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UrduSpecialized portable radar could serve as an early warning system to reduce risk for humans working on shorefast sea ice, according to a recently published study.
Month: March 2023
The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
“Horses have been part of us since long before other cultures came to our lands, and we are a part of them,” states Chief Joe American Horse, a leader of the Oglala Lakota Oyate, traditional knowledge keeper, and co-author of the study.
Increasing availability of non-alcoholic drinks may reduce amount of alcohol purchased online
Increasing the proportion of non-alcoholic drinks on sale in online supermarkets could reduce the amount of alcohol people purchase, suggests a study published today led by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Researchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt.
Global breakthrough: Plants emit sounds!
Global breakthrough: for the first time in the world, researchers at Tel Aviv University recorded and analyzed sounds distinctly emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human speech, but at high frequencies, beyond the hearing range of the human ear.
Five Researchers Awarded Pilot Project Funding
Institutional Research Grants provide important financial support for new treatments and discovering valuable genetic information. This year’s grants fund the development of a new skin cancer detection and treatment device, as well as studies that analyze the relationship between cancer treatment and mental health, how cells detect and repair broken DNA, how metabolism affects cancer cells, and the possible link between leukemia, inflammation, and aging.
Most of world’s salt marshes likely to be underwater by 2100, study concludes
Cape Cod’s salt marshes are as iconic as they are important. These beautiful, low-lying wetlands are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth.
A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America
Scientists often look to the past for clues about how Earth’s landscapes might shift under a changing climate, and for insight into the migrations of human communities through time.
DUNE collaboration tests new technology for second detector module
Scientists working on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are developing a vertical drift detector. The new technology may open doors to building large neutrino detectors at a lower cost and in a simpler manner.
DUNE collaboration ready to ramp up mass production for first detector module
The international DUNE collaboration is conducting final tests of the components for its first neutrino detector module, to be installed a mile underground in South Dakota. Preparations for ramping up the mass production of these components are underway.
Tick Talk: Facts and Fiction
Given the recent news regarding tickborne illnesses, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine recently posed a question about a mild winter and if that would result in an increase of ticks in the spring. A pair of Cummings School experts shared their advice.
‘For Beijing, the trip is a provocation that smacks of Taiwanese independence,’ Cornell expert says
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in the United States for a highly-sensitive diplomatic stopover. Despite the fact that Tsai has passed through the U.S. multiple times since taking office in 2016, Beijing has warned that the trip could have…
New Urology Clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital to Open April 3
Loyola Medicine will open a new urology clinic at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital on Monday, April 3. The clinic will be located in the Gottlieb Professional Office Building, Suite 414.
New Review Reveals the Critical Role of Progranulin in Cancer
A recent review paper published in the journal Cancers highlights the important role of the growth factor progranulin in the initiation and progression of cancer.
Reducing the Appeal of Smoking: Study Confirms Tobacco Warnings on Packages Need Improvement
Research has been underway to assess adoption of warning labels for combustible tobacco products worldwide.
Prototype taps into the sensing capabilities of any smartphone to screen for prediabetes
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed GlucoScreen, a system that could enable people to self-screen for prediabetes.
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed to Deliver Commencement Address to the Class of 2023
Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, will deliver the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2023 on Sunday, May 21.
Mediterranean and low fat diet programmes lower risk of death and heart attack in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease
Mediterranean and low fat dietary programmes reduce the likelihood of death and heart attack in patients at heightened risk of cardiovascular disease, finds the first comparative review based on randomised trials of seven popular dietary programmes published by The BMJ today.
Exercise may reduce negative effects of unhealthy sleep duration on longevity
Sleeping too little or too long is linked with a shorter life, but scientists have found that physical activity counteracts some of these negative effects.
First successful simulations of how various shapes of galaxies are formed
The Energy Circulation Theory (ECT) claims that there is a force working between momentums whereas the effects of gravitational force is based on magnitudes of energies.
New procedure helps patients avoid leg amputation
More than 75% of patients facing amputation from the most severe form of peripheral artery disease were able to keep their limb after an innovative treatment as part of a multicenter study published in the . The alternative to amputation, known as “limb salvage,” for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) came from the PROMISE II clinical trial.
SLU Again Named a Top Place for Women to Work
Saint Louis University has once again been selected as an honoree in the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis’ sixth annual “Women in the Workplace: Employment Scorecard.”
Babies’ gut microbiome not influenced by mothers’ vaginal microbiome composition
It has been a longstanding assumption that birth mode and associated exposure of newborns to their mothers’ vaginal microbiome during delivery greatly affects the development of babies’ gut microbiome.
Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips
A new study suggests that predatory dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, did not have permanently exposed teeth as depicted in films such as Jurassic Park, but instead had scaly, lizard-like lips covering and sealing their mouths.
Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center Intensive Care Unit Receives the Critical Care Nurses Silver Beacon Award for Excellence
“We are honored to achieve this recognition from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses,” said Jane O’Rourke, chief nursing officer, Old Bridge Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center. “This award is a true testament to the dedication and hard work our nurses put in every day.”
Lynx reintroduction in Scotland? It’s complicated
Plans to reintroduce the lynx in Scotland provoke a complex range of opinions, new research shows.
Dissecting the Circadian Clock in Real Time
Scientists have made progress in understanding the circadian clock, the 24-hour cycle that synchronizes with light-dark exposure, and how it functions. They developed a new way to study how the circadian clock synchronizes in real time, revealing surprises about the clock’s mechanisms.
Low concentration CO2 can be reused in biodegradable plastic precursor using artificial photosynthesis
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate—a biodegradable plastic—is a strong water-resistant polyester often used in packaging materials, made from 3-hydroxybutyrate as a precursor.
Hemp or Marijuana? Forensic Chemist Receives Federal Funding for Rapid Test
The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting the Musah Lab at the University at Albany with a $401,988 grant to develop and validate the test through December 2024.
New drug delivery method harnesses clotting to target anti-cancer drugs at tumors
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new method for targeting tumors with cancer drugs by exploiting the clotting propensity of blood platelets.The new approach, first described March 29 in the journal Science Advances, adds to a growing set of innovative drug delivery techniques under development in the lab of Quanyin Hu, a professor in the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy.
Honeybee Hives May Reveal the Microbial Signatures of Urban Aerobiomes, Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Find
Elizabeth Hénaff, Assistant Professor in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) and in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society, along with colleagues from MIT, Pratt Institute and Weill Cornell Medicine, conducted a pilot study by sampling various materials from three hives in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. They found diverse genetic information in the debris accumulated at the bottom of the hives, including genetic data from environmental bacteria.
20-Year Study May Upend Long-Held Theory About Chromosomes and Cancer
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say their 20-year study of more than 200 people with premature aging syndromes caused by abnormally short telomeres, or shortened repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, may upend long-held scientific dogma and settle conflicting studies about how and whether short telomeres contribute to cancer risk.
Fake news on Facebook increased 2020 election doubts
Facebook users were more likely to read fake news about the 2020 U.S. presidential election than users of Twitter and other social media websites, a Washington State University-led analysis found.
Two Ludwig Cancer Research Studies Reveal Essential Role of Neutrophils in Immunotherapy
Two independent Ludwig Cancer Research studies published in the current issue of the journal Cell show that immune cells known as neutrophils, whose abundance in the microenvironment of tumors has traditionally been associated with poor patient prognosis, can play an important role in the success of cancer immunotherapies.
ATS Publishes Official Statement on Race, Ethnicity and Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation
The American Thoracic Society has issued an official statement for clinicians that explains why race and ethnicity should no longer be considered factors in interpreting the results of spirometry, the most commonly used type of pulmonary function test (PFT). The statement was endorsed by the European Respiratory Society. The full statement is available online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
TCT 2023 Career Achievement Award to be Presented to Stuart J. Pocock, PhD
The TCT 2023 Career Achievement Award will be presented to Stuart J. Pocock, PhD, during Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). TCT will take place October 23-26, 2023, in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. The award is given each year to an outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to the field of interventional cardiology and transformed patient care through their career endeavors, research pursuits, and mentorship.
Patent expert says pending Supreme Court ruling could leave patients with fewer treatment options
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case involving a cholesterol lowering drug, Sean Tu, a West Virginia University College of Law professor, said he believes pharmaceutical companies manipulate the patent system to maintain monopoly rights.
Will a robot take my job? Notre Dame researcher says this view is overly pessimistic
With the impact of industrial robots on the U.S. labor markets in the past two decades, and an ever-increasing presence of machine-driven technology (such as artificial intelligence and ChatGPT), many employees have feared that one day robots will take their jobs. Not necessarily so, according to research recently published by Yong Suk Lee, an assistant professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
Iridium-based catalysts look set to boost efficiency of green hydrogen production
Hydrogen production powered by wind and solar energy is still too expensive if it is to play a role in the clean transition via energy storage and to help decarbonize hard-to-electrify sectors.
Two-Thirds of Chicago Parents Worried About Possible Shooting at Their Children’s School
With 157 school shootings in the United States since 2018, as well as increasingly common mass shootings in other public places, parents fear that a similar tragedy could strike in Chicago. In a recent survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, 67 percent of Chicago parents were worried about a possible shooting at their children’s school and 73 percent worried that a mass shooting might occur in another public place.
Dana-Farber and Gustave Roussy to hold Second Transatlantic Exchanges, a scientific Conference in Oncology
The second TransAtlantic Exchanges program between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA, USA) and Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France) will be held on May 5th in Paris and will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in oncology.
A promising outlook: CAR T cells improve patient quality of life
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has transformed cancer treatment, yet relatively few studies have investigated the impact of the therapy on longitudinal patient quality of life – an aspect of care that often suffers from receiving traditional intensive cancer medications, such as chemotherapy.
Injury Prevention Tips from UC San Diego Health Experts during National Basketball Tournament
While many are tuning in to watch the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament this weekend, cheering on their favorite team to win, accepting an unexpected loss or even inspired to hit the basketball court themselves, experts from UC San…
Columbia Establishes the Center for the Transition to Parenthood with Funding from the Bezos Family Foundation
The Center for Transition to Parenthood seeks to reinvent prenatal care, address the mental health of parents, improve the overall health of infants, and promote family well-being.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Johns Hopkins Medicine Hosts In-Person Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit
Johns Hopkins Medicine Hosts In-Person Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit
Novel immunotherapy delivery approach safe and beneficial for some melanoma patients with leptomeningeal disease
A novel approach to administer intrathecal (IT) immunotherapy (directly into the spinal fluid) and intravenous (IV) immunotherapy was safe and improved survival in a subset of patients with leptomeningeal disease (LMD) from metastatic melanoma, according to interim analyses of a Phase I/Ib trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
How a Lowly Immune Cell Helps the Immune System Fight Cancer
New research reveals that long-underestimated neutrophils play key role in determining success of cancer immunotherapy
Structure of ‘Oil-Eating’ Enzyme Opens Door to Bioengineered Catalysts
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have produced the first atomic-level structure of an enzyme that selectively cuts carbon-hydrogen bonds—the first and most challenging step in turning simple hydrocarbons into more useful chemicals. The detailed atomic level “blueprint” suggests ways to engineer the enzyme to produce desired products.
Across the Divide: Manufacturing Better Batteries
PNNL battery researcher Jie Xiao collaborates with academic and industry partners to address scientific challenges in manufacturing lithium-based batteries.
A vicious cycle: How alcohol’s impact on the brain makes us more likely to drink
Heavy alcohol use creates a vicious cycle: It changes signaling pathways in the brain, which in turn affects cognitive functions like decision-making and impulse control — and makes the individual more likely to drink. The mechanism behind this may involve the brain’s immune system, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.