With the growing popularity of the plant-based movement, research shows that diners are increasingly requesting plant-based menu options for their personal health and the health of our planet. Doc/Chef Graham’s session will be enlightening. He’ll discuss how restaurants and foodservice venues can demonstrate their concern for the health of their customers.
Author: sarah Jonas
New Tool Collects Patient Feedback Faster During Hospital Stays
Seeking to improve patient’s experiences in the hospital, Cedars-Sinai has introduced a new feedback tool that will allow patients to comment on their hospital stays in real time rather than waiting to complete surveys after going home. Under a program that began in January, patients can evaluate their experiences through a platform designed in conjunction with Feedtrail, a healthcare technology company.
Military waste has unexpected consequences on civilians, the environment
The military waste that results from the United States military’s drive to remain permanently war ready has unexpected consequences on civilians and the environment, according to a new book by a faculty member at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Researchers Develop Framework that Improves Firefox Security
Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve web browser security. The framework, called RLBox, has been integrated into Firefox to complement Firefox’s other security-hardening efforts.
Arctic’s Global Seed Vault to receive 1000 types of seeds from Warwick’s Vegetable Genebank
The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of Warwick is to make their second and largest deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 25th February
DHS Selects the University of Nebraska Omaha to Lead Center of Excellence for Terrorism Prevention and Counterterrorism Research
DHS S&T announced today the selection of the University of Nebraska Omaha to lead a consortium of U.S. academic institutions and other partners for a new COE for TPCR.
Heart defects increase four-fold in IVF twins
Having twins from IVF or other related procedures quadruples the chance that a baby may have congenital heart problems.
Weinstein case indicates ‘cultural shift’ in perception of abuse
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on Monday for several criminal charges of sexual assault that included rape, though was found not guilty on other charges. Vanessa Bohns, associate professor of organizational behavior Cornell University’s ILR School, studies the psychology of…
Think Before You Drink: The Brain Plays a Role in Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
New research shows that two brain proteins help regulate fat accumulation in the liver associated with excessive alcohol consumption, specifically binge drinking. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Allergists Encourage Parents of Food Allergic Kids to Recognize Their Own Anxiety
Allergists advise parents of children with food allergies to to offer fact-based strategies in order to not increase their child’s concerns.
Virginia Tech’s Brandy Faulkner senses new enthusiasm among African American voters in the Democratic primaries
Heading into the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are well positioned to capitalize on the more diverse voting populations in those states, says a Virginia Tech expert. Political scientist Brandy Faulkner…
Teacher Retention: How the CSU is Helping Support Teachers of Color
When it comes to addressing California’s teacher shortage, recruitment is only half the story. Here’s how the CSU is making sure new recruits keep teaching.
Lava flows tell 600-year story of biodiversity loss on tropical island
A natural experiment created by an active volcano gives new insight into the long-term negative impacts of human colonisation of tropical forest islands. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal, Journal of Ecology . Researchers from the…
Wearable Sensor Powered by AI Predicts Worsening Heart Failure Before Hospitalization
A new wearable sensor that works in conjunction with artificial intelligence technology could help doctors remotely detect critical changes in heart failure patients days before a health crisis occurs and could prevent hospitalization, according to a study led by University of Utah Health and VA Salt Lake City Health Care System scientists.
New study associates intake of dairy milk with greater risk of breast cancer
Evidence suggests consistently drinking as little as one cup per day may increase rate of breast cancer up to 50%
Military waste has unexpected consequences on civilians, the environment
New book by Binghamton University faculty explores the impact of American war preparation
Seagulls favor food humans have handled
Seagulls favour food that has been handled by humans, new research shows. Herring gulls were presented with two identical food items – one of which they had seen a human holding. The gulls pecked more often at the handled food,…
Trials show new drug can ease symptoms of chronic cough
Two trials of a new drug have shown that at low doses, it can ease the often distressing symptoms of chronic cough with minimal side effects. Principle researcher Jacky Smith, a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at The University of Manchester…
Tropical nations worst hit by climate-related fish shifts
Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges caused by significant shifts in fish species distributions caused by climate change. Tropical countries stand to lose the most fish species due to climate change, with few if any stocks replacing…
Melbourne welcomes Indian delegation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Joint Secretary Tarika Roy and Under Secretary Sanjay Singh from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPWD) in India are visiting the University of Melbourne this week to advance a number of collaborations
Bee brain/human brain: New link
Study reveals links between bee brains and human brains
Data Science Institute team wins Facebook award to enhance machine learning
A team of researchers from the Data Science Institute at Columbia University (DSI) has received the Facebook Systems for Machine Learning Award in January 2020 for their research exploring how to co-train machine learning models not only for better decision-making…
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska
Successful transcatheter mitral valve repair that enhances postoperative recovery
A group of researchers led by Professor Yoshiki SAWA of the Cardiovascular Group in the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, succeeded in beating-heart surgery to repair a mitral valve. They reconstructed the chordae tendineae using a guiding catheter to…
Parasitic worms have armies, and produce more soldiers when needed
Study demonstrates for the first time that animal societies can adjust army size to meet threat levels in the wild
Deaf moths evolved noise-cancelling scales to evade prey
Scales shown to be more efficient than today’s sound engineering technology
KIER realizes advancing into next-generation building fuel cell market
Commercialization of 5kW high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system by establishing lab company
Shrinking sea ice is creating an ecological trap for polar bears
San Diego Zoo Global researchers studying the effects of climate change on polar bears are using innovative technologies to understand why polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea are showing divergent movement patterns in the summer. In recent decades, about…
AI has helped to better understand how human brain performs face recognition
Scientists from Salk Institute (USA), Skoltech (Russia), and Riken Center for Brain Science (Japan) investigated a theoretical model of how populations of neurons in the visual cortex of the brain may recognize and process faces and their different expressions and…
Electrolyte supplements don’t prevent illness in athletes, study finds
Electrolyte supplements popular with endurance runners can’t be relied on to keep essential sodium levels in balance, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and their collaborators. Rather, longer training distances, lower body mass and avoidance of…
Stanford scientists link ulcerative colitis to missing gut microbes
About 1 million people in the United States have ulcerative colitis, a serious disease of the colon that has no cure and whose cause is obscure. Now, a study by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators has tied the condition…
Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, longevity and aging
Stanford research maps a faster, easier way to build diamond
With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond
Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation
Mantis shrimp ( Squilla mantis ) don’t take kindly to captivity. ‘They have a general baseline of being angry’, chuckles Kate Feller, currently at the University of Minnesota, USA, recalling how the contrary stomatopods are particularly keen to lash out…
What makes an Airbnb host look trustworthy?
Hebrew University researchers crack the code
Synthesizing a superatom: Opening doors to their use as substitutes for elemental atoms
Superatom is a name given to a cluster of atoms that seem to exhibit properties similar to elemental atoms. Scientists have shown particular interest in superatomic structures, since they can be linked with atoms to produce molecules, and potentially be…
Observation of non-trivial superconductivity on surface of type II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4
Topological superconductor, with bulk superconducting gap and Majorana fermion states on the surface or edge, is one of the most sought after quantum materials. Topological superconductivity is of fundamental importance with potentially powerful application in topological quantum computation. The discovery…
CaPtAs: A new noncentrosymmetric superconductor
A research group from Zhejiang University in China has found that the noncentrosymmetric compound CaPtAs is a superconductor, which shows evidence for unconventional properties. This compound provides a new opportunity for studying unconventional superconductivity in systems with broken inversion symmetry.…
NUS-led study suggests mangrove forests provide cause for conservation optimism, for now
Success in global mangrove conservation efforts boost conservation optimism amongst broader projections of environmental decline
Successful transcatheter mitral valve repair that enhances postoperative recovery
A group of researchers led by Professor Yoshiki SAWA of the Cardiovascular Group in the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, succeeded in beating-heart surgery to repair a mitral valve. They reconstructed the chordae tendineae using a guiding catheter to…
Exceptional catapulting jump mechanism in a tiny beetle could be applied in robotic limbs
The fascinating and highly efficient jumping mechanism in flea beetles is described in a new research article in the open-access journal Zookeys . Despite having been known since 1929, the explosive jump – which is also the reason behind the…
New RNA mapping technique shows how RNA interacts with chromatin in the genome
A group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have developed a new method, RADICL-seq, which allows scientists to better understand how RNA interacts with the genome through chromatin–the structure in which the…
Study investigates moral distress of physicians who care for older adults
Compromising professional integrity is correlated with physician burnout and depression
Myanmar to be 1st country in ASEAN Region to launch free and open national research portal
21 February 2020, Yangon – Access to research in Myanmar will increase thanks to a new collaboration agreement between national and international partners, signed in Yangon today, and paving the way for a new national open access portal. The Myanmar…
A better starting point for exploring entanglement
Updated mathematical techniques which can distinguish between two types of ‘non-Gaussian curve’ could make it easier for researchers to study the nature of quantum entanglement
Leon O. Chua receives the 2020 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
American electrical engineer and computer scientist honored for his breakthrough research on memristors and memristive systems, and his lifetime achievements in nanoelectronics, nonlinear networks, nonlinear dynamics, chaos and computational biology
Stimulating resonance with two very different forces
In some specialised oscillators, two driving forces with significantly different frequencies can work together to make the whole system resonate
How your romantic attachment style affects your finances, well-being
Everyone approaches romantic relationships differently. On one end of the spectrum are people who crave closeness so much, they may come across as “clingy.” On the other end are those who value their independence so deeply that they avoid getting…
When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’
Menagerie of several species to monitor habitat health offers better conservation outcomes
MicroRNA regulates process vital to placenta growth in early pregnancy
University of South Florida medical researchers applied CRISPR technology to study the function of a very large human non-protein coding gene expressed only in placenta, stem cells and certain cancers