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Newswise: New AI-Driven Tool Could Revolutionize Brain Pressure Monitoring in Intensive Care Patients
Released: 5-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New AI-Driven Tool Could Revolutionize Brain Pressure Monitoring in Intensive Care Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a noninvasive technique that could dramatically improve the way doctors monitor intracranial hypertension, a condition where increased pressure in the brain can lead to severe outcomes like strokes and hemorrhages.

Newswise: Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective, clinical trial finds
4-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Adding anti-clotting drugs to stroke care ineffective, clinical trial finds
Washington University in St. Louis

Opeolu Adeoye, MD a professor of emergency medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led a national clinical trial that found that two anti-coagulant medications are ineffective at improving post-treatment outcomes for stroke patients.

Newswise: $7.5 million grant to guard against AI-driven misinformation
Released: 4-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
$7.5 million grant to guard against AI-driven misinformation
Indiana University

A $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support research by Indiana University scientist and collaborators across the country into AI’s potential to strengthen the psychological impact of online communications, such as misinformation and radicalizing messages, potentially leading to methods to counteract their influence. 

Newswise: Illinois scientists to test modernized genetic model for optimized crop breeding
Released: 3-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Illinois scientists to test modernized genetic model for optimized crop breeding
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research that aims to connect the dots between quantitative and molecular genetics and improve crop breeding.

Newswise: People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
University of Pittsburgh

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 felt.

Newswise: Ketamine clinics vary widely in pregnancy-related safeguards, study finds
Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Ketamine clinics vary widely in pregnancy-related safeguards, study finds
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Ketamine, whether given as an IV, a nasal spray or sublingual, may harm a developing fetus, but a study shows clinics vary greatly in handling patients who could become pregnant during treatment.

Newswise: Scientists Identify Potential New Immune System Target to Head Off the Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Scientists Identify Potential New Immune System Target to Head Off the Spread of Breast Cancer Cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a study using human breast cancer cells, scientists say they have potentially identified immune system white blood cells that appear to be the closest neighbors of breast cancer cells that are likely to spread.

Newswise: Multispectral Smart Window: A Step Towards Healthier Indoor Environments
Released: 3-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Multispectral Smart Window: A Step Towards Healthier Indoor Environments
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new multispectral smart window has been developed, capable of adjusting light transmission and providing robust microwave shielding. Combining liquid crystal scattering with dye doping, this technology allows independent control of transmittance and scattering in a single layer.

Newswise: $1.8M NIH Grant to FAU Engineering Fuels Quest to Decode Human Evolution
Released: 3-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT
$1.8M NIH Grant to FAU Engineering Fuels Quest to Decode Human Evolution
Florida Atlantic University

FAU has received a five-year NIH grant to further research on designing and applying statistical methods to identify regions of the genome affected by natural selection, which is an important evolutionary force that enables humans to adapt to new environments and fight disease-causing pathogens.

Newswise: UCSF Prostate Cancer Program Awarded SPORE Grant by National Cancer Institute
Released: 3-Sep-2024 7:00 AM EDT
UCSF Prostate Cancer Program Awarded SPORE Grant by National Cancer Institute
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today that the UCSF Prostate Cancer Program is the recipient of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for prostate cancer.

29-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
False-positive mammogram results discourage some women from future screenings
UC Davis Health

A false-positive mammogram may deter women from future screenings, according to a new study. But staying on schedule remains key to early detection of cancer.

Newswise: Optical computing empowers direction of arrival estimation beyond the diffraction limit
Released: 2-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Optical computing empowers direction of arrival estimation beyond the diffraction limit
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation, crucial for wireless sensing and communications, measures RF signal angles. Existing systems face delays, high power consumption, and costs. Scientists from Tsinghua University have proposed an all-optical DOA estimation using optical computing, bypassing traditional circuits and achieving resolution beyond the Rayleigh limit.

Newswise: Breaking boundaries: PAM-less genome editing in soybean
Released: 2-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Breaking boundaries: PAM-less genome editing in soybean
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary protospacer adjacent motif (PAM)-less genome editing system using CRISPR-SpRY, marking a major advancement in soybean breeding. This innovative method eliminates the traditional PAM sequence constraints, enabling precise editing at specific loci.

Newswise: Pushing the limits of AR: high-refractive-index-modulation nanocomposites for broader realities
Released: 2-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Pushing the limits of AR: high-refractive-index-modulation nanocomposites for broader realities
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Significant progress in augmented reality (AR) technology has been made with the creation of holographic polymer nanocomposites. These materials exhibit a high refractive index modulation of 0.050 at 633 nm, coupled with a minimal haze of 5.0%.

Newswise: Topologically protected entanglement switching around exceptional points
Released: 2-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Topologically protected entanglement switching around exceptional points
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The robust operation of quantum entanglement states is crucial in quantum information, and computation. However, it is a great challenge to complete such a task because of decoherence and disorder.

Newswise: Chip-scale giant THz Kerr effect via stimulated phonon polaritons
Released: 2-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Chip-scale giant THz Kerr effect via stimulated phonon polaritons
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chip-scale THz devices could enable future compact computing, imaging, and communication techniques, where the all-optical tunability via Kerr effect remains a bottleneck for THz waves.

Newswise: Very Long Wave Infrared Quantum Dot Photodetector up to 18 μm
Released: 31-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Very Long Wave Infrared Quantum Dot Photodetector up to 18 μm
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Colloidal quantum dots (CQD) are of interest for optoelectronic devices because of the wide energy gap tunability from ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths.

28-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Combo immunotherapy produces distinct waves of cancer-fighting T cells with each dose
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new tool for monitoring immune health patterns over time reveals how a pair of checkpoint inhibitor therapies works together to recruit new cancer-fighting T cells with every infusion.

Released: 29-Aug-2024 6:05 AM EDT
EVOQ Therapeutics Secures $2 Million in Funding for Advanced Autoimmune NanoDisc Therapies
EVOQ Therapeutics, Inc.

EVOQ Therapeutics, Inc. (EVOQ) a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the treatment of autoimmune diseases, announced today the receipt of a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance novel therapies for autoimmune diseases.

Newswise: How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off
Released: 28-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT
How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more so, even for humans as an alternative protein source. In doing so, they pioneered a different way to search for and identify emerging viruses and pathogens in humans, plants and animals.



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