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A Chula researcher has been successful in adding value to agricultural waste generated by industrial factories by transforming cassava waste and sewage sludge into organic fertilizer to replace the use of chemical fertilizers. He has also come up with a special formula of microbial inoculum that increases nutrients needed by plants.

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Skin injuries caused by prolonged pressure often occur in people who are unable to change their position independently – such as sick newborns in hospitals or elderly people. Thanks to successful partnerships with industry and research, Empa scientists are now launching two smart solutions for pressure sores.

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In the astronomy field, the term “nearby” is quite relative. Neighboring galaxies to our home galaxy, the Milky Way, are a few million light-years away. In contrast, some of the most distant galaxies ever detected, closer to the Big Bang, are billions of light-years away.

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Typically there is a gap nationally in higher education between the percentages of students who arrive at college expressing a desire to study science, technology, engineering, and math fields and those who stick with them. Statistics show that the fall-off is even higher among Black and Hispanic students. Bates College in Maine set out to change that.

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An initiative by the Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership (IREP) is pioneering plant nurseries as a catalytic resource for food and economic security in Bangladesh, which is in turn supporting women entrepreneurs.

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Chinese e-commerce firm Temu sparked controversy in the United States with its Super Bowl ad titled “Spending like a billionaire,” which attracted a spate of criticism for reasons ranging from cultural insensitivity to general confusion.

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In honor of Certified Nurses Day March 19, critical care, progressive care and advanced practice nurses told AACN why they chose to be certified. More than 138,000 nurses currently hold credentials from AACN Certification Corporation.

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In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., a professor of bioengineering at Rice University who has been solving women’s health challenges globally for the past two decades.

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A pilot program led by Argonne and the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative uncovers a fun and creative way to make urban transportation more environmentally friendly.

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As an on-the-go mother of two equally on-the-go preschoolers, Yessenia Paez was accustomed to dealing with common parenting stress. But when 24/7 anxiety, heart palpitations, hand tremors and chronic headaches became the norm for the better part of a year, she knew something more was at play.

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Dr. Park Jong-ho's research team at the Clean Fuel Research Laboratory of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a key material & process technology that significantly reduces the cost of capturing carbon dioxide, which is essential for the production of blue hydrogen.

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A new field promises to usher in a new era of using machine learning and computer vision to tackle small and large-scale questions about the biology of organisms around the globe.

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In a new study from the University of Georgia, researchers found that the time high schoolers spend on so-called enrichment activities—including tutoring, sports, school clubs and even homework—is negatively affecting their mental health. The study also found that any additional enrichment activities are unlikely to benefit students academically. While the ideal number of study hours will vary student by student, researchers found that adding more enrichment activities is unlikely to benefit students. Many people think additional study time or tutoring will lead to better test scores and grades, but this research shows that students are already at their limit. Any more “enrichment” will have negative returns.

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NAPLAN can be tough, but it's going to be even harder for Muslim students this year as the National Assessment coincides with the beginning of Ramadan, say University of South Australia researchers.

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The Iowa Department of Transportation is supporting Iowa State engineers as they work to develop, test and prove the concept of a snowplow navigation system. The system is designed to help snowplow drivers maintain their position in a lane. A second phase of the project will help snowplow drivers avoid collisions with snow-covered cars or debris in the roadway.

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Experts from the Michigan Medicine Sleep Disorders Centers are available to talk about Daylight Saving Time and World Sleep Day.

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There’s no cure for endometriosis, but the good news is people living with it can do a lot for the pain. A Penn State Health expert talks about options for relief.

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When Jacob Whitt rolled through the drive-thru with friends one night in November 2022, he had no idea that the cheesy, saucy goodness he ordered would lead to a 38-day stay in the hospital.

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acey Cundiff knew she had to say something. Her five-year-old daughter had been sick for days, bouncing between visits to their family doctor and local emergency room — but no one had been able to provide a solid diagnosis. Lacey and her daughter, Anna Kerri, had been directed to UK HealthCare’s Makenna David Pediatric Emergency Center. For any mom, seeing her daughter in an emergency room bed late at night was both scary and intimidating, but the doctor leaning over Anna Kerri’s bed put Lacey at ease.

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Women’s History Month is a nationally recognized observance that commemorates the role of women throughout American History. Though its roots as a national celebration trace back to 1981, the presidential proclamation of every March as Women’s History Month officially began in 1995.

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Spring cleaning is a top priority for more Americans than ever, according to new consumer data released by the American Cleaning Institute (ACI). The survey found that 80% of Americans plan to spring clean this year, which is a more than a 10% increase from just 3 years ago.

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Space Telescope Live provides an interactive way to explore the most accurate, up-to-date, publicly available information on current, past, and upcoming observations by NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes.

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Sleep Medicine experts on the health impacts of Daylight Saving Time

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Explanation of clinical research for MS Awareness month

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Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center research findings and other news. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, contact our media team to set up interviews.

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An international team of scientists captures the first clear evidence in the field of Criegee intermediates, which help form aerosols in the atmosphere that impact air quality and human health.

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For kids in underserved communities, access to STEM experiences does not come as a given. Candice Halbert, YO-STEM founder and chemist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working to change this. Halbert devotes her time outside the lab to building STEM opportunities for youth in nearby communities. YO-STEM, or Youth Outreach in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, has served the local community for seven years, and this marks year three for its competitive co-ed robotics teams. Currently, YO-STEM robotics teams, Radium and Gr8ness, rank 16 and 17 out of 145 teams in Tennessee registered for the middle-school robotics competition hosted by VEX on March 8 and 9 in Hendersonville, Tenn. The two teams are also the only Knox County teams in the state’s top 20 for this robotics competition.

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In the mid-1990s, Dr. Edward (Ted) Reynolds, then president of ILAE, recognized that epilepsy required global solutions. His ideas blossomed into the Global Campaign Against Epilepsy and established partnerships between ILAE, the World Health Organization, and the International Bureau for Epilepsy.

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Learn more from surgeon experts about the rise of colorectal cancer in younger adults.

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UWF has joined the eighth cohort of NASPA’s Culture of Respect Collective. The two-year program guides colleges and universities that have committed to ending sexual violence through an evaluation and action-planning framework that will further bolster response and prevention initiatives on campus.

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PNNL scientists have been studying how rivers and streams breathe. Their research focuses on respiration, organic matter, and natural disturbances that affect rivers and streams.

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Rebecca O’Brien turned scribbles on a notepad into an award-winning, one-woman show—and she never saw it coming. The unanticipated work of art helped her uncover the seed of humor after a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis. Now, six years later, O’Brien—a survivor—wants to pay it forward.

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Early in Hertz Fellow Alex Siegenfeld’s PhD program, he found himself unmotivated by his research and knew something had to change. His turning point overlapped with the 2016 Hertz Summer Workshop, where he discussed his concerns with other fellows.

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Hertz Fellow Katelin Schutz thinks existing experimental data across many fields of physics and cosmology can be re-analyzed through a “dark matter lens.”

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In February 2024, the SLU/YouGov Poll asked 900 likely Missouri voters their preferences on Daylight Saving Time. The poll found that a vast majority of Missouri voters prefer a consistent time throughout the year.

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A streaming camera has gone live on the Great Horned Owl named Athena. She's nested for more than a dozen years at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Now, everyone can see her family grow.

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Discover BMB, the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will be held March 23–26 in San Antonio. Secure your front-row seat to cutting-edge findings, approaches and technologies in the biological sciences by registering for a complimentary press pass to attend in person or to access press materials electronically.

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The 2024 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting will take place March 8-12 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. The meeting will feature more than 300 educational sessions with more than 1,600 speakers discussing the latest research on skin, hair and nails.

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Pool Cool is a program designed to educate young people in The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s catchment area on sun safety behaviors.

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Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine's Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals is one of only five facilities worldwide and is certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care’s (ACVECC) Veterinary Committee on Trauma (VetCOT) as a Level I Vet Trauma Center.

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Research groups from Argonne National Laboratory receive 2023 Secretary of Energy Honor Awards, considered the highest form of recognition by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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A special session at the American Epilepsy Society meeting in December 2023 reviewed progress on the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) and discussed strategies for moving forward.

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The creation of Ochsner’s Health and Wellness Day in New Orleans East and its community outreach strategies are intentional, and data driven. The community health needs assessment, or CHNA, is an important way for Ochsner Health to better identify and meet the needs of communities.

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High in the sky over an Alaskan tundra, a small aircraft ran the same pattern over and over again. It swooped through clouds and flew down close to the ground. But there were no people experiencing the flight from inside the plane – it was an unmanned aerial system (UAS). UASs are aircraft that people can operate remotely from the ground. Building on years of testing, researchers working with the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Department of Energy Office of Science user facility are now gaining access to these helpful tools.

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El dolor y la rigidez en el hombro pueden dificultar todas las actividades y también el sueño. La agudización del dolor de hombro, especialmente de la noche, puede significar que tiene un hombro congelado, afirma el Dr. Christopher Camp, un cirujano ortopedista de Mayo Clinic.

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A dor e o enrijecimento nos ombros podem dificultar qualquer atividade, inclusive o sono. A piora das dores, especialmente à noite, pode significar que você tem a síndrome do ombro congelado, explica o Dr. Christopher Camp, cirurgião ortopédico na Mayo Clinic.

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Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. for both men and women, but from pregnancy risks to how their arteries function women face different challenges in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions.