May is both Brain Tumor Awareness Month and National Cancer Research Month. Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is dedicated to advancing health through a better understanding of cancer and brain tumors and developing new ways to treat and prevent them.
The Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) of City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is delighted to welcome Prof. Philippe Ciarlet, a world-renowned mathematician and our HKIAS Senior Fellow, during his stay from 11 April to 29 May 2024. Prof. Ciarlet's visit is marked by several pivotal events to advance scientific research and foster academic collaboration.
Registration opens today for the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 66th Annual Meeting, which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., September 29 – October 2, 2024. Media registration is also available.
A team of researchers including a member of the Quantum Science Center at ORNL has published a review paper on the state of the field of Majorana research. The paper primarily describes four major platforms that are capable of hosting these particles, as well as the progress made over the past decade in this area.
Argonne has awarded five named postdoctoral fellowships to researchers in fields including particle physics, materials science, quantum, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and environmental science.
An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Jefferson Lab, Old Dominion University and the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a conceptual device for quantum computing that could rival – or even outperform – other systems being developed. The “core” of this computer would be based on a compact, spin-transparent storage ring, which can maintain the entangled states of ions as they travel along a figure-eight path.
عادةً ما تكون المعالجة الكيميائية هي العلاج الأول الذي يحاول الأطباء اتباعه لعلاجاللمفومة, بما في ذلك الشكلين الأكثر شيوعًا للمرض وهما:اللِمْفُومة اللَاهودجكينيواللِمْفُومة الهودجكيني. لكن بدائل المعالجة الكيميائية آخذة في التطور، مثل علاجات الخط الأول والخيارات الاحتياطيةهذا ما يوضحه ستيفن أنسيل، دكتور في الطب، دكتوراه الفلسفة, المعتلي كرسي الدَّمَوِيَّات وأخصائي أورام الدَّمَوِيَّات فيمركز مايو كلينك الشامل للسرطان.
A quimioterapia é geralmente o primeiro tratamento que os médicos tentam para tratar um linfoma, incluindo as duas formas mais comuns: o não Hodgkin e o Hodgkin. Mas alternativas à quimioterapia estão se desenvolvendo, como os tratamentos de primeira linha e as opções de backup, explica o Ph.D e Dr. Stephen Ansell, com cadeira na área de hematologia e hematologista oncológico no Centro Oncológico Integral da Mayo Clinic.
A group of senior nursing students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock volunteered at Ronald McDonald House to honor the late daughter of a fellow nursing student.
La quimioterapia suele ser el primer tratamiento que intentan los médicos para tratar un linfoma, incluyendo las dos formas más comunes: no Hodgkin y el Hodgkin. Pero se están desarrollando alternativas a la quimioterapia, como los tratamientos de primera línea y las opciones de respaldo, explica el Ph.D y Dr. Stephen Ansell, con cátedra en el área de hematología y hematólogo oncológico en el Centro Oncológico Integral de Mayo Clinic.
Michelle Usher knew something was wrong when she became too tired to hold a paint brush or read a book. The avid oil painter and voracious reader could devour 100 novels and memoirs a year until late 2022, when overwhelming exhaustion set in.
The DOE’s CyberForce Adventure Competition 2024 awarded Cameron Whitehead from University of Central Florida as the winner, one of 112 students who competed in this event, as part of the CyberForce program aiming to bridge the growing cybersecurity workforce gap in the United States.
Houston’s Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU), the first specialized ambulance for pre-hospital stroke treatment in the United States, has a new look and updated imaging and treatment capabilities.
Chemotherapy is usually the first treatment doctors try to treat lymphoma, including the two most common forms: non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin. But alternatives to chemotherapy are developing, as first-line treatments and as backup options, explains Stephen Ansell, M.D., Ph.D., hematology chair and hematologic oncologist at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In a new research commentary, the Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions to the field of sleep medicine.
When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, he announced a goal to install 500,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the nation by 2030. The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has tasked the experts at Idaho National Laboratory to answer big questions surrounding this goal.
Understanding the human exposome — a person’s myriad health exposures over a lifetime — can reveal unknowns about diseases not explained fully by our DNA. Artificial intelligence will be indispensable in efforts to understand the role of biology and environment in disease and health.
Les recommandations de la Commission des thérapies chirurgicales de l'ILAE suggèrent de référer chaque patient de moins de 70 ans souffrant d'épilepsie résistante aux médicaments pour une évaluation plus approfondie dès qu'ils ont échoué à deux médicaments anticonvulsivants. Et bien que la chirurgie puisse être une option pour jusqu'à 40 % d'entre eux, moins de 1 % sont référés aux centres d'épilepsie chaque année.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities’ confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, protecting reliable delivery of electricity while supporting U.S. efforts to slow climate change.
Argonne’s Aurora system has officially entered the exascale era with its latest submission to the Top500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) were due to converge on text for a global pandemic agreement during their ninth and final negotiating session in March; however, insufficient progress was made in those two weeks, in terms of finding consensus.
Prof. Dr. Kaywalee Chatdarong, Vice President for Strategic Planning, Innovation and Global Engagement, Chulalongkorn University, and Mrs. Walairat Pongjitt, Director of Premier Innova Co., Ltd., Dr. Teerapong Yata, Managing Director of Premier Innova Co., Ltd., and Asst. Prof. Dr. Sirakarn Thitawat, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, signed an agreement authorizing Premier Innova Co., Ltd., to exercise the rights under the petty patent regarding “The Nanoparticle Encapsulated Hydrogel Composition for Essential Oils and the Preparation Methods” owned by Chulalongkorn University.
Prof. Dr. Kaywalee Chatdarong, Vice President for Strategic Planning, Innovation and Global Engagement, Chulalongkorn University, and Ms. Kedtida Cheevarungnapakul, CEO of Innophytotech Co., Ltd., signed an agreement authorizing Innophytotech Co., Ltd. to exercise the rights under the petty patent regarding “The methods to prepare extracts with antioxidants and pectin from unripe durians” owned by Chulalongkorn University.
A specialized piece of equipment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is used for measurements varying from extremely large structures to quantum. The equipment is available for projects within and outside the national lab.
Kendall, a longtime resident of Middle Tennessee, has been through this before, and his words likely ring true for anyone who has lived through one of the periodic invasions of the red-eyed, noisemaking insects.
Lisa Harrison-Gulla's journey in public health is more than just a career choice – it’s a testament to her unwavering dedication for driving change in the face of adversity.
ASCO, the largest event in cancer research, is approaching on May 31st. ASCO offers tailored scientific events for oncology professionals, patient advocates, industry representatives, and major media outlets worldwide.
The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School mark 10 years of the pharmacy and medicine dual degree program, the only such program in the nation.
Cedars-Sinai investigators are using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce serious health risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth and improve screening for some gynecological cancers.
Argonne National Laboratory will be receiving $3 million over three years to lead a project on developing a technology for ironmaking with zero carbon emissions and lower required energy.
يتعايش أكثر من 10 مليون شخص في أنحاء العالم مع داء الأمعاء الالتهابي، وهو حالة مزمنة تسبب حدوث التهاب في السبيل الهضمي، ولكنها يمكن أن تؤثر أيضًا في مناطق أخرى من الجسم.
Brian Schaffner, a political science professor and Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, has been named to the 2024 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
It was Pearl Berg’s birthday, and a TV reporter asked her what some might consider a rhetorical question. “Mrs. Berg,” he said, “how did you get to be 107 years old?”
She looked up from her seat and with a twinkle in her eye, she answered. “Well … first, you have to be 106.”
A team of scientists, with help from Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, have demonstrated the existence of an elusive state of matter known as quantum spin nematic.
Yale Cancer Center (YCC) and Smilow Cancer Hospital (SCH) have again received an internationally recognized accreditation for cellular therapy and stem cell transplantation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), giving patients life-saving cancer treatment options in Connecticut.
Under DOE’s Integrated Research Infrastructure initiative, a team from ORNL and SLAC is establishing a data portal that will enable Frontier to process the results from experiments conducted by LCLS-II.
What factors determine quality of life after pediatric epilepsy surgery? How can clinicians set families up for success? Dr. Kette Valente talks with Dr. Mary Lou Smith, whose work has implications for treatment decisions and setting expectations about the impact of surgery.
Les vidéos personnelles de personnes présentant des activités s’apparentant à des crises peuvent aider les neurologues à diagnostiquer et à traiter l’épilepsie.
A practice alert from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) reinforces that it’s time to return to offering families the opportunity to be present during resuscitation and invasive procedures. In 2004, AACN was the first organization to recommend policies be developed to support family presence, marking a transformation in how families were treated during invasive procedures.
Mais de 10 milhões de pessoas ao redor do mundo vivem com a doença inflamatória intestinal (DII), uma condição crônica que causa inflamação no trato digestivo, mas também pode afetar outras áreas do corpo.
Más de 10 millones de personas alrededor del mundo viven con la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (EII), una afección crónica que causa inflamación en el tracto digestivo, pero también puede afectar otras áreas del cuerpo.
For many children with asthma, May is a peak season — their condition is at its worst, often due to seasonal allergies, pollen or poor air quality that come with this time of year.
In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars aimed at detecting evolving threats. Many of these tests take place in a simulated research environment created at Sandia National Laboratories.
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Un oscuro y polvoriento glóbulo cometario conocido como CG 4, es protagonista de esta imagen obtenida por la Cámara de Energía Oscura del Observatorio Cerro Tololo en Chile, un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF, y construida por el Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos. Aún no se sabe con certeza cómo estas nubes de difícil detección adquieren su inconfundible estructura, pero los astrónomos creen que se debe a las masivas y calientes estrellas que las rodean.