lab, they've uncovered previously inaccessible details of the "phase diagram" of one of the most commonly studied "high-temperature" superconductors.

Released: 5-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
Reflecting Antiferromagnetic Arrangements
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists have demonstrated an x-ray imaging technique that could enable the development of smaller, faster, and more robust electronics that exploit electron spin.

Released: 4-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
Navigation System in Rodents Akin to Ancient, Open Ocean Direction-Finding, Neuroscientists Find
New York University

The navigation system used by rodents is similar to that used by Pacific Islanders in finding their way through the open ocean without a compass, a team of neuroscientists has found.

Released: 4-Dec-2018 12:55 PM EST
Natural selection in the womb can explain health problems in adulthood
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Conditions encountered in the womb - when the embryo consists of only about 100 cells - can have life-long impact on health. Scientists previously assumed that this is because embryos respond to adverse conditions by programming their gene expression. Now an international team of researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center, Wageningen University and Research, Lund University, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York propose a radically different alternative. Rather than being programmed by the environment, random differences in gene expression may provide some embryos with a survival advantage, in particular when conditions are harsh. By studying DNA methylation, an important mechanism to control gene activity, the researchers found that a specific part of the DNA methylation pattern was missing among famine-exposed individuals. The findings are published in the journal Cell Reports.

4-Dec-2018 11:00 AM EST
South Nassau Officially Becomes Long Island Flagship Hospital of the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System

Move to Provide Broader Access to Advanced Care and Innovative Clinical Trials to Better Serve South Shore and Long Island

   
27-Nov-2018 2:40 PM EST
Combination Immunotherapy Shows High Activity Against Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma
NYU Langone Health

A new combination of three drugs that harness the body’s immune system is safe and effective, destroying most cancer cells in 95 percent of patients with recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma, according to the results of an early-phase study.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 12:40 PM EST
Combination of Space-Based and Ground-Based Telescopes Reveals More Than 100 Exoplanets
National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)

An international team of astronomers using a combination of ground and space based telescopes have reported more than 100 extrasolar planets (here after, exoplanets) in only three months. These planets are quite diverse and expected to play a large role in developing the research field of exoplanets and life in the Universe.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 11:00 AM EST
Borophene Advances as 2-D Materials Platform
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physicists synthesized 2-D atom-thin sheets of boron with large crystal domains, which are needed to make next-gen electronics.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
New Study Reveals Gut Microbes May Help Protect People Having a Bone Marrow Transplant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) reported results from a new study that looks at the likelihood of complications for people undergoing bone marrow transplants (BMTs). The observational study found that people with lower gut microbiota diversity before having a transplant appear to be at higher risk for developing complications. These findings further support evidence that the connection between microbiota and outcomes starts before people begin the transplantation process. These findings were presented as part of the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) press program.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 10:05 AM EST
Four NYU Students Selected as Schwarzman Scholars for Study in China
New York University

Four New York University students have been selected as 2020 Schwarzman Scholars, an honor that will support master’s degree study at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 8:30 AM EST
Mount Sinai’s Mitral Valve Repair Center Website Honored With Top Marketing Awards
Mount Sinai Health System

For the 10th year in a row, Mount Sinai Health System’s Mitral Valve Repair Center received honors at the Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards, announced at the 2018 Healthcare Internet Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona

   
27-Nov-2018 2:45 PM EST
Studies Suggest that Immunotherapy Adds Punch to Earlier Attempts to Treat Recurrent Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin Lymphoma
NYU Langone Health

New drugs that harness the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells appear to increase the effectiveness of later drug therapies for non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin lymphoma patients, new research suggests. This happens, scientists say, even for repeat drug therapies whose initial attempts failed to stop or reverse the disease.

Released: 30-Nov-2018 3:30 PM EST
Study Reveals Peace in Colombia Has an Unexpected Result – Deforestation
Stony Brook University

In a first-of-a-kind study published Nature Ecology & Evolution, scientists provide evidence that implementing the peace accords in Colombia coincided with a spike of fires and deforestation in protected areas.



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