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Weather conditions and cold and flu viruses can make it more difficult for you to stay healthy and safe during winter months.

Channels: Children's Health, Vaccines, Influenza,

Keywords: Cold Weather, Fall Prevention, Flexibility for Fall Prevention, flu, Flu Vaccine, inclement weather, Pneumonia Vaccine, Respiratory Illness, Winter, winter health , winter health tips, Winter Illness, Winter Wellness

In a miniaturized laboratory, microfluidic systems can conduct chemical experiments on a chip through a series of small connected tubes the size of a hair.

Channels: All Journal News, Chemistry, Technology,

Keywords: Microfluid, Microfluidic Chip, chip

DePaul University associate professor David Wellman, an expert in the relationship between diplomacy, interreligious engagement and ecological ethics in building bridges across boundaries of difference, believes that transprofessional diplomacy — involving a coordinated effort on the part of track one, track two and track three diplomats — could play an important role in addressing complex challenges such as the rise of nationalism in Europe.

Channels: Government/Law, Immigration, U.S. Politics, Europe News,

Keywords: Diplomacy, applied diplomacy, diplomats, citizen diplomats, Transprofessional diplomacy, Transprofessional Diplomats, Track one diplomacy, Track two diplomacy, Track three diplomacy, Nationalism, rise of nationalism in Europe, Immigration, nation-state diplomats, Ngos, non-governmental organizations

Paul Boxer is an expert on the development and management of aggressive behavior and director of the External Center on Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice at Rutgers University-Newark. Stephanie Bonne is assistant professor of surgery at New Jersey Medical School and director of the Hospital Violence Intervention Program at University Hospital in Newark, where she is a trauma surgeon and regularly treats gun-shot victims.

Channels: Government/Law, Guns and Violence, U.S. Politics,

Keywords: Santa Clarita, gun violence epidemic, School Shooting Prevention, School Shootings

With a ceremony held today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory joined with its international partners to break ground on a new beamline that will help scientists learn more about ghostly particles called neutrinos.

Channels: DOE Science News, Energy, Particle Physics,

Keywords: DUNE, LBNF, Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, Neutrino, Department Of Energy

Topics for the new DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 20.1 Pre-Solicitation have been released. The Pre-Solicitation contains 11 topic descriptions, nine from the DHS S&T and two from CWMD Office.

Channels: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Cybersecurity,

Keywords: SBIR, Small Business Innovation Research, Small Business, Science And Technology, R&D

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine developed a breakthrough cell therapy to improve memory and prevent seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury. The study, titled “Transplanted interneurons improve memory precision after traumatic brain injury,” was published today in Nature Communications.

Channels: All Journal News, Cell Biology, Neuro,

Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury, inhibitory neurons, UCI School of Medicine

A gene called apolipoprotein E (APOE), long implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, has two variants that act differently among Caribbean Hispanics depending on the ancestral origin, according to a study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Channels: Aging, All Journal News, Alzheimer's and Dementia, Genetics,

Keywords: Alzheimber's Disease, Genetic Diversity

DHS S&T has awarded $181,392 to SICPA Product Security, LLC based in Springfield, VA to develop a solution for credential issuers to manage and verify digital credentials that are the secure digital equivalent to secure physical credentials without reengineering their current processes and systems.

Channels: Technology, Cybersecurity,

Keywords: Science And Technology, R&D, SVIP, Fundng

DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $199,984.00 to Digital Bazaar based in Blacksburg, Virginia, to develop blockchain security technology.

Channels: Technology,

Keywords: SVIP, Science And Technology, R&D, Funding