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Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Alarming Trends in Cardiovascular Health Among Middle-Aged Adults
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

New research helps explain the recent reversal in cardiovascular mortality among this population and underscores the need to address the social determinants of health that contribute to it.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
CMS Reporting, Image Quality, and QC Features Unveiled at RSNA 2023
Imalogix

We are thrilled to announce the launch of groundbreaking new features in our software, designed to revolutionize your experience with CT imaging. These latest enhancements, developed with your needs in mind, ensure that your practice remains at the forefront of imaging technology and patient care.

   
Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Alcohol Consumption May Have Positive and Negative Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Tufts University

A new study finds that alcohol consumption may have counteractive effects on cardiovascular disease risk, depending on the biological presence of certain circulating metabolites—molecules that are produced during or after a substance is metabolized and studied as biomarkers of many diseases.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
MCRA Announces Launch of Integrated AI & Imaging Center
MCRA, LLC

MCRA, the leading privately held independent medical device, diagnostics and biologics Clinical Research Organization (CRO) and advisory firm is pleased to announce the launch of its AI & Imaging Center, the first and only integrated solution, led by former FDA imaging experts covering the entire Medical Device product lifecycle.

   
Newswise: BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform, Initiating Construction Digitalization
Released: 27-Nov-2023 12:00 AM EST
BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform, Initiating Construction Digitalization
National Research Council of Science and Technology

A Korean research team has developed a BIM-based digital collaboration platform that allows construction owners and engineers to collaborate with each other on digital design tasks.

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Released: 26-Nov-2023 12:00 PM EST
Dissecting molecular mechanisms underlying ferroptosis in human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: Role of cystathionine γ-lyase/hydrogen sulfide pathway
World Journal of Stem Cells

BACKGROUNDFerroptosis can induce low retention and engraftment after mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) delivery, which is considered a major challenge to the effectiveness of MSC-based pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapy. Interestingly,

Released: 26-Nov-2023 12:00 PM EST
How to enhance the ability of mesenchymal stem cells to alleviate intervertebral disc degeneration
World Journal of Stem Cells

Intervertebral disc (ID) degeneration (IDD) is one of the main causes of chronic low back pain, and degenerative lesions are usually caused by an imbalance between catabolic and anabolic processes in the ID. The environment in which the ID

Released: 26-Nov-2023 12:00 PM EST
Hypoxia and inflammatory factor preconditioning enhances the immunosuppressive properties of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
World Journal of Stem Cells

BACKGROUNDMesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have great potential for the treatment of various immune diseases due to their unique immunomodulatory properties. However, MSCs exposed to the harsh inflammatory environment of damaged tissue after i

Released: 26-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
Pioneering early-onset Alzheimer’s disease study is focus of Alzheimer's & Dementia special issue
Indiana University

A pioneering Alzheimer’s disease study led by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers is the focus of a special issue of Alzheimer’s & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Newswise: Research looks to transform manure into protein
Released: 24-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Research looks to transform manure into protein
Texas A&M AgriLife

Can you turn manure into a cow, chicken or fish? Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking to do just that, in a roundabout, circular economy, kind of way.

Released: 24-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Scientists at UChicago discover that trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), a fatty acid found in beef, lamb, and dairy products, improves the ability of immune cells to fight tumors.

Released: 24-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Comer Children’s opens first Small Baby Unit on Chicago’s South Side
University of Chicago Medical Center

Located in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, the new Small Baby Unit is designed to care for babies who fall under certain age and weight specifications.

Newswise: “Piano principle” helped to understand how fungi synthetize compounds valuable for biotechnology
Released: 24-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
“Piano principle” helped to understand how fungi synthetize compounds valuable for biotechnology
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Unexpected model was suggested by the scientist of The Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Research Center of Biotechnology RAS).

Newswise: New Way to Determine Arrow of Time
Released: 24-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
New Way to Determine Arrow of Time
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

One of the annoying side effects of being absorbed in a gripping novel is that the cup of tea on the table becomes cold! Unfortunately, the tea would not heat itself by absorbing the heat around it, just as pieces of a broken egg would not put themselves together or milk mixed in coffee would not separate by itself.

Newswise: Rough draft of Darwin’s Origin of species goes online
22-Nov-2023 8:05 PM EST
Rough draft of Darwin’s Origin of species goes online
National University of Singapore (NUS)

On the 164th anniversary of Charles Darwin's Origin of species, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) will launch all the surviving draft pages of one of the most influential scientific books in history.

Newswise: Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor
20-Nov-2023 6:05 AM EST
Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor
Washington University in St. Louis

Scientists rely on pyrite, also known as “fool’s gold,” as a sensitive recorder of oceanic conditions, used to reconstruct timelines of global environmental change. Research from Washington University in St. Louis helps separate out local effects and sheds new light on the role of ancient microbial activity in driving the signals.

Newswise: When baby stars fledge
23-Nov-2023 6:00 AM EST
When baby stars fledge
University of Vienna

A team of astrophysicists led by Núria Miret-Roig from the University of Vienna found that two methods for determining the age of stars measure different things: Isochronous measurement thereby determines the birth date of stars, while dynamical tracking provides information on when stars "leave their nest", about 5.5 million years later in the star clusters studied.

Newswise: Environment-friendly electrochemical refrigerant compressor contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality realizes sustainable building of the future with new energy technology
Released: 23-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Environment-friendly electrochemical refrigerant compressor contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality realizes sustainable building of the future with new energy technology
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The joint research team led by Principal Researcher Young Kim of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) and professors Min-sung Kim and Dong-kyu Kim of Chung-Ang University has successfully developed an environment-friendly refrigerant compressor using an electrochemical method instead of a mechanical method.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 7:00 AM EST
من الذي يستفيد من تناول أدوية خافِضة للكوليسترول؟
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا—إذا كنت مهددًا بخطرالإصابة بمرض القلب فقد يستخدم فريق الرعاية الصحية أداة معادلة تقييم المخاطر المُشتركة بين الفئات العمرية(PCE)  لتحديد خطر إصابتك على المدى الطويل وما إذا كان تناول أدوية خافِضة للكوليسترول — أدوية خفض الكوليستيرول، خيار مناسب لك أم لا.

Newswise: Bristol researchers set to join leading experts at COP28 as world ‘stands on edge of burning bridge’ to tackle climate change
Released: 23-Nov-2023 5:05 AM EST
Bristol researchers set to join leading experts at COP28 as world ‘stands on edge of burning bridge’ to tackle climate change
University of Bristol

A team of University of Bristol experts are poised to join the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which will hold the world to account in addressing humanity’s most urgent and ambitious challenge.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 5:05 AM EST
20 minutes of exercise can boost your brain after a bad night’s sleep
University of Portsmouth

New research led by the University of Portsmouth in England has revealed moderate intensity exercise can improve cognitive function in people who are sleep deprived and have low levels of oxygen.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 5:05 AM EST
The highly efficient removal method of phosphate from wastewater of aquaculture: adsorption-membrane separation-coordinated strategy
Frontiers

Enhanced phosphorus treatment and recovery has been continuously pursued due to the stringent wastewater discharge regulations and a phosphate supply shortage.

Released: 23-Nov-2023 5:05 AM EST
First experimental evidence of hopfions in crystals opens up new dimension for future technology
Uppsala University

Hopfions, magnetic spin structures predicted decades ago, have become a hot and challenging research topic in recent years. In a study published in Nature today, the first experimental evidence is presented by a Swedish-German-Chinese research collaboration

Released: 22-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
Cancer blood tests jumpstart diagnoses and targeted therapy
UC Davis Health

DNA fragments circulating in patients’ blood can reveal the presence of tumors long before CT scans and lead to more agile use of cancer drugs.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
“Not dead yet” - Oxford experts identify interventions that could rescue 1.5°C
University of Oxford

To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and limit global heating to 1.5°C, global annual emissions will need to drop radically over the coming decades. Today [22 Nov]

Newswise: Using supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies
Released: 22-Nov-2023 1:30 PM EST
Using supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies
Argonne National Laboratory

Research and development is an expensive undertaking for any company — which is why so many startups begin with a new patent, a brand new idea foundationally tested and ready to be scaled up.

   
Released: 22-Nov-2023 11:30 AM EST
Depression, anxiety, and stress frequently co-occur in Black pregnant individuals
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Black pregnant individuals frequently experience more than one mental health concern, according to findings published by Susan Gennaro, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor in the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, and colleagues in The Nurse Practitioner.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Gordon Peterson is hunting for efficient, sustainable energy materials
Argonne National Laboratory

Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow Gordon Peterson talks about his work at Argonne National Laboratory researching a class of materials called thermoelectrics.

Newswise: Unraveling Paddy Soil Secrets: Surprising Contribution of Nonmicrobial Mechanisms to CO2 Emissions
Released: 22-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Unraveling Paddy Soil Secrets: Surprising Contribution of Nonmicrobial Mechanisms to CO2 Emissions
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Paddy soil, found in wetlands, is a big source of global CO2 emissions, sometimes even more than what humans produce.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Fighting AIDS: Why the goal is to diagnose HIV before symptoms appear
Mayo Clinic

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), can hide in the body for many years before symptoms appear.

Newswise: University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research coal-to-carbon fiber research published in Carbon
Released: 22-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research coal-to-carbon fiber research published in Carbon
University of Kentucky

At the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), scientists’ innovative research to turn Kentucky waste coal into high-value carbon products has been published in the journal Carbon.The publication titled “Isotropic pitch-derived carbon fiber from waste coal” is the work of CAER’s Carbon Materials Research Group.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Does Spaceflight Increase Men’s Risk of Erectile Dysfunction?
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

During missions into space, astronauts are exposed to high levels of galactic cosmic radiation and weightlessness. Simulation experiments in male rats indicated that these aspects of spaceflight can negatively affect vascular tissues relevant to erectile dysfunction, even after a period of long-term recovery.

   
Newswise: New carbon material sets energy-storage record, likely to advance supercapacitors
Released: 21-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
New carbon material sets energy-storage record, likely to advance supercapacitors
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Guided by machine learning, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a record-setting carbonaceous supercapacitor material that stores four times more energy than the best commercial material.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 3:45 PM EST
It's not over until it's over. Keep up with the latest COVID research in the Coronavirus channel.
Newswise

Stay informed! Keep up with the latest research on the COVID-19 virus in the Coronavirus channel on Newswise.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 12:30 PM EST
Argonne and Waubonsee Community College partner on sustainable aviation fuels case studies
Argonne National Laboratory

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are making news as a way to potentially reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry. Now, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed up with DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory on a new project funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) called BRIDGES: the Bioenergy Research & Education Bridge.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 12:20 PM EST
Argonne’s Liu named to MIT ’s ​“ 35 Innovators Under 35”
Argonne National Laboratory

Innovators often point to failure as their inspiration for success. Tongchao Liu can relate.That’s because his groundbreaking research on why rechargeable lithium batteries eventually fail — and how to extend their life expectancy — has earned him a place on MIT Technology Review’s list of ​“35 Innovators Under 35” for 2023.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 12:00 PM EST
Hearing Loss is Associated with Subtle Changes in the Brain
University of California San Diego

A team of UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science along with Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute researchers employed hearing tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine whether hearing impairment is associated with differences in specific brain regions and affects dementia risk.

Newswise:Video Embedded ai-for-academia-digital-science-acquires-writefull-to-empower-researchers-and-publishers
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Released: 21-Nov-2023 8:30 AM EST
AI for academia: Digital Science acquires Writefull to empower researchers and publishers
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Digital Science announces it has fully acquired the AI-based academic language service Writefull, which assists users worldwide with all aspects of their scholarly writing.

     
Newswise: Coffee Grounds May Hold Key to Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases
20-Nov-2023 3:40 PM EST
Coffee Grounds May Hold Key to Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases
University of Texas at El Paso

A team of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso found that caffeic-acid based Carbon Quantum Dots (CACQDs), which can be derived from spent coffee grounds, have the potential to protect brain cells from the damage caused by several neurodegenerative diseases.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 6:05 AM EST
Long COVID happens in nursing homes, too, study finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

COVID-19 raced through nursing homes many times over the past few years. A new study shows the virus can leave a lasting impact – making the older adults who live in these facilities more dependent on staff to help them with basic daily activities for months after their infection.

Newswise: Mapping the meniscus
Released: 21-Nov-2023 4:05 AM EST
Mapping the meniscus
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Knee operations on the meniscus cartilage are a frequent procedure on a particularly complex part of the human body. Empa researchers want to provide an improved basis for clinicians in order to reduce the risks of the operation.

   
Released: 20-Nov-2023 8:05 PM EST
These bats use their penis as an “arm” during sex but not for penetration
Cell Press

Mammals usually mate via penetrative sex, but researchers report November 20 in the journal Current Biology that a species of bat, the serotine bat, (Eptesicus serotinus) mates without penetration.

Newswise: Scientists Report Direct Observation of the Dead-Cone Effect in Quantum Chromodynamics
Released: 20-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Scientists Report Direct Observation of the Dead-Cone Effect in Quantum Chromodynamics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Particle collisions produce quarks and gluons that interact in structured ways. Scientists have for the first time directly observed a predicted “dead cone" in this structure. This finding helps to confirm a feature of the theory of strong interactions, which explains how quarks and gluons form protons and neutrons.

17-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms
University of Cambridge

Cambridge researchers created an artificial system that mimics the human brain and found that applying physical constraints to the system led to the development of features similar to those found in human brains.

   
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Released: 20-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Long Island Teachers Learn Environmental and Climate Research Skills at Brookhaven Lab
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Eight teachers from Long Island school districts became science researchers this summer in a new training program designed to build awareness of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science mission areas and transfer real-world technology and coding-based skills to the classroom.

Released: 20-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
American Physiological Society to Create Physiology Education Resources with Labster
American Physiological Society (APS)

The American Physiological Society (APS) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Labster, the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and science simulations.

Newswise: Feeding dogs raw meat increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant E. coli
Released: 20-Nov-2023 6:05 AM EST
Feeding dogs raw meat increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant E. coli
University of Bristol

Feeding dogs raw (uncooked) meat increases their risk of excreting E. coli that cannot be killed by a widely used antibiotic - ciprofloxacin - researchers at the University of Bristol have found from a study of 600 healthy pet dogs.



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