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Released: 9-May-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Program Announced for NUTRITION 2023 to be held July 22–25 in Boston
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Join us July 22-25 in Boston for an exciting lineup of scientific symposia, educational sessions, hot-topic discussions, and award lectures covering the latest developments in nutrition science.

   
Released: 9-May-2023 8:00 AM EDT
A new theory of what drives partisan conflict and hostility
Ohio State University

Partisan conflict can be largely explained as differing views on two crucial tasks of society, according to a new theory developed by a pair of prominent social scientists.In a new article, Roy Baumeister and Brad Bushman say societies flourish by both amassing and distributing resources.

Newswise: Rouven Essig: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Released: 8-May-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Rouven Essig: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Rouven Essig is a theoretical particle physicist at Stony Brook University. He conceives new experiments and detection methods in the search for knowledge about dark matter.

Released: 8-May-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Drug industry’s carbon impact could be cut by half
Cornell University

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Cornell University researchers and partners found that pharmaceutical producers could reduce their environmental impact by roughly half by optimizing manufacturing processes and supply chain networks and by switching to renewable energy sources.

Released: 8-May-2023 2:40 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $45 Million for Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)
Department of Energy, Office of Science

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the celebration ceremony of the historic achievement of fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced a plan to provide up to $45 million to support Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) research and development.

Released: 8-May-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Gun Deaths More Likely in Small Towns Than Major Cities
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Contrary to popular belief, firearm deaths in the United States are statistically more likely in small towns, not major cities, according to new research.

Newswise: RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
Released: 8-May-2023 5:00 AM EDT
RHIC Gets Ready to Smash Gold Ions for Run 23
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The start of this year’s physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era. For the first time since RHIC began operating at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2000, a brand new detector, known as sPHENIX, will track what happens when the nuclei of gold atoms smash into one another at nearly the speed of light. RHIC’s STAR detector, which has been running and evolving since 2000, will also see some firsts in Run 23.

1-May-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Non-elective CABG Outcomes are Adversely Impacted by COVID Infection, but not by Altered Processes of Care
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

As thoracic researchers consider the myriad effects of COVID-19, they are looking at the impacts of the disease on patients and treatments, as well as care and treatment during the pandemic.

1-May-2023 4:10 PM EDT
The Early Outcome of Lung Transplantation from Donors who Tested Positive for COVID-19
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have rumbled through every piece of society, and nowhere more dramatically than in the medical communities.

Released: 5-May-2023 6:55 PM EDT
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill threatens HIV progress
SciDev.Net

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, if signed into law, could lead to the withdrawal of foreign aid and threaten goals to end HIV/AIDS by 2030, advocates warn.

   
Released: 5-May-2023 5:15 PM EDT
Study reveals insights into post-vaccine heart inflammation cases
Yale University

When new COVID-19 vaccines were first administered two years ago, public health officials found an increase in cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, particularly among young males who had been vaccinated with mRNA vaccines. It was unclear, however, what exactly was causing this reaction.

Newswise: The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities 2023 Annual Meeting, May 7-10, Boston
Released: 5-May-2023 4:50 PM EDT
The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities 2023 Annual Meeting, May 7-10, Boston
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) 2023 Annual Meeting will be held May 7-10 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

Newswise: Princeton University awards plasma physics graduate student Suying Jin a highly selective honorific fellowship
Released: 5-May-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Princeton University awards plasma physics graduate student Suying Jin a highly selective honorific fellowship
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Suying Jin, who is entering her sixth and planned final year as a graduate student in the Princeton Program in Plasma Physics, won Princeton University’s honorific Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year.

Newswise: Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
Released: 5-May-2023 3:45 PM EDT
Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Some mesons (quark-antiquark pairs) that emerge from a hot soup of matter generated in collisions of atomic nuclei appear to have a preferential “global spin alignment.” The spin preference cannot be explained by conventional mechanisms. A new model suggests that local fluctuations in the strong force may play a role in triggering the preference. The global spin alignment measurements may give scientists a new way to study local fluctuations in the strong force, which is the strongest and least understood of the four fundamental forces in nature.

Released: 5-May-2023 1:50 PM EDT
Gun violence spills into new neighborhoods as gentrification displaces drug crime
West Virginia University

Gentrification doesn’t erase drug crime and gun violence. Instead, research from West Virginia University economist Zachary Porreca shows that when one urban block becomes upwardly mobile, organized criminal activity surges outward to surrounding blocks, escalating the violence in the process.

 
Newswise: Jefferson Lab Hosts International Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics Conference
Released: 5-May-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Jefferson Lab Hosts International Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics Conference
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Experts in high-performance computing and data management are gathering in Norfolk next week for the 26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2023). Held approximately every 18 months, this high-impact conference will be held at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside in Norfolk, Va., May 8-12. CHEP2023 is hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in nearby Newport News, Va. This is the first in-person CHEP conference to be held since 2019.

Released: 4-May-2023 6:20 PM EDT
A new look at the electric vehicle supply chain as battery-powered cars hit the roads en masse
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at Argonne have published a series of reports that look at how production of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries for cars are reshaping the transportation sector, with impacts ranging from job creation to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Newswise: EIC Center at Jefferson Lab Announces Six Research Fellowship Awards
Released: 4-May-2023 6:00 PM EDT
EIC Center at Jefferson Lab Announces Six Research Fellowship Awards
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

The Electron-Ion Collider Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (EIC Center at Jefferson Lab) has announced the winners of six new research fellowships. Over the next year, the fellows will work to advance the science program and further the research of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The EIC is a unique physics research facility dedicated to answering fundamental questions about nature’s building blocks.

Released: 4-May-2023 4:50 PM EDT
At-home yoga reduces anxiety, improves short-term memory
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology designed a virtual eight-week moderate-intensity yoga program geared specifically toward full-time working adults experiencing symptoms of stress. The trial, which appeared in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, led participants through three self-paced remote workouts each week, assessed levels of stress and anxiety in addition to executive functioning. The results showed overall decreases in stress and anxiety.

Released: 4-May-2023 2:20 PM EDT
At start of COVID-19 pandemic, masking compliance of shoppers in Chinese store influenced their in-store behaviors
Carnegie Mellon University

As the coronavirus began to spread globally, face masks were recommended in public settings to protect against transmission, and compliance varied significantly.

Released: 4-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Vanderbilt Child Health Poll: Most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A new analysis of the Tennessee Child Health Poll data finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.

   
Released: 4-May-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Coronation of King Charles III an ancient tradition in a modern world
University of Miami

As Westminster Abbey plans to host its 40th coronation in 900 years, members of the University of Miami community consider the role of a monarch in today’s society.

 
Newswise:Video Embedded teletrix-licenses-methods-for-ionizing-radiation-training-using-augmented-reality
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Released: 4-May-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Teletrix licenses methods for ionizing radiation training using augmented reality
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A method using augmented reality to create accurate visual representations of ionizing radiation, developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been licensed by Teletrix, a firm that creates advanced simulation tools to train the nation’s radiation control workforce.

   
Newswise: Stephen J. Galli, MD, to Receive 2024 American Society for Investigative Pathology Gold-Headed Cane Award
Released: 3-May-2023 5:00 PM EDT
Stephen J. Galli, MD, to Receive 2024 American Society for Investigative Pathology Gold-Headed Cane Award
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

The American Society for Investigative Pathology awards Stephen J. Galli, MD, the 2024 ASIP Gold-Headed Cane Award.

Released: 3-May-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Statement on Passage of Diagnostic and Supplemental Imaging Legislation in Maryland
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen commended the Maryland General Assembly for passing diagnostic and supplemental imaging and Governor Wes Moore for signing it into law. The bill removes a financial barrier to a critical form of screening for some high-risk individuals and an important step in determining the need for a biopsy to rule out or confirm breast cancer.

   
Newswise: Conformer-Dependent Reactivity of Carbonyl Oxides Leads to Dramatically Different Atmospheric Fates
Released: 3-May-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Conformer-Dependent Reactivity of Carbonyl Oxides Leads to Dramatically Different Atmospheric Fates
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The air pollutant secondary organic aerosol (SOA) forms when ammonia and amines react with oxygenated species. When ammonia is present when alkenes react with ozone, SOA increases in size and numbers. This may be due to Criegee intermediates. New research found that a particular amine, dimethylamine, reacts 34,000 times faster with one version of the Criegee intermediate acetaldehyde oxide than with another version of the same compound.

Released: 3-May-2023 2:40 PM EDT
How Does Glucocorticoid Therapy Affect the Developing Cardiovascular System During Pregnancy?
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

Glucocorticoid therapy is widely used during pregnancies at risk of premature delivery to promote fetal lung maturation. While it is an effective treatment, it can also trigger heart and blood vessel problems. New research published in The FASEB Journal uncovers the mechanisms behind the cardiovascular-related effects of the most commonly used glucocorticoids, Dexamethasone (Dex) and Betamethasone (Beta).

   
Newswise: Squeezing data from a diamond sandwich
Released: 3-May-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Squeezing data from a diamond sandwich
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

For decades, scientists sought a way to apply the outstanding analytical capabilities of neutrons to materials under pressures approaching those surrounding the Earth’s core. These extreme pressures can rearrange a material’s atoms, potentially resulting in interesting new properties.

Newswise: Research examines key factors related to COVID-19 variant dynamics
Released: 3-May-2023 10:50 AM EDT
Research examines key factors related to COVID-19 variant dynamics
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently published the most comprehensive study of global COVID-19 variant transitions, which showed significant diversity in variant spread around the globe related to vaccination rates, number of co-circulating variants and immunity from previous infection.

   
Released: 3-May-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Zhaodi Pan seeks to uncover the oldest mysteries of the universe
Argonne National Laboratory

Zhaodi Pan developed a detector to search for ancient clues in the cosmic microwave background.

Released: 2-May-2023 4:10 PM EDT
Georgia Governor Signs Law Protecting Patients from Medical Title Misappropriation
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Today, Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp signed into law Senate Bill 197, a vital patient safety measure that prevents the use of medical and medical specialty titles, including “anesthesiologist,” by health care practitioners who are not physicians.

   
Newswise: Making electric vehicle charging stations cybersecure
Released: 2-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Making electric vehicle charging stations cybersecure
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne research is informing smart infrastructure that can support the electric grid.

Newswise: JSA Awards $558K for Initiatives Fund Program for FY2023
Released: 2-May-2023 3:05 PM EDT
JSA Awards $558K for Initiatives Fund Program for FY2023
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Sciences Associates (JSA) has announced the award of $558,060 through its JSA Initiatives Fund Program. The program supports projects by staff and scientific users at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The FY23 program awards leveraged over $800,000 in matching funds, and taken together, the program and matching awards total over $1.3 million. Project awards include scientific meeting support, education and career development, and outreach activities, all of which support the lab’s mission.

Newswise: ORNL celebrates 80th anniversary, unveils International Hall representing diversity
Released: 2-May-2023 2:25 PM EDT
ORNL celebrates 80th anniversary, unveils International Hall representing diversity
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory leadership and staff gathered at the lab’s main campus in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on April 27 to dedicate a renovated International Hall of flags and unveil new displays reflecting the lab’s rich 80-year history.

   


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