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Newswise: Critical Materials Assessment Tags Potential Supply Chain Bottlenecks
Released: 27-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Critical Materials Assessment Tags Potential Supply Chain Bottlenecks
Argonne National Laboratory

Global production of LED lights, wind turbine generators, EV batteries and more require critical materials that are in high demand. A new report, led by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, assesses rare materials and their supply.

Released: 27-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF ranks in top five nationally for Military Friendly® Schools and Military Spouse Friendly® Schools
University of West Florida

UWF has been recognized with a 2024-2025 Top Ten Military Friendly School designation, ranking No. 5 in the large public category. The University was also designated as a Military Spouse Friendly® School in the large public school category.

Newswise: “I am able.” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference Organized by Chula Faculty of Education and People Go Network Forum
Released: 27-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
“I am able.” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference Organized by Chula Faculty of Education and People Go Network Forum
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with People Go Network Forum, organized the “I am able” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference from February 22 to 25, 2024, at Umpai Sucharitkul meeting room, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University.

Released: 26-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
MSU researchers create a new health equity evaluation tool for Genesee County and the city of Flint
Michigan State University

Community-based organizations, nonprofits, policymakers and local residents will benefit from the first Health Equity Report Card, or HERC, for Genesee County and the city of Flint.

Newswise: Media Registration for TCT 2024 Now Open
Released: 26-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Media Registration for TCT 2024 Now Open
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

Media registration is now open for TCT 2024 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

Newswise: UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places second in national competition
Released: 26-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places second in national competition
University of West Florida

Congratulations to the student-managed Argo Bond Fund for placing second among the nation’s student-managed bond funds at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education’s Global Portfolio Competition!

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Released: 26-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mckenna Grace: From Spine Surgery to the Red Carpet
Cedars-Sinai

Actress, singer and songwriter, Mckenna Grace, 17, is having a moment in the spotlight with the upcoming opening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Her path to the big screen, however, is not the typical Hollywood story.

Newswise: Uwf Team Wins First Place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Quiz Bowl
Released: 26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Uwf Team Wins First Place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Quiz Bowl
University of West Florida

Congratulations to the UWF undergraduate student team who won the first quiz bowl challenge at the 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting!

Newswise: Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today
25-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today
Research to Prevent Blindness

Leaders of organizations that fund vision research convene in Washington, D.C. to increase collaboration and maximize the impact of research funding for sight-threatening diseases.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A flight out of this world
University of Miami

A solar-powered aircraft being developed by a University of Miami aerospace engineer could fly on Mars to help answer questions about the red planet.

Newswise: Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Released: 25-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Hackensack Meridian Health

With diabetes increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, Diabetes Alert Day® is meant to be a one-day “wake-up call” to the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk. The sooner you know your risk, the sooner you can take steps to prevent or even learn to manage the disease

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Art of Controlling Epileptic Seizures
Cedars-Sinai

Artist Syril Strickler was 47 when she had her first epileptic seizure, waking up in the hospital after neighbors found her unconscious in the street. For 10 years, seizures every few weeks brought her life to a virtual standstill—until Cedars-Sinai physicians performed a surgery that gave Strickler her life back.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is the first in San Diego to implant the world’s first dual chamber, leadless pacemaker system to help treat abnormal heart rhythms.

Newswise: Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Department of Energy, Office of Science

As you gaze into the night sky, stars look like tiny, glowing pinpricks shining through the dark. But inside those stars, reactions occur that produce staggering amounts of energy. All stars – including our sun – produce energy through a powerful reaction called fusion.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn Students Host 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship
Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn Students Host 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship
Chulalongkorn University

The Chulalongkorn University Debating Society supervised by the Office of Student Affairs Chulalongkorn University hosted the 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship on January 27 – 30, 2024, at Chulalongkorn University Secondary Demonstration School.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Brookhaven Lab Staff Receive Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Radioisotope producers, groundwater protection professionals, and a fleet management leader at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are among recipients of Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for their accomplishments in 2023.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Putting a New Spin on 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide
Brookhaven National Laboratory

To unlock the complex structure and behavior of 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide, researchers used the Pair Distribution Function (PDF) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, to learn more about the material’s structure.

Newswise: Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Released: 22-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Department of Energy, Office of Science

With a delicate hand, Anna Karion slides a large, enclosed box back into its protective shelf. She’s standing on top of a hill that overlooks the Washington D.C. area. This box, a greenhouse gas (GHG) sensor, is connected to a tube that runs up a tall, metal tower that is constantly collecting air samples. Karion, a research scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is working to fine-tune GHG measuring instruments installed in a telecommunications tower.

Newswise: Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
International League Against Epilepsy

Seizures are different in newborns. Dr. Emma Carter speaks with Dr. Ronit Pressler about recent guidelines and recommendations for treating seizures in newborns and how they were established.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-ai-model-is-a-leap-for-autonomous-materials-science
VIDEO
Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
New AI Model Is a Leap for Autonomous Materials Science
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new AI model developed at PNNL can identify patterns in electron microscope images of materials without requiring human intervention, allowing for more accurate and consistent materials science.

Newswise: Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers scientists have put together a short film showing how biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers converge and brainstorm at every stage of the scientific effort to better understand the carbon cycle in the ocean.

Newswise: First Calibration Training at CAMS
Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:55 PM EDT
First Calibration Training at CAMS
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists from the Center for Aerosol Measurement Science (CAMS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted the center's first calibration activities on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

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Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Endometriosis Awareness Month: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Cedars-Sinai

It is one of the most common and painful disorders, affecting more than 6 million women in the United States. Endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose and effectively treat. But Cedars-Sinai experts find patients can now benefit from minimally invasive procedures, medications and integrative medicine.

Newswise: Argonne Hosts See Yourself in Steam Event for Students From Groups Underrepresented in Stem
Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Argonne Hosts See Yourself in Steam Event for Students From Groups Underrepresented in Stem
Argonne National Laboratory

Students from groups underrepresented in STEM discover world-class science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics at Argonne through See Yourself in STEAM event.

Newswise: Argonne’s Ilke Arslan Named Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Released: 21-Mar-2024 10:15 AM EDT
Argonne’s Ilke Arslan Named Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Argonne National Laboratory

Ilke Arslan, the director of Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, has been inducted as a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America.

Newswise: Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) Scientific Director Nima Sharifi, M.D., authored an invited commentary in JAMA Network Open related to a new Million Veteran Program study on the HSD3B1 genotype, an allele he helped discover more than 10 years ago.

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Released: 20-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
The Time Is Now for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Cedars-Sinai

From artificial intelligence (AI) and data integration to natural language processing and statistics, the Cedars-Sinai Department of Computational Biomedicine is utilizing the latest technological advances to find solutions to some of the most complex healthcare issues.

   
Newswise: The Medical Minute: Vitamin supplements versus a balanced diet? No contest
Released: 20-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
The Medical Minute: Vitamin supplements versus a balanced diet? No contest
Penn State Health

The use of vitamin supplements is on the rise in the U.S. But do they do any good? A Penn State Health expert talks about the benefits and pitfalls.

Newswise: Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Released: 20-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers at PNNL have developed a new technique to get a high-resolution look at how—and why—corrosion happens.

Newswise: Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow
Released: 20-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

As Rutgers' biomedical education, research and clinical care arm enters its second decade, new strategies are delivering healthier futures for New Jersey and beyond

Newswise: Starting Stem Earlier
Released: 20-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Starting Stem Earlier
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UNM Comprehensive Center is expanding a program aimed at encouraging young people to explore research as a career field. In addition to a first-ever middle school component, the program is adding more opportunities for high school and undergraduates to get real world lab and research experience.

Newswise: Rural prisons: the focus for new mental health research
Released: 19-Mar-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Rural prisons: the focus for new mental health research
University of South Australia

Prison nurses are receiving specialist psychosocial training as part of a new University of South Australia research project to support the mental health needs of people in custody in rural South Australia.

Newswise: Decade of Healing: Foster School of Medicine’s Student Clinic Serves as a Lifeline in El Paso’s Colonia of Sparks
Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:15 PM EDT
Decade of Healing: Foster School of Medicine’s Student Clinic Serves as a Lifeline in El Paso’s Colonia of Sparks
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

The medical student run clinic’s decade-long operation in Sparks underscores the pressing need for medical services in communities that traditional health care systems often overlook. In Texas alone, 28.9% of Hispanics lack health insurance, compared to 19.4 percent of the nation.

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VIDEO
Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Powering Up to Solve Challenges in Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In 2006, battery research was practically non-existent at PNNL. Today, the lab is lauded for its battery research. How did PNNL go from a new player to a leader in state-of-the-art storage for EVs and the grid?

Released: 19-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for March 2024
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A transformative gift to expand research and breakthrough therapies, an upcoming conference on managing neuroendocrine tumors, FDA approval of Imetelstat for patients with anemia from myelodysplastic syndromes and a researcher advocating for making bereavement care a public health priority are all included in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Newswise: New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Released: 19-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Features Available on the National Virtual Climate Laboratory Portal
Argonne National Laboratory

The National Virtual Climate Laboratory is a comprehensive web portal for climate science projects. It has new website features for students, faculty and researchers including career opportunities, a news section featuring climate and student news, and a calendar of workshops and events.

Newswise: Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Released: 19-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Choosing Over the Counter Drugs for COVID 19? It’s Complicated
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers take a closer look at both the potential benefits and risks of acetaminophen, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, as well as aspirin for the selection of OTC drugs to treat mild symptoms of COVID-19.

Newswise: One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 AM EDT
One small step for STEM, one giant leap for STEM-kind
University of South Australia

A manned mission to Mars: it’s the next step in the global space race. But while agencies scurry to take pole position, UniSA experts say the innovations that will help us land the red planet are far more likely to come from next generation of STEM stars in schools.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
تنبيه من خبير: تطورات في جراحة استبدال الركبة تمنح خيارات مبتكرة للمرضى
Mayo Clinic

تدفع فئة السكان المتقدمين في العمر الطلب العالمي لجراحة استبدال الركبة، بما يتجاوز مليون إجراء طبي سنويًا. في هذا المقال، يصف الدكتور تشارلز هانون، دكتور في الطب، جرّاح العظام في مايو كلينك في روتشستر، ابتكارات مثل الأدوات المتقدمة والجراحة الروبوتية الدقيقة التي تعمل على تحسين عملية استبدال الركبة بالكامل للمرضى.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Alerta dos especialista: Avanços na cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho oferecem opções aos pacientes
Mayo Clinic

O envelhecimento da população impulsiona a demanda global pela cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho, excedendo a 1 milhão de procedimentos anuais.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Alerta de los expertos: Los avances en la cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla ofrecen opciones a los pacientes
Mayo Clinic

El envejecimiento de la población impulsa la demanda mundial de cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla, superando el millón de procedimientos anuales.

Newswise: Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
American Cleaning Institute

Americans are swapping safety for style and are ditching their cleaning products original containers for a laundry room makeover. New research from the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds that 36% of Americans believe they can enhance their laundry space with decorative jars or containers, and 12% of Americans already do this.

Newswise: Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

For 75 years, INL has been at the forefront of nuclear energy and technology research.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Argonne’s new dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up successfully demonstrated; has potential for other applications
Argonne National Laboratory

Demonstration of Argonne’s dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up advances revolutionary technology.

Newswise: Yale Cancer Center experts present new research on obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers at leading oncology conference
Released: 18-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Yale Cancer Center experts present new research on obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers at leading oncology conference
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital physicians and scientists will share new data for breakthrough and emerging cancer treatments as well as new discoveries in obesity, tobacco, evolution, and early onset cancers in early April at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting.

Newswise: WashU Expert: Don’t believe hype about shorter work week benefits
Released: 15-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Don’t believe hype about shorter work week benefits
Washington University in St. Louis

The studies that are frequently touted as proof of concept for a shortened work week are riddled with statistical flaws, according to Olin Business School's Liberty Vittert, who testified March 13 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Newswise: Two Lambs Debut at Central Park Zoo – Bobbin and Sage
Released: 15-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Two Lambs Debut at Central Park Zoo – Bobbin and Sage
Wildlife Conservation Society

Born this winter, Bobbin, 7 weeks old; and Sage, 3 weeks old have joined a flock of 8 adult sheep in the Tisch Children’s Zoo.

Newswise: What does your success look like? Argonne women leaders share how they chose that fork in the road
Released: 15-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
What does your success look like? Argonne women leaders share how they chose that fork in the road
Argonne National Laboratory

As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month during March, some women leaders at Argonne share their passions and pitfalls as well as mentors and advice that changed their career trajectories.

Newswise: Nobel Laureate and NASA Astronaut to Speak at American Physiology Summit
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Nobel Laureate and NASA Astronaut to Speak at American Physiology Summit
American Physiological Society (APS)

Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka, MD, and NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, PhD, are among the highlighted speakers who will attend the American Physiology Summit, the American Physiological Society’s (APS) flagship annual meeting.

Newswise: Argonne employees help schools across Chicagoland celebrate global Hour of Code
Released: 14-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne employees help schools across Chicagoland celebrate global Hour of Code
Argonne National Laboratory

Twenty-eight volunteers from Argonne visited Chicago area schools for Hour of Code and talked to more than 2,000 students.

   


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