Ryan Gottfredson, assistant professor of management at Cal State Fullerton, is a pioneer in leadership research— with a focus on mindsets along with performance management. In his review of the last 30+ years of mindset research, he has identified three…
Month: January 2020
NEJM: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Shows Similar Safety Outcomes as Open-Heart Surgery
A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and other centers nationwide shows that patients who underwent a minimally invasive transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), had similar key 5-year clinical outcomes of death and stroke as patients who had traditional open-heart surgery to replace the valve. The study appears on the New England Journal of Medicine site.
Vegetable Gardening to Grow Health
The Southwest Harvest for Health pilot study pairs cancer survivors with local master gardeners who have been trained in gardening techniques that address New Mexico’s growing challenges. The pair will create a vegetable garden at the survivor’s home .
Those Who Believe that the Economic System is Fair Are Less Troubled by Poverty, Homelessness, and Extreme Wealth
We react less negatively to extreme manifestations of economic disparity, such as homelessness, if we think the economic system is fair and legitimate, and these differences in reactivity are even detectable at the physiological level, finds a team of psychology researchers.
AARDA Partners with AutoimmuneMom
Detroit, MI (January 30, 2019) – The American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA) is thrilled to announce our new partnership with AutoimmuneMom. For the last seven+ years, AutoimmuneMom has created a digital community through the hard work and dedication of Katie Cleary. Now, AARDA will proudly host the content that has brought together people with autoimmune disease through stories of how autoimmune disease impacts motherhood and pregnancy, general autoimmune information, personal stories, and doctor recommendations. AutoimmuneMom will continue to maintain its social media presence, but all website content will be hosted on AARDA.org.
Penn Researchers Identify Cancer Cell Defect Driving Resistance to CAR T Cell Therapy
Some cancer cells refuse to die, even in the face of powerful cellular immunotherapies like CAR T cell therapy, and new research is shedding light on why.
Public Interest Technology Event to Showcase Latest Research in Tech Law, AI and Society, Data Science, and More—Feb. 6
New York University will feature the latest public interest technology research, including work in the areas of tech law, AI, social science, data science, robotics, investigative journalism, human rights, and more on Thurs., Feb. 6.
New insights into how the human brain solves complex decision-making problems
A new study on meta reinforcement learning algorithms helps us understand how the human brain learns to adapt to complexity and uncertainty when learning and making decisions. A research team, led by Professor Sang Wan Lee at KAIST jointly with…
How HIV develops resistance to key drugs discovered
The mechanism behind how HIV can develop resistance to a widely-prescribed group of drugs has been uncovered by new research from the Crick and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with the findings opening the door to the development of more effective treatments.…
Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic dance
An international team of astrophysicists led by Australian Prof Matthew Bailes from OzGrav has found exciting new evidence for ‘frame-dragging’ – how the spinning of a celestial body twists space and time – after tracking the skies for almost 20 years
SUTD’s novel approach allows 3D printing of finer, more complex microfluidic networks
The biomedical industry, involving the engineering of complex tissue constructs and 3D architecture of blood vessels, is one of the key industries to benefit from this new development
Pre-eruption seismograms recovered for 1980 Mount St. Helens event
Nearly 40 years ago, analog data tapes faithfully recorded intense seismic activity in the two months before the historic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State in May 1980. It took some lengthy and careful restoration efforts–including a turn…
Health: Vegetarian diet linked with lower risk of urinary tract infections
A vegetarian diet may be associated with a lower risk of urinary tract infections (UTIs), a study in Scientific Reports suggests. UTIs are usually caused by gut bacteria, such as E. coli, which enter the urinary tract through the urethra…
The Lancet: Cervical cancer could be eliminated in countries worst affected by the disease, and 62 million women’s lives could be saved by 2120
Two new studies quantify, for the first time, how many cervical cancer cases could be averted and how many women’s lives could be saved in 78 low-income and lower-middle income countries (LMICs), if proposed measures for eliminating the disease are…
Intravenous drugs can often rapidly restore normal heart rhythm without sedation, shocks
Clinical trial published in The Lancet first to compare two kinds of rapid cardioversion for acute atrial fibrillation
Researchers combine X-rays and laser light to image sprays
New approach could lead to more efficient and less polluting fuel combustion
Advanced medical imaging combined with genomic analysis could help treat cancer patients
Oncologists, radiologists and surgeons all could benefit, according to a TGen-led study of brain tumors
Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages
New research presents a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that targets a pro-tumor protein FROUNT and suppresses tumor-associated macrophages
Mechanism for improvement of photoluminescence intensity in phosphor material
Utilization in material design for developing phosphor materials for white LEDs
Smoke two of these and call me in the morning? Not quite, study finds
Study highlights discrepancy between cannabis enthusiasts’ beliefs about medicinal, health uses of marijuana and empirical evidence
Cervical cancer could be eliminated within a century
Cervical cancer could be eliminated worldwide as a public health issue within the next century. This is the conclusion of two studies published today in The Lancet by an international consortium of researchers codirected by Professor Marc Brisson from Université…
UNC Lineberger discovery would allow researchers to fine-tune CAR-T activity
CHAPEL HILL — A discovery by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers could allow scientists to fine-tune genetically engineered immune cells to heighten their killing power against tumors or to decrease their activity level in the case…
Health: Daily smoking and drinking may be associated with advanced brain age
Daily drinking and smoking may be associated with modest increases in relative brain age compared to those who drink and smoke less, according to a study published in Scientific Reports . Research has shown that certain lifestyle habits, such as…
A consensus statement establishes the protocols to assess and report stability of perovskite photovoltaic devices
The existing characterization procedures to evaluate emerging photovoltaic devices are not appropriate for halide perovskite solar cells, a new generation of solar cells called to overcome the present state-of-the-art technologies. A vast group of scientists with Prof. Pavel A. Troshin…
The first roadmap for ovarian aging
Scientists discover how non-human primate ovaries age, with implications for human fertility
New study identifies Neanderthal ancestry in African populations and describes its origin
Princeton researchers led by Joshua Akey discovered that all modern humans carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA – including Africans, which was not previously known
Fossil foraminifer in marine sediment reveals sea surface water temperature 800,000 years ago
Rapid change in ocean temperature in the periods with no anthropogenic influences
UW’s new WE-REACH center to accelerate development of biomedical discoveries
With $4 million in matching funds from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Washington has created a new integrated center to match biomedical discoveries with the resources needed to bring innovative products to the public and improve health.…
Cells’ springy coils pump bursts of RNA
Rice University model quantifies basic processes of transcription
Springer Nature and the Materials Research Society (MRS) enter publishing alliance
All journals and books in the MRS portfolio will be published in partnership with Springer Nature from January 2021
What makes fear decrease
Going on a journey alone. Sitting in a plane for hours at a height of twelve kilometres above the Atlantic Ocean. With turbulence and all the inconveniences that are part of a long-haul flight. This is the situation Michaela B.…
Schizophrenia genetics analyzed in South African Xhosa
An ancestral African population reveals clues to the genetic origins of schizophrenia
Autonomous microtrap for pathogens
Self-propelled onion-like microvehicle can attract, trap, and destroy biological threats
Imaging study of key viral structure shows how HIV drugs work at atomic level
Salk Institute findings will help inform the development of new and improved treatments for HIV
WPI researcher to probe link between cell death, calcification, and heart valve disease
American Heart Association awards $154,000 for research into leading cause of aortic valve dysfunction
Salk scientists link rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage
During development, cells generated from people with autism have frequent breaks in the DNA of certain genes
Can wood construction transform cities from carbon source to carbon vault?
Building with mass timber offers opportunity for climate mitigation on a vast scale, paper finds
National survey: Students’ feelings about high school are mostly negative
New Haven, Conn. — Ask a high school student how he or she typically feels at school, and the answer you’ll likely hear is “tired,” closely followed by “stressed” and “bored.” In a nationwide survey of 21,678 U.S. high school…
Computer servers now able to retrieve data much faster
Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have found a novel approach that significantly improves the storage efficiency and output speed of computer systems. Current data storage systems use only one storage server to process information, making them slow to…
Role-playing game increases empathy for immigrants, study shows
Games created shared experiences and built trust, even among groups that seldom interact in person, research indicates
Brain drowns in its own fluid after a stroke
Cerebral edema, swelling that occurs in the brain, is a severe and potentially fatal complication of stroke. New research, which was conducted in mice and appears in the journal Science , shows for the first time that the glymphatic system…
Improvements in care could save the lives of more acute bowel obstruction patients
A study by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death has discovered “significant opportunities” to improve patient care for those with acute bowel obstruction Around 6.4 per cent of patients admitted each year die within 90 days The…
Bacteria engineered to protect bees from pests and pathogens
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science that they have developed a new strategy to protect honey bees from a deadly trend known as colony collapse: genetically engineered strains of bacteria. An increasing number…
HIV outcomes improved by state-purchased insurance plans, study finds
Health insurance purchased by state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for people living with HIV in states that did not expand Medicaid are improving outcomes and have the potential to save millions in healthcare costs, a new study suggests. The researchers…
Computer servers now able to retrieve data much faster
Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have found a novel approach that significantly improves the storage efficiency and output speed of computer systems. Current data storage systems use only one storage server to process information, making them slow to…
UW’s new WE-REACH center to accelerate development of biomedical discoveries
With $4 million in matching funds from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Washington has created a new integrated center to match biomedical discoveries with the resources needed to bring innovative products to the public and improve health.…
What makes fear decrease
Going on a journey alone. Sitting in a plane for hours at a height of twelve kilometres above the Atlantic Ocean. With turbulence and all the inconveniences that are part of a long-haul flight. This is the situation Michaela B.…
Schizophrenia genetics analyzed in South African Xhosa
An ancestral African population reveals clues to the genetic origins of schizophrenia
Autonomous microtrap for pathogens
Self-propelled onion-like microvehicle can attract, trap, and destroy biological threats