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Newswise: Celebrating 25 Years of Innovative Cancer Research and World-class Cancer Care
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Celebrating 25 Years of Innovative Cancer Research and World-class Cancer Care
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Explore how Huntsman Cancer Institute's 25-year legacy of excellence is reaching new heights and advancing cancer treatments of the future beyond the standard of care today.

Newswise: Argonne training program immerses attendees in extreme-scale computing
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Argonne training program immerses attendees in extreme-scale computing
Argonne National Laboratory

The 12th annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) offers intensive two-week training for next-generation scientists, computer experts, data analysts and others aiming to infuse their computing research with new vibrancy.

Newswise: Residents in San Joaquin Valley Breathe Chemical Pesticides, According to New Study
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Residents in San Joaquin Valley Breathe Chemical Pesticides, According to New Study
UC Davis Health

A UC Davis Health study found 22% of adults and 10% of children who participated in an air-quality study in California’s San Joaquin Valley were breathing detectable levels of pesticides.

Newswise: Overcoming drug resistance in breast cancer treatment
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Overcoming drug resistance in breast cancer treatment
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Illinois has discovered a potential new treatment option for drug-resistant breast cancer. Their findings, published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, demonstrates the role of activators of ferroptosis in overcoming acquired resistance to FOXM1 inhibitors.

Newswise: Iowa State leads a 'dream' project to catalog livestock DNA regulatory regions
Released: 12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Iowa State leads a 'dream' project to catalog livestock DNA regulatory regions
Iowa State University

A new USDA-supported project based at Iowa State University will create an encyclopedia of livestock species' genetic regulatory regions, a DNA netherworld that could be useful in breeding for improved animal efficiency and health.

Newswise: ‘Axial Load Bearings’, ‘Ball Screws’, and ‘Tensile Strength’: 
How VR can help learn the language of engineering
Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:30 PM EDT
‘Axial Load Bearings’, ‘Ball Screws’, and ‘Tensile Strength’: How VR can help learn the language of engineering
University of South Australia

Using immersive virtual reality (i-VR) – a technology where, through use of a headset and controllers, a user can navigate myriad virtual environments – researchers at the University of South Australia have created engineering-specific scenarios where students can practice their engineering skills, using language that is specific to the job.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Do Genetic "Parasites" Help the Immune System Develop and Function?
Universite de Montreal

A study by UdeM professor Claude Perreault's team at IRIC proposes three potential functions for so-called parasite DNA sequences in T cell development.

Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
How NAU researchers are tackling (and preventing) homelessness in Arizona
Northern Arizona University

Homelessness in Arizona has reached a new crisis point. In 2023, more than 14,000 people were without shelter—a 29% increase since 2020.Help could be on the way, thanks to grant funds that are fueling new research projects based at NAU and developed alongside community partners.Laura Noll and Robert Wickham, both associate professors of psychological sciences at NAU, recently received more than $1 million in grants from the Garcia Family Foundation to lead three projects aimed at not only finding housing and support for unsheltered Arizonans but also preventing future homelessness in the state.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Has Quebec Entered a New Era of Drug-Related Deaths?
Universite de Montreal

For the last decade, people who use drugs in Quebec have been partially sheltered from Canada’s drug overdose epidemics. But since 2020, the picture has changed.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Helping Your Brain Ward Off Alzheimer's Symptoms
Universite de Montreal

Participating in a series of cognitive training sessions has helped Quebec seniors cope with memory loss - even five years later, an UdeM study finds.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Uncovering the Story Behind the Mongol Invasions of Japan
Universite de Montreal

When Japanese samurai repelled the Mongols, their victories were attributed to typhoons whipped up by divine forces. Now, Ph.D. candidate Jérémy Le Blanc-Gauthier is taking a fresh look at the legend.

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Released: 12-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
A Pandemic of Despair
Universite de Montreal

The global outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and resulting job losses led to a surge in suicidal ideation among Canadians, especially young people, a new UdeM-led study finds.

Newswise: The History Recorded in Your Teeth
Released: 12-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
The History Recorded in Your Teeth
University of Utah Health

The places we grew up leave indelible marks on us, locked in the atoms of the toughest structures in our bodies. Subtle differences in tooth chemistry could help determine the identity of fallen soldiers and other human remains—if we can learn to read that history.

Released: 12-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the mystery surrounding the creation of heavy elements in stars
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists uncover new experimental data that will help them better understand how heavy elements are created in stars and the processes that shape the chemical makeup of the universe.

Newswise: New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
Released: 12-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
University of California San Diego

Of the first five U.S. states to implement food waste bans, only Massachusetts was successful at diverting waste away from landfills and incinerators, according to a new study from the University of California Rady School of Management.

Newswise: New research reveals how El Niño caused the greatest ever mass extinction
9-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
New research reveals how El Niño caused the greatest ever mass extinction
University of Bristol

Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.

Newswise: Nadia Hansel Named Director of Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine
Released: 12-Sep-2024 12:45 PM EDT
Nadia Hansel Named Director of Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Nadia Hansel, M.D., a pulmonary and critical care physician and expert in the environmental determinants of obstructive lung diseases, has been named director of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hansel is the William Osler Professor of Medicine. She is the first woman to lead the storied Department of Medicine in its 131-year history.

Newswise: Future Foods: How Non-Thermal Tech Could Transform Starch Consumption
Released: 12-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Future Foods: How Non-Thermal Tech Could Transform Starch Consumption
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have made significant advancements in developing health-focused food technologies by investigating non-thermal processing methods to alter starch digestibility. This cutting-edge approach aims to regulate postprandial blood glucose levels, offering a promising dietary strategy to mitigate obesity and type 2 diabetes.



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