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Released: 26-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
NSF and DOE Establish a Research Coordination Network Dedicated to Enhancing Privacy Research
Department of Energy, Office of Science

In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of data collection and analysis driven by advances in artificial intelligence, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have established a Research Coordination Network (RCN) dedicated to advancing privacy research and the development, deployment and scaling of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). Fulfilling a mandate from the "Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence," the initiative advances the recommendations in the National Strategy to Advance Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics to move towards a data ecosystem where the beneficial power of data can be unlocked while protecting privacy.

Newswise: Mercy Medical Center Named Among Top 400 Mid-Size Employers By Forbes Magazine for 2024
Released: 22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Mercy Medical Center Named Among Top 400 Mid-Size Employers By Forbes Magazine for 2024
Mercy Medical Center

Mercy Medical Center has been ranked as one of the top 400 midsize employers (1,000-5,000 employees) in the United States for 2024 by Forbes magazine.

Newswise: Snakes: An Evolutionary Winner
19-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Snakes: An Evolutionary Winner
Stony Brook University

A study of more than 60,000 specimens of snakes and lizards worldwide reveals that snakes stand out alone in the evolution of reptiles. The team of scientists discovered that snakes evolved incredibly fast, as their ancestors shed limbs and adapted on multiple levels to live and spread out into thousands of species of snakes over 66 million years, up to today.

Newswise: Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Released: 22-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Cristiana Della’Anna, the actress who portrays Mother Cabrini in the upcoming biopic, Cabrini, visits with Sbarro Health Research Organization Founder and President Antonio Giordano

   
Newswise: Air Pollution Hides Increases in Rainfall
20-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST
Air Pollution Hides Increases in Rainfall
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In a new study, researchers broke down how human-induced greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions influence rainfall in the United States.

Newswise: Intravascular Imaging Significantly Improves Survival, Safety, and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Stenting Procedures Over Conventional Angiography
20-Feb-2024 9:25 AM EST
Intravascular Imaging Significantly Improves Survival, Safety, and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Stenting Procedures Over Conventional Angiography
Mount Sinai Health System

Results from this large-scale synthesis of all prior clinical trials could increase usage of several types of high-resolution imaging for guiding interventional coronary procedures

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
Newswise

Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A Princeton-led team composed of engineers, physicists, and data scientists from the University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time.

Newswise: UT-Battelle donates $186,000 to support SEEED’s green construction program
Released: 21-Feb-2024 9:10 AM EST
UT-Battelle donates $186,000 to support SEEED’s green construction program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s managing contractor, UT-Battelle, presented a donation of $186,000 to Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development, or SEEED, to support the nonprofit’s third green solar home as part of their Green Construction Program.

Newswise: Surprising Strategies: Scientists Quantify the Activity of Algal-Associated Bacteria at the Microscale
Released: 20-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Surprising Strategies: Scientists Quantify the Activity of Algal-Associated Bacteria at the Microscale
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Microalgae in water are responsible for roughly 50% of the photosynthesis that converts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into organic carbon. Researchers have now quantified the activity in the microbiome associated with these microalgae to investigate how the microbiome’s members process and exchange carbon and nitrogen from algal cells. They used isotopes and high-resolution imaging mass spectrometry to quantify these exchanges at the single-cell level.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $61 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $61 million for small businesses in 17 states. The 50 projects funded by DOE’s Office of Science include the development of advanced scientific instruments, advanced materials, and clean energy conversion and storage technologies that will conduct climate research and advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of a net-zero emissions economy.

   
Newswise: Collegiate cyber defenders shine in CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition
Released: 20-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Collegiate cyber defenders shine in CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition
Argonne National Laboratory

More than 75 college students competed to test their skills in the fundamentals of IT and cybersecurity infrastructure in the DOE CyberForce Program’s inaugural Conquer the Hill — Command Edition competition.

Newswise: Media Tip: A new blueprint for designing high-performance batteries
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: A new blueprint for designing high-performance batteries
Argonne National Laboratory

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have discovered an intriguing ​“cooperative” behavior among components in batteries that points to an exciting new approach to designing next-generation technologies. The team found that combining two different types of anions, negatively charged ions, with cations, positively charged ions, can significantly improve the overall battery’s performance.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
Argonne National Laboratory

An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a fluoride electrolyte that could protect a next generation battery against performance decline.

Newswise: Media Tip: Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: Previously unknown pathway to batteries with high energy, low cost and long life
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a new pathway to enhance lithium-sulfur batteries, addressing their major drawback of short lifetimes. The discovery, published in Nature, reveals a previously unknown reaction mechanism that overcomes rapid performance decline in lithium-sulfur batteries.

Newswise: Media Tip: Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S, Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory researchers have invented and patented a new cathode material that could pave the way for eco- and budget-friendly electric vehicles. The material is inspired by earlier work at Argonne that led to the lithium-ion batteries in the Chevy Volt and Bolt. It could help the supply of low-cost and abundant elements for electric vehicle batteries.

Newswise: Could Ultra-processed Foods Be the New ‘Silent’ Killer?
Released: 20-Feb-2024 8:30 AM EST
Could Ultra-processed Foods Be the New ‘Silent’ Killer?
Florida Atlantic University

Hundreds of novel ingredients never encountered by human physiology are now found in nearly 60 percent of the average adult’s diet and nearly 70 percent of children’s diets in the U.S. An emerging health hazard is the unprecedented consumption of these ultra-processed foods in the standard American diet. This may be the new “silent” killer, as was unrecognized high blood pressure in previous decades.

19-Feb-2024 5:00 AM EST
Droughts may trigger HIV transmission increase among women in rural sub-Saharan Africa, study finds
University of Bristol

Droughts have the potential to increase the spread of HIV for women living in rural parts of Africa, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.

Newswise: Cleveland Clinic-Led Study Discovers Link between High Levels of Niacin - a Common B Vitamin - and Heart Disease
15-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Cleveland Clinic-Led Study Discovers Link between High Levels of Niacin - a Common B Vitamin - and Heart Disease
Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol.

Newswise: Bar-Ilan University researchers produce “laboratory testicles”
Released: 19-Feb-2024 3:05 AM EST
Bar-Ilan University researchers produce “laboratory testicles”
Bar-Ilan University

Dr. Nitzan Gonen, a Bar-Ilan University researcher specializing in the process of fetal sex determination, together with research students Aviya Stopel, Cheli Lev and Stav Dahari, has succeeded in creating "laboratory testicles" that may significantly advance understanding of the mechanisms involved in sex determination and provide solutions for male infertility, which affects one in 12 men worldwide.

   
Newswise: In Memoriam: Jonathan W. Uhr, M.D., renowned immunologist and longtime Chair of Microbiology
Released: 17-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
In Memoriam: Jonathan W. Uhr, M.D., renowned immunologist and longtime Chair of Microbiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Jonathan W. Uhr, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Immunology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, who discovered how antibodies are made and developed a technique that led to the early detection of cancer cells, died Feb. 15. He was 96. Dr. Uhr was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

14-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Music Exposes Listeners to Alcohol References, Potentially Influencing Drinking
Research Society on Alcoholism

At least one in four contemporary songs references alcohol, according to an analysis of multiple studies that hints at the effects of music exposure on listeners’ drinking.

     
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Released: 16-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Why the Top Cause of Death for Women Has Been Ignored
Cedars-Sinai

Experts at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai who have studied progress made over decades of research say there’s still a long way to go before medical science fully understands how heart disease is different in women than men.

Newswise: Measuring neutrons to reduce nuclear waste
Released: 16-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Measuring neutrons to reduce nuclear waste
University of Tokyo

Nuclear power is considered one of the ways to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, but how to deal with nuclear waste products is among the issues surrounding it.

Newswise: New genetic therapy holds promise for ALS and frontotemporal dementia
Released: 16-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
New genetic therapy holds promise for ALS and frontotemporal dementia
Macquarie University

Neuroscientists at Macquarie University in Australia have developed a single-dose genetic medicine that has been proven to halt the progression of both ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in mice – and may even offer the potential to reverse some of the effects of the fatal diseases.

Newswise: Plasma technology for more effective lithium extraction
Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Plasma technology for more effective lithium extraction
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Applying plasma technology increases efficiency by 3-fold. Confirmation of a novel approach for lithium extraction from brine.

Newswise: Brain waves are part of memory
Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Brain waves are part of memory
Universitätsklinikum Bonn

Neuroscientists from Bonn, New York, and Freiburg discover interactions between so-called "ripples" and nerve cells during human memory processes.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Heart attack significantly increases risk of other health conditions
University of Leeds

Having a heart attack significantly increases the risk of developing other serious long-term health conditions, a major new study shows.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
New study analyzes link between digit ratio and oxygen consumption in footballers
Swansea University

The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as Covid-19 and heart conditions.

Newswise: Chelsea Chen: Breaking barriers in energy storage
Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:45 PM EST
Chelsea Chen: Breaking barriers in energy storage
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chelsea Chen, a polymer physicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is studying ion transport in solid electrolytes that could help electric vehicle battery charges last longer.

Newswise: Fair Play for Data: Researchers Develop Practical FAIR Principles for Data Sets
Released: 16-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Fair Play for Data: Researchers Develop Practical FAIR Principles for Data Sets
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Researchers studying complex phenomena such as the Higgs boson must work with massive experimental data sets. To help, researchers have defined practical FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles for data and applied the principles to an open simulated tktk from CERN. FAIR will help humans and computers use large data sets, enable modern computers to process these data sets, and aid the development of artificial intelligence tools.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
A climate-friendly way to capture carbon dioxide in the air
Ohio State University

In a new study, researchers have developed a method for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, powered by clean and relatively inexpensive geothermal energy.

15-Feb-2024 1:45 PM EST
Lockdown skin cancer diagnosis delays linked to deaths and £6bn costs in Europe
University College London

Delays in diagnosing melanoma due to Covid-19 lockdowns may have contributed to over 100,000 years of life lost across Europe and over £6bn in costs, mainly indirectly due to loss of productivity, finds a new study led by UCL and University Hospital of Basel researchers.

Newswise: New technology brings advanced blood imaging closer to the clinic
Released: 16-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
New technology brings advanced blood imaging closer to the clinic
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The qualities of flowing blood, or hemodynamics, hold important insights into vascular diseases, but technological limitations have largely kept measurements of these properties out of reach in the clinic. Now, there may be a potential solution on the horizon.

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15-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Can Astronomers Use Radar to Spot a Cataclysmic Asteroid?
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

How does ground-based astronomical radar expand our understanding of the Universe? By allowing us to study our nearby Solar System, and everything in it, in unprecedented detail. Radar can reveal the surface and ancient geology of planets and their moons, letting us trace their evolution.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
The Center to Eliminate Cancer Inequity to address unequal burden of cancer driven by health disparities
University of Chicago Medical Center

A new center at the University of Chicago Medicine will provide strategic leadership to bring together researchers, healthcare providers and community members to eliminate Chicago’s chronic cancer disparities.

Newswise: Plasma Technology for More Effective Lithium Extraction
Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Plasma Technology for More Effective Lithium Extraction
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Korea Institute of Fusion Energy(KFE) announced revealed that their researchers have successfully increased the lithium extraction rate by three times compared to pre-existing methods by applying CO2 microwave plasma technology.

Newswise: High out-of-pocket costs hindering treatment of diabetes
Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
High out-of-pocket costs hindering treatment of diabetes
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Diabetes care providers should account for impacts caused by financial insecurity, researchers suggest

Newswise: Chula Geologists Find New Evidence of Historic Human Activity on Khao Phanom Rung-Khao Plai Bat, Buriram
Released: 16-Feb-2024 8:55 AM EST
Chula Geologists Find New Evidence of Historic Human Activity on Khao Phanom Rung-Khao Plai Bat, Buriram
Chulalongkorn University

Prof. Dr. Santi Pailoplee, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, discovered a large number of rocks and rock formations on Khao Phanom Rung-Plai Bat, Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Buriram Province, which geologically signify human activity in the past, not natural formation.

   
Newswise: RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Released: 16-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Lead contaminates fertile soils. RUDN University agronomists have proven that phytohormones mitigate the consequences of soil contamination with lead. These phytohormones are produced by the plants themselves, but additional soil treatment helps to better cope with the toxic effects of the metal.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Detecting breast cancer through a spit test
University of Florida

A new saliva test could provide a quick and cheap way to screen for breast cancer

Newswise: ORNL study projects geothermal heat pumps’ impact on carbon emissions and electrical grid by 2050
Released: 15-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
ORNL study projects geothermal heat pumps’ impact on carbon emissions and electrical grid by 2050
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A modeling analysis led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory gives the first detailed look at how geothermal energy can relieve the electric power system and reduce carbon emissions if widely implemented across the United States within the next few decades.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:50 PM EST
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
Argonne National Laboratory

A multi-institutional team reports the first look at electrons moving in real time in liquid water. Their findings could affect studies of radiation-induced processes, such as those in space travel, cancer treatments, nuclear reactors and legacy waste.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
MSU hosts first Remembrance Conference with University at Buffalo to address gun violence
Michigan State University

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo partnered to host the inaugural Remembrance Conference to address firearm violence through a public health approach.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 2:00 PM EST
UIC research helps create new antibiotic that evades bacterial resistance
University of Illinois Chicago

New drug inspired by images that captured how bacteria block antibiotic activity

   
Newswise: A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
Released: 15-Feb-2024 1:15 PM EST
A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists discover that ions hopping through a battery electrolyte can reverse direction in response to a jolt of voltage and briefly return to their previous positions – .the first indication that the ions remembered, in a sense, where they had just been.

Newswise: New Research Reveals: The New York Bight Is an Important Year-Round Habitat for Endangered Fin Whales
Released: 15-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New Research Reveals: The New York Bight Is an Important Year-Round Habitat for Endangered Fin Whales
Wildlife Conservation Society

Researchers aim to use their science to help inform best practices and strategies to better protect fin whales in waters off NY and NJ.



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