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Released: 13-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
‘Tis the season to get vaccinated: How to stay healthy through the holidays
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

With virus cases rising and the holidays nigh, three expert from University of Michigan Health give their top 12 tips for avoiding or reducing the impact of COVID-19, flu, RSV, pneumonia and whooping cough in adults and kids.

Newswise: Study on Magnetic Force Microscopy Wins 2023 Advances in Magnetism Award
Released: 3-Nov-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Study on Magnetic Force Microscopy Wins 2023 Advances in Magnetism Award
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

An examination of the impact of image size on measurements from magnetic force microscopy has won the Advances in Magnetism Award, sponsored by AIP Advances. The paper was selected as the winner from nearly 200 papers submitted and Michael Vaka, now a data engineer at Zontal, was awarded a cash prize and a travel stipend to next year’s conference for his work, performed at BYU under the supervision of Karine Chesnel.

Released: 26-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Learning from the undead: Simulating zombie plagues in Finland could help slow down next pandemic
Aalto University

Researchers at Aalto University are investigating how a zombie plague would spread through Finland. It’s a light-hearted project, but it offers serious insights into global challenges, such as containing a pandemic or coping with disinformation.

Newswise: Harnessing Molecular Power: Electricity Generation on the Nanoscale
11-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Harnessing Molecular Power: Electricity Generation on the Nanoscale
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In APL Materials, researchers tested a molecular energy harvesting device that captures the energy from the natural motion of molecules in a liquid. Their work showed molecular motion can be used to generate a stable electric current. To create the device, they submerged nanoarrays of piezoelectric material in liquid, allowing the movement of the liquid to move the strands like seaweed waving in the ocean, except in this case the movement is on the molecular scale, and the strands are made of zinc oxide. When the zinc oxide material waves, bends, or deforms under motion, it generates electric potential.

9-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
AI Pain Recognition System Could Help Detect Patients’ Pain Before, During and After Surgery
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

An automated pain recognition system using artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as an unbiased method to detect pain in patients before, during and after surgery, according to research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting.

9-Oct-2023 2:40 PM EDT
Virtual Reality Reduces Anxiety Among Caregivers of Children Having Surgery, Study Finds
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Virtual reality (VR) may be an effective and reliable tool to alleviate the anxiety experienced by most parents or caregivers when their child undergoes surgery, according to research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting.

Newswise: Rubin Observatory Will Help Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Released: 11-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Rubin Observatory Will Help Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy
NSF's NOIRLab

Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time will help scientists map the large-scale structure of the Universe with finer precision than ever before. With Rubin’s wide field of view and high resolution, the subtle distortions of galaxy shapes caused by dark matter will be detectable, allowing scientists to map dark matter and explore its cosmic tug of war with dark energy.

Newswise: Detection and Extraction of Similar Features in the Disease-Related Gene Groups
Released: 11-Oct-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Detection and Extraction of Similar Features in the Disease-Related Gene Groups
Chuo University

Multiomics3 analysis that integrates different layers of profiles altogether is challenging, since the number of variables in profile substantially differ from each other. For instance, gene expression profile and genomic DNA methylation profile are often analyzed together, however, there are only tens of thousands of genes, whereas the number of DNA methylation sites are as many as tens of millions.

Newswise: Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars
Released: 11-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The nuclear reactions that power stellar explosions involve short-lived nuclei that are hard to study in the laboratory. Researchers used a combination of methods to measure a reaction where a neutron from a deuterium target is exchanged with a proton from a radioactive projectile, a reaction equivalent to a process in exploding stars.

Newswise: Fueling the Future of Fusion Energy
Released: 11-Oct-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Fueling the Future of Fusion Energy
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab joins four other scientific research institutions in a collaborative research project that aims to measure the lifetime of spin polarization in particles used to fuel nuclear fusion. Here’s a look at Jefferson Lab’s role in the joint venture.

Newswise: MSU to Address Global Water Issues Through New Alliance
Released: 11-Oct-2023 3:35 PM EDT
MSU to Address Global Water Issues Through New Alliance
Michigan State University

Michigan State University has harnessed its vast water research expertise to create the MSU Water Alliance. This will be a bridging organization among existing water science units on campus and among faculty with water expertise to address challenges, which are immense.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
NYU Researchers Reconstruct Speech From Brain Activity, Illuminates Complex Neural Processes
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Associate Professor Adeen Flinker and Professor Yao Wang co-led a team of NYU researchers that created and used complex neural networks to recreate speech from brain recordings, and then used that recreation to analyze the processes that drive human speech.

Newswise: What tiny fossils can tell us about the changing climate
Released: 11-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
What tiny fossils can tell us about the changing climate
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University, State of New York Assistant Professor Adriane Lam’s research allows scientists to more accurately predict future climate and zoological changes as the Earth continues to warm.

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Released: 11-Oct-2023 2:15 PM EDT
Making Rad Maps with Robot Dogs
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have created multi-sensor systems that can map nuclear radiation in 3D in real-time. Researchers are now testing how to integrate their system with robots that can autonomously investigate radiation areas.

Newswise: Quantum Dots: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Collaborated on Early Work That Led to Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Released: 11-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Quantum Dots: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Collaborated on Early Work That Led to Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Florida State University

By: Tisha Keller | Published: October 11, 2023 | 2:41 pm | SHARE: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to three renowned scientists for the development of quantum dots — nanoparticles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena. Quantum dots are used to illuminate televisions and computer screens, LED lamps, and help guide surgeons in removal of tumor tissue.

Newswise: Killing Remains a Threat to Bornean Orangutans
Released: 11-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Killing Remains a Threat to Bornean Orangutans
University of Queensland

University of Queensland research has found despite considerable conservation efforts, the illegal killing of critically endangered orangutans on Borneo may be an ongoing threat to the species.

Newswise: Scientists Discover ‘Flipping’ Layers in Heterostructures to Cause Changes in Their Properties
Released: 11-Oct-2023 1:55 PM EDT
Scientists Discover ‘Flipping’ Layers in Heterostructures to Cause Changes in Their Properties
Institute for Basic Science

Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) semiconductors are special materials that have long fascinated researchers with their unique properties.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Peregrine Falcons Set Off False Alarms to Make Prey Easier to Catch
Frontiers

Predators must eat to survive — and to survive, prey must avoid being eaten. One theory, the Wolf-Mangel model, suggests predators could use false attacks to tire prey out or force them to take bigger risks, but this has been hard to show in practice.

Newswise: Bouldering in South-Central Madagascar: A New “Rock-Climbing” Gecko Species of the Genus Paroedura
Released: 11-Oct-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Bouldering in South-Central Madagascar: A New “Rock-Climbing” Gecko Species of the Genus Paroedura
Pensoft Publishers

Named after its habitat preference, Paroedura manongavato, from the Malagasy words “manonga” (to climb) and “vato” (rock), is a bouldering expert. Part of its “home range” is also very well-known to rock climbers for its massive granitic domes.

Newswise: Tens of Thousands of Endangered Sharks and Rays Caught Off Congo
Released: 11-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Tens of Thousands of Endangered Sharks and Rays Caught Off Congo
University of Exeter

Tens of thousands of endangered sharks and rays are caught by small-scale fisheries off the Republic of the Congo each year, new research shows.

Newswise:Video Embedded researchers-capture-first-ever-afterglow-of-huge-planetary-collision-in-outer-space
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9-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers Capture First-Ever Afterglow of Huge Planetary Collision in Outer Space
University of Bristol

A chance social media post by an eagle-eyed amateur astronomer sparked the discovery of an explosive collision between two giant planets, which crashed into each other in a distant space system 1,800 light years away from planet Earth.

Newswise:Video Embedded study-clearly-identifies-nutrients-as-a-driver-of-the-great-atlantic-sargassum-belt
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Released: 11-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms. However, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB) that emerged in 2011 has since then caused unprecedented inundations of this brown seaweed on Caribbean coastlines, with harmful effects on ecosystems while posing challenges to regional economies and tourism, and concerns for respiratory and other human health issues.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT
$7.3M Grant to Expand Wheat Pathogen Surveillance
Cornell University

One of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance systems is set to expand its capacity to protect wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.

Released: 11-Oct-2023 9:05 AM EDT
Using Different Flours for Sourdough Fosters Different Bacteria – and Flavors
North Carolina State University

A new study of the microbial ecosystem in sourdough finds that using different types of flour fosters distinct bacterial communities, and that these differences contribute to the variation of sourdough aromas and flavors.

Newswise: Illinois Researchers Prove That New Method Can Be Used to Measure Ozone Stress in Soybeans
Released: 11-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Illinois Researchers Prove That New Method Can Be Used to Measure Ozone Stress in Soybeans
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ateam from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the USDA Agricultural Research Service has used SIF to measure the effects of elevated ozone (O3) on soybean plants.

Newswise: Killer whales’ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure, study says
6-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Killer whales’ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure, study says
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. In the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales, researchers in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology report the levels of pollutants in 162 individuals’ blubber.

6-Oct-2023 8:00 AM EDT
‘Ultrashort’ PFAS Compounds Detected in People and Their Homes, Study Shows
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Smaller, fluorinated compounds are becoming replacements for PFAS, though research suggests these versions could also be harmful. A study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology reports that levels of these substances indoor and human samples are similar to or higher than those of legacy PFAS.

Newswise: Tuning a Fundamental Material Property with an Electronic Coating
Released: 10-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Tuning a Fundamental Material Property with an Electronic Coating
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Researchers have discovered a way to tune some semiconductors to reduce the amount of energy needed to eject electrons. The approach works by placing a bilayer coating of an insulator and graphene on top of the semiconductor then applying a voltage between the semiconductor and graphene. This bilayer approach could improve the efficiency of electromechanical devices and electron accelerators.

Released: 10-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
OmniMotion Allows for Better Video Motion Estimation
Cornell University

Cornell researchers have developed a new optimization tool to estimate motion throughout an input video, which has potential applications in video editing and generative AI video creation.

Newswise: Securing the Food Pipeline from Cyberattacks
Released: 10-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Securing the Food Pipeline from Cyberattacks
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are investigating the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of an increasingly smart food and agriculture sector.

Newswise: Thirteen Scientists Awarded Department of Energy FICUS Program Funding for Environmental and Biological Research
Released: 10-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Thirteen Scientists Awarded Department of Energy FICUS Program Funding for Environmental and Biological Research
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

Research teams from 11 projects will use resources at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Several of the projects also were awarded access to the Bio-SANS beamline through the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory.

Newswise: Scientists Call for Real-Time Analysis of Tropical Cyclones in the Context of Climate Change
Released: 10-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists Call for Real-Time Analysis of Tropical Cyclones in the Context of Climate Change
Stony Brook University

The need for “real-time” forecasting of tropical cyclones is more necessary than ever given the impact of climate change on rainfall amounts. Two climate scientists suggest Hurricane Ian can be used as a blueprint for rapid operational climate change attribution statements about extreme storms, in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research: Climate.

Newswise: Sweet Victory: Sensor Detects Adulteration in Honey
5-Oct-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Sweet Victory: Sensor Detects Adulteration in Honey
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In Review of Scientific Instruments, scientists developed a microwave microstrip line planar resonator sensor tool to detect water adulteration in honey. The tool is compact, cost-effective, and easily fabricated. The microstrip line resonator sensor is fabricated on a dielectric substrate, which is an insulator that can efficiently support electrostatic fields, such as ceramic or glass. The team tested honey samples with varying water content and found that the sensor's resonance frequency consistently decreases with increased added water content.

Released: 10-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Plant Pathogens Can Travel on Dust Across Oceans
Cornell University

Plant pathogens can hitch rides on dust and remain viable, with the potential for traveling across the planet, according to a new Cornell University study – a finding with important implications for global food security and predicting future outbreaks.

Released: 9-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
New ‘Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science’ Recommends FRIB Enhancements to Forward the Field
Michigan State University

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, figures largely in the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee’s, or NSAC’s, newly released “A New Era of Discovery: The 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science.” The new plan, released on Oct. 4, provides a roadmap for advancing the nation’s nuclear science research programs over the next decade. It is the eighth long range plan published by NSAC since 1979.

Newswise: Evidence from the remains of 1918 flu pandemic victims contradicts long-held belief that healthy young adults were particularly vulnerable
5-Oct-2023 12:20 PM EDT
Evidence from the remains of 1918 flu pandemic victims contradicts long-held belief that healthy young adults were particularly vulnerable
McMaster University

New analysis of the remains of victims of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, contradicts the widespread belief the flu disproportionately impacted healthy young adults.

   
5-Oct-2023 12:15 PM EDT
No Lizard Is an Island
Washington University in St. Louis

Research from Washington University in St. Louis and the Georgia Institute of Technology provides a more complete explanation of how evolution plays out among species that live side-by-side.

Newswise: Scientists Have Found Out That Addition of Silver to Organocatalyst Increases Its Stability
Released: 9-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Scientists Have Found Out That Addition of Silver to Organocatalyst Increases Its Stability
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Russian scientists have found out that a mixture of iodine-derived organic salts and silver reduce their total catalytic activity — that is the ability to speed up chemical reactions, — but such a hybrid catalyst turned out to be more stable than corresponding organic catalysts in the absence of the metal.

Newswise: A Real ​“Rock Star” Moment: New Mineral Named After Argonne Materials Scientist Kanatzidis
Released: 9-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
A Real ​“Rock Star” Moment: New Mineral Named After Argonne Materials Scientist Kanatzidis
Argonne National Laboratory

Mercouri Kanatzidis, an Argonne and Northwestern University materials scientist, has studied sulfur-containing materials called chalcogenides for more than 30 years. A new chalcogenide mineral has just been named for him.

Newswise: Gemini Sur captura un “Finch” cósmico
Released: 5-Oct-2023 4:20 PM EDT
Gemini Sur captura un “Finch” cósmico
NSF's NOIRLab

Utilizando datos del telescopio Gemini Sur y de otros observatorios, los astrónomos encontraron un nuevo Evento Transitorio Óptico Azul Rápido (LFBOT por sus siglas en inglés), un tipo de poderosa explosión cósmica, de la cual no se sabe mucho. El estallido, al que se le apodó como “el Finch”, ocurrió en las afueras de una galaxia, a diferencia de otros LFBOT descubiertos hasta ahora que se hallaron anidando en galaxias de formación estelar. Esta observación pone en duda las teorías actuales sobre los orígenes de este tipo de eventos transitorios.

Newswise: Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’
Released: 5-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’
NSF's NOIRLab

Using data from Gemini South and other observatories, astronomers have found a new Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), a powerful but poorly understood type of cosmic explosion. However, rather than being nestled in a star-forming galaxy like other LFBOTs discovered so far, the latest event, dubbed ‘the Finch’, occurred in the far outskirts of a galaxy. This observation calls into question leading ideas about the origins of these transient events.

Released: 5-Oct-2023 3:25 PM EDT
Rutgers Launches Climate and Energy Institute With Wide-Reaching Goals
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

University leaders are creating an institute designed to elevate the local, national and international profile of Rutgers–New Brunswick as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions. The Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI) will combine and expand upon the activities of three existing institutes on climate, environment and energy research at the university.

Released: 5-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Climate Intervention Technologies May Create Winners and Losers in World Food Supply
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A technology being studied to curb climate change – one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now – would affect food productivity in parts of planet Earth in dramatically different ways, benefiting some areas, and adversely affecting others, according to projections prepared by a Rutgers-led team of scientists.

Released: 5-Oct-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Clearinghouse Highlights Aging, Climate as Interlinked Risks
Cornell University

Record-breaking summer heat focused attention on climate change, but Cornell University experts say too little has been paid to its intersection with another critical trend: the world’s rapidly aging population.

   
Newswise: MSU research shows plants could worsen air pollution on a warming planet
Released: 5-Oct-2023 2:35 PM EDT
MSU research shows plants could worsen air pollution on a warming planet
Michigan State University

•New Michigan State University research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that plants such as oak and poplar trees will emit more of a compound called isoprene as global temperatures climb. •Isoprene from plants represents the highest flux of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere behind methane. •Although isoprene isn’t inherently bad — it actually helps plants better tolerate insect pests and high temperatures — it can worsen air pollution by reacting with nitrogen oxides from automobiles and coal-fired power plants. •The new publication can help us better understand, predict and potentially mitigate the effects of increased isoprene emission as the planet warms.

Newswise: Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet
Released: 5-Oct-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet
Case Western Reserve University

A pair of theoretical physicists are reporting that the same observations inspiring the hunt for a ninth planet might instead be evidence within the solar system of a modified law of gravity originally developed to understand the rotation of galaxies.

Newswise: UAlbany Chemist Receives $1 Million in Federal Support to Commercialize Forensic Investigation Tool
Released: 5-Oct-2023 11:55 AM EDT
UAlbany Chemist Receives $1 Million in Federal Support to Commercialize Forensic Investigation Tool
University at Albany, State University of New York

The funding will be used to advance a novel technology, which combines Raman spectroscopy and machine learning to identify body fluid traces at crime scenes.

   
Released: 5-Oct-2023 11:40 AM EDT
Cornell leads New York initiative to boost space tech research, manufacturing
Cornell University

Cornell is spearheading the New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development, a new initiative aimed at bolstering U.S. space technology research and manufacturing capabilities by uniting industry, academic and government partners across New York.



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