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Newswise: New Study Finds Depression, Poor Mental Health Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risks Among Young Adults
Released: 30-Jan-2023 10:00 AM EST
New Study Finds Depression, Poor Mental Health Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risks Among Young Adults
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Young adults who feel down or depressed are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and have poor heart health, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers who analyzed data from more than a half million people between the ages of 18 and 49. The findings add to a growing body of evidence connecting CVD with depression among young and middle-aged adults and suggest the relationship between the two could begin in early adulthood.

Newswise: Relying on customer surveys alone may mask poor service
Released: 30-Jan-2023 10:00 AM EST
Relying on customer surveys alone may mask poor service
Iowa State University

New research demonstrates perceptions of customer service do not always align with the actual service provided. Results from three studies found consumers belonging to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups rated poorer quality service less negatively compared to white consumers.

   
27-Jan-2023 9:45 AM EST
Clemson scientists identify enzyme that reduces diet-induced obesity in humans
Clemson University

Clemson University researchers have identified an enzyme and its products in humans that reduce diet-induced obesity.

Newswise: Penguins, Robots, The Ocean and more
Released: 27-Jan-2023 11:10 AM EST
Penguins, Robots, The Ocean and more
University of Delaware

Climate change researchers from the University of Delaware are among those in Antarctica conducting fieldwork on penguins, ocean currents and glaciers

Released: 26-Jan-2023 2:10 PM EST
Healthy lifestyle linked to slower memory decline in older adults
BMJ

A healthy lifestyle, in particular a healthy diet, is associated with slower memory decline, finds a decade-long study of older adults in China, published today in The BMJ.

Newswise: First Report of Rare Cat Discovered on Mt. Everest
Released: 26-Jan-2023 10:35 AM EST
First Report of Rare Cat Discovered on Mt. Everest
Wildlife Conservation Society

Findings from a new paper published in Cat News have identified the first ever report of Pallas’s cat on Mount Everest, in the Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal.

20-Jan-2023 1:25 PM EST
Early Cardiovascular Disease Linked to Worse Brain Health in Middle Age
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People with early cardiovascular disease may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems and worse brain health in middle age, according to new research published in the January 25, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 25-Jan-2023 2:40 PM EST
A touch too much? Artificial skin that is even more sensitive than human skin
Wiley

Investigators have developed an artificial skin that is even more sensitive than human skin in its ability to detect pressure applied by an object as well as its approach.

   
Newswise: Egyptian mummy was protected by 49 precious amulets
Released: 24-Jan-2023 12:05 PM EST
Egyptian mummy was protected by 49 precious amulets
Frontiers

Body equipped with 49 amulets of 21 different types including a two-finger amulet, a golden heart scarab placed inside the thoracic cavity, and a golden tongue.

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Released: 23-Jan-2023 6:05 AM EST
New pterosaur species with hundreds of tiny hooked teeth discovered
University of Portsmouth

An unusual new species of pterosaur has been identified, which had over 400 teeth that looked like the prongs of a nit comb.

Newswise: There’s something fishy about flake sold in South Australia
Released: 22-Jan-2023 11:05 PM EST
There’s something fishy about flake sold in South Australia
University of Adelaide

It is a popular takeaway choice at fish and chip shops, but new research has revealed threatened species of shark are being sold as flake at some outlets across South Australia. The University of Adelaide study is the first of its kind to examine flake fillets sold at South Australian fish and chip shops.

Newswise: Ripples in the fabric of the universe may reveal the start of time
Released: 20-Jan-2023 1:15 PM EST
Ripples in the fabric of the universe may reveal the start of time
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPPL scientists have advanced in discovering how to use ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves to peer back to the beginning of everything we know.

Newswise: A Climate Change Cautionary Tale: Summer Heatwaves, Low Oxygen Proves Deadly for Bay Scallops as Fishery Collapses in New York
Released: 19-Jan-2023 9:55 AM EST
A Climate Change Cautionary Tale: Summer Heatwaves, Low Oxygen Proves Deadly for Bay Scallops as Fishery Collapses in New York
Stony Brook University

A new study by Stony Brook University researchers published in the journal Global Change Biology demonstrates that warming waters and heat waves have contributed to the loss of an economically and culturally important fishery, the production of bay scallops.

Released: 17-Jan-2023 2:55 PM EST
Deep meditation may alter gut microbes for better health
BMJ

Regular deep meditation, practised for several years, may help to regulate the gut microbiome and potentially lower the risks of physical and mental ill health, finds a small comparative study published in the open access journal General Psychiatry.

Newswise: Island tiger snakes’ skulls adapt to eat large sea bird chicks
Released: 17-Jan-2023 12:05 AM EST
Island tiger snakes’ skulls adapt to eat large sea bird chicks
University of Adelaide

A study by researchers from the University of Adelaide and other institutions has found that in a population of island tiger snakes the bones in their jaws increase in length after feeding on large prey, while their mainland counterparts show no change.

Newswise: Lubrication science: why does chocolate make you feel so good
Released: 16-Jan-2023 12:50 PM EST
Lubrication science: why does chocolate make you feel so good
University of Leeds

Scientists have decoded the physical process that takes place in the mouth when a piece of chocolate is eaten, as it changes from a solid into a smooth emulsion that many people find totally irresistible.

   
Newswise: Similarities in Human and Chimpanzee Behavior Support Evolutionary Basis for Risk Taking
Released: 12-Jan-2023 12:10 PM EST
Similarities in Human and Chimpanzee Behavior Support Evolutionary Basis for Risk Taking
Association for Psychological Science

Research suggests that findings about human risk preferences also apply to risk-taking in chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary ancestor in the animal kingdom, and that individual chimps’ risk preference is stable and trait-like across situations.

   
Newswise: Key Change in Genetics of SARS-CoV-2 Evolved to Counter Weakness Caused by the Virus’ Initial Mutation that Enabled Its Spread
Released: 12-Jan-2023 9:00 AM EST
Key Change in Genetics of SARS-CoV-2 Evolved to Counter Weakness Caused by the Virus’ Initial Mutation that Enabled Its Spread
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say their new studies suggest that the first pandemic-accelerating mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, evolved as a way to correct vulnerabilities caused by the mutation that started the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Newswise: Landscaping for drought: We’re doing it wrong
Released: 11-Jan-2023 11:10 AM EST
Landscaping for drought: We’re doing it wrong
University of California, Riverside

Despite recent, torrential rains, most of Southern California remains in a drought.

Newswise: Corridors between Western U.S. national parks would greatly increase the persistence time of mammals
9-Jan-2023 12:35 PM EST
Corridors between Western U.S. national parks would greatly increase the persistence time of mammals
University of Utah

A new study analyzed the value of establishing ecological corridors for large mammals between Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and between Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks. These corridors would enlarge populations and species to shift their geographic ranges more readily in response to climate change.

   
Released: 10-Jan-2023 1:55 PM EST
MSU expert helps NASA discover new planet that could support life
Michigan State University

Working with data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, Michigan State University has helped discover an Earth-sized exoplanet — a planet outside of our solar system.

Newswise: Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease
Released: 10-Jan-2023 3:05 AM EST
Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease
Keck Medicine of USC

A study from Keck Medicine of USC published today in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that eating fast food is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a potentially life-threatening condition in which fat builds up in the liver.

Newswise: Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
Released: 9-Jan-2023 10:30 AM EST
Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Researchers First to Identify That Two Separate Eye Diseases May Contribute to Common Blinding Eye Condition
Released: 9-Jan-2023 9:55 AM EST
Mount Sinai Researchers First to Identify That Two Separate Eye Diseases May Contribute to Common Blinding Eye Condition
Mount Sinai Health System

Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

Released: 6-Jan-2023 12:05 PM EST
Speech analysis can help measure diagnosis, severity, and onset of mental illness
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Objective measurement of psychiatric disorders has long proved challenging. Yet, there is ample evidence that analysis of speech patterns can accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure their severity, and predict their onset, according to a literature review featured in the January/February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 6-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
After 40 Years of Decline, Stroke Death Rates Are Rising Again
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Millennials face a greater risk of ischemic stroke death than Generation X, according to a Rutgers study.

Released: 4-Jan-2023 3:10 PM EST
Think before you design your brand's logo: How marketers can capitalize on the power of perception to influence beliefs about brand performance
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from Oklahoma State University and University of Florida published a new Journal of Marketing article explaining how marketers can capitalize on the power of perception through the structure of visual communications to influence beliefs about brand performance, which ultimately influences product interest and choice.

   
Newswise: Surf, Sand and Seaweed: The latest breakthroughs in Marine Science
Released: 4-Jan-2023 1:40 PM EST
Surf, Sand and Seaweed: The latest breakthroughs in Marine Science
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Marine Science channel on Newswise, a free source for media.

Newswise: New cellular component with importance for the sense of smell discovered
Released: 4-Jan-2023 11:40 AM EST
New cellular component with importance for the sense of smell discovered
Umea University

Researchers at Umeå Universit, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to perceive smell.

Newswise: Exercise curbs insulin production
Released: 4-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Exercise curbs insulin production
University of Würzburg

Insulin is an essential hormone for humans and many other living creatures. Its best-known task is to regulate sugar metabolism. How it does this job is well understood.

Newswise: Hubble Finds That Ghost Light Among Galaxies Stretches Far Back in Time
4-Jan-2023 11:00 AM EST
Hubble Finds That Ghost Light Among Galaxies Stretches Far Back in Time
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

These are Hubble Space Telescope images of two massive clusters of galaxies. The artificially added blue color is translated from Hubble data that captured a phenomenon called intracluster light. This extremely faint glow traces a smooth distribution of light from wandering stars scattered across the cluster. Billions of years ago, the stars were shed from their parent galaxies and now drift through intergalactic space alone.

Newswise: Major Breakthrough As Scientists Sequence The Genomes Of Endangered Sharks
Released: 4-Jan-2023 10:05 AM EST
Major Breakthrough As Scientists Sequence The Genomes Of Endangered Sharks
Nova Southeastern University

Scientists have sequenced the genomes of Critically Endangered great hammerhead and Endangered shortfin mako sharks for the first time.

Newswise:Video Embedded study-over-330-fish-species-up-to-35-new-to-science-found-in-bolivian-national-park
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Released: 4-Jan-2023 10:05 AM EST
Study: Over 330 Fish Species – up to 35 New to Science – Found in Bolivian National Park
Wildlife Conservation Society

The number of fish species recorded in Madidi National Park and Natural Integrated Management Area (PNANMI), Bolivia has doubled to a staggering 333 species – with as many as 35 species new to science – according of a study conducted as part of the Identidad Madidi expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Newswise: From the road to the plate: lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear
Released: 4-Jan-2023 5:00 AM EST
From the road to the plate: lettuce takes up toxic additives from tyre wear
University of Vienna

Wind, sewage sludge, and waste water carry tyre wear particles from roads onto farmland. A new lab study shows: The pollutants contained in the particles could get into the vegetables grown there.

Newswise: Trending in Reproductive Health: Permanent Contraception
Released: 3-Jan-2023 9:05 PM EST
Trending in Reproductive Health: Permanent Contraception
Cedars-Sinai

Physicians across the nation are describing an increase in requests from women for permanent contraception. The anecdotal reports by clinicians come in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the constitutional right to abortion.

Released: 3-Jan-2023 11:15 AM EST
Yes, it’s true – a walk in the woods actually helps with anxiety and depression
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

You've probably felt it yourself at some point. After a walk in the woods, your shoulders drop several notches. Your heart stopped pounding. Your thoughts flowed a little more calmly.

   
Released: 3-Jan-2023 8:05 AM EST
Couples don’t have the same experience when both work from home
Ohio State University

In dual-earner couples, working from home may be a better deal for husbands than wives in some ways, according to two related studies of workers in China and South Korea.

Newswise: Understanding the “eating just one potato chip is impossible” gene
Released: 27-Dec-2022 11:05 AM EST
Understanding the “eating just one potato chip is impossible” gene
Osaka Metropolitan University

High-calorie foods—high in fat, oil, and sugar—can taste good but often cause overeating, leading to obesity and major health problems. But what stimulates the brain to cause overeating?

Newswise: When Grandpa Can’t Hear Words at a Noisy Holiday Gathering, Too Many Brain Cells May Be Firing at Once, Say Researchers
Released: 22-Dec-2022 1:30 PM EST
When Grandpa Can’t Hear Words at a Noisy Holiday Gathering, Too Many Brain Cells May Be Firing at Once, Say Researchers
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Looking for answers about how the brain works amid age-related hearing loss, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found that old mice were less capable than young mice of “turning off” certain actively firing brain cells in the midst of ambient noise.

Released: 21-Dec-2022 11:30 AM EST
Fossil offers first known evidence of a dinosaur eating a mammal
University of Alberta

Preserved gut contents of Microraptor show the species had a more diverse diet than previously thought.

Newswise: Alien Planet Found Spiraling to its Doom around an Aging Star
14-Dec-2022 5:00 AM EST
Alien Planet Found Spiraling to its Doom around an Aging Star
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve.

Newswise:Video Embedded a-heart-fix-that-fits
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Released: 15-Dec-2022 11:25 AM EST
A Heart Fix That Fits
Cedars-Sinai

Yvette Honda-Schumacher was 20 weeks pregnant and had just had a routine anatomy ultrasound when she was surprised to hear that a cardiologist was asked to come into the exam room.

Released: 14-Dec-2022 2:45 PM EST
DOE National Laboratory Makes History by Achieving Fusion Ignition
Department of Energy, Office of Science

For the first time, researchers produce more energy from fusion than was used to drive it, promising further discovery in clean power and nuclear weapons stewardship.

Newswise: Researchers find the snake clitoris
Released: 13-Dec-2022 7:40 PM EST
Researchers find the snake clitoris
University of Adelaide

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Adelaide has provided the first anatomical description of the female snake clitoris, in a first-of-its-kind study.

Newswise: A Mediterranean diet not only boosts health, but also improves fertility
Released: 12-Dec-2022 8:05 PM EST
A Mediterranean diet not only boosts health, but also improves fertility
University of South Australia

With an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and legumes, the Mediterranean diet has long been applauded for its multiple health benefits. Now, new research shows that it may also help overcome infertility, making it a non-intrusive and affordable strategy for couples trying to conceive.

Released: 8-Dec-2022 3:20 PM EST
FSU research links common sweetener with anxiety
Florida State University

Florida State University College of Medicine researchers have linked aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in nearly 5,000 diet foods and drinks, to anxiety-like behavior in mice. Along with producing anxiety in the mice who consumed aspartame, the effects extended up to two generations from the males exposed to the sweetener.

Newswise: Hubble Detects Ghostly Glow Surrounding Our Solar System
Released: 8-Dec-2022 10:00 AM EST
Hubble Detects Ghostly Glow Surrounding Our Solar System
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Astronomers pouring over 200,000 Hubble images have made a ghostly discovery. They uncovered an exceedingly tiny glow in the sky—which does not come from planets, stars, or galaxies. It might be from comet dust inside our solar system reflecting sunlight.

Newswise: It’s all about quality: effect of dietary fat composition on liver angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis
Released: 7-Dec-2022 11:20 AM EST
It’s all about quality: effect of dietary fat composition on liver angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis
Shinshu University

In light of the recent pandemic, people across the globe are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of consistent high-quality nutrition and daily exercise.



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