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Released: 31-May-2024 4:45 PM EDT
Quantum-themed LabEscape escape room a hit at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
Argonne National Laboratory

The science-themed escape room LabEscape, created by UIUC’s Paul Kwiat and supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center, gives fans at Chicago’s C2E2 expo a chance to experience the joy of science. They responded: LabEscape was nearly booked by opening day.

Newswise: Sigrid Elschot: Then and Now / 2013 Early Career Award Winner
Released: 31-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Sigrid Elschot: Then and Now / 2013 Early Career Award Winner
Department of Energy, Office of Science

With her Early Career Research Award, Stanford University associate professor Sigrid Elschot studied the effects of fast-moving, microgram-sized particles that collide with spacecraft. These particles vaporize, ionize, and produce a plasma that radiates electromagnetic energy.

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Released: 31-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL hosts first Innovation Days
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Momentum for manufacturing innovation in the United States got a boost during the inaugural MDF Innovation Days, held recently at the U.S. Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Newswise: Reyna Gordon appointed to VICTR leadership role
Released: 30-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Reyna Gordon appointed to VICTR leadership role
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Reyna Gordon, PhD, associate professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, has been appointed director of the VICTR KL2 Program and director of Postdoctoral Training for Edge for Scholars (EFS) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Released: 30-May-2024 1:10 PM EDT
Argonne engineers develop one-of-a-kind instruments and facilities for scientific discovery
Argonne National Laboratory

A group of engineers at Argonne National Laboratory is uniquely equipped to design, model and install experimental systems that enable pioneering scientific research.

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Released: 30-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Explore, Serve and Learn: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Students Work with Newark Community to Improve Health Care in City
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

For over a half-century, medical students at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School have been helping the citizens of Newark improve their health and quality of life. Recently, the medical school opened its doors to the community it serves for an exchange of ideas to take this service to the next level.

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Released: 30-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Aurora supercomputer heralds a new era of scientific innovation
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne’s Aurora supercomputer represents a leap forward in scientific research. Offering unprecedented speed and power, advanced hardware, and AI capabilities, Aurora ushers in a new era of supercomputing to revolutionize the way scientists conduct research and achieve breakthroughs.

Released: 30-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
How to Balance Profit and Responsible Real Estate Development
Tufts University

Finding the balance between maximizing profit and promoting civic development is critical for successful growth in cities, says Justin Hollander, a professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University

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Released: 30-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
As a busy hurricane season looms, new forecast model in the eye
University of Miami

A record 17 to 25 named storms have been predicted for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, with 8 to 13 of them becoming hurricanes. A new forecast model jointly created by researchers at NOAA and the University of Miami will provide better diversity of prediction tools.

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Released: 30-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Men’s Health Month: A ‘Life-Changing’ New Treatment for Enlarged Prostate
Cedars-Sinai

The choices that Bruce Gold faced last December to resolve debilitating symptoms from a severely enlarged prostate were to keep using a catheter or have an invasive surgery with unreliable results and a high risk of complications and lingering side effects.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn University Hosts Forum on “Inclusive Society”
Released: 30-May-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn University Hosts Forum on “Inclusive Society”
Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and academic partners, organized the Inclusive Society Platform Network Meeting titled Roundtable: What is inclusive society platform? “The Unheard Voices” and an exhibition of research on inclusive society.

Newswise: Explore Historicovator’s Innovative Learning Media to Take a Virtual Tour of Ancient Thai Communities Developed by Chula Education Lecturer
Released: 30-May-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Explore Historicovator’s Innovative Learning Media to Take a Virtual Tour of Ancient Thai Communities Developed by Chula Education Lecturer
Chulalongkorn University

History is fun with Historicovator, an innovative metaverse media for learning the past at your own pace, by a Chula Education Lecturer that won several awards at the iCAN 2023 Innovation Contest in Canada.

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Released: 29-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
The new age of AI is dawning in science and medicine at UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In 2021, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center used artificial intelligence and deep machine learning to analyze 1.7 million raw images of patient-derived tumor samples, pinpointing a key distinction between skin cancer cells with high and low potential to metastasize – a discovery that could ultimately mean the difference between life or death for patients.

Released: 29-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
الجهاز الشرياني المحيطي معرض لخطر الإصابة بالأمراض بسبب السيرة المرضية ونمط الحياة
Mayo Clinic

معظم الأشخاص على دراية بالنوبات القلبية التي تحدث بسبب انسداد الشريان التاجي. ولكن الجسم لديه نوعان من الأجهزة الشريانية: الجهاز الشرياني التاجي، المرتبط بالقلب، والجهاز الشرياني المحيطي، والذي يتضمن الشرايين التي تحمل الدم المؤكسج إلى الذراعين، والساقين، والدماغ، وسائر الجسم.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: The dangers of cerebral aneurysms
Released: 29-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: The dangers of cerebral aneurysms
Penn State Health

You might never know they’re there. But brain aneurysms can turn into ticking time bombs medical science is still attempting to understand. A Penn State Health expert discusses the unsure world of cerebral aneurysms.

Newswise: Two Argonne researchers elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Released: 29-May-2024 9:45 AM EDT
Two Argonne researchers elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Argonne National Laboratory

Physicist David DeMille and chemist Mercouri Kanatzidis were elected to the National Academy of Sciences for their outstanding scientific achievements.

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Released: 29-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
10 years of sustained growth
University of Miami

During its decade-long existence, Rosenstiel School’s 75-foot-long hurricane simulator has helped usher in a wave of international scientists and cutting-edge projects—from hybrid coral reefs to ocean-tracking devices.

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Released: 28-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Sistema arterial periférico corre o risco de desenvolvimento de doença devido a histórico familiar e estilo de vida
Mayo Clinic

A maioria das pessoas já ouviu falar de ataques cardíacos que ocorrem por conta do bloqueio de uma artéria coronária. Contudo, o corpo possui dois tipos de sistemas arteriais: o sistema da artéria coronária, ligado ao coração, e o sistema arterial periférico, que envolve as artérias que transportam sangue oxigenado para os braços, pernas, cérebro e o resto do corpo.

Newswise: Leadless dual-chamber pacemaker a leap forward for heart patients
Released: 28-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Leadless dual-chamber pacemaker a leap forward for heart patients
UT Southwestern Medical Center

In 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2023 approved the world’s first leadless dual-chamber pacemaker, a potential gamechanger for the nearly 80% of patients who require pacing of both the upper and lower chambers of the heart. UT Southwestern is one of just nine heart centers in Texas to offer this advanced technology, which implants two capsule-shaped devices smaller than AAA batteries directly inside the heart in a catheter-based procedure, with no large incisions and no lead wires.

Released: 28-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Sistema arterial periférico corre el riesgo de desarrollar una enfermedad debido a historia familiar y estilo de vida
Mayo Clinic

La mayoría de la gente ha oído hablar de ataques cardíacos que se producen debido al bloqueo de una arteria coronaria. Sin embargo, el cuerpo tiene dos tipos de sistemas arteriales: el sistema de la arteria coronaria, conectado al corazón, y el sistema arterial periférico, que involucra las arterias que transportan sangre oxigenada a los brazos, piernas, cerebro y el resto del cuerpo.

Released: 28-May-2024 10:30 AM EDT
Revolutionizing energy grid maintenance: How artificial intelligence is transforming the future
Argonne National Laboratory

In an effort to address America’s aging energy infrastructure, Argonne scientists are using the power of artificial intelligence to predict potential failures before they occur and strategically optimize repairs, paving the way for a more reliable and efficient electric grid.

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Released: 28-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Internet of Waste: SLU Researcher Tackles the Recycling Problem with GeoAI and Sensor-Powered Waste, Recycling Bins
Saint Louis University

Orhun Aydin, Ph.D., assistant professor in Earth and Atmospheric Science at SLU’s School for Science and Engineering, received a $149,791 planning grant from the National Science Foundation for a program to put sensors in garbage and recycling bins around the City of St. Louis.

Released: 28-May-2024 9:55 AM EDT
Shielding our heroes: Dermatologists deploy to provide free skin cancer checks to 425 NYC firefighters
American Academy of Dermatology

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), in conjunction with the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, will host a free Skin Cancer Check event for an estimated 425 New York City firefighters on Saturday, June 1 at the New York City Firefighter Training Facility on Randall’s Island. The inaugural event kicks off the Academy’s Firefighter Skin Cancer Checks Initiative, a nationwide effort designed to provide free skin cancer checks to 10,000 firefighters by 2026.

Released: 28-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Factor Bioscience Successfully Defends Three U.S. Patents Covering Foundational Methods for Therapeutic Gene Editing
Factor Bioscience

Factor Bioscience Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company pioneering mRNA-based cell engineering, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has terminated three separate ex parte reexaminations of three U.S. patents owned by Factor.

Newswise: Brave new virtual world fast becoming a reality in the mining sector
Released: 27-May-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Brave new virtual world fast becoming a reality in the mining sector
University of South Australia

A virtual and robotic revolution in Australia’s mining industry could spell the end of fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers within a decade, according to one of the country’s leading geologists and immersive technology experts.

Newswise: Tips to soak up the sun but not its damaging rays
Released: 24-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Tips to soak up the sun but not its damaging rays
UT Southwestern Medical Center

As the warm weather and summer vacations draw more people outdoors, a UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer specialist is reminding everyone to stay vigilant of potential sun damage. Skin cancer is mainly caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun. And while it is the most common of all cancers in the U.S., it is also one of the most avoidable forms of the disease.

Released: 24-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
What’s at Stake With the U.S. Supreme Court Case on Misinformation?
Harvard Medical School

Concerns over medical misinformation are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-simmering tensions over two fundamental concepts: Freedom of speech and the federal government’s responsibility to protect people from what it considers false and dangerous claims.

   
Released: 23-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Sunburn and Water Safety
Memorial Hermann Health System

Tips on how to avoid damaging sunburn and drowning this summer

Newswise: Princeton Plasma Innovation Center Heralds a New Era at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Released: 23-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Princeton Plasma Innovation Center Heralds a New Era at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC) will be the first new building at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in decades.

Newswise: Renowned Cognitive Neuroscientist Professor Ovid Jyh-Lang Tzeng Visits HKIAS at CityUHK
Released: 23-May-2024 6:00 AM EDT
Renowned Cognitive Neuroscientist Professor Ovid Jyh-Lang Tzeng Visits HKIAS at CityUHK
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is delighted to welcome our HKIAS Senior Fellow Professor Ovid Jyh-Lang Tzeng for an academic exchange from May 9 to May 14, 2024.

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Released: 22-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Fresh hope for chronic wounds
University of Delaware

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved two new wound management products that include patented hydrogels invented by University of Delaware researchers. The unique UD hydrogel materials self-assemble to form a 3D matrix compatible with living cells.

Released: 22-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Coastal ecosystems: cracking the code
University of California, Irvine

UC Irvine associate professor of ecology & evolutionary biology studies how warmer ocean water is affecting marine ecosystems, particularly the alarming reality that climate change often favors invasive species over native ones. Cascade Sorte has spent her career unraveling the mysteries of Earth’s changing oceans.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Trauma-informed care delves into root causes of health conditions
Released: 22-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
The Medical Minute: Trauma-informed care delves into root causes of health conditions
Penn State Health

A person’s experiences with trauma can have serious effects on their health later in life. A Penn State Health expert discusses how health care is paying more attention and how you can help.

Newswise:Video Embedded breakthrough-process-creates-next-generation-of-powered-wearable-fibers
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Released: 22-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Breakthrough Process Creates Next Generation of Powered Wearable Fibers
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have established new, scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers, making it theoretically possible for electrical energy to be harvested from, and stored in, the clothing people wear. These fibers could power high-performance wearable electronics that breathe, stretch and wash just like conventional textiles.

Newswise: Understanding the Line in the Sand
Released: 22-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Understanding the Line in the Sand
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA)

Speakers and members explored the idea of ecological thresholds and how the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) and its partners can support information-based responses to change during the GCOOS Spring Meeting earlier this month.

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Released: 22-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Ohio State survey finds half of Americans feel unprepared to help in a life-threatening emergency
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A new survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds many Americans are ill-prepared to help in emergency situations. The national poll of 1,005 people found only 51% of Americans feel they would be able to perform hands-only CPR in an emergency. When it comes to serious bleeding, 49% said they could step in to help.

Released: 22-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
New York Valves 2024 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and Science Announced
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) has announced New York Valves: The Structural Heart Summit will feature 12 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and Science presentations. New York Valves 2024, the expanded iteration of our renowned annual Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT®) conference, will take place June 5-7, 2024, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, North in New York City.

Newswise: Could corrosion actually be helpful? New 3D printing technique might turn oxidation into an advantage
Released: 22-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Could corrosion actually be helpful? New 3D printing technique might turn oxidation into an advantage
Binghamton University, State University of New York

New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York could revolutionize 3D printing and how engineers think about oxidation.

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Released: 22-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory in Chile, Paving the Way for Cosmic Exploration
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Another exciting milestone in the construction of Rubin Observatory has been achieved! On May 16th Rubin’s LSST Camera reached its forever home, the summit facility on Cerro Pachón.

Released: 21-May-2024 3:55 PM EDT
How to treat a sunburn
American Academy of Dermatology

Sunburns can be painful and damaging to your skin, while also increasing your risk of skin cancer, the most common cancer in the United States and one of the most preventable. A new survey by the American Academy of Dermatology shows that one in three Americans (36%) got a sunburn in 2023, a significant increase over the previous year.

Newswise: Vying for the Prize: CSU Student Competitions Recap
Released: 21-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Vying for the Prize: CSU Student Competitions Recap
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

The CSU closed out the school year with a series of student competitions.

Newswise: Navigating Smart Home Installation: What Homebuyers Need to Know
Released: 21-May-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Navigating Smart Home Installation: What Homebuyers Need to Know
CEDIA

With smart home technology rapidly infiltrating households nationwide, the dilemma of inherited smart tech presents both opportunities and challenges for homebuyers. CEDIA, the association for smart home professionals, is providing homebuyers with a few things to consider before signing on the dotted line.

Released: 21-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
ENDO 2024 press conferences to highlight male birth control, anti-obesity medications
Endocrine Society

Researchers will delve into emerging research in diabetes, obesity, reproductive health and other aspects of hormone health during the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2024 news conferences June 1-4.

Newswise: Very Grateful Patient Returns to NJ Hospital to Motivate Patients & Team Members During National Hospital Week
Released: 21-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Very Grateful Patient Returns to NJ Hospital to Motivate Patients & Team Members During National Hospital Week
Hackensack Meridian Health

Grateful Patient Returns to Hackensack University Medical Center to Motivate Patients & Team Members During National Hospital Week 2024

Released: 21-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Meeting preview: Hot topics at NUTRITION 2024
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Thousands of top nutrition experts will gather next month for a dynamic program of research announcements, policy discussions and award lectures at NUTRITION 2024, the annual flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition. Reporters and bloggers are invited to apply for a complimentary press pass to attend the meeting in Chicago from June 29–July 2.

Newswise: Neutrons open window to explore space glass
Released: 21-May-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Neutrons open window to explore space glass
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A global team of researchers set a new benchmark for future experiments making materials in space rather than for space. The team discovered that many kinds of glass, including ones that could be developed for next-generation optical devices, have similar atomic structure and arrangements and can successfully be made in space.

Newswise: Renewable aviation fuels prepare for take-off in Australia
Released: 21-May-2024 1:05 AM EDT
Renewable aviation fuels prepare for take-off in Australia
University of South Australia

Aviation experts from the University of South Australia (UniSA) will work with their Chinese counterparts over the next two years to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in both countries.

Newswise: Rutgers Partnership Is Paving a Path for Tomorrow’s Biomedical Researchers
Released: 20-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Partnership Is Paving a Path for Tomorrow’s Biomedical Researchers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers–Newark are helping biology students gain valuable hands-on laboratory experience



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