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UrduThe University of Central Florida, Orlando Health and 3D printing company Stratasys are leading an effort to rapidly 3D-print critical personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure it is available for local healthcare professionals in their fight against COVID-19.
ACI Launches Safe and Clean at Home Challenge
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) launched its new Safe and Clean at Home initiative, featuring daily cleaning challenges, tips and ideas to help all of us to clean smart while we’re spending so much more time around the house due to the coronavirus crisis.
UofL faculty member provides insight on importance of strengthening mental health in time of physical isolation and uncertainty
Physical isolation and social distancing have become the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and strengthening psychological coping is as important as staying physically well.
Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19, Physical Distancing
Embargoed Until April 10, 2020 (10:00 am CT) Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19, Physical Distancing JAMA Internal MedicineViewpoint The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing Article PDF JAMA Internal Medicine EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), FRIDAY, APRIL…
Hackensack Meridian Health Studying the Blood of COVID-19 Survivors
Convalescent plasma treatments could be a potential treatment method for COVID-19 cases
Piercing the Dark Birthplaces of Massive Stars with Webb
Scientists will use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope study three mysterious, cold, dense clouds where high-mass stars form.
Psychology Research: Antivaxxers Actually Think Differently Than Other People
In an article published recently in the journal Vaccine, two researchers in the Texas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences suggest some people find vaccines risky because they overestimate the likelihood of negative events, particularly those that are rare.
Professor Makes COVID-19 Acrylic Hoods for Hospital
A human-centered design professor at Northern Michigan University collaborated with an emergency room physician to create an extra shield of COVID-19 protection between patients and health care providers.
Finding from a Johns Hopkins study challenges the belief that robotic surgery provides a favorable alternative to open surgery in frail patients
Minimally invasive surgical techniques are routinely promoted as alternatives to open surgery because of improved outcomes. However, the impact of robotic surgery on certain subsets of the population, such as frail patients, is poorly understood. Although minimally invasive surgical approaches have…
ANSWERING THE COVID-19 CALL TO ACTION: SavantX Dataset Search and Analysis Technology Offered at No-Cost to Researchers, Scientists, and Medical Professionals
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, SavantX has deployed a no-cost AI-enabled web application to help medical and research professionals rapidly search, analyze and visualize the CORD-19 dataset to gain deep insight into hidden relationships within the data and answer important questions with no data science experience necessary.
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Mild March and 2020 Warmth
New Brunswick, N.J. (April 10, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick climatologist David A. Robinson is available for interviews on the unusually mild March weather in New Jersey and the second warmest start of any year since record-keeping began in 1895. March 2020…
FDA Approves COVID-19 Innovations; Ohio State Wexner Medical Center To Share Nationwide
The Food and Drug Administration has approved solutions created by scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center that both expand and accelerate COVID-19 testing across Ohio.
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Michigan Medicine launches weekly video series to support parents, families during COVID-19 pandemic
Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is supporting families during the pandemic through a weekly video series called “Thrive With Your Family” that will address parents’ top questions. Episodes will be broadcast on Tuesdays at noon EST starting April 14 on the Mott Facebook page (@MottChildren) and the Michigan Medicine YouTube channel.
DHS S&T Invites Critical Infrastructure Owners & Operators to GPS Spoofing Test Event
DHS S&T announced today an opportunity for critical infrastructure owners & operators and GPS equipment manufacturers to test their equipment against GPS spoofing. The 2020 GPS Testing for Critical Infrastructure (GET-CI) event will be held later this year and is the third in this series of test opportunities.
UTSW researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical center have uncovered the detailed shape of a key protein involved in muscle contraction.
South Africa’s National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System joins Los Alamos’ Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium (EMC3) recently welcomed its first international partner, the South African National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS).
Where cancers go could guide their treatment
Kidney cancers that metastasize to the pancreas have a fundamentally different biology from those that metastasize elsewhere
S&T Extends MITRE Corporation Operation of HSSEDI
DHS S&T renewed the sponsorship for the continued operation of HSSEDI, FFRDC with the MITRE Corporation (MITRE). MITRE has operated the HSSEDI in five-year increments since 2009.
Large majority of state’s heroin users want to reduce use; syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisis
A new survey of people who inject illicit drugs in the state of Washington yields positive and important findings for policy makers as the world struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, said authors of the survey by the University of Washington and Public Health-Seattle & King County.
192 UIC medical students graduate early
Today, 192 medical students from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest and most diverse medical schools in the country, will graduate early. Among the early grads, one-third have been matched to residency programs in Illinois.
USDA-ARS scientists find new tool to combat major wheat disease
Will help global efforts to produce wheat
What is the origin of water on Earth?
Led by Cédric Gillmann – Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB, funded by the EoS project ET-HoME, a team of researchers demonstrate that the water we are now enjoying on Earth has been there since its formation.
PARP inhibitor drugs can be ‘tuned’ for better killing of tumor cells
Using innovative techniques, Penn study helps clear up mystery about why PARP-inhibiting compounds vary so much in their clinical effectiveness
New paper points out flaw in Rubber Hand Illusion raising tough questions for psychology
A world-famous psychological experiment used to help explain the brain’s understanding of the body, as well as scores of clinical disorders, has been dismissed as not fit-for-purpose in a new academic paper from the University of Sussex. The Rubber Hand…
Large majority of Washington state’s heroin users want to reduce use
Syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisis
Belgian scientists identify ATP10B as novel risk gene for Parkinson’s disease
Screening DNA of Parkinson’s patients in the Christine Van Broeckhoven laboratory (VIB-UAntwerpen Center for Molecular Neurology) identified a new risk gene for Parkinson’s disease. Mutations in ATP10B resulted in loss of ATP10B protein. The function of the ATP10B gene was…
Sleep Research Society announces 2020 award recipients
The Sleep Research Society (SRS) has selected three outstanding sleep and circadian scientists as recipients of the 2020 Sleep Research Society awards, which recognize excellence in sleep and circadian research. “The Sleep Research Society awards recognize individuals who have made…
A remote military medical team can offer insights to US hospitals preparing for COVID-19
A surgical team was converted into a pandemic response team to offer care to an isolated population during the COVID-19 pandemic
Psychology research: Vaccine skeptics actually think differently than other people
Results show people with vaccine skepticism overestimate the likelihood of all kinds of negative events, especially those that are rare.
Ants or plants? Evolutionary diversification factors of aphids
One of the major objectives in biology is to understand the factors and mechanisms that have led to the diversification of species on earth. Plant-feeding insects are the most diversified group of organisms on earth, and they account for more…
Single-electron pumping in a ZnO single-nanobelt transistor
Single electron pumping devices with high efficiency and controllability at room temperature play an essential role in implement spin-based quantum computing and quantum information processing. In a recent study, which was published in SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy ,…
Video games improve the visual attention of expert players
Expert players of action real-time strategy games such as League of Legends become better at allocating brain resources between visual stimuli that compete for attention
A novel Li-ion superconductor makes possible an era of safe battery
A fast Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte material comparable to the liquid electrolytes used in typical batteries. An innovative synthesis developed for a Li-ion superconductor without any compromise between productivity and material performance.
Development of new photovoltaic commercialization technology
The cause for efficiency degradation in an actual operating environment has been identified, with proposal of material processing method for improving performance stability
Hair surface engineering to be advanced by nano vehicles
This new researched technology can help both drug delivery and hair cosmetics industry
FDA approves COVID-19 innovations; Ohio State Medical Center to share nationwide
The Food and Drug Administration has approved solutions created by scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center that both expand and accelerate COVID-19 testing across Ohio. Health systems worldwide have struggled because of the critical shortage of test…
Should infants be separated from COVID-19-positive mothers?
New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2020–In a new commentary, Alison Stuebe, MD, President of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, addresses the risks and benefits of separating infants from COVID-19-positive mothers following birth. Although multiple public health organizations recommended keeping mothers…
Free program on conducting scientific research without using laboratory animals
Alternatives to animals offer information relevant to humans, elevating and speeding up the research process
A new strategy to create 2D magnetic order
Grain boundaries, which are consist of periodic arrangement of structural units and generally recognized as a two-dimensional “phase”, can exhibit novel properties that are not existed in the intrinsic bulk crystal. The altered continuity of atomic bonding at grain boundaries…
COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems
Surgeons develop a strategy that expands use of telehealth and streamlines systemwide staff communication
AGA releases official guidance for patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic
Many patients with IBD who develop COVID-19 should stop their medication
Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research
2D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental and medical images
Computer model predicts how drugs affect heart rhythm
UC Davis researchers develop an easy pre-clinical test of cardiac safety
UC San Diego researchers move closer to producing heparin in the lab
Heparin, a potent anti-coagulant and the most prescribed drug in hospitals, is currently produced in pigs
Magnet research takes giant leap
Researchers pushing the limits of magnets as a means to create faster electronics published their proof of concept findings today, April 10, in the journal Science . The University of Central Florida is the lead university in the multidisciplinary university…
New protocol identifies fascinating quantum states
Method can be directly applied in existing experimental platforms
UM School of Medicine launches new large scale COVID-19 testing initiative
Enhanced testing capability could help ensure sustained COVID-19 surveillance across the state of maryland after lifting of restrictions
Light driven proton pump in distant relative
Unique protein acts as an inward proton pump in a distant microbial relative
With TxDOT grant, UTA team to test feasibility of recycled plastics in road construction
Building roads from plastic recyclables