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Newswise: A Young Neurologist Diagnosed with ALS Is Inspiring a Call to Action
Released: 4-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A Young Neurologist Diagnosed with ALS Is Inspiring a Call to Action
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ever since he was a boy, Michael Ibarra was fascinated by the human brain – its complexities, its secrets. Now, at age 32, he is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Southwestern, and he has come face to face with one of the most complex and deadly medical mysteries in his field, ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Newswise: DeepSPACE Design Tool Takes a Concept to a Multitude of Configurations
Released: 4-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
DeepSPACE Design Tool Takes a Concept to a Multitude of Configurations
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes your concept and requirements and rapidly generates design configurations from conventional to out-of-this-world, including a 3D CAD model and performance evaluations.

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Released: 4-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Curious by Nature: Dr. Elise Wang - Conspiracy Theories from Medieval Times to Today
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In this episode of Curious by Nature, we sat down with Dr. Elise Wang, an assistant professor at Cal State University, Fullerton, and a medievalist who specialized in the literature, history, and lore of the medieval period. Dr. Wang discussed her work teaching early literature courses and her research into conspiracy theories, examining them as narratives.

   
Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine Receives NASA Funding to Mitigate Health Impact of Health & Pollution
University of California, Irvine

Environmental health expert partners with community action group to create positive change, affect policy.

   
Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine Researchers Link Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
University of California, Irvine

A new study, co-led by researchers from the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory (APHEL) at the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, reveals that vaping can interfere with the normal coupling between blood flow and pressure as blood flows from the heart to the arteries.

Newswise: Allison Aiken Will Lead ARM Mobile Deployment and Atmospheric Research Campaign
Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Allison Aiken Will Lead ARM Mobile Deployment and Atmospheric Research Campaign
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Allison Aiken, a staff scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is the lead of a new Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility campaign called Desert-Urban SysTem IntegratEd AtmospherIc Monsoon, or DUSTIEAIM, in the Southwestern United States. This campaign will take place in Phoenix from April 2026 to September 2027, and will utilize an ARM mobile atmospheric observatory to collect continuous data over the course of 18 months.

Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
NYU Tandon Goes on the Offensive Against Deep Fakes, Cyber Stalking, Online Harassment & 3D Printer Counterfeiting
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

The rise of AI has amplified the need for responsible stewardship of new technologies, ushering in challenges that require engineers' expertise to solve.NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers are doing just that, with the support of Google’s Cyber NYC Institutional Research Program (IRP). In June 2023, Google allocated a total of $12 million through Cyber NYC IRP, funding cybersecurity training, education, and cutting-edge research at NYU, City University of New York, Columbia University, and Cornell Tech.

Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
New UC Irvine Study Provides Crucial Insights Into Radiation Exposure’s Impact on Cancer Risk
University of California, Irvine

Updated findings to a long-term international study on workers in the nuclear sector to assess their risks of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.

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Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
‘Neutron Nexus’ Brings Universities, ORNL Together to Advance Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Neutron Nexus pilot program with Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, or FAMU, and Florida State University, or FSU, through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. The first program of its kind nationwide, it’s aimed at broadening and diversifying the scientific user community with outreach to universities and colleges to increase collaboration and, ultimately, scientific advancement.

   
Released: 4-Oct-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-Led Report Shows Negative Health Impacts of Data Aggregation
University of California, Irvine

Findings call for urgent need to disaggregate data among Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans populations in California

Released: 4-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine researchers are first to reveal role of ophthalmic acid in motor function control
University of California, Irvine

A research team from the University of California, Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain – ophthalmic acid – unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s and other movement diseases.

Newswise: International Clean Energy Initiative Launches Global Biomass Resource Assessment
Released: 4-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT
International Clean Energy Initiative Launches Global Biomass Resource Assessment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world.



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