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UrduIn remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural techniques results in high retention and adoption rates of those techniques, found researchers from Michigan State University.
Month: December 2019
ASH annual meeting highlights St. Jude research
Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will present their work at the 61st annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (FEB RAS) together with German colleagues spotted six new and three already known biologically active compounds in a new strain of the fungus Penicillium…
Department of Energy announces $5 million for new computational approaches to biology
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $5 million to develop new computational tools and software for analyzing the masses of genomics and other data generated by today’s systems biology research. “The rapid development of technologies…
BU physician to receive distinguished Chair of Medicine Award
(Boston)–David Coleman, MD, the John Wade Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and physician-in-chief at Boston Medical Center (BMC), will receive the Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award…
Dial-a-frog — researchers develop the ‘FrogPhone’ to remotely call frogs in the wild
Researchers have developed the ‘FrogPhone’, a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them in the wild. The FrogPhone is the world’s first solar-powered remote survey device that relays environmental data to the…
Move over Jules Verne — scientists deploy ocean floats to peer into Earth’s interior
An array of floating seismometers in the Pacific Ocean offer the most comprehensive view of Earth’s interior
Discovery of a new protein gives insight into a long-standing plant immunity mystery
When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch on its defense mechanisms. One such mechanism involves sacrificing host cells to the pathogen. This is a tightly controlled process that involves the work of…
What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 — Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do they have limits? This week on Reactions, we gave PBS YouTube hosts some miracle berry pills, along with lemons, Tabasco sauce, tomatoes and other random…
Hire more LGBTQ and disabled astronomers or risk falling behind, review finds
Analysis finds gender equity among star scientists improving, but big challenges remain
‘Conductor’ gene found in plant root stem cell ‘orchestra’
In a new paper, researchers at North Carolina State University lift the veil on the “conductor” plant root stem cell gene that helps orchestrate and coordinate stem cell division of different root stem cell types, ensuring the harmonic communication necessary…
Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments
“It is becoming clear that an acid extracellular pH plays an essential role in cancer cell progression, invasiveness and resistance to therapy,” explain Yuri Korchev and Yasufumi Takahashi at Nano Life Science Institute of Kanazawa University and Yanjun Zhang at…
Genetic typing of a bacterium with biotechnological potential
Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium occuring in soil, aquatic environments and plants. Although the virulence of Pseudomonas p. — the ability of the bacterium to infect its host and inflict a disease — is considered to be low, infection in…
Dendrites filtering neuron’s excitement
Purkinje cell dendrites filter inputs into the cell, demonstrating a new learning mechanism in the cerebellum
A new view for glasses
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers at The University of Tokyo introduced a new physical model that predicts the dynamics of glassy materials based solely on their local degree of atomic structural order. Using computer simulations, they showed how this theory greatly…
New tool for rapidly analyzing CRISPR edits reveals frequent production of unintended edits
New method unmasks all DNA changes caused by CRISPR in two days vs. two months; Most errant edits may be harmless, but insights essential to gauge patient risks
Avila receives funding for teacher preparation in visual impairment
Kimberly R. Avila, Visual Impairment Consortium and Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development, received $299,553 from the U.S. Department of Education for: “Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Visual Impairment.” The Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Vision…
Allen receives funding from GMU Foundation for Center for Peacemaking Practice
Susan Allen, Associate Professor, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, received $10,000 from the George Mason University Foundation for the Center for Peacemaking Practice. This funding began in November 2019 and will conclude in late June 2021. ### This part…
Espina conducting thrombus proteomic analysis
Virginia Espina, Research Associate Professor, Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, received $7,637 from Mayo Clinic for: “Thrombus proteomic analysis.” This collaboration between Mason and Mayo Clinic is a pilot study to demonstrate utility of RPPA technology in ischemic stroke specimens.…
The next step in organ transplants: New startup takes aim at reperfusion injury
Charleston, SC-based Lydex Pharmaceuticals has received a small business technology transfer grant from the NIH to investigate and develop compounds targeting key enzymes responsible for organ damage, inflammation and rejection after transplant
Clinical trial explores new therapeutic for type 1 diabetes
First NIH-funded clinical trial in the US using umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of patients with new onset type 1 diabetes
Emerging role of adenosine in brain disorders and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
New Rochelle, NY, December 6, 2019 -The role of adenosine in neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration has led to growing attention on adenosine receptors as potential drug targets in a range of brain disorders, including neuroregenerative therapy and treatment for amyotrophyic lateral…
Discovery of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antidepressant
Hypericin in St. John’s Wort
Study debunks notion that C-section would increase risk of obesity in the child
Women who have C-sections are no more likely to have children who develop obesity than women who give birth naturally, according to a large study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal PLOS Medicine . The…
nTIDE Nov 2019: Rise in jobs sparks rise in optimism for people with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire November 2019 nTIDE Report — featuring New York City’s model employment initiative NYC: ATWORK that connects jobseekers with disabilities with competitive jobs in high growth industries
Nanocontainer ships titan-size gene therapies and drugs into cells
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have created a tiny, nanosize container that can slip inside cells and deliver protein-based medicines and gene therapies of any size — even hefty ones attached to the gene-editing tool called CRISPR. If…
Dream Chemistry Award 2019 goes to Yujia Qing of University of Oxford
Yujia Quin of University of Oxford has won the 2019 Dream Chemistry Award, an international competition for young scientists that took place on December 2 and 3, 2019, at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy…
Gilleaudeau to examine lower Mississippian black shales
Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau, Assistant Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, is set to begin a project next year that will provide valuable new insight on the uranium isotope system, which has emerged as a premier tool for deciphering Earth’s oxygenation…
Kim receives funding for course on campaign development
Sojung Kim, Professor, Communication, received $2,000 from the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University for: “COMM 331 PR Campaigns Course (Spring 2020) Campaign Development.” During the Spring 2020 term, Kim is scheduled to teach this course in which…
Jerome receives funding to help teachers support students with severe disabilities, autism
Marci B. Jerome, Severe Disabilities Program Coordinator, Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities, received $454,955 from the U.S. Department of Education for: “Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Special Education Adapted Curriculum: Supporting Students with Severe Disabilities and Autism.” The Virginia…
Regan, Baker and Weiss receive funding for traineeship
Kelley Regan, Associate Professor, Special Education and disAbility Research, College of Education and Human Development, Pamela Baker, Director, Special Education and disAbility Research/Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Development and Margaret Weiss, Assistant Professor, School of Education, College of…
Shin receives funding to strengthen English-language education in Uzbekistan
Joan Kang Shin, Associate Professor, APTDIE, TCLDEL, CIE, College of Education and Human Development, received $575,444 from the U.S. Department of State for a project aimed at strengthening English Language secondary Education in Uzbekistan. For this project, Mason will collaborate…
Reducing risk in AI and machine learning-based medical technology
To manage the risks, regulators should focus particularly on continuous monitoring and risk assessment, and less on planning for future algorithm changes
Fetal heart test may have predictive value for kids’ health
A low-oxygen environment in the womb may foretell which children should be followed closely, study indicates.
“It mirrors executive overreach elsewhere, where such behavior has contributed to the decay of democratic political systems,” says University of Redlands professor about the current impeachment case.
“Impeachment is a means of establishing and maintaining the separation of powers designed by the founders in the U.S. and replicated across the western hemisphere,” says Dr. Steve Wuhs, a political scientist at the University of Redlands, who can speak…
Peanut allergy vaccine to rewrite the immune system
Peanut allergies could become a thing of the past as breakthrough research from the University of South Australia develops a radically novel vaccination that’s poised to cure the potentially life threatening condition.
New Report Shows Dramatic Health Benefits Following Air Pollution Reduction
Dec. 6, 2019 – Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and dramatic impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to findings in “Health Benefits of Air Pollution Reduction,” new research published in the American Thoracic Society’s journal, Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Registration Opens for Premier Critical Care Nursing Conference
Nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for critically ill patients and their families can now register for the 2020 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) in Indianapolis, May 4-7. The conference offers hundreds of sessions to improve clinical practice, patient outcomes and hospitals’ bottom line, with a comprehensive program that incorporates leading evidence-based education.
Long-term study finds faster breast cancer radiation treatment as effective as longer course
Approximately half of the patients were randomly assigned whole breast radiation, delivered once per day over three to five weeks. The other half received external beam APBI, considered to be the least invasive approach to partial breast irradiation, which was given twice a day over five to eight days.
The study was long-term, with a median followup of 8.6 years.
Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering
Researchers have found a way to speed engineered-tissue creation using a novel bioprinter built for $2,000, they report in the journal Micromachines. Building blocks for the tissue are pre-grown spheroids of human induced-pluripotent stem cells that contain 200,000 cells per spheroid.
It doesn’t matter how nicely you wrap that gift. Except when it does.
A neatly wrapped gift will impress your acquaintances, but might leave your loved ones feeling let down when the gift doesn’t live up to expectations, suggests new research by Vanderbilt postdoctoral scholar Erick Mas.
Procedural questions to shape impeachment trajectory
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that the House of Representatives will proceed with articles of impeachment against President Trump. House Representatives are expected to vote on impeachment before the year ends, which will trigger a trial in the…
Guiding Lights: UC San Diego Launches Center for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
UC San Diego launches new Center for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. The center builds upon Roger Tsien’s legacy, delivering a new caliber of surgical precision to treat patients with tumors and disease of all types, identifying unhealthy tissues with a fluorescent glow.
Donna Plecha, MD, named chair of radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Announcement of a new chair of the Department of Radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center: Donna M. Plecha, MD, a nationally recognized expert in breast imaging.
SDSC’s Comet Supercomputer Helps Researchers Predict Carbon Dioxide Levels
The Global Change Biology Journal earlier this year published findings related to the Effects of 21st Century Climate, Land Use, and Disturbances on Ecosystem Carbon Balance in California after using the San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Comet supercomputer to create simulations of various global climate, land-use, and emissions models.
S&T Studies How K9 First Responders Can Join the Team in Active Shooter Scenarios
Canines are widely used by law enforcement agencies and first responders to protect the homeland in various ways. DHS S&T is studying how they might be used in new, non-traditional ways, like in active shooter scenarios, to detect potential explosive threats – clearing the way for responders to quickly engage hostile adversaries or administer aid to those who need it.
Maternal Antibiotic Treatment May Harm Preemies’ Lungs
New research in mice suggests that exposure to antibiotics before birth may impair lung development in premature infants. The study, the first to explore the gut-lung axis in prematurity, is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and was chosen as an APSselect article for December.
UCI-led study shows emerging rhinoplasty technique improves appearance and breathing
While beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, breathing is an agreed upon necessity. A new study reveals how an emerging technique in rhinoplasty does more than improve physical appearance.
Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes
Microbial communities inside whales may play an important role in the digestion of one of the ocean’s most abundant carbon-rich lipids, known as a wax ester.
Internships fuel research for engineering students from Puerto Rico
The Consortium for Integrating Energy Systems in Engineering and Science Education, CIESESE, internship program, sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration, connects engineering students from five Hispanic-serving institutions, including UPRM, with research at Sandia National Laboratories and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The program has recently been extended through next summer.