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Newswise: Asthma, COPD, Health Disparities Research, and Virtual Press Event: ATS 2023
Released: 15-May-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Asthma, COPD, Health Disparities Research, and Virtual Press Event: ATS 2023
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

We’re mere days away from the largest gathering of respiratory health professionals! You can still register to cover ATS 2023 in Washington, DC. Before you join us, here are some of the research abstracts that will be presented to this year’s gathering of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine health professionals.

Released: 15-May-2023 1:20 PM EDT
New DOE Portal Connects Researchers and Students with Climate Science and Training Opportunities
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL), a comprehensive web portal for climate science projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science’s Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, is now available.

Newswise: Kate Keahey breaks new ground in computer science
Released: 15-May-2023 11:50 AM EDT
Kate Keahey breaks new ground in computer science
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne computer scientist Kate Keahey has built multiple application projects popularizing the use of cloud computing.

Newswise: Chipps appointed to federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
Released: 15-May-2023 11:50 AM EDT
Chipps appointed to federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Kelly Chipps of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, which provides official advice to the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

Released: 12-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Immigration Nation: Research and Experts
Newswise

Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden's new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.

       
Released: 12-May-2023 1:55 PM EDT
Student researchers explore Creighton University’s COVID experience
Creighton University

Documenting “lessons learned,” a staple of military after-battle analysis, found a useful civilian expression last year when a coalition of students reviewed Creighton University’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

   
Newswise: Ultralow temperature terahertz microscope capabilities enable better quantum technology
Released: 12-May-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Ultralow temperature terahertz microscope capabilities enable better quantum technology
Ames National Laboratory

A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory have developed a way to collect terahertz imaging data on materials under extreme magnetic and cryogenic conditions. They accomplished their work with a new scanning probe microscope that was recently developed at Ames Lab. The team used the ultralow temperature terahertz microscope to take measurements on superconductors and topological semimetals that were exposed to high magnetic fields and extremely cold temperatures.

Newswise: ORNL inventor Tomonori Saito honored at Battelle Celebration of Solvers
Released: 12-May-2023 10:00 AM EDT
ORNL inventor Tomonori Saito honored at Battelle Celebration of Solvers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tomonori Saito, a distinguished innovator in the field of polymer science and senior R&D staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was honored on May 11 in Columbus, Ohio, at Battelle’s Celebration of Solvers.

Newswise: New research sheds light on the causes of fatigue after COVID 19
Released: 11-May-2023 7:55 PM EDT
New research sheds light on the causes of fatigue after COVID 19
Newcastle University

Experts from Newcastle University found the nervous system of people with post-Covid fatigue was underactive in three key areas. Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of long Covid.

Newswise: Having dementia and reduction in social participation are associated with increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
Released: 11-May-2023 7:40 PM EDT
Having dementia and reduction in social participation are associated with increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
IOS Press

An increased risk of depression and anxiety among US older adults with dementia and poor activity participation has been demonstrated through an analysis of data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), a nationally representative population-based study.

Newswise: SARS-CoV-2 seasonal behavior traced back to genetics and global change
Released: 11-May-2023 4:30 PM EDT
SARS-CoV-2 seasonal behavior traced back to genetics and global change
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

As the northern hemisphere heads into summer, we may be in for a COVID-19 reprieve. Not because the pandemic is over; the Omicron subvariant ‘Arcturus’ is still creeping upward and causing new symptoms. But two new studies from the University of Illinois add evidence supporting a seasonal pattern in the behavior of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Released: 11-May-2023 3:20 PM EDT
Sleep apnea associated with increased risk for long COVID
NYU Langone Health

Sleep apnea may significantly increase the risk for long COVID in adults, according to a study led by the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER Initiative and supported by NYU Langone Health as home to the effort’s Clinical Science Core (CSC).

Released: 11-May-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Risk of long COVID higher for people living in most deprived areas
University of Southampton

New research led by the universities of Southampton and Oxford has found that the risk of long COVID is strongly associated with area-level deprivation, with the odds of having long COVID 46 percent higher for people from the most deprived areas, compared to those in the least deprived areas.

Newswise: Research integrity recognized as major problem but new report falls short
Released: 11-May-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Research integrity recognized as major problem but new report falls short
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science welcomes a new parliamentary report into research integrity but says it "doesn't go far enough".

   
Newswise: High-fat diet ‘turns up the thermostat’ on atherosclerosis
Released: 11-May-2023 10:00 AM EDT
High-fat diet ‘turns up the thermostat’ on atherosclerosis
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Researchers show phospholipid derivatives from a Western diet promote increased levels of gut-derived bacterial toxins, systemic inflammation, atherosclerosis plaque formation

Released: 10-May-2023 8:15 PM EDT
Gun Violence: Can Research Help?
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

The horrific frequency of mass shootings (almost 300 in the first six months of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive), the tragic daily toll of firearm-related deaths (124 per day on average, according to the CDC), and the inability of politicians to implement effective gun control measures have had devastating personal consequences for individuals and families and pose a significant public health challenge for the nation.

   
Released: 10-May-2023 5:30 PM EDT
New Findings from the Columbia Mass Murder Database
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

A research team at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) examining 82 mass murders that occurred at least partially in academic settings throughout the world found that most mass murderers and mass shooters did not have severe psychiatric illnesses.

   
Newswise: Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
Released: 10-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Neutrinos are subatomic particles produced in many types of radioactive decays, including in nuclear reactors. Because neutrinos interact with matter extremely weakly, they are impossible to shield. The SNO+ experiment has just shown that a detector filled with simple water can detect neutrinos from nuclear reactors, even though the neutrinos create only tiny signals in the detector.

Released: 10-May-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Pandemic stress reshapes the placentas of expectant moms
Children's National Hospital

Elevated maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the structure, texture and other qualities of the placenta in pregnant mothers – a critical connection between mothers and their unborn babies – according to new research from the Developing Brain Institute at Children’s National Hospital.

Released: 10-May-2023 11:55 AM EDT
11 things to know now that COVID-19 isn’t an “emergency” anymore
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Life has changed forever because of COVID-19. And the virus is still spreading, and still causing serious illness or significant disruption of ‘normal’ life. But when the clock strikes 11:59 p.m. on May 11, some of the special rules and programs put in place during the past three years will end. Here's a guide.

Released: 10-May-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Data from Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source provides foundation for first U.S. approved RSV vaccine
Argonne National Laboratory

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Arexvy, the first RSV vaccine cleared for use in the United States. Arexvy has been in development for years, and is based on structural biology work done at the Advanced Photon Source between 2009 and 2013.

   
Released: 10-May-2023 11:25 AM EDT
New breathalyzer for disease sniffs out COVID in real-time, could be used to detect cancer, lung disease
University of Colorado Boulder

With each breath, humans exhale more than 1,000 distinct molecules, producing a unique chemical fingerprint or “breathprint” rich with clues about what’s going on inside the body.

   
Newswise: Experts available to comment on trending news topics for the week of May 8
Released: 10-May-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Experts available to comment on trending news topics for the week of May 8
Indiana University

Experts from Indiana University are available to comment on trending topics for the week of May 8, including the Writer's Guild of America strike, the ongoing investigation into the leak of classified military documents on Discord, and the role of climate change in an early allergy season.

Released: 10-May-2023 8:10 AM EDT
AI helps create better, simpler hepatitis, COVID-19 tests
University of Florida

Going beyond pregnancy and COVID-19, the world could someday soon come to rely on at-home tests for many diseases thanks in part to AI-fueled improvements.

   
Released: 9-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
US gun violence: half of people from Chicago witness a shooting by age 40, study suggests
University of Cambridge

Study following Chicagoans over a 25-year period suggests over half of the city’s Black and Hispanic population, and a quarter of its White population, have seen a shooting by age 40.

Released: 9-May-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Not all statins are created equal
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University

We’ve all recently gotten a crash-course in drug repurposing, thanks to near-daily news reports about efforts to identify existing medicines that could help treat COVID-19 in the early phase of the pandemic.

Released: 9-May-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Systematic racism in healthcare boosted COVID-19 vaccine mistrust in Black communities: Study
University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health survey reveals scope of coronavirus vaccine hesitancy in Black communities in relation to healthcare.

   
Released: 9-May-2023 2:35 PM EDT
The Voting Rights Act’s impact on Black representation in local government
University Of Chicago Press Journals

When the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, it didn’t just enfranchise Black voters in the American South. It also led to greater representation of Black lawmakers in local government, according to a new paper published in the April 2023 issue of the Journal of Political Economy.

Newswise: Material scientist Ashley Bielinski relied on her passion for cutting-edge research to grow her career at Argonne
Released: 9-May-2023 1:50 PM EDT
Material scientist Ashley Bielinski relied on her passion for cutting-edge research to grow her career at Argonne
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne fellow Ashley Bielinski developed a new approach to study atomic layer deposition, an important technique in research and industry.

Newswise: Sandia switches to hydrogen weather balloons
Released: 9-May-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Sandia switches to hydrogen weather balloons
Sandia National Laboratories

More than three years ago, the Sandia National Laboratories-operated atmospheric measurement facility in Alaska switched from launching helium-filled weather balloons to launching weather balloons filled with hydrogen produced on-site. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, it has reduced its metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem. Since then, the site has launched nearly 5,000 hydrogen balloons with minimal issues.

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.



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