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Newswise: UF study: Florida's 76,000 ponds emit more carbon than they store
Released: 9-Mar-2022 3:50 PM EST
UF study: Florida's 76,000 ponds emit more carbon than they store
University of Florida

As Florida and other states become more urbanized, an increasing number of stormwater ponds are built. Florida already has 76,000 such ponds. The newer ones emit more carbon than they store, a new University of Florida study finds. Researchers hope this finding will inform policy makers and others about when, where and how to install stormwater ponds.

Newswise: The human brain would rather look at nature than city streets
Released: 9-Mar-2022 3:20 PM EST
The human brain would rather look at nature than city streets
University of Oregon

There is a scientific reason that humans feel better walking through the woods than strolling down a city street, according to a new publication from University of Oregon physicist Richard Taylor and an interdisciplinary team of collaborators.

   
Released: 9-Mar-2022 2:50 PM EST
Study: Some of the world’s lowest rates of dementia found in Amazonian indigenous groups
University of Southern California (USC)

As scientists around the world seek for solutions for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reveals that two indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon have among the lowest rates of dementia in the world.

Newswise: Scientists Identify Possible New Treatment for COVID-19
Released: 9-Mar-2022 2:20 PM EST
Scientists Identify Possible New Treatment for COVID-19
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified a potential new therapy for COVID-19: a biologic substance created by reengineered human skin cells.

Newswise: Study hints at how early life experiences may affect brain wiring
9-Mar-2022 2:00 PM EST
Study hints at how early life experiences may affect brain wiring
Ohio State University

A new study of brain development in mice shortly after birth may provide insights into how early life events can affect wiring patterns in the brain that manifest as disease later in life – specifically such disorders as schizophrenia, epilepsy and autism.

Newswise: Caribbean coral reefs have been warming for at least 100 years
2-Mar-2022 1:55 PM EST
Caribbean coral reefs have been warming for at least 100 years
PLOS Climate

A new analysis outlines 150 years of sea-surface temperature history throughout the Greater Caribbean region, highlighting significant warming trends that have disrupted coral reef ecosystems.

Newswise: Hugging a “breathing” cushion to ease anxiety
2-Mar-2022 1:35 PM EST
Hugging a “breathing” cushion to ease anxiety
PLOS

Novel device shows promise in reducing anxiety for stressed students.

   
Released: 9-Mar-2022 1:20 PM EST
Mathematical discovery could shed light on secrets of the Universe
Chalmers University of Technology

How can Einstein's theory of gravity be unified with quantum mechanics? It is a challenge that could give us deep insights into phenomena such as black holes and the birth of the universe.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:20 PM EST
Heatwave hotspots linked to urban agglomerations in Africa
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Due to global warming, heatwave events will likely cause severe damage to natural ecosystems and human society.

Newswise: A New Approach to Predict Stable Species in Liquid Can Guide the Design of Optimal Solution Performance
Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:15 PM EST
A New Approach to Predict Stable Species in Liquid Can Guide the Design of Optimal Solution Performance
Stony Brook University

A team of researchers led by Nav Nidhi Rajput, PhD, at Stony Brook University, have found a way to computationally predict stable molecular species in liquid solutions. The new method, detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature Computational Science.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:10 PM EST
Climate change and lithium mining negatively influence flamingos
University of South Carolina

Lithium is powering the world’s electric vehicles, making the metal a key part in the quest to reduce carbon emissions.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:10 PM EST
Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
University of Oxford

When it comes to helping mitigate the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon, flora rather than fauna usually comes to mind.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:05 PM EST
Sleep apnea accelerates aging, but treatment may reverse it
University of Missouri, Columbia

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 22 million people in the U.S. and is linked to a higher risk of hypertension, heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and many other chronic conditions.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 12:00 PM EST
MD Anderson Research Highlights for March 9, 2022
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recently published studies in basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current findings include immunotherapy advances for AML, liver cancer, HPV-related cancers and other solid tumors, biomarkers of response to TIL therapy in melanoma, a greater understanding of the cells regulating skin wound repair, and data confirming the safety of proton therapy for pediatric brain cancer.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 11:15 AM EST
New Formula Developed by Rutgers Researcher Proves Promising in Alleviating Gastrointestinal Syndrome in Long-Haul COVID-19 Patient by Shifting Gut Microbiota
Rutgers University's Office for Research

A Rutgers researcher’s new formula with Investigational New Drug (IND) status has successfully alleviated a patient’s long-term severe gastrointestinal (GI) illness associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, or long-haul COVID, in a recent study. The study’s results on the formula developed by Liping Zhao, Ph.D., are now published in an article titled “Nutritional Modulation of Gut Microbiota Alleviates Severe Gastrointestinal Symptoms in a Patient with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome” in mBio, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

Newswise: When Ribosomes Collide: How Bacteria Clean Up After Molecular Crashes
4-Mar-2022 3:55 PM EST
When Ribosomes Collide: How Bacteria Clean Up After Molecular Crashes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Tiny cellular machines called ribosomes build proteins. When this building process goes awry in bacteria, ribosomes collide, triggering the arrival of a first responder molecule that begins a rescue operation.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 10:50 AM EST
Successful transfemoral-transcatheter aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients with a grade 4 atheroma in the ascending aorta: cerebral protection with a filter device
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

… quite high risk of procedure-related stroke after TAVR due to the grade 4 thrombus formation in the ascending aorta, treated with TF-TAVR with the Sentinel CPS insertion. To our knowledge, the usefulness of a filter device insertion prior to …

Released: 9-Mar-2022 10:50 AM EST
Adult stem cell niches for tissue homeostasis
Journal of Cellular Physiology

… stem cell niches, whose repairing ability is not able to overcome severe damage (heart or nervous tissue). The purpose of this review is to … the main characteristics of stem cell niches in these different tissues, highlighting the various components …

Newswise: Cancer cell's iron addiction may enable specific drug targeting, study suggests
3-Mar-2022 10:30 AM EST
Cancer cell's iron addiction may enable specific drug targeting, study suggests
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have discovered that cells carrying the most common mutation found in human cancer accumulate large amounts of ferrous iron and that this “ferroaddiction” can be exploited to specifically deliver powerful anticancer drugs without harming normal, healthy cells. The therapeutic strategy, described in a study to be published March 9 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), could be used to treat a wide variety of cancers driven by mutations in the KRAS gene.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 9:20 AM EST
Who Do Firearm Owners Trust to Talk About Safe Firearm Storage?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

There are several subgroups of firearm owners, but despite their differences, these groups generally view family, law enforcement and suicide prevention specialists but not gun dealers or the National Rifle Association (NRA) as credible sources of information on safe firearm storage, according to a new Rutgers study.

Newswise: Substance Developed at FAU Could Make Breathing a Breeze for Space Exploration
Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:30 AM EST
Substance Developed at FAU Could Make Breathing a Breeze for Space Exploration
Florida Atlantic University

There is a need to develop alternative adsorbent materials that can efficiently integrate and intensify the air revitalization process. Researchers could have a promising solution with a white powdery substance they synthesized in their lab called amine-grafted SBA-15 silica, an “aminosilica.”

Newswise: New Study Sheds Light on Early Human Hair Evolution
Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:05 AM EST
New Study Sheds Light on Early Human Hair Evolution
George Washington University

Researchers in the Primate Genomics Lab at the George Washington University examined what factors drive hair variation in a wild population of lemurs known as Indriidae. Specifically, the researchers aimed to assess the impacts of climate, body size and color vision on hair evolution.

Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:05 AM EST
Even at best hospitals, low-income older cancer patients struggle after surgery
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

They’re old enough to qualify for Medicare, and their incomes are low enough to qualify them for Medicaid. And when they have surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, a new study finds, they suffer more complications and incur higher costs than patients with Medicare alone, even at top hospitals.

Newswise:Video Embedded herbal-compound-prevents-colon-cancer-in-mice
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Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:05 AM EST
Herbal Compound Prevents Colon Cancer in Mice
American Physiological Society (APS)

The active compound in Chinese herbs called emodin can prevent colon cancer in mice, according to researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

Newswise: Getting to the root of how to grow cowpea in difficult conditions
Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EST
Getting to the root of how to grow cowpea in difficult conditions
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

A new study focuses on the development of cowpea varieties using root characteristics to increase its growth capacity

Newswise: The miracle of mucins
Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EST
The miracle of mucins
University of Utah

University of Utah biomedical engineering assistant professor Jessica Kramer has learned that mucins, a protein in human mucus, acts as a barrier that prevents viruses like Covid-19 from spreading through contaminated surfaces. Her research reveals why the coronavirus largely does not spread by touching surfaces like countertops or objects.

   
Newswise: Electronic Pneumonia Decision Support Helps Reduce Mortality by 38% in Community Hospitals, New Study Finds
Released: 9-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EST
Electronic Pneumonia Decision Support Helps Reduce Mortality by 38% in Community Hospitals, New Study Finds
Intermountain Healthcare

A real-time electronic decision support system helped clinicians at community hospitals provide best practice care for emergency department patients with pneumonia, resulting in decreased intensive care unit admission, more appropriate antibiotic use, and 38% lower overall mortality according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City.

Newswise: Older adults voice concerns about going to the operating room
7-Mar-2022 8:05 AM EST
Older adults voice concerns about going to the operating room
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Whether they need a knee replaced, a hernia stitched up, a cataract in their eye removed or their gall bladder taken out, a new poll shows many older adults harbor concerns about scheduling elective surgery. But once they’ve had it done, most are glad they did, the poll shows. COVID-19 has affected surgery scheduling but many hospitals are now getting back on track.

4-Mar-2022 10:00 AM EST
Historically ‘redlined’ urban areas have higher levels of air pollution
American Chemical Society (ACS)

In the 1930s, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation drew maps of U.S. cities characterizing mortgage lending desirability, with many Black and immigrant communities receiving the worst grade. Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters have found these “redlined” areas have higher air pollution levels 80 years later.

Newswise: Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Healthcare Delivery
Released: 9-Mar-2022 4:05 AM EST
Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Healthcare Delivery
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health announced the publication of a series of articles showing that AI tools have the potential to improve healthcare systems and reduce healthcare spending.

Newswise: Study Confirms SARS-CoV-2 Related Coronaviruses in Trade-Confiscated Pangolins in Viet Nam
8-Mar-2022 12:45 PM EST
Study Confirms SARS-CoV-2 Related Coronaviruses in Trade-Confiscated Pangolins in Viet Nam
Wildlife Conservation Society

A new study in the journal Frontiers in Public Health led by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) confirms that pangolins confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam host SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses.

8-Mar-2022 8:05 AM EST
Universal Masking in Schools is Shown to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
Duke Health

School districts that required masking saw lower rates of COVID-19 transmission within schools last fall compared to those with optional masking policies, according to a study by the ABC Science Collaborative.

7-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EST
Researchers say treatment of long COVID could be hampered by lack of consensus in identifying and diagnosing the condition
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Researchers say the challenges of treating long COVID are amplified by a critical issue: we do not know what constitutes long COVID or how to formally diagnose it, an issue that is further exacerbated by limited research data of varying quality and consistency.

Newswise:Video Embedded hu-created-material-could-lead-to-stronger-lighter-and-safer-helmets-and-vehicles
VIDEO
Released: 8-Mar-2022 4:05 PM EST
JHU-Created Material Could Lead to Stronger, Lighter and Safer Helmets and Vehicles
 Johns Hopkins University

A team of Johns Hopkins University researchers created shock-absorbing material that protects like a metal, but is lighter, stronger, reusable. The new foam-like material could be a game-changer for helmets, body armor, and automobile and aerospace parts.

Newswise: Astronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
Released: 8-Mar-2022 4:05 PM EST
Astronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:55 PM EST
Traces of life in the Earth's deep mantle
ETH Zürich

It is easy to see that the processes in the Earth's interior influence what happens on the surface. For example, volcanoes unearth magmatic rocks and emit gases into the atmosphere, and thus influence the biogeochemical cycles on our planet.

Newswise:Video Embedded tiny-marine-larvae-survive-by-turning-carnivorous-study-finds
VIDEO
Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:50 PM EST
Tiny marine larvae survive by turning carnivorous, study finds
University of Oregon

Some marine worm larvae are pint-sized predators. The small, blobby babies, less than a millimeter long, ensnare and devour microscopic crustaceans and other prey living in plankton, University of Oregon researchers report. Their observations suggest a new lifestyle option for larval-stage invertebrates living in the ocean. Scientists usually think of plankton-dwelling larvae either growing by grazing on nanoplankton — mostly unicellular algae — or relying on the egg's yolk reserves to become full-fledged adults. Instead, it appears there’s a third strategy: carnivory.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:35 PM EST
Is seeing believing? How neural oscillations influence our conscious experience
Universita di Bologna

“If I don't see it, I don’t believe it”, people say when they want to be certain of something.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:30 PM EST
Animals evolved the ability to gallop 472 million years ago
The Company of Biologists

Few human adults gallop; the equine gait tends to be the preserve of little kids mimicking horses or exercise classes.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:30 PM EST
New strategy for COVID-19 prophylaxis
University of Bonn

SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:15 PM EST
Extending women’s fertility & reversing aging in human egg cells
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Throughout much of the world, increasing numbers of women are delaying having their first child until they are in their late thirties, and even into their forties.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 3:10 PM EST
The ‘Equal-Opportunity Jerk’ Defense: Rudeness Can Obfuscate Gender Bias
Association for Psychological Science

If a guy acts like a jerk to other men, he may seem less sexist than he actually is, according to new research in the journal Psychological Science.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 2:55 PM EST
FSU College of Medicine research advances understanding of DNA repair
Florida State University

A Florida State University College of Medicine researcher has made a discovery that alters our understanding of how the body’s DNA repair process works and may lead to new chemotherapy treatments for cancer and other disorders.The fact that DNA can be repaired after it has been damaged is one of the great mysteries of medical science, but pathways involved in the repair process vary during different stages of the cell life cycle.

Released: 8-Mar-2022 2:45 PM EST
Study finds bias in how doctors talk to black, female patients
University of Oregon

Biases based on gender and ethnicity have been well-documented throughout society, including medical care, but data analysis by University of Oregon researcher David Markowitz found exactly how those biases also show up in the language doctors use in their caregiver reports.

   
Released: 8-Mar-2022 2:05 PM EST
Earthquake fracture energy relates to how a quake stops
Cornell University

By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, Cornell University engineers now show that the earthquake fracture energy – once thought to relate to how faults in the Earth’s crust weaken – is related to how quakes stop.

Newswise: O-pH, a new UW dental tool prototype, can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities
Released: 8-Mar-2022 1:55 PM EST
O-pH, a new UW dental tool prototype, can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities
University of Washington

In a new study, University of Washington researchers have shown that a dental tool they created can measure the acidity built up by the bacteria in plaque that leads to cavities.

   
Released: 8-Mar-2022 1:25 PM EST
Treating heart attacks with a medium chain fatty acid
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Heart attacks mean energy deprivation. Could a fatty acid found in energy drinks, then, help recovery? A preclinical study explores this question.



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