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Newswise: UWF awarded $460,000 grant for development of military training program
Released: 10-Jul-2023 9:50 AM EDT
UWF awarded $460,000 grant for development of military training program
University of West Florida

UWF has been awarded a $460,000 grant by the Florida Defense Support Task Force to support the military training efforts in and around Florida.

Newswise:Video Embedded air-monitor-can-detect-covid-19-virus-variants-in-about-5-minutes
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Released: 10-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes
Washington University in St. Louis

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about 5 minutes.

Newswise: Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

This fully wireless ultrasound patch, which can capture detailed medical information and wirelessly transmit the data to a smart device, could represent a major step forward in at-home health care technology.

   
Newswise: Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, report that two new studies in mice with a humanized immune system and human cell lines have identified an enzyme that plays a critical role in the late stages of HIV replication.

Newswise: Bowel Research UK chooses Symplectic Grant Tracker to power life-changing research
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Bowel Research UK chooses Symplectic Grant Tracker to power life-changing research
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Bowel Research UK has chosen Symplectic Grant Tracker from Digital Science’s suite of flagship products to advance its aims of funding life-changing research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseases.

   
3-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Antipsychotic Medication Prescriptions for Children Sharply Decline
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers observe decrease in use of antipsychotic medications in children since early 2000s.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 2:45 PM EDT
New Study to Examine Whether Medication and/or Resistance Training Plus Bone-Strengthening Exercises Can Help Older Adults Safely Lose Weight
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

With $7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University will study whether a combination of resistance training plus bone-strengthening exercises and/or osteoporosis medication use can help older adults safely lose weight without sacrificing bone mass.

Newswise: Ray Charles Foundation Reinvests $1M in Neuro Scholars
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Ray Charles Foundation Reinvests $1M in Neuro Scholars
Cedars-Sinai

Building on its visionary investment in Cedars-Sinai’s neurosurgery scholarship program, The Ray Charles Foundation has donated a second gift of $1 million to support critical training and research to advance the neurosciences.

Newswise: Artificial cells demonstrate that
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Artificial cells demonstrate that "life finds a way"
Indiana University

A study using a synthetic ‘minimal cell’ organism stripped down to the 'bare essentials' for life demonstrates the tenacity of organism's power to evolve and adapt, even in the face of an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility.

   
Newswise: Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
Released: 5-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Distinct, though neighboring, areas of the brain are activated when processing music and language, with specific sub-regions engaged for simple melodies versus complex melodies, and for simple versus complex sentences, according to research from UTHealth Houston.

Released: 3-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Idaho National Laboratory Begin Irrigation Modernization Case Study
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is partnering with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to modernize the Fort Hall, Idaho-based irrigation system.

Newswise: A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
Released: 3-Jul-2023 8:00 AM EDT
A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A UCLA-led team has received $925,000 as part of a new grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct four surveillance projects tracking outbreaks of mpox--formerly known as monkeypox—across the U.S.

Newswise: Virtual exploration of chemical reactions
29-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Virtual exploration of chemical reactions
Hokkaido University

A new online platform to explore computationally calculated chemical reaction pathways has been released, allowing for in-depth understanding and design of chemical reactions.

Newswise: With sheer determination, researchers can make tough materials that bend without breaking
Released: 29-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
With sheer determination, researchers can make tough materials that bend without breaking
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Shear band formation is not typically a good sign in a material — the bands often appear before a material fractures or fails. But materials science and engineering researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that shear bands aren’t always a negative; under the right conditions, they can improve the ductility, or the plasticity, of a material.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 10:55 AM EDT
Using particle showers to scan the interior of structures
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) seeks to harness the potential of this unavoidable background radiation to view the interior of industrial facilities or structures.

Newswise: FSU College of Medicine leading program to assist kids and families in crisis
Released: 29-Jun-2023 9:50 AM EDT
FSU College of Medicine leading program to assist kids and families in crisis
Florida State University

A Florida State University College of Medicine faculty member is leading a $2.6 million project to integrate best-practice behavioral health care with pediatric office visits. The goal of the Florida Department of Health (FDOH)-funded study is to improve screening, treatment and management of mental health disorders and substance use in pediatric patients.

28-Jun-2023 11:25 AM EDT
AI tool could speed up dementia diagnosis
University of Sheffield

A new AI tool that could help doctors assess the early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s more quickly and efficiently, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $15.1 Million Grant to Explore Immune Rejection of Transplanted Organs
Mount Sinai Health System

Striving to improve organ transplant survival rates, internationally renowned researchers in immunology and bioengineering at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received $15.1 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to lead a novel, five-year multi-center research program that will explore trained immunity—the innate immune system’s ability to remember infections and other insults—as a target for preventing organ transplant rejection.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
For Type 2 Diabetics Who Exercise, Some Approaches Are Better Than Others
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities – and their timing – are extremely good for people’s health. The study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, provides a comprehensive but straightforward summary of the benefits of exercise on controlling blood glucose levels in people with Type 2 diabetes.

Newswise: Highlighting Women Scientists: Rutgers Cancer Institute Researcher Awarded V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Highlighting Women Scientists: Rutgers Cancer Institute Researcher Awarded V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Christina Glytsou, PhD, member of the Cancer Metabolism and Immunology Cancer Pharmacology Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received an award from The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a premier cancer research charity, to support her research on mitochondrial dynamics adaptations in drug-resistant acute myeloid leukemia.

Newswise: ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
Released: 28-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
University of California San Diego

Can you tell if what you’re reading right now was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence? Do you care? Those are essentially the questions that University of California San Diego researchers asked in an experiment with ChatGPT at a regional high school.

Newswise: Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle — an extremely tiny biodegradable container — that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

Newswise: University Hospitals in Cleveland receives $10 Million from The Veale Foundation to address health care’s largest issues with technology and innovation
Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
University Hospitals in Cleveland receives $10 Million from The Veale Foundation to address health care’s largest issues with technology and innovation
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

A visionary $10 million gift from The Veale Foundation to University Hospitals will establish the Veale Initiative for Health Care Innovation at UH. Dr. Peter Pronovost will lead the initiative. He is a world-renowned patient safety champion, physician executive, critical care physician, prolific researcher with more than 1000 peer-reviewed publications, an innovator who has founded several technology companies and a thought leader informing U.S. and global health policy. He is UH Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, and Veale Distinguished Chair in Leadership and Clinical Transformation. Dr. Pronovost said, “…we will develop a novel approach to define, clarify and prioritize health care’s biggest problems and then find and test solutions to those problems.” The Veale Initiative will pilot groundbreaking innovations and technology with the ultimate goal to transform the entire sector.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University Research Teams Receive Collaborative Science Pilot Awards
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Three University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research teams recently received Collaborative Science Pilot Awards. The teams each received $50,000, funded by both institutions. If substantial progress is accomplished and milestones are achieved, an additional year of funding will be considered.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:15 AM EDT
Susan G. Komen® Announces 2023 Grants to Accelerate Research Discoveries and Improve Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of 49 new grants to researchers at 28 leading institutions in the U.S. The $19.3 million in new grants support Komen’s mission to end breast cancer through funding two focus areas: advancing precision medicine and eliminating disparities in breast cancer outcomes, while continuing Komen’s commitment to supporting the next generation of diverse leaders in breast cancer research.

Newswise: KU Cancer Center receives historic $100 million gift from Sunderland Foundation to support new cancer research and care facility
Released: 27-Jun-2023 9:05 PM EDT
KU Cancer Center receives historic $100 million gift from Sunderland Foundation to support new cancer research and care facility
University of Kansas Cancer Center

The University of Kansas Cancer Center has received a $100 million lead gift to build a new, state-of-the-art destination cancer center. This gift is both the largest gift ever given by the Sunderland Foundation and the largest ever received by the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Health System.

Newswise: NAU researchers awarded DoD grant to investigate invasive species impacting threatened, endangered plants  
Released: 27-Jun-2023 8:25 PM EDT
NAU researchers awarded DoD grant to investigate invasive species impacting threatened, endangered plants  
Northern Arizona University

The Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has awarded Northern Arizona University a grant upwards of $1 million to support a five-year research project aimed at understanding the impact of invasive species on threatened and endangered (T&E) plants.

Newswise: Deaf Mice Have Nearly Normal Inner Ear Function Until Ear Canal Opens
26-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Deaf Mice Have Nearly Normal Inner Ear Function Until Ear Canal Opens
Johns Hopkins Medicine

For the first two weeks of life, mice with a hereditary form of deafness have nearly normal neural activity in the auditory system, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists. Their previous studies indicate that this early auditory activity — before the onset of hearing — provides a kind of training to prepare the brain to process sound when hearing begins.

Newswise: Public-private consortium will fund three gene therapy clinical trials at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health
Released: 27-Jun-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Public-private consortium will fund three gene therapy clinical trials at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A consortium of government, industry, and nonprofit partners will fund gene therapy clinical trials for three different rare diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health, where scientists are working on gene therapies to treat neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

Released: 27-Jun-2023 11:20 AM EDT
Virginia Tech leads multi-institution research on polymeric solid fuel combustion
Virginia Tech

Fascination surrounding spaceflight and rockets is at an all-time high. Sites near launchpads draw crowds of spectators, eager to witness the flash of fire and feel the vibrations as the rumble of the motor becomes a roar. People, squinting and craning their necks to watch the rocket hurtle out of sight, aren’t likely thinking about the science behind the propulsion that makes it all possible.

26-Jun-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Poverty negatively impacts structural wiring in children’s brains, study indicates
Washington University in St. Louis

A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that household and community poverty may influence brain health in children. Childhood obesity and lower cognitive function may explain, at least partially, poverty’s influence on the brain.

   
Newswise: Rogel Cancer Center awarded $37M from NCI
Released: 27-Jun-2023 10:50 AM EDT
Rogel Cancer Center awarded $37M from NCI
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

The National Cancer Institute has awarded the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center a grant worth $37 million over five years. At the same time, the center’s designation as a “comprehensive cancer center” was renewed.

Newswise: UAlbany Professor Receives Funding to Advance ALS Research
Released: 27-Jun-2023 10:50 AM EDT
UAlbany Professor Receives Funding to Advance ALS Research
University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany’s Professor Li Niu has received new funding to support his research investigating new treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The proposed work will build on his lab’s existing research in this area, with a focus on testing RNA aptamers designed to block excessive activity of glutamate receptors, which causes cell death in the spinal cord and brain. The team hopes that their findings will help inform a new and an effective approach to ALS treatment.

Released: 27-Jun-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomics Research Awarded $8.45 Million Grant to Study Environmental Health
Mount Sinai Health System

New five-year award will focus on the effects of environmental exposures on health across the lifespan

   
Newswise: Addressing Health in Areas Characterized by Persistent Poverty
Released: 26-Jun-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Addressing Health in Areas Characterized by Persistent Poverty
University of Utah Health

Center for HOPE and Montana State University's Center for American Indian and Rural Heath Equity collaborate on cancer research in areas with persistent poverty, funded by the National Cancer Institute.

Newswise: A new ‘war of the roses’: Researchers integrate sensors, drones and machine learning to target thorny pest
Released: 26-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
A new ‘war of the roses’: Researchers integrate sensors, drones and machine learning to target thorny pest
West Virginia University

Multiflora rose may sound like a bountiful variant of the classic flowering bush, but its unexpected white blooms and red berries conceal one of Mother Nature’s sinister surprises: The invasive shrub is a thorny foe that threatens native plants in more than 40 states, including West Virginia and neighboring Pennsylvania.

Newswise: RIPE researchers determine chloroplast size unlikely option for improving photosynthetic efficiency
Released: 26-Jun-2023 9:55 AM EDT
RIPE researchers determine chloroplast size unlikely option for improving photosynthetic efficiency
Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project

A group of RIPE researchers have found, for the first time, that chloroplast size manipulations are unlikely to be an option for increasing crop photosynthetic efficiency. Their work was recently published in New Phytologist.

Newswise: Large and In Charge
Released: 23-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Large and In Charge
Baylor University

In 2018 and 2019, Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at Baylor University, and her colleagues collected movement and dive behavior data and samples from leopard seals off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Their goal was to compile crucial baseline data on the ecology and physiology of this enigmatic species.

Newswise: ESF Researchers Receive NSF Funding for Eco-manufacturing of Renewable Lignin-derived Products using Sustainable Energy
Released: 23-Jun-2023 11:25 AM EDT
ESF Researchers Receive NSF Funding for Eco-manufacturing of Renewable Lignin-derived Products using Sustainable Energy
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further its research on carbon-neutral alternative sources for value-added chemicals currently sourced from petroleum and other fossil fuels.

Newswise: Combination therapy effective against canine melanoma
Released: 22-Jun-2023 9:20 PM EDT
Combination therapy effective against canine melanoma
Hokkaido University

A combination of radiotherapy followed by immunotherapy is a promising strategy for the treatment of oral malignant melanomas in dogs.

Newswise: Study Sets New Standard for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prevention After Stem Cell Transplant
Released: 22-Jun-2023 1:15 PM EDT
Study Sets New Standard for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prevention After Stem Cell Transplant
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Clinicians have a new standard for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prevention after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to results from a phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The new standard is more effective at preventing GVHD and came with less side effects, compared with the current gold standard.

Newswise: SMU creating human trafficking data 'warehouse'
Released: 21-Jun-2023 9:20 AM EDT
SMU creating human trafficking data 'warehouse'
Southern Methodist University

SMU (Southern Methodist University) is creating a federally-funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States.

   
Released: 20-Jun-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher To Investigate the Mechanics of Mitosis To Combat Cancer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

It is a scary fact that one in two women and one in three men in the United States will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. One of the hallmarks of many cancers is the occurrence of errors during the cell division process called mitosis. Therefore, critical to enhancing treatments or perhaps even finding a cure for cancer and other diseases, is developing a better understanding of how mitosis works in both healthy and diseased cells.

Released: 20-Jun-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Husker engineers earn grant to protect military bases against EV-based attacks
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Most are watching the gradual shift from gas-powered to electric vehicles through the mirrors of the environment, climate or automotive industry.

Newswise: Less-invasive Cardiac MRI Is a Valuable Diagnostic Tool in the Early Evaluation of Patients with Acute Chest Pain
20-Jun-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Less-invasive Cardiac MRI Is a Valuable Diagnostic Tool in the Early Evaluation of Patients with Acute Chest Pain
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

An estimated 3 million patients visit emergency departments each year with acute chest pain and mildly elevated troponin levels. A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a safe and valuable tool to help evaluate these complex patients.

20-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
University of California San Diego

Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.

   
16-Jun-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including a leading Rutgers expert.

Newswise: $11.7M from Department of Defense to fund research on common complication to traumatic brain injury
Released: 15-Jun-2023 4:45 PM EDT
$11.7M from Department of Defense to fund research on common complication to traumatic brain injury
Indiana University

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI will lead grants to fund research toward an effective drug treatment for hydrocephalus, a condition commonly associated with complications from traumatic brain injury.

Released: 15-Jun-2023 4:35 PM EDT
UC Irvine to lead multi-institutional study of single-cell vulnerabilities to Alzheimer’s disease
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a multi-institutional study of specific brain cell vulnerabilities to abnormal tau protein deposits in regions affected in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

14-Jun-2023 3:40 PM EDT
Diagnosis of rare, genetic muscle disease improved by new approach
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an approach that could help doctors distinguish between the many subtypes of limb girdle muscular dystrophy, a rare, genetic muscle disease. With new therapies poised to enter the clinic, identifying the precise subtype is necessary to ensure that people get access to the treatment most likely to benefit them.



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