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Newswise: Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen
Released: 9-Apr-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen
Sandia National Laboratories

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel.

Newswise: Eye Movement Study: 400-Year-Old Painting Holds Powerful Insights for Today’s Marketers
Released: 9-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Eye Movement Study: 400-Year-Old Painting Holds Powerful Insights for Today’s Marketers
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

An eye movement study led by a New York Institute of Technology psychology researcher suggests that techniques used in a Baroque-era painting could help today’s marketers catch the attention of modern consumers.

     
Newswise: Mapping the world's salted soils: a leap forward in combatting land degradation
Released: 9-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Mapping the world's salted soils: a leap forward in combatting land degradation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A team of researchers has developed an innovative approach that maps the soil salt contentaround the world with an exceptional detail of 10 meters. This breakthrough tackles the pressing need for accurate assessments of soil salinity, a formidable challenge that jeopardizes agricultural productivity and soil vitality on a global scale.

5-Apr-2024 10:30 AM EDT
People with hypothyroidism and type D personality may be more likely to experience poor treatment outcomes
Endocrine Society

New research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism finds a high prevalence of type D personality among people with hypothyroidism.

Newswise: Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in intracranial diseases.
Released: 9-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in intracranial diseases.
Chinese Academy of Sciences

This paper focus on the latest clinical applications of Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) in intracranial diseases, and we discuss current challenges and future directions.

Newswise: Unlocking membrane-based He/H2 separation with AI
Released: 9-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Unlocking membrane-based He/H2 separation with AI
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers found that the electronegative atoms on the pore surfaces can enhance the gas separation by a combination of machine learning and multiscale simulation. This approach not only provides valuable theoretical guidelines but also accelerates the development of novel MOF membranes aimed at efficient separation of He/H2.

Newswise: Optimizing Biomass Pyrolysis: A Comparative Analysis of GA, PSO, and SCE Algorithms
Released: 9-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Optimizing Biomass Pyrolysis: A Comparative Analysis of GA, PSO, and SCE Algorithms
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Renewable energy, especially biomass pyrolysis, are receiving increasing attention due to their economic and environmental benefits. To advance biomass pyrolysis technologies, it is crucial to accurately determine the kinetic para

Newswise: Optimizing Flame Arrester Design: The Impact of Channel Spacing on Explosion Dynamics in Combustible Gases
Released: 9-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Optimizing Flame Arrester Design: The Impact of Channel Spacing on Explosion Dynamics in Combustible Gases
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In the petrochemical and mining sectors, combustible gases create hazards of fire and explosion.

Newswise: Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: A Comparative Study on Organizational Learning from the 22/7 Terrorist Attacks and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Released: 9-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: A Comparative Study on Organizational Learning from the 22/7 Terrorist Attacks and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Disasters, epitomized by the unexpected 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway and the anticipated COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, reveal critical lessons for organizational learning.

Newswise: The Role of PagMYB73A in Salinity Tolerance in Poplars
Released: 9-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
The Role of PagMYB73A in Salinity Tolerance in Poplars
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Poplar trees, characterized by their rapid growth and broad adaptability, are a fast-growing timber species.

Newswise: Unlocking the Secrets of Black Raspberry Resilience: Genome-wide Discovery and Analysis of bZIP Transcription Factors
Released: 9-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the Secrets of Black Raspberry Resilience: Genome-wide Discovery and Analysis of bZIP Transcription Factors
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Transcription factors (TFs) like basic leucine zippers (bZIPs) play vital roles in various plant biological regulation, including stress responses.

Released: 9-Apr-2024 5:00 AM EDT
Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy
University of Michigan

New chemistries for batteries, semiconductors and more could be easier to manufacture, thanks to a new approach to making chemically complex materials that researchers at the University of Michigan and Samsung's Advanced Materials Lab have demonstrated.

8-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Remote work cuts car travel and emissions, but hurts public transit ridership
University of Florida

Remote work could cut hundreds of millions of tons of carbon emissions from car travel – but at the cost of billions lost in public transit revenues, according to a new study.

Newswise: Unlocking Alkalinity Stress Tolerance in Citrus: Insights from Ziyang Xiangcheng Rootstock
Released: 9-Apr-2024 4:05 AM EDT
Unlocking Alkalinity Stress Tolerance in Citrus: Insights from Ziyang Xiangcheng Rootstock
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Alkalinity stress significantly hinders plant growth, particularly affecting citrus, a vital crop worldwide.

Newswise: Unlocking Sweetness and Ripeness: The Pioneering Study of SWI/SNF Complexes in Citrus Fruit Quality
Released: 9-Apr-2024 4:05 AM EDT
Unlocking Sweetness and Ripeness: The Pioneering Study of SWI/SNF Complexes in Citrus Fruit Quality
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In eukaryotic cells, nucleosomes—composed of histone octamers—address the topological challenge of DNA packaging by condensing the DNA within the nucleus., crucial for genetic information storage and inheritance.

Newswise: ISPOR Global Panel Proposes New Structure to Improve Definitions of Digital Health Interventions
Released: 9-Apr-2024 4:05 AM EDT
ISPOR Global Panel Proposes New Structure to Improve Definitions of Digital Health Interventions
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced the publication of a report from the ISPOR Digital Health Special Interest Group that proposes a new framework to help standardize and clarify definitions used for digital health interventions.

Newswise: Unlocking the Genetic Secrets of Pterocarya hupehensis: A Phylogeographic Study on the Impact of Environmental Changes and Geographical Barriers
Released: 9-Apr-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the Genetic Secrets of Pterocarya hupehensis: A Phylogeographic Study on the Impact of Environmental Changes and Geographical Barriers
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Environmental factors and geographical barriers have historically shaped species' genetic structures, with the Sino-Japanese Floristic Region and Sichuan Basin being key study areas.

Newswise: A valuable tool for the precise control of TFs: DEX/GR inducible system in Liriodendron hybrids
Released: 9-Apr-2024 2:05 AM EDT
A valuable tool for the precise control of TFs: DEX/GR inducible system in Liriodendron hybrids
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Advancements in transgenic technology since 1983 have led to the widespread use of the 35S promoter, which lacks specificity and can be lethal.

Newswise: Optimizing Apple Production: The Interplay of Crop Load, Rootstock, and Chemical Thinning on 'Fuji' Apples
Released: 9-Apr-2024 2:05 AM EDT
Optimizing Apple Production: The Interplay of Crop Load, Rootstock, and Chemical Thinning on 'Fuji' Apples
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Apple (Malus × domestica) is globally valued for its taste and nutrition, yet achieving optimal quality is challenging due to the impact of factors like crop load and rootstock on fruit development.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
A gene mutation associated with a rare neurological disorder and increased susceptibility to viral infections may be treatable with oleic acid
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A mutation in a protein regulating natural killer (NK) cells’ function is at the root of immune deficiency in some people with a rare genetic condition characterized by cognitive and developmental delay, seizures, and other manifestations. The findings also have broader implications for immunity and cell therapies.

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Newswise: New study shows renewable energy could work as power source at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Released: 8-Apr-2024 4:30 PM EDT
New study shows renewable energy could work as power source at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Argonne National Laboratory

A recent analysis shows that renewable energy could be a viable option to diesel fuel for science at the South Pole. The analysis deeply explores the feasibility of replacing part of the energy production at the South Pole with renewable sources.

Newswise: Computing How Quantum States Overlap
Released: 8-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Computing How Quantum States Overlap
Department of Energy, Office of Science

To study quantum many-body systems, researchers use computational tools called quantum Monte Carlo simulations. In this work, researchers used a specific approach called the “floating block method” to compute atomic nuclei corresponding to two different Hamiltonians.

Newswise: Illinois study identifies atmospheric and economic drivers of global air pollution
Released: 8-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Illinois study identifies atmospheric and economic drivers of global air pollution
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Carbon monoxide emissions from industrial production have serious consequences for human health and are a strong indicator of overall air pollution levels. Many countries aim to reduce their emissions, but they cannot control air flows originating in other regions.

Newswise: Finding New Chemistry to Capture Double the Carbon
Released: 8-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Finding New Chemistry to Capture Double the Carbon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new look at a carbon capture solvent shows clusters and new types of carbon dioxide chemistry that could double carbon conversion.

Newswise: How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
Released: 8-Apr-2024 3:00 PM EDT
How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
University of California San Diego

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy have developed a new method to predict the financial impacts climate change will have on agriculture, which can help support food security and financial stability for countries increasingly prone to climate catastrophes.

Newswise: Targeting vulnerability in B-cell development leads to novel drug combination for leukemia
Released: 8-Apr-2024 2:45 PM EDT
Targeting vulnerability in B-cell development leads to novel drug combination for leukemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Recent work by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists discovered which tumor cells resist treatment and why. By characterizing B-cells’ developmental stages, they designed and tested a drug combination to effectively treat resistant B-cell leukemia.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT
Americans are bad at recognizing conspiracy theories when they believe they’re true
University of Illinois Chicago

New research shows this was true both for people who self-identified as liberal and conservative

Released: 8-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
MSU researchers find more action needed to prevent arthritis
Michigan State University

The prevalence of early knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms faced by patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is staggering — but not much is being done to address it according to new research published by scholars from Michigan State University’s Department of Kinesiology.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New Study Explores Video Game Addiction Rates
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Using data from a top video game streaming service, Puneet Manchanda, Isadore and Leon Winkelman Professor of Marketing, and PhD student Bruno Castelo Branco challenge preconceived notions of high addiction rates in the video game-playing community.

Newswise: AACR: Combination treatment is well-tolerated, shows antitumor effects in KRAS G12C-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer
4-Apr-2024 3:30 PM EDT
AACR: Combination treatment is well-tolerated, shows antitumor effects in KRAS G12C-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Combining the KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib with the anti-EGFR antibody cetuximab demonstrated promising anti-tumor effects in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), according to pooled results from the Phase I/II KRYSTAL-1 trial reported by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

   
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Novo estudo descobre que tumores de câncer de mama triplo-negativos com um aumento nas células imunes tiveram menor risco de recorrência após cirurgia, mesmo quando não houve tratamento com quimioterapia
Mayo Clinic

Um novo estudo multicentro e internacional sugere que as pessoas portadoras de câncer de mama triplo-negativo em estágio precoce, com níveis elevados de células imunes dentro desses tumores, podem ter um baixo nível de recorrência e melhores taxas de sobrevivência, mesmo quando não houve tratamento com quimioterapia.

Newswise: Unveiling the world's skin: a map of global land cover from 2000-2020
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Unveiling the world's skin: a map of global land cover from 2000-2020
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new study introduces the Hybrid Global Annual 1-km International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Land Cover Maps for the period 2000-2020.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Everyday social interactions predict language development in infants
University of Washington

In a study published April 8 in Current Biology, University of Washington researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby’s brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention — and the level of this type of activity predicted enhanced language development at later ages.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Un nuevo estudio determina que los tumores de cáncer de mama triple negativo con un aumento de células inmunitarias presentan un menor riesgo de recurrencia después de la cirugía, incluso cuando no se tratan con quimioterapia
Mayo Clinic

Un nuevo estudio multicéntrico e internacional indica que las personas que tienen cáncer de mama triple negativo (TNBC) en etapa inicial y niveles elevados de células inmunitarias en sus tumores pueden tener un menor riesgo de recurrencia y mejores tasas de supervivencia, incluso cuando no se tratan con quimioterapia.

Newswise: Can savanna emerge in the cold high latitudes and altitudes due to ongoing rapid warming?
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Can savanna emerge in the cold high latitudes and altitudes due to ongoing rapid warming?
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In the context of global warming, natural vegetations have been altered worldwide in spite of they are far away in the niches. Warming plus precipitation increase can extend the distributions of forest, grassland and savanna northwards while cooling plus drought may drive the tundra towards the equator.

Newswise: Barbie may help physicians, patients have more productive telehealth visits
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Barbie may help physicians, patients have more productive telehealth visits
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

As telehealth visits become more prevalent, physicians can sometimes struggle to help patients effectively demonstrate a musculoskeletal exam through a screen.At the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, one physician found a way to help pediatric patients demonstrate different joint movements using a Barbie doll.

Newswise: Chemically bonded Mn0.5Cd0.5S/BiOBr S-scheme photocatalyst with rich oxygen vacancies for improved photocatalytic decontamination performance
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Chemically bonded Mn0.5Cd0.5S/BiOBr S-scheme photocatalyst with rich oxygen vacancies for improved photocatalytic decontamination performance
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Devising novel heterojunction photocatalysts applied in annihilating pharmaceuticals and chromium contamination is significant for addressing the problem of global water pollution and it's quite challenging to devise a facile approach to modulate the interfacial chemical bonds of the heterojunction.

Newswise: How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation
Released: 8-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Researchers have developed an automated workflow that could accelerate the discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs and other useful products. The new approach could enable real-time reaction analysis and identify new chemical-reaction products much faster than current laboratory methods.

4-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Youths with Mood Disorders 30 Percent Less Likely to Acquire Driver’s License Than Peers
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Researchers found that teens and young adults with mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder, were 30% less likely to obtain their driver’s license than peers without such disorders. Additionally, those youths with mood disorders experienced a slightly elevated risk of crashing.

Newswise: Microprinting millions in the blink of an eye
Released: 8-Apr-2024 10:45 AM EDT
Microprinting millions in the blink of an eye
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Multi-photon 3D laser printing has been sped up tenfold by using a 7x7 focus array and faster scan speeds. This new approach allows high-resolution printing of complex structures like chiral metamaterials and microparticles, opening doors for advanced materials and pharmaceutical applications.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Senior Staff Give More Constructive Feedback When They Think They’ll Work With You Again
North Carolina State University

A new study finds senior staff are more likely to provide constructive feedback and coaching to junior staff when the juniors are in the same office and/or when the senior staff know the juniors will be working with them again in the future.

Newswise: Inducing labor with drug vaginally shows benefits in study
Released: 8-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Inducing labor with drug vaginally shows benefits in study
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Labor induction with vaginal misoprostol during childbirth achieves vaginal delivery rates similar to the oral alternative while significantly reducing the need for oxytocin, the most commonly used labor-inducing drug, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

Newswise: First-of-its-kind integrated dataset enables genes-to-ecosystems research
Released: 8-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
First-of-its-kind integrated dataset enables genes-to-ecosystems research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A first-ever dataset bridging molecular information about the poplar tree microbiome to ecosystem-level processes has been released by a team of Department of Energy scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Newswise: Cracking the code of flash floods: new insights from China's mountainous regions
Released: 8-Apr-2024 9:45 AM EDT
Cracking the code of flash floods: new insights from China's mountainous regions
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recently, researchers have made breakthroughs in flash flood forecasting by studying how different rainfall patterns affect flash floods in China's mountainous regions.

Newswise: Innovative composite accelerometer for extreme environments
Released: 8-Apr-2024 9:35 AM EDT
Innovative composite accelerometer for extreme environments
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a study researchers from the Delft University of Technology announced the development of a novel surface micromachined accelerometer. This innovative device leverages a silicon carbide-carbon nanotube (SiC-CNT) composite, offering unprecedented durability and performance in harsh environments.



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