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Newswise: How is deforested land in Africa used?
Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
How is deforested land in Africa used?
GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the global forest area – are continuing to decline at an increasing rate – mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes.

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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Released: 15-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Magnetic fields kill bacteria that infect medical implants
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The same technology at work in induction cooktops cut the amount of bacteria present in a prosthetic joint infection when used in conjunction with antibiotics in a mouse model, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a new study.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Older adults rely more on trust in decision making. It could open them up to scams.
University of Florida

Elderly adults lose billions to financial scams by people they trust every year. New psychological research suggests this vulnerability could be linked to older adults' overreliance on initial impressions of trustworthiness.

Newswise: University of Kentucky scientists develop eco-friendly magnet to battle microplastics
Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
University of Kentucky scientists develop eco-friendly magnet to battle microplastics
University of Kentucky

Plastic pollution is a pressing environmental issue, and University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment researchers are leading the charge with an innovative solution.

Newswise: Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine
Released: 6-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine
Iowa State University

A pair of Iowa State University geneticists are among the first research teams in the world to construct DNA nanoparticles that can express their own built-in genetic instructions.

Newswise: Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China explores how and why ancient communities built social relationships and cultural identities across the extreme terrain in Tibet.

   
Newswise: How a walk in nature restores attention
Released: 29-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
How a walk in nature restores attention
University of Utah

Neural research conducted at Utah's Red Butte Garden uses EEG to measure brain activity on subjects after walks through nature and parking lots.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Chats with AI shift attitudes on climate change, Black Lives Matter 
University of Wisconsin–Madison

People who were more skeptical of human-caused climate change or the Black Lives Matter movement who took part in conversation with a popular AI chatbot were disappointed with the experience but left the conversation more supportive of the scientific consensus on climate change or BLM.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Palaeontology: Small dinosaurs flapped their feathers to scare prey
Scientific Reports

Small omnivorous and insectivorous dinosaurs may have flapped small, feathered primitive wings to scare prey out of hiding places, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

Newswise: A salad space oddity: Lettuce more susceptible to bacterial infections away from Earth
Released: 25-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
A salad space oddity: Lettuce more susceptible to bacterial infections away from Earth
University of Delaware

University of Delaware researchers grew lettuce under conditions that imitated the weightless environment aboard the International Space Station and found those plants grown under the manufactured microgravity were more prone to infections from Salmonella.

Released: 24-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Rutgers Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Health researcher develops software that can analyze multigenomic and clinical data to discover biomarkers and predict diseases in individuals.

   
Released: 23-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Rutgers Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

IntelliGenes analyzes genomic data to discover biomarkers associated with health traits.

Newswise:  Cancer GPS method evaluates model tumor malignancy
18-Jan-2024 5:00 AM EST
Cancer GPS method evaluates model tumor malignancy
Hokkaido University

A water-soluble, luminescent europium complex enables evaluation of malignancy grade in model glioma tumor cells.

Newswise: Ancient chewing gum reveals stone age diet
Released: 19-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Ancient chewing gum reveals stone age diet
Stockholm University

What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10 000 years ago? A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that deer, trout and hazelnuts were on the diet.

Released: 18-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Cases of chikungunya and zika fall in Brazil, but most risk clusters exhibit an upward trend
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

Analysis of occurrence and co-occurrence patterns shows the highest-risk clusters of chikungunya and zika in Brazil spreading from the Northeast to the Center-West and coastal areas of São Paulo state and Rio de Janeiro state in the Southeast between 2018 and 2021, and increasing again in the Northeast between 2019 and 2021.

Newswise: RUDN doctors made a nasal spray from secreted factors from stem cells to treat the consequences of brain injuries
Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN doctors made a nasal spray from secreted factors from stem cells to treat the consequences of brain injuries
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University doctors were able to mitigate inflammation in the brain after a traumatic brain injury with the help of intranasal administration of the developed nootropic drug.

Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Cannabis activates specific hunger neurons in brain
Washington State University

While it is well known that cannabis can cause the munchies, researchers have now revealed a mechanism in the brain that promotes appetite in a set of animal studies at Washington State University.

   
Released: 15-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Are bugs bugging humans or the other way around? Study reveals a few surprises
University of Southern California (USC)

Researchers uncover factors in urban areas that affect diversity in insects and spiders. The study — which also turned up dozens of previously unknown species — could help ensure the health of these crucial ecosystem contributors.

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Released: 15-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Chasing the light: Sandia study finds new clues about warming in the Arctic
Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are taking a closer look at what’s causing a decrease in sunlight reflectivity, or albedo, in the Arctic.

Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
A tiny tattoo for a tabby
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

In a study recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo demonstrated an alternative “bio-tagging” method, in which a unique array of microneedles – with alphanumeric characters visible to the unaided eye - is directly inserted into the skin for permanent identification of animals.

Newswise: Scientists Develop Green Method for Producing Bactericidal Copper Oxide Nanoparticles From Noni Plant (Morinda citrifolia)
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 AM EST
Scientists Develop Green Method for Producing Bactericidal Copper Oxide Nanoparticles From Noni Plant (Morinda citrifolia)
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University biologist described a green method for obtaining copper oxide nanoparticles from the noni plant (Morinda citrifolia), common in Asia. These nanoparticles have pronounced bactericidal and fungicidal properties.

Newswise: New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions
Released: 3-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions
University of California, Riverside

A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year’s resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk.

Released: 19-Dec-2023 11:05 PM EST
Toxic chemicals found in oil spills and wildfire smoke detected in killer whales
University of British Columbia

Toxic chemicals produced from oil emissions and wildfire smoke have been found in muscle and liver samples from Southern Resident killer whales and Bigg’s killer whales.

Newswise: What do Gifted dogs have in common?
Released: 14-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
What do Gifted dogs have in common?
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

All dog owners think that their pup is special. Science now has documented that some rare dogs are…even more special! They have a talent for learning hundreds of names of dog toys.

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Released: 13-Dec-2023 8:30 AM EST
Saving Endangered Species: New AI Method Counts Manatee Clusters in Real Time
Florida Atlantic University

Accurately counting manatee aggregations within a region is crucial yet challenging. Harnessing the power of AI, researchers are among the first to use a deep learning-based crowd counting approach to automatically count the number of manatees in a designated region, using images captured from CCTV cameras, which are readily available, as input.

Released: 29-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Evidence from eastern Germany shows that early humans had a more varied diet than previously known

Released: 28-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Early Humans in the Paleolithic Age: More Than Just Game on the Menu
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum

In a study published in the journal “Scientific Reports,” researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously assumed.

Newswise: Bacteria, stay out!
Released: 28-Nov-2023 3:05 AM EST
Bacteria, stay out!
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Hospital germs and pathogens are not always transmitted directly from person to person. They can also spread via germ-contaminated surfaces and objects.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
This sea worm’s butt swims away, and now scientists know how
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

Armed with its own eyes, antennae, and swimming bristles, the posterior body part detaches for spawning. UTokyo scientists revealed its developmental mechanism for the first time.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Babies as young as four months show signs of self-awareness - study
University of Birmingham

Babies as young as four months old can sense the space around them and understand how their bodies interact with it. This ability is known as peripersonal space.

Newswise: Type 2 diabetes: a new disease mechanism uncovered
Released: 21-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Type 2 diabetes: a new disease mechanism uncovered
Universite de Montreal

Published just before World Diabetes Day, work by Dr. May Faraj, director of the Research Unit on Nutrition, Lipoproteins and Cardiometabolic Diseases at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and full professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal, highlight a new mechanism and a new role for LDL – commonly called bad cholesterol – in the development of type 2 diabetes, LDL already being involved in cardiovascular diseases in the human.

Released: 20-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Proof of concept of new material for long lasting relief from dry mouth conditions
University of Leeds

Proof of concept of new material for long lasting relief from dry mouth conditions

Released: 20-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Why do some people get headaches from drinking red wine?
University of California, Davis

Not everyone feels fine after red wine, and a flavanol may be the culprit

   
Released: 16-Nov-2023 4:05 AM EST
More than meows: How bacteria help cats communicate
University of California, Davis

Many mammals, from domestic cats and dogs to giant pandas, use scent to communicate with each other. A new study from the University of California, Davis shows how domestic cats send signals to each other using odors derived from families of bacteria living in their anal glands. The work was published Nov. 8 in Scientific Reports.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Eye-to-eye contact is rare but shapes our social behavior
McGill University

Scientists have found that while eye-to-eye contact is rare, it plays a vital role in conveying important social messages and predicting subsequent social behavior.

Newswise: Metabolomics: A New Approach to Understanding Glaucoma
Released: 14-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Metabolomics: A New Approach to Understanding Glaucoma
NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI)

Glaucoma remains one of the most common causes of vision loss and blindness in the U.S. and much of the world, disproportionately affecting older people, African Americans, and Hispanics and Latinos.

Released: 13-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
"Zoom fatigue": Exhaustion caused by video conferencing proven on a neurophysiological level for the first time
Graz University of Technology

Using EEG and ECG data, researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and Graz University of Technology were able to prove that video conferences and online education formats lead to greater fatigue than face-to-face alternatives

     
Released: 12-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Are consumers ready for robots to show up at their doorstep?
Northwestern University

With Amazon aiming to make 10,000 deliveries with drones in Europe this year and Walmart planning to expand its drone delivery services to an additional 60,000 homes this year in the states, companies are investing more research and development funding into drone delivery, But are consumers ready to accept this change as the new normal?

   
Released: 7-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
New Model Adds Human Reactions to Flood Risk Assessment
North Carolina State University

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a land change model that simulates interactions between urban growth, increased flooding and how humans adapt in response. The new model could offer a more realistic assessment of risk for urban planners, natural resource managers and other local government stakeholders.

Newswise: Dig This: ‘Neglected’ Dinosaur Had Super Senses
Released: 7-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Dig This: ‘Neglected’ Dinosaur Had Super Senses
North Carolina State University

A CT scan of an often-overlooked, plant-eating dinosaur’s skull reveals that while it may not have been all that “brainy,” it had a unique combination of traits associated with living animals that spend at least part of their time underground, including a super sense of smell and outstanding balance. The work is the first to link a specific sensory fingerprint with this behavior in extinct dinosaurs.

Newswise: Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension
Released: 6-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, could lead to significant improvements in early detection of high blood pressure in healthy adults.

Newswise: Risk of viral airborne transmission peaks within 5 seconds of face-to-face encounters
Released: 31-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Risk of viral airborne transmission peaks within 5 seconds of face-to-face encounters
University of Tsukuba

he main transmission routes identified initially for the novel coronavirus infection were droplet and contact transmission. Airborne transmission by aerosol particles was eventually identified as one of the most likely transmission routes.

Newswise: AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to cities’ decay
Released: 27-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to cities’ decay
University of Notre Dame

As urbanization advances around the globe, the quality of the urban physical environment will become increasingly critical to human well-being and to sustainable development initiatives. However, measuring and tracking the quality of an urban environment, its evolution and its spatial disparities is difficult due to the amount of on-the-ground data needed to capture these patterns. To address this issue, Yong Suk Lee, assistant professor of technology, economy and global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, and Andrea Vallebueno from Stanford University used machine learning to develop a scalable method to measure urban decay.

Released: 24-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Preventing airborne infection without impeding communication with ions and electric field
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Researchers in Tokyo developed a device using ions and an electric field to capture infectious droplets and aerosols, allowing communication while preventing airborne infection

Newswise: Smartphone attachment could increase racial fairness in neurological screening
Released: 24-Oct-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Smartphone attachment could increase racial fairness in neurological screening
University of California San Diego

This smartphone attachment could enable people to screen for a variety of neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury, at low cost—and do so accurately regardless of their skin tone.

   
Released: 20-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur
Uppsala University

The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory pliosaur – a group of ocean-dwelling reptiles closely related to the famous long-necked plesiosaurs.

16-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
New study finds 50-year trend in hurricane escalation linked to climate change
Rowan University

New research by Rowan University climate scientist Dr. Andra Garner indicates that there have been great changes to Atlantic hurricanes in just the past 50 years, with storms developing and strengthening faster.

Released: 17-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
MDMA increases feelings of connection during conversation, showing promise for therapy
University of Chicago Medical Center

New research shows that both MDMA and methamphetamine deepened personal connections after guided conversations, suggesting different mechanisms for how these drugs produce feelings of closeness.



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