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Newswise: Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
7-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

For telescopes operating in the vacuum of space, or optical equipment in extreme environments, existing coatings are often insufficient. In the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology Aresearchers in China turned to atomic layer deposition and developed an ultrablack thin-film coating for aerospace-grade magnesium alloys. The team used alternating layers of aluminum-doped titanium carbide and silicon nitride and together the materials prevent nearly all light from reflecting off the coated surface. The coating absorbs 99.3% of light while being durable enough to survive in harsh conditions.

11-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
AANA Publishes Considerations for Anesthesia Care of the Patient on a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists such as Ozempic® or Wegovy® (semaglutide), Saxenda® (liraglutide), or Zepbound™ (tirzepatide), have become increasingly popular in promoting weight loss.

28-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Patients With Obesity and Kidney Failure May Be Newly Eligible for Kidney Transplants
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

A collaborative study between a bariatric and transplant surgery team has introduced new hope for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are also struggling with obesity. The study authors explored the outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery in ESRD patients and whether the surgery can improve their eligibility for kidney transplants. The findings are published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:50 AM EDT
Added Dietary Fiber’s Health Effects in Children Warrants Closer Look
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

There is enough evidence to evaluate several health benefits in children associated with adding isolated and synthesized fibers to food.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:50 AM EDT
Researchers Connect Declining Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide Levels to Rise in Legionnaires’ Disease
University at Albany, State University of New York

Declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide levels might be related to the global rise in Legionnaires’ disease, according to a new UAlbany study which examined trends in atmospheric sulfur dioxide, Legionnaires’ disease incidence, and the role of cooling towers in harboring Legionella.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:30 AM EDT
Researchers Expand Our Understanding of How the Body and Brain Communicate
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Researchers investigating how exactly the brain processes the incoming stream of information from the heart and lungs, discovered that specific neurons in the thalamus are actively involved in processing cardiac and respiratory signals.

Newswise: A golden solution quickly eliminates bacterial infections, no antibiotics required
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
A golden solution quickly eliminates bacterial infections, no antibiotics required
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

If left to their own devices, bacteria on our teeth or wounded skin can encase themselves in a slimy scaffolding, turning into what is called biofilm. These bacteria wreak havoc on our tissue and, being shielded from antibiotic medication by the slime, are difficult to dislodge.

Newswise: AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

AACN is pleased to see recommended increases to programs that support nursing education and the workforce in the Administration's proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.

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Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
How does AI work?
Bar-Ilan University

In an article recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Bar-Ilan University reveal the mechanism underlying successful machine learning, which enables it to perform classification tasks with resounding success.

Newswise: No, you shouldn’t be going barefoot in public
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
No, you shouldn’t be going barefoot in public
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Trend resurfacing on TikTok has podiatry experts worried

Newswise: Ethnic minorities face higher risk of liver transplant failure
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Ethnic minorities face higher risk of liver transplant failure
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The risk of dying while waiting for a liver transplant or having a transplant fail for patients with alcohol-associated liver diseases is higher among racial and ethnic minorities, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

Newswise: São Paulo State University chooses Digital Science to help realize its potential for global and regional impact
Released: 12-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
São Paulo State University chooses Digital Science to help realize its potential for global and regional impact
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

São Paulo State University (UNESP) has chosen Dimensions and Altmetric from Digital Science’s flagship products to advance its world-class research program.

   
Newswise: Mount Sinai Establishes Department of Public Health
12-Mar-2024 9:30 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Establishes Department of Public Health
Mount Sinai Health System

Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, appointed inaugural Dean for Public Health and Chair of the new Department of Public Health to spearhead a state-of-the-art curriculum in public health research, education, and practice that will systematically integrate with medicine, population health, global health, neurosciences, environmental medicine, data science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) disciplines.

Newswise: Women Leaders Who Have Broken Down Barriers: Global Politics Expert Reflects on Women’s History Month
Released: 12-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Women Leaders Who Have Broken Down Barriers: Global Politics Expert Reflects on Women’s History Month
Virginia Tech

Women’s History Month recognizes the achievements of women throughout the world. Virginia Tech political science expert Farida Jalalzai reflects on world leaders who are women, and how in recent years they’ve broken down barriers and expanded understandings of the roles of women in governance.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Choosing March Madness underdogs: Study finds people are riskier in gambles, forecasts made later in a sequence
University of Delaware

A new study offers potential insights into how and when we fill out March Madness brackets. The paper found that people are more risk seeking (more likely to predict a relatively improbable outcome) in their later forecasts and are thus more likely to make an incorrect prediction for them.

11-Mar-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Research Finds a College Degree Remains a Sound Investment Despite Rising Tuition
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

A new analysis of 5.8 million Americans finds that earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics.

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8-Mar-2024 1:30 PM EST
‘Curved’ Walking and a Depth Camera: New Tool Detects Early Cognitive Decline
Florida Atlantic University

Gait impairments often are prevalent in the early stages of cognitive decline. Researchers quantitatively compared straight walking and curved walking – a more natural yet complex activity – in healthy older adults and adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A depth camera detected and tracked 25 joints of body movement and signals were processed to extract 50 gait markers. Intriguingly, curved walking illuminated notable disparities between the study groups.

Newswise: Harnessing Nature's Shield: Enhancing Sun Protection with Lignin Nanoparticles in Cosmetics
Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Harnessing Nature's Shield: Enhancing Sun Protection with Lignin Nanoparticles in Cosmetics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Pioneering research unveils lignin nanoparticles as potent UV-blocking agents, with their chemical structure and size effects extensively altering the sun protection efficacy of cosmetics. LNPs with tailored structures outperform conventional additives, offering enhanced UV resistance and eco-friendly solutions for skincare formulations.

Newswise: Comparison of diploid and triploid hybrid fish from the same parents
Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Comparison of diploid and triploid hybrid fish from the same parents
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The researchers carried out a hybridization experiment between female koi carp and male Chinese rare minnow, eventually obtaining allodiploid and allotriploid hybrid offspring. They made a systemic comparison between them and found that the triploid hybrids showed faster growth, higher expression of growth-promoting genes and lower expression of growth-inhibiting genes than the diploid hybrids. This study provides implications to explain the faster growth of polyploid fish.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Invitation to Cover: Perelman School of Medicine Students Meet Their Match
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

On Friday, March 15, the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate Match Day, the annual event that reveals where graduating medical students will head for residency programs to further their training.

   
Newswise: Eco-labeling: self or certification?
Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Eco-labeling: self or certification?
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers use game theory to analyze the eco-label strategy selection of the manufacturer in green supply chain.

Newswise: Breathing Easy: New Study Declares Waste-to-Energy Plants a Low Health Risk
Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Breathing Easy: New Study Declares Waste-to-Energy Plants a Low Health Risk
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study has highlighted the insignificant health hazards posed by the emissions from waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities in China's Bohai Rim. This investigation brings to light the negligible impact of WtE plant emissions on public health, grounded in sophisticated regression analysis techniques.

   
Newswise: Modulation of cellular recycling by calcium ion dynamics across cellular compartments
Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Modulation of cellular recycling by calcium ion dynamics across cellular compartments
Chinese Academy of Sciences

This study discovers that upon induction of different autophagy processes, mitochondria immediately import calcium and calcium concentrations at the ER membrane start to fluctuate. The major calcium import channel in the inner mitochondrial membrane, mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU), is required for mitophagy-inducer-initiated mitochondrial calcium uptake. Inhibiting MCU accelerates mitophagy. In neurons derived from a Parkinson’s patient, mitophagy-inducer-triggered mitochondrial calcium influx is faster, which may slow the ensuing mitophagy.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 8:00 AM EDT
You Didn’t See It Coming: the Spontaneous Nature of Turbulence
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego Professor of Physics Nigel Goldenfeld has shown in theoretical models of turbulence that even molecular motions can create large-scale patterns of randomness over a defined period of time.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Novel risk score for cardiovascular complications after bone marrow transplant
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

While lifesaving, bone marrow transplants can affect various organs, including the cardiovascular system. Researchers led by Michigan Medicine have not only determined the contemporary prevalence of cardiovascular complications after bone marrow transplant — they developed a novel tool to predict a person’s risk for such problems following the procedure and help guide the pre-transplant process.The work formed the basis of a scientific statement published by the American Health Association geared towards the cardiovascular management of patients undergoing bone marrow transplant.

Newswise: Prize of the Leopoldina for young scientist Jingyuan Xu from KIT
Released: 12-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Prize of the Leopoldina for young scientist Jingyuan Xu from KIT
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

With the Leopoldina Prize for young scientists 2023, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors Dr. Jingyuan Xu, who researches novel heating and cooling technologies for the energy transition at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Currently, the young engineer can boast two more significant awards: the Hector RCD Award as well as admission to the Global Young Academy, an exclusive association of international young scientists.

Newswise: Study provides new insights into deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Released: 12-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Study provides new insights into deadly acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities may have discovered a mechanical explanation for instability observed in the lungs in cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), particularly in the aftermath of respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or pneumonia.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Same ER. Same patient. Different visit. Different race and ethnicity?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

The effort to find and fight health disparities relies on data from millions of patients, including their race and ethnicity. But a new study finds the same patient might have different data recorded at separate ER visits.

Newswise: Age-Related Changes in Skin May Contribute to Melanoma Metastases
11-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Age-Related Changes in Skin May Contribute to Melanoma Metastases
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Age-related changes that cause the skin to stiffen and become less elastic may also contribute to higher rates of metastatic skin cancer in older people, according to research by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Newswise: When a team is less than the sum of its parts: tensions between individual and team wellbeing
Released: 12-Mar-2024 5:05 AM EDT
When a team is less than the sum of its parts: tensions between individual and team wellbeing
Aalto University

Individual wellbeing doesn’t always add up to team wellbeing – but reflection and open communication can help

   
Newswise:Video Embedded how-genetics-play-a-role-in-diabetic-kidney-disease
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Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 AM EDT
How genetics play a role in diabetic kidney disease
University of South Australia

Are you one of the 530 million people who have diabetes? If so, it is also likely you have kidney disease. It's one of the most pressing global health challenges and scientists are scrambling to find new treatments and diagnostic markers for diabetic kidney disease. University of South Australia Research Fellow Dr Jantina Manning explains an exciting new discovery in her lab that could provide hope for millions of people living with diabetes and associated kidney disease. Thursday 14 March is World Diabetes Day.

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Newswise: Key protein linked to immune disorders
Released: 11-Mar-2024 10:00 PM EDT
Key protein linked to immune disorders
Hokkaido University

A new study highlights a potential therapeutic target for immune-related disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and asthma.

Released: 11-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
How do neural networks learn? A mathematical formula explains how they detect relevant patterns
University of California San Diego

Researchers found that a formula used in statistical analysis provides a streamlined mathematical description of how neural networks, such as GPT-2, a precursor to ChatGPT, learn relevant patterns in data, known as features. This formula also explains how neural networks use these relevant patterns to make predictions. The team presented their findings in the March 7 issue of the journal Science.

   
Released: 11-Mar-2024 5:00 PM EDT
AANA Advocates for Excellence During Patient Safety Awareness Week
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

During Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 10-16, 2024, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) proudly joins the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in raising awareness and promote initiatives that make healthcare safer for patients and the healthcare workforce.

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