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Released: 22-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Climate change linked to rise in mental distress among teens, according to Drexel study
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Worsening human-induced climate change may have effects beyond the widely reported rising sea levels, higher temperatures, and impacts on food supply and migration – and may also extend to influencing mental distress among high schoolers in the United States.

   
Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
A closer look at cannabis use and binge eating
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New research from Drexel University’s Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center), examined how often people experiencing binge eating are also using cannabis recreationally, and whether patients who use cannabis experience more severe eating disorder symptoms or symptoms of struggling with mental health.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Number of at-risk youth with intellectual disability and autism in the U.S. foster care system is growing
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Youth with foster care involvement have an increased risk for mental health diagnoses, trauma and worse outcomes in adulthood than their peers

Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Drexel researchers propose AI-guided system for robotic inspection of buildings, roads and bridges
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Our built environment is aging and failing faster than we can maintain it. Recent building collapses and structural failures of roads and bridges are indicators of a problem that’s likely to get worse, according to experts, because it’s just not possible to inspect every crack, creak and crumble to parse dangerous signs of failure from normal wear and tear. In hopes of playing catch-up, researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering are trying to give robotic assistants the tools to help inspectors with the job.

Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Putting your toddler in front of the TV? You might hurt their ability to process the world around them, new data suggests
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Babies and toddlers exposed to television or video viewing may be more likely to exhibit atypical sensory behaviors, such as being disengaged and disinterested in activities, seeking more intense stimulation in an environment, or being overwhelmed by sensations like loud sounds or bright lights, according to data from researchers at Drexel’s College of Medicine published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Does self-checkout impact grocery store loyalty?
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In an effort to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction, retailers have implemented self-checkouts in stores across the country.

Newswise: Veins of bacteria could form a self-healing system for concrete infrastructure
Released: 8-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Veins of bacteria could form a self-healing system for concrete infrastructure
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In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete.

Released: 17-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
In the age of ChatGPT, what's it like to be accused of cheating?
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While the public release of the artificial intelligence-driven large-language chatbot, ChatGPT, has created a great deal of excitement around the promise of the technology and expanded use of AI, it has also seeded a good bit of anxiety around what a program that can churn out a passable college-level essay in seconds means for the future of teaching and learning.

   
Released: 17-Apr-2023 7:40 PM EDT
Machine learning can help to flag risky messages on Instagram while preserving users’ privacy
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As regulators and providers grapple with the dual challenges of protecting younger social media users from harassment and bullying, while also taking steps to safeguard their privacy, a team of researchers from four leading universities has proposed a way to use machine learning technology to flag risky conversations on Instagram without having to eavesdrop on them. The discovery could open opportunities for platforms and parents to protect vulnerable, younger users, while preserving their privacy.

   
Released: 16-Mar-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Nano cut-and-sew
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A new process that lets scientists chemically cut apart and stitch together nanoscopic layers of two-dimensional materials — like a tailor altering a suit — could be just the tool for designing the technology of a sustainable energy future.

Released: 12-Jan-2023 12:45 PM EST
Falling prevention strategies for older adults having dementia
Drexel University

With falls causing millions of injuries in older adults each year, it is an increasingly important public health concern.

Released: 18-Nov-2022 11:45 AM EST
Study: Turning wastewater into fertilizer is feasible and could help to make agriculture more sustainable
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The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University.

Released: 23-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
New technique allows researchers to scrape beyond the surface of nanomaterials
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Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials — called MXenes — in 2011, Drexel University researchers have made steady progress in understanding the complex chemical composition and structure, as well as the physical and electrochemical properties, of these exceptionally versatile materials.

Released: 1-Sep-2022 4:25 PM EDT
COVID radar: Genetic sequencing can help predict severity of next variant
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As public health officials around the world contend with the latest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Drexel University have created a computer model that could help them be better prepared for the next one.

Released: 12-May-2021 3:45 PM EDT
Parks not only safe, but essential during the pandemic
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Parks played an important role for people seeking respite from the toll of social isolation during the pandemic, and according to new research from Drexel University, they did so without increasing the spread of COVID-19.

   
Released: 2-Oct-2020 5:20 PM EDT
Genetic tracing 'barcode' is rapidly revealing COVID-19's journey and evolution
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Drexel University researchers have reported a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the virus that causes COVID-19.

   
Released: 6-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
Study: Actually, potted plants don't improve indoor air quality
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Plants can help spruce up a home or office space, but claims about their ability to improve the air quality are vastly overstated

Released: 8-May-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Experts: CEO of GE Justified in Cautioning Against U.S. Protectionism
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General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt recently said “protectionism makes the U.S. look weak not strong,” in a speech recently delivered at Georgetown University, openly disagreeing with many of President Donald Trump’s policies. He continued to say that while the systems of free trade didn’t work well enough for all in the United States, withdrawing from trade deals isn’t the answer. While Immelt’s comments and advice to the President made national headlines, a panel of 20 experts looked at Immelt’s statements from a corporate governance and corporate reputation perspective and—for the most part—favorably viewed Immelt’s decision to take a public stand on Trump’s trade policies. The CEO of a company that makes nearly 70 percent of its sales outside the United States, received an overall grade of “B+” for speaking out in favor of modernizing and improving trade deals.

   
Released: 31-Jan-2017 2:05 PM EST
Trump Order Puts Lyft and Uber at Odds, Professors Weigh In on What’s at Stake for Brands
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A poll asked a panel of business school professors to grade Lyft and Uber on their reactions to Donald Trump’s executive order barring visitors and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Lyft was quick to oppose the ban and donated $1 million to the ACLU while Uber was more equivocal and continued to operate despite a Taxi walkout. The professors gave Lyft a “B” and Uber a “C+” for their respective actions and statements.

Released: 9-Jan-2017 9:50 AM EST
As Neighborhood Status Falls, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Black Residents Spikes
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The lower a neighborhood’s socioeconomic status is, the more likely its black residents are to develop heart disease and stroke, according to a new Drexel University-led public health study.

Released: 2-Nov-2016 10:15 AM EDT
Panel of Professors Gives UBER a Grade of ‘C’ for ‘Self-Serving’ Endorsement of Nevada Assemblyman
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Drexel University’s Institute for Strategic Leadership and the American Marketing Association administered a Real Time Expert Poll © asking a panel of business professors to grade Uber on its move to support the re-election of republican candidate Derek Armstrong with a campaign encouraging voters to “Uber” to polls and cast their vote.

Released: 21-Oct-2016 10:30 AM EDT
Drexel Women’s Care Center Improving Female Genital Cutting-Related Health Services for Women and Girls in Philadelphia
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With a rapidly growing immigrant population, Philadelphia ranks seventh among major U.S. cities with the highest prevalence — up to 16,500 — of women and girls impacted by female genital cutting (FGC).

Released: 21-Sep-2016 12:00 PM EDT
A Breakthrough in Our Understanding of How Things Deform
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Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century’s worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why. But, according to new findings from Drexel University materials science and engineering researchers, our understanding of how layered materials succumb to stresses and strains was lacking. The report suggests that, when compressed, layered materials — everything from sedimentary rocks, to beyond-whisker-thin graphite — will form a series of internal buckles, or ripples, as they deform.

19-Sep-2016 11:00 AM EDT
Study: African-American Organ Transplant Recipients at Risk for Skin Cancer
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Nonwhite transplant recipients, who are at lower risk for developing skin cancer than their white counterparts, should still receive routine, total-body skin examinations, according to new patient data.

Released: 14-Jul-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Weight Loss Technologies Train the Brain to Resist Temptation
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Can a computer game train your brain to resist sweets? Researchers at Drexel University are launching two studies to find out.

24-May-2016 11:45 AM EDT
How Do You Kill a Malaria Parasite? Clog It with Cholesterol
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Drexel scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two antimalarial drugs kill Plasmodium parasites. Amidst growing concerns about drug resistance, these findings could help to develop more effective drugs against the disease.

Released: 6-May-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Bisexual and Questioning Young Women More Susceptible to Depression, Drexel Study Finds
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A study exploring the prevalence of mental health symptoms in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning (LGBQ) community, found that the oft-overlooked questioning and bisexual youth face their own significant challenges, particularly when it comes to depression, anxiety and traumatic distress.

Released: 8-Feb-2016 9:05 AM EST
Taser Shock Disrupts Brain Function, Has Implications for Police Interrogations
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In a randomized control trial, volunteer participants were subjected to Taser shocks and tested for cognitive impairment. Some showed short-term declines in cognitive functioning comparable to dementia, raising serious questions about the ability of police suspects to understand their rights at the point of arrest.

2-Feb-2016 9:05 AM EST
The Future of Medicine Could Be Found in This Tiny Crystal Ball
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A Drexel University materials scientist has discovered a way to grow a crystal ball in a lab. Not the kind that soothsayers use to predict the future, but a microscopic version that could be used to encapsulate medication in a way that would allow it to deliver its curative payload more effectively inside the body.

   
Released: 13-Nov-2015 12:05 PM EST
Have an Apple-Shaped Body? You May Be More Susceptible to Binge Eating
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Women with apple-shaped bodies – those who store more of their fat in their trunk and abdominal regions – may be at particular risk for the development of eating episodes during which they experience a sense of “loss of control,” according to a new study from Drexel University. The study also found that women with greater fat stores in their midsections reported being less satisfied with their bodies, which may contribute to loss-of-control eating.

Released: 8-Sep-2015 12:05 PM EDT
As Demand for African Timber Soars, Birds Pay the Ultimate Price
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A new study co-authored by scientists at Drexel University, published in the most recent issue of Biological Conservation, reveals the devastating impact of illegal logging on bird communities in the understory layer of Ghana’s Upper Guinea rain forests, one of the world's 25 “biodiversity hotspots” where the most biologically rich ecosystems are most threatened.

2-Sep-2015 6:00 PM EDT
Image-Tracking Technology Helps Scientists Observe Nature v. Nurture in Neural Stem Cells
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One of the longstanding debates in science, that has, perhaps unsurprisingly, permeated into the field of stem cell research, is the question of nature versus nurture influencing development. Science on stem cells thus far, has suggested that, as one side of the existential debate holds: their fate is not predestined. But new research from the Neural Stem Cell Institute and Drexel University suggests that the cells’ tabula might not be as rasa as we have been led to believe.

Released: 27-Jul-2015 11:00 AM EDT
Engineering Peace: Drexel University Joins PeaceTech Lab in Global Mission to Use Technology for Resolving Conflicts
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Drexel University engineering researchers and students are joining an international effort led by PeaceTech Lab, a non-profit entity launched by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), to prepare the next generation of humanitarian engineers. The PeaceTech Lab’s Young Engineers Program seeks to use the skills of talented young technologists in service of communities in conflict zones around the world who are seeking to create a sustainable peace.

Released: 20-May-2015 10:00 AM EDT
Drexel Researchers First to Detect Air Quality Effects of Natural Gas Extraction in PA's Marcellus Shale Region
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A team led by environmental engineers from Drexel University are the first independent researchers to take a closer look at the air quality effects of natural gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania. The group used a mobile air quality monitoring vehicle to survey regional air quality and pollutant emissions at 13 sites including wells, drilling rigs, compressor stations and processing areas. Their work establishes baseline measurements for this relatively new area of extraction.

Released: 22-Apr-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Drexel Materials Scientists Putting a New Spin on Computing Memory
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As computers continue to shrink—moving from desks and laps to hands and wrists—memory has to become smaller, stable and more energy conscious. A group of researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering is trying to do just that with help from a new class of materials, whose magnetism can essentially be controlled by the flick of a switch.

17-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
One in Three Young Adults with Autism Disconnected from Work and School
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Critical questions about life outcomes beyond clinical interventions are the focus of a report issued today from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, from its Life Course Outcomes Research Program. The “National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood” is a comprehensive report (available free online) that presents new findings about a wide range of experiences and outcomes of youth on the autism spectrum between high school and their early 20s, including new safety and risk indicators for young adults with autism. The report describes the indicators now available and serves as a call to action to fill the remaining large gaps in knowledge.

Released: 13-Apr-2015 9:05 AM EDT
The Upworthy Don
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Researchers from Drexel University’s Privacy, Security and Automation Lab are using social network analysis tools to better understand the activity of cybercrime forums. Their findings could guide the next generation of “Untouchables.”

Released: 17-Mar-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Drexel University Materials Research Could Unlock Potential of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
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Drexel University researchers, along with colleagues at Aix-Marseille University in France, have discovered a high performance cathode material with great promise for use in next generation lithium-sulfur batteries that could one day be used to power mobile devices and electric cars.

Released: 5-Mar-2015 2:05 PM EST
Holding Energy By The Threads
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While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device. That process is being driven by Drexel University doctoral student Kristy Jost, who’s threaded her way into the forefront of research on conductive yarns.

Released: 7-Jan-2015 1:15 PM EST
Drexel University Names DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman Its 2015 Engineering Leader of the Year
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Drexel University’s College of Engineering will honor Ellen Kullman, Chair of the Board and CEO of DuPont, as its 2015 Engineering Leader of the Year. Kullman, who will be recognized at a ceremony on Feb. 23, will join an esteemed group of engineering trailblazers who have received the award.

Released: 11-Dec-2014 11:00 AM EST
How Long Can Ebola Survive Outside the Body?
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The Ebola virus travels from person to person through direct contact with infected body fluids. But how long can the virus survive on glass surfaces or countertops? How long can it live in wastewater when liquid wastes from a patient end up in the sewage system? In an article published Dec. 9 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University plot a course for future study of the virus.

25-Nov-2014 2:00 PM EST
Shaping the Future of Energy Storage with Conductive Clay
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Materials scientists from Drexel University’s College of Engineering invented the clay, which is both highly conductive and can easily be molded into a variety of shapes and sizes. It represents a turn away from the rather complicated and costly processing—currently used to make materials for lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors—and toward one that looks a bit like rolling out cookie dough with results that are even sweeter from an energy storage standpoint.

Released: 13-Nov-2014 9:05 AM EST
Pennsylvania Autism Census Highlights Dramatic Increase in Numbers
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Pennsylvania’s Autism Services, Education, Resources & Training Collaborative (ASERT) has released the Pennsylvania Autism Census Update for 2014. The original Pennsylvania Autism Census released in 2009 identified almost 20,000 individuals with autism receiving services across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The 2014 Pennsylvania Autism Census Update now estimates that there are over 55,000 children and adults with autism receiving services, which is almost triple the number initially identified.

10-Nov-2014 3:00 PM EST
Bending -But Not Breaking- In Search of New Materials
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Researchers at Drexel University and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemically engineered a new, electrically conductive nanomaterial that is flexible enough to fold, but strong enough to support many times its own weight. They believe it can be used to improve electrical energy storage, water filtration and radiofrequency shielding in technology from portable electronics to coaxial cables.

Released: 29-Oct-2014 1:00 PM EDT
Clean Smell Doesn't Always Mean Clean Air
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A researcher in Drexel’s College of Engineering is taking a closer look at aerosol formation involving an organic compound called limonene that provides the pleasant smell of cleaning products and air fresheners. His research will help to determine what byproducts these sweet-smelling compounds are adding to the air while we are using them to remove germs and odors.


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