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UrduExperiment, theory, and simulation show basic chemical properties are imprinted in atomic force microscope images and may help ID unknown molecules.
Month: October 2021
U of U Health leads national studies of “long COVID” in adults and during pregnancy
University of Utah Health scientists are on the leading edge of a pair of large studies investigating the long-term effects of COVID-19. The nationwide studies, supported by the National Institutes of Health, will attempt to answer key questions about the lingering effects of the viral disorder on pregnant individuals and their infants, as well as why some people develop post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), including “long COVID,” and others don’t.
For people of color in L.A., misinformation, past injustices contribute to vaccine hesitancy
New UCLA research finds that misinformation and politicization, awareness of past injustices involving medical research, and fears about the inequitable distribution of vaccines all contributed to hesitancy to be vaccinated among Los Angeles’ People of Color.
Blasting the zombie out of water-saving tech
A team of scientists, including experts from the University of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.
A ‘Dented’ Internal Clock Provides Insight Into Shift Workers’ Weight Gain and Diabetes
Weight gain and high blood sugar caused by a damaged internal clock was corrected by researchers, who changed the length of the “day” in mice
Computational discovery of complex alloys could speed the way to green aviation
Experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and their collaborators have identified the way to tune the strength and ductility of a class of materials called high-entropy alloys. The discovery may help power-generation and aviation industry develop more efficient engines.
For comment on restrictive abortion laws: Natali Valdez, author of Weighing the Future: Race, Science, and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era
As the court battle over the abortion law in Texas continues, Wellesley College women and gender studies professor Natali Valdez is available for comment on how the situation in Texas reveals how unconstitutional restrictions on individual liberties are permitted, promoted, and…
Senator Tim Scott’s claim that the IRS will monitor private bank accounts is not accurate
Based on the last version of the Biden plan, Tim Scott’s comments were not entirely accurate. The only accounts that would be subject to the reporting requirement would be where the total deposits exceed $10,000 after taking out of the equation W-2 wages and government benefits, e.g., social security payments.
New research casts doubt on claims that people have ‘rose-tinted glasses’
A new study casts doubt over claims that people are ‘optimistically biased’ about the future, a tendency that is thought to contribute to financial crises, people’s failure to look after their health, or inaction over climate change.
Root canal treatment work still favored for badly damaged teeth
Few patients regret having a severely damaged tooth saved by a root canal filling.
U.S. Small Business Administration Awards ASBTDC $2.5 Million Grant for Community Navigator Pilot Program
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $2.5 million grant to engage in targeted outreach to small businesses in underserved communities. The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded the competitive funding under the Community Navigator Pilot Program administered by the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education.
Countermarketing based on anti-smoking campaigns reduces buying of sugary ‘fruit’ drinks for children
Public health messages such as in the image (associated with this release) — designed to reduce parents’ purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages marketed as fruit drinks for children — convinced a significant percentage of parents to avoid those drinks, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Pennsylvania.
Reducing vessel activity key to southern resident killer whale survival
Reducing ship speed and noise levels would increase the probability that endangered West Coast southern resident killer whales will spend more time hunting for Chinook salmon, a new Simon Fraser University study has found.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution welcomes Dr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna as Senior Advisor on Ocean and Climate Policy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the world’s independent leader in ocean discovery, exploration, and education, has welcomed Dr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna (Rama) as senior advisor to the President and Director on ocean and climate policy. Dr. Ramakrishna brings decades of climate work to this newly created position, with a goal of expanding WHOI’s visibility and impact on global ocean and climate policy issues.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Woodwell Climate Research Center participate in COP26 UN Climate Change Conference
Arctic researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Woodwell Climate Research Center will present a sobering assessment of a rapidly changing Arctic, including warming oceans, melting sea ice, disappearing glaciers, and thawing permafrost, at the upcoming international climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, known as the Conference of Parties, or COP26 (October 31 – November 12).
Punishment alone isn’t the deterrent many think it is, ASU professor says in new book
Adam Fine, an ASU assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, has co-written a book on misbehavior.
New ribosome-targeting antibiotic acts against drug-resistant bacteria
A new study published in Nature reports on the molecular mechanism that allows a new antibiotic drug to overcome resistance.
Novel Therapeutic Strategies May Finally Bring Relief to Those Suffering from Asthma and Allergies
Asthma and allergies are chronic health conditions that continue to adversely impact the quality of life for many around the world. Thanks to exciting breakthroughs by Mark Siracusa, a researcher at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, there may be early signs of light at the end of the tunnel.
The goal in mind
Animals including rodents and humans can navigate to a desired location by relying on the brain’s internal cognitive map.
Monoclonal antibody treatment highly effective at reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations
Researchers published interim results in The New England Journal of Medicine from a Phase 3 study of the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment sotrovimab, sponsored by Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline. The study found that compared to the placebo group, COVID-19 patients who received sotrovimab had a significantly reduced risk of hospitalization or death and that the treatment, which was administered by intravenous infusion on an outpatient basis, was safe.
Heatwaves like ‘the Blob’ could decrease role of ocean as carbon sink
Researchers have found the two-year heatwave known as ‘the Blob’ may have temporarily dampened the Pacific’s ‘biological pump,’ which shuttles carbon from the surface ocean to the deep sea where it can be stored for millennia.
ADVISORY: Women in the 2021 Elections Data and Resources from the Center for American Women and Politics
Next week, voters will go to the polls for state government elections in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as special congressional elections in Florida and Ohio. The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton…
Identification of SSRI-evoked antidepressant sensory signals by decoding vagus nerve activity
Abstract The vagus nerve relays mood-altering signals originating in the gut lumen to the brain. In mice, an intact vagus is required to mediate the behavioural effects of both intraluminally applied selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and a strain of Lactobacillus with antidepressant-like…
Biased tech could determine who gets life saving therapy
Research uncovers racial bias in oxygen readings during the COVID-19 pandemic, even amongst patients needing ECMO.
NEW UD STUDY SHOWS WARMING CLIMATE WILL INCREASE NUMBER OF HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS
A new study shows how changes in light conditions have a significant influence on the growth and impact of harmful algae blooms. The bottom line: a warming climate looks good for the growth of toxic algae and may disrupt other organisms that are part of the food web — whether they graze on this algae or are consumed by it.
Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets
Scientists have discovered a way to recreate the ice that exists inside planets like Neptune and Uranus, ice which forms at extremely high temperatures and pressures.
NYU Center for Cybersecurity explores Power Grid Cyber Security
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reports that a large number of cyber-attacks occur on cyber-physical systems for which a computer and ancillary sensors are used to control the infrastructure. An industrial control system strategy is required to improve grid resiliency, secure operations and better manage potential cyber risks.
UCI provides Netflix Pathways Boot Camps to boost alumni career readiness
The University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education invites recent alumni to apply to Netflix Pathways Boot Camps.
Experts available to comment on UN’s COP26 climate summit
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — World leaders are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, next week for the United Nations’ 26th Conference of the Parties, or COP26, a summit focused on curtailing countries’ fossil fuel emissions and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.…
Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy
New research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion – crucial information as the U.S. Department of the Interior affirmed White House plans to lease federal waters for several giant arrays of wind turbines along the waters of the East Coast.
Complex U.S. Immigration System Limits Entrepreneurship, Innovation
A growing body of research conducted by leading U.S. scholars finds immigrants positively impact entrepreneurship, innovation, investment, and knowledge transfer while restrictive federal immigration policies negatively impact the U.S. economy and American workers. Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph Lamone Chair in…
After California’s 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were ‘still smoldering’
While many animals have adapted to live with wildfires of the past — which were smaller, more frequent and kept ecosystems in balance across the West — it’s unclear to scientists how animals are coping with today’s unprecedented megafires. A team of researchers tracked a population of black-tailed deer before, during and after the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire and found that most of the deer returned home within hours of the fire, while trees were still smoldering.
College student voting rates skyrocketed in 2020
Voter turnout among college students jumped to 66% in the 2020 presidential election, building on the momentum swing of the 2018 midterms, according to a report released today by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE) at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life.
Why sleep experts recommend eliminating time changes and sticking with permanent standard time
Daylight saving time is coming to an end on Nov. 7, when most of the country will “fall back” to standard time by setting our clocks back one hour. If the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) had its way, we would never change our clocks back to daylight saving time.
Vaccinating children against COVID-19 can prevent tragedy
Three in 10 parents say they will “definitely not” get their 5- to 11-year-old vaccinated against COVID-19, according to new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Neil Lewis, Jr., a behavioral scientist at Cornell University who was not involved with…
Hubble Celebrates Halloween With A Glowering, Dying Star
Hubble celebrates Halloween with a striking view of the aging red giant star CW Leonis. The orange-red cobweb-like shells are dusty clouds of sooty carbon engulfing the dying star. Bright searchlight beams poke through the dust.
How recovery from COVID-19 and climate policies might affect the use of “clean” cooking fuels
A group of IIASA researchers shows how recovery from the pandemic and climate mitigation policies might affect access to clean fuels.
Yale Cancer Center Study Shows New Strategy to Fight Drug Resistance in HER2-Positive Breast and Ovarian Cancers
New findings by researchers at Yale Cancer Center demonstrate a novel strategy to treat tumor growth in breast and ovarian cancers characterized by HER2 gene amplification, an increase in the number of copies of a gene.
Dr. Elizabeth “Toby” Kellogg Receives the 2021 Asa Gray Award Recognizing a Lifetime of Achievements
Elizabeth “Toby” Kellogg, PhD, Member and Robert E. King Distinguished Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center recently received the 2021 Asa Gray Award from The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT).
法律博士Christina Zorn受命接任妙佑医疗国际首席行政官
妙佑医疗国际董事会（Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees）任命法律博士Christina Zorn接任妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)首席行政官。她将从Jeff Bolton手中接过此职务。Jeff Bolton已在八月份宣布将于11月30日从妙佑医疗国际退休。
كريستينا زورن، الحاصلة على دكتوراه في القانون، رئيسًا إداريًا لمايو كلينك
مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- قام مجلس أمناء مايو كلينك بتعيين كريستينا زورن، الحاصلة على دكتوراه في القانون، رئيسًا إداريًا لـ مايو كلينك، حيث ستخلُف جيف بولتون، الذي أعلن في آب/أغسطس أنه سيتقاعد من مايو كلينك في 30 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر.
Election Day 2021: American University Experts Available to Share Insights and Commentary
WHAT: While Election Day 2021 is not a Presidential election, there are many key local races including gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Many experts are calling the Virginia race as a bellwether for how next year’s midterm elections…
Christina Zorn, J.D., é nomeada diretora administrativa da Mayo Clinic
o Conselho de Curadores da Mayo Clinic nomeou Christina Zorn, J.D., diretora administrativa da Mayo Clinic. Ela sucederá Jeff Bolton, que em agosto anunciou sua aposentadoria da Mayo Clinic para 30 de novembro.
Se designa a Christina Zorn, J.D. como nueva directora administrativa de Mayo Clinic
El Directorio de Miembros del Consejo de Administración de Mayo Clinic designó a Christina Zorn, J.D. como directora administrativa de Mayo Clinic. Ella asumirá el cargo que actualmente ocupa Jeff Bolton, quien anunció en el mes de agosto que se jubilará en Mayo Clinic el 30 de noviembre.
Personalized medicine research focuses on Hispanics with diabetes in South Texas
A team of researchers studying genetic data to identify hormone responses in a population of Mexican Americans with prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity recently received a $3.5 million grant to fund a five-year study set to begin in late 2021.
Journal of Experimental Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Collaborate on New CME opportunities
Journal of Experimental Medicine is now presenting opportunities to engage in Continuing Medical Education (CME) in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Each Journal-Based CME activity consists of a full-text article that is free to read, a multiple-choice question test, and an evaluation/self-assessment.
Cleveland Clinic Study Links Gut Microbiome and Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Cleveland Clinic researchers have shown for the first time that diet-associated molecules in the gut are associated with aggressive prostate cancer, suggesting dietary interventions may help reduce risk. Findings from the study were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Area nonprofits receive $150,000 in grants from UT-Battelle
“The success of our community is a vital part of the lab’s mission,” said Alan Icenhour, deputy laboratory director for operations at ORNL. “We’re proud to support organizations that positively impact many lives in East Tennessee.”
Media Invited to Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Seattle, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3
After more than a year of virtual conferences, the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is holding its 181st meeting in person in Seattle, Washington, at the Hyatt Regency Seattle from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3. This major scientific conference brings together interdisciplinary groups of acoustics professionals, spanning many fields, including physics, medicine, music, psychology, wildlife biology, and engineering, to discuss the latest advancements. Follow conference highlights with social media hashtag #ASA181.
Jewish autistic pupils thrive as bilingual learners, after communities reject advice “not to teach Hebrew”
Parents and teachers of Jewish autistic children say they frequently have to disregard outdated professional advice not to teach them Hebrew – a recommendation they describe as “stealing” their cultural identity.