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Newswise: Searching for the Decay of Nature’s Rarest Isotope: Tantalum-180m
Released: 15-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Searching for the Decay of Nature’s Rarest Isotope: Tantalum-180m
Department of Energy, Office of Science

The tantalum isotope, Ta-180m, is found naturally in a long-lived excited state. However, the radioactive decay of this excited state in Ta-180m has never been observed.

Newswise: Sylvester Researchers, Collaborators Call for Greater Investment in Bereavement Care
Released: 15-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Researchers, Collaborators Call for Greater Investment in Bereavement Care
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Bereaved persons are at greater risk for many adverse outcomes, including mental health challenges, health care neglect, cancer, heart disease, suicide, and death.

13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
CHOP Researchers Discover Key Metabolic Process Responsible for Rapid Immune Responses
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Researchers identified a key metabolite in cells that helps direct immune responses and explains at a single cell level why immune cells that most efficiently recognize pathogens, vaccines, or diseased cells grow and divide faster than other cells.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Fatty food before surgery may impair memory in old, young adults
Ohio State University

Eating fatty food in the days leading up to surgery may prompt a heightened inflammatory response in the brain that interferes for weeks with memory-related cognitive function in older adults – and, new research in animals suggests, even in young adults.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Women Smoke More, Are Less Likely to Quit
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

People who identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual – particularly women – respond more positively to tobacco marketing, are more inclined to smoke cigarettes daily and may have a more difficult time quitting, according to two studies by a Rutgers Health researcher.

Newswise: We Now Know Why Killer T Cells Lose Energy Inside of Solid Tumors
Released: 15-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
We Now Know Why Killer T Cells Lose Energy Inside of Solid Tumors
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have found that a metabolic enzyme called Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase causes T cells to store fat when they are in solid tumors, rather than burning fat for energy.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
New Research in March: Colorectal Cancer, Kidney Health, OR Supply Costs, and More
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

The March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) features new research on topics ranging from colorectal cancer and social vulnerability to operating room supply costs, the rise in school shootings since 1970, and the impact of permitless open carry laws on suicide rates, among others.

   
Newswise: Unlocking the Climate Secrets of North China with Ancient Tree Rings
Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:15 AM EDT
Unlocking the Climate Secrets of North China with Ancient Tree Rings
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study published in the Journal of Geographical Sciences in December 2023 reveals a novel method for reconstructing historical warm season temperatures in North China. Utilizing the blue intensity (BI) of tree rings of Picea meyeri, researchers have developed a 281-year chronology, offering unprecedented insights into the region’s climatic past.

Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:15 AM EDT
Study of Fatal and Nonfatal Shootings by Police Reveals Racial Disparities, Dispatch Risks
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and Vanderbilt University found that an average of 1,769 people were injured annually in police shootings from 2015 to 2020, 55 percent of them or 979 people, fatally.

 
Newswise: Revealing Nature's Secrets from Space: Satellite Data Unlocks Drought's Impact on Southwest China's Carbon Cycle
Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Revealing Nature's Secrets from Space: Satellite Data Unlocks Drought's Impact on Southwest China's Carbon Cycle
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new study reveals a significant increase in aboveground carbon (AGC) in Southwest China from 2013 to 2021, defying the adverse effects of extreme droughts. This achievement underscores the region's pivotal role as a carbon sink, attributed to extensive ecological projects and innovative remote sensing techniques.

Newswise: China's Urban Jungles: How City Parks are Winning the Battle Against Concrete
Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
China's Urban Jungles: How City Parks are Winning the Battle Against Concrete
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recent studies highlight a significant transformation in China’s urban landscape, where the greening of city cores is compensating for vegetation loss in expanding urban areas.

Newswise: Sun's Secrets Unveiled: AI Unlocks New Solar Energy Horizons in China
Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Sun's Secrets Unveiled: AI Unlocks New Solar Energy Horizons in China
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have developed an innovative machine learning method to estimate solar radiation components in China without the need for local ground truth data. This breakthrough addresses the scarcity of radiation component data and opens new avenues for the solar energy industry.

Newswise: A Breakthrough in Tiny Tool Tuning: Making Microscopic Measurements More Accurate
Released: 15-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
A Breakthrough in Tiny Tool Tuning: Making Microscopic Measurements More Accurate
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A study introduces a novel method for calibrating the spring constant of FluidFM micropipette cantilevers, crucial for the accurate measurement of forces in microfluidic environments.

1-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EST
New Study Reveals Covid-19 May Have Originated in a Lab
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Research from the journal Risk Analysis, examined the likelihood of COVID-19 coming from an unnatural origin (i.e. from a laboratory.)

Newswise: Mapping Water Wonders: A Groundbreaking Leap in Hydrology with NDWFI
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:50 AM EDT
Mapping Water Wonders: A Groundbreaking Leap in Hydrology with NDWFI
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a significant advancement for hydrological monitoring and water resource management, researchers have developed the Normalized Difference Water Fraction Index (NDWFI), leveraging Landsat imagery and Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) within the Google Earth Engine platform. This innovation is pivotal for accurately tracking dynamic and subtle water bodies, crucial for enhancing water security and resilience against extreme hydrological events.

Newswise: A Green Revolution: How Our Forests are Changing and What It Means for the Planet
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:10 AM EDT
A Green Revolution: How Our Forests are Changing and What It Means for the Planet
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study reveals significant shifts in the composition of global forests and their carbon stocks from 2001 to 2020.

Newswise: New study reveals breakthrough in understanding brain stimulation therapies
Released: 15-Mar-2024 7:00 AM EDT
New study reveals breakthrough in understanding brain stimulation therapies
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

For the first time, researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities showed that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human behavior.

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13-Mar-2024 1:05 AM EDT
Arctic nightlife: seabird colony bursts with sound at night
Hokkaido University

Acoustic recordings of a colony of little auks reveal their nocturnal activities and offer valuable monitoring means for avian biology in the Arctic.

Newswise: Mouse study shows exercising during pregnancy improves heart health of future generations
Released: 15-Mar-2024 12:05 AM EDT
Mouse study shows exercising during pregnancy improves heart health of future generations
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Exercising during pregnancy doesn’t just benefit moms – it may also give their babies a head start on their heart health after birth, according to a study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine helps bring first-of-its-kind drug for metabolic liver disease to the clinic
University of Chicago Medical Center

Resmetirom (Rezdiffra) is the first drug approved for treating MASH, an advanced form of fatty liver disease. UChicago Medicine experts contributed to a recent clinical trial and will begin incorporating the drug into liver disease treatment regimens for eligible patients.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Lower grades, more absences for high schoolers who use both tobacco and cannabis
UC Davis Health

Students who use both tobacco and cannabis (marijuana) have lower grades and miss more school than students who only use one product or don’t use either. Tobacco consumption among high school students, including vaping and e-cigarettes, is a concerning 12.6%.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Babies born with improper kidney development can face lifelong challenges. New study finds key biochemical pathway – and potential solution
Tulane University

Supplementing expecting mothers with acetyl-CoA, a sugar-derived molecule, may ensure proper development of nephrons in developing fetuses, lowering their risk of high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease later in life.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 3:40 PM EDT
Positive Results from Diabetic Foot Ulcer Clinical Trial Show Dramatic Healing Rate within 12 Weeks or Less Using Novel Omeza® Platform and Offloading
Omeza LLC

Omeza®, a regenerative skincare company that develops marine-based therapies for the treatment of chronic wounds, today presented positive interim data from a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) clinical trial showing that Omeza® OCM™ plus offloading of weight on the affected foot achieved a 91 percent area reduction (PAR) rate in DFUs within twelve weeks, and a 63 percent PAR within four weeks.

Newswise: Vac to the future
Released: 14-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Vac to the future
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

“We are hoping to use this competition not just as a way to examine the capacity of people to predict vaccination outcomes, but also as a way to address an important public health question,” says Peters.

Newswise: UCLA Health Taps Dr. Priscilla Hsue as Chief of the Cardiology Division
Released: 14-Mar-2024 2:30 PM EDT
UCLA Health Taps Dr. Priscilla Hsue as Chief of the Cardiology Division
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The UCLA Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Priscilla Hsue, MD will be joining us as the chief of the Division of Cardiology at UCLA, effective July 1, 2024.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers are One Step Closer to Preventing Preeclampsia
American Physiological Society (APS)

Researchers identified several differences in DNA methylation in people who experienced preeclampsia during pregnancy, according to a new study from Oregon Health & Science University.

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Newswise: How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains
11-Mar-2024 6:00 AM EDT
How Fear Unfolds inside Our Brains
University of California San Diego

The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats — such as in PTSD — have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the changes in brain biochemistry and mapped the neural circuitry that cause generalized fear experiences.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:15 PM EDT
New Tuberculosis Test Could Improve TB Care Globally by Increasing Access to Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

A new tuberculosis (TB) test disclosed in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (formerly AACC’s) Clinical Chemistry journal would allow testing for TB treatment monitoring to occur outside of a biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory.

Newswise: A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
A new approach to tissue engineering improves blood vessel formation in rats
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University have developed a new synergistic approach to revascularization that could rapidly grow organized blood vessels in live rats.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Firms prefer ready-made AI software, with a few tweaks
Cornell University

In an analysis of more than 3,000 European firms, they found that many – particularly in science, retail trade, finance, real estate and manufacturing – are increasingly opting for ready-made technology that can be tailored to the specific needs of the firm.

Newswise: UW researchers taught kids to code with cultural research and embroidery machines
Released: 14-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
UW researchers taught kids to code with cultural research and embroidery machines
University of Washington

The team taught a group of high schoolers to code by combining cultural research into various embroidery traditions with “computational embroidery.” The method teaches kids to encode embroidery patterns on a computer through a coding language called Turtlestitch.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New Research Shows Black and Latinx boys Not Getting Enough Support for Post High School Aspirations
University of Delaware

In a new study published in the American Educational Research Journal, Roderick L. Carey, assistant professor in the University of Delaware's College of Education and Human Development, offers a rich, ethnographic case study on how Black and Latinx boys imagine their postsecondary futures.

Newswise: Automated Fake News Detection: A Simple Solution May Not Be Feasible
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Automated Fake News Detection: A Simple Solution May Not Be Feasible
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

With misinformation and disinformation proliferating online, many may wish for a simple, reliable, automated “fake news” detection system to easily identify falsehoods from truths.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Study: How home food availability affects young children’s nutrient intake
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Early childhood is an important time for learning about nutrition and establishing healthy eating behaviors. Young children rely on parents to provide food options, and the availability of food in the home affects their dietary choices.

Newswise: Information Overload Is a Personal and Societal Danger
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Information Overload Is a Personal and Societal Danger
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

We are all aware of the dangers of pollution to our air, water, and earth. In a letter recently published in Nature Human Behavior, scientists are advocating for the recognition and mitigation of another type of environmental pollution that poses equivalent personal and societal dangers: information overload.

Newswise: Consumers across political spectrum share food pricing frustrations
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Consumers across political spectrum share food pricing frustrations
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In his State of the Union address last week, President Biden touched on a topic close to the hearts of U.S. consumers: food prices. In this election year, we can expect high food costs to come up repeatedly, with candidates from both parties invoking price gouging, shrinkflation, and corporate greed.

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13-Mar-2024 1:05 AM EDT
New Study - Chimp Moms Play with Their Kids Through Good Times and Bad
Tufts University

A recent study observing wild chimpanzees over a period of more than 10 years revealed that when food gets scarcer, the adults put play aside and focus on survival, while mother chimps continue to be their children’s primary playmate – suggesting their indispensable role to foster their young’s physical and social development

Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Restricting Carbohydrates Linked with Cardiometabolic Indicators but Not Mortality
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

New study finds that getting less than 45% of total energy from carbohydrates is not associated with elevated mortality risk compared with groups that consume more carbohydrates.

Newswise: Illinois study: Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected
Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Illinois study: Tropical birds could tolerate warming better than expected
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or “cold-blooded” animals such as amphibians, reptiles, and insects.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New bioengineered protein design shows promise in fighting COVID-19
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have been racing to develop effective treatments and preventatives against the virus. A recent scientific breakthrough has emerged from the work of researchers aiming to combat SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.

   
Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:10 AM EDT
Calder Biosciences Inc. Publishes Next-Generation Vaccine Technology in Nature Communications
Calder Biosciences Inc.

Calder Biosciences, Inc., a next-generation vaccine company, has been published in a Nature Communications article that debuts and validates the application of Calder's '3D Vaxlock' platform technology.

Newswise:  Smart Water: How AI is Clearing the Waters in Urban Rivers
Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Smart Water: How AI is Clearing the Waters in Urban Rivers
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have developed a new machine learning system to improve the accuracy and efficiency of sewer-river system models. This innovative approach, detailed in their latest publication, promises to significantly reduce parameter calibration time and enhance model precision in predicting urban water pollution.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Breast Cancer Diagnoses Plummeted During First Year of Pandemic
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

There was a 15-20% decrease in newly diagnosed breast cancer cases reported to American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer sites in 2020 compared to 2019.

11-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Bariatric surgery linked to heart health improvements in people with severe obesity
Endocrine Society

Bariatric surgery may result in significant cardiometabolic improvements, particularly among younger, female, or white people and those without comorbidities, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

Newswise: Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, study finds
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Waist-to-height ratio detects fat obesity in children and adolescents significantly better than BMI, study finds
University of Bristol

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents more accurately than BMI.

Newswise: NSF boosts SMU engineer's AI learning research
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EDT
NSF boosts SMU engineer's AI learning research
Southern Methodist University

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded SMU engineering professor Digvijay Boob a five-year CAREER grant to pioneer quicker, streamlined solutions that could speed up how AI learns from data to make predictions and decisions.

Newswise: It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold
Released: 14-Mar-2024 6:00 AM EDT
It’s Hearty, It’s Meaty, It’s Mold
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Fungi naturally produce all the ingredients needed for a cruelty-free meat substitute. Our scientists are exploring how tuning the genomes of mushrooms and molds can transform these food sources into gourmet, nutrient-packed meals made with minimal processing and a light environmental footprint.



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