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Hillandale Farms Family Giving to Support Musculoskeletal Care and Research Tops $45 Million with the Creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank

With this second gift of $18.5 million, Pitt will launch the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank that will collect, house and properly distribute specimens that will shed light on disorders such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and a...
19-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Finds Mine-Drainage Treatment Cost Effective, but Far More Costs Lay Ahead

Research by the University of Pittsburgh shows that state and federal appropriations allowing Pennsylvania to treat abandoned mine drainage works to both successfully and cost effectively clean up acidic water. But their research also shows funding...
16-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found

University of Pittsburgh researchers are the first to trace one of those pollutants, nitrogen, along the U.S. beef supply chain at the county level. They found high spatial disconnect between where beef is eaten and where nitrogen’s impacts are...
3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Birds have accents, too: Researchers find cultural change in the dialects of parrots over 22-year period

While distinct languages and dialects are common to human societies, most people are unaware that other species may similarly have culturally significant dialects.
21-Aug-2024 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Research Challenges Conventional Widsom on Wet-Surface Adhesion

The research team discovered that water can unexpectedly enhance adhesion under controlled conditions. The study involved measuring the adhesion of a soft elastomer to precisely engineered rough surfaces, revealing a complex interplay between water,...
6-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Switching Decisions: Interleukin-12 Influences B Cell Immune Response

Researchers discover that a cytokine called interleukin-12 (IL-12) acts like a switch to direct which antibody response B cells will generate.
26-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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3 women named to Pitt posts of engineering dean, education dean, head of student affairs

Michele V. Manuel has been named the first women dean at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, while Eboni Zamani-Gallaher likewise was named dean of the Pitt School of Education and Carla Panzella the vice provost for student...
30-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Making batteries takes lots of lithium. Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater.

A new analysis using compliance data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection suggests that if it could be extracted with complete efficiency, lithium from the wastewater of Marcellus shale gas wells could supply up to 40% of the...
10-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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A nova is coming: learn more about this stellar explosion

Astronomers expect a “new” star will be visible in the sky by September following an explosion in the constellation Corona Borealis
3-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT

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