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Newswise: Scientific Innovation Puts the Future in Focus
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Scientific Innovation Puts the Future in Focus
Argonne National Laboratory

A broad-based look at the future of Argonne research.

Newswise: UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UChicago Medicine Performs First-in-Illinois Procedure to Treat Bladder Leaks
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine has become the first medical center in IL to implant the Revi neuromodulation device, a minimally-invasive, convenient alternative to existing treatments for urinary urgency incontinence (UUI).

Newswise: Beth Walker named CEO of Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans
Released: 23-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Beth Walker named CEO of Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans
Ochsner Health

Beth Walker has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, located at 1514 Jefferson Highway in New Orleans.

Newswise: Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Blood Cancers: Understanding Types, Symptoms, and Advances in Treatment
Rutgers Cancer Institute

Claire Yun Kyoung Ryu Tiger, MD, PhD, medical oncologist in the Leukemia/Lymphoma/Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute and RWJBarnabas Health shares the basics about blood cancers.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Potential Indicators of Life on Other Planets Can Be Created in a Lab
University of Colorado Boulder

Researchers find certain biosignature molecules may not indicate life is present, contrary to popular thought.

Newswise: Simulating a Critical Point in Quark Gluon Fluid
Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Simulating a Critical Point in Quark Gluon Fluid
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists are conducting experiments in search of a critical point in the Quantum Chromodynamics phase diagram. The main signatures of this point involve changes in the number of particles produced in heavy ion collisions. Modeling these observables requires an extension of the standard fluid dynamic framework

Newswise: Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
23-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.

Newswise: A Precision-Medicine Initiative Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute Aims to Improve Treatment for the Most Common Form of Leukemia in Adults
Released: 23-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
A Precision-Medicine Initiative Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute Aims to Improve Treatment for the Most Common Form of Leukemia in Adults
University of Kansas Cancer Center

The University of Kansas Cancer Center is part of the myeloMATCH trial, a large, coordinated effort to improve patient outcomes through targeted treatments for people with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Released: 23-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Faculty in the News: Philosophy Professor Paul Schofield on Homelessness Being a ‘Unique Form of Injustice’
Bates College

Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Schofield has become an expert source on the social and moral issues surrounding homelessness, writing opinion pieces on what he calls the “unique injustice” associated with being unhoused and prompting further conversation on the topic.

 
Newswise: Q&A: How the Remote Hub Lab Can Prepare Engineering Students for Their Future Careers
Released: 23-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Q&A: How the Remote Hub Lab Can Prepare Engineering Students for Their Future Careers
University of Washington

Rania Hussein, a University of Washington associate teaching professor in the electrical and computer engineering department, founded and leads the Remote Hub Lab, which allows students to access physical engineering equipment from anywhere in the world.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine Grad Student Training Program Aims to Broaden Access to Cardiovascular Care
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 23, 2024 — Recent medical and biotechnology advances have helped people suffering from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, but new treatments have not been distributed evenly or equitably throughout society, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

Newswise: Researchers Say Colleges Barred From Throwing Money at Student-Athletes Are Offering Them Multimillion-Dollar Coaches Instead
Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:45 PM EDT
Researchers Say Colleges Barred From Throwing Money at Student-Athletes Are Offering Them Multimillion-Dollar Coaches Instead
West Virginia University

Research from Brad Humphreys and Jane Ruseski, economics professors at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics, has revealed college football coaches’ paychecks influence the quality of the players they’re able to recruit.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Searching for a Vaccine Against an Ancient Scourge
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

With data from extensive genomic surveys of the syphilis bacterium – correlated with clinical information from patients – an international team of researchers and doctors are on the hunt for proteins on the surface of the microbe that don’t vary and could be good targets for a much-needed vaccine

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: 79th UN General Assembly
George Washington University

The 79th United Nations General Assembly has gathered in New York City. ...

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Kamala Harris Accepts CNN's Offer for Second Presidential Debate, Challenges Trump to Join
George Washington University

Vice President Kamala Harris announced she has accepted CNN's offer for a second presidential debate against former President Donald Trump. ...

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Housing Affordability Increasingly Becoming A Key Election Issue
George Washington University

Many aspiring homebuyers are pushing the presidential candidates to do something about rising home prices and high mortgage interest rates. ...

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Ukraine President Zelensky to Address UNGA
George Washington University

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is traveling to the US this week to meet with members of the United Nations in the hopes to share his “victory plan” with allies. ...

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: House GOP Struggles to Find Unity as Speaker Mike Johnson Faces Government Shutdown Deadline
George Washington University

House Republicans remain divided over Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to avert a government shutdown, with far-right members resisting any temporary funding extension. ...

Released: 23-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
A Few Doctors Will See Some of You
George Washington University

Latino and Black family medicine doctors are significantly more likely to participate in the Medicaid program and care for higher numbers of Medicaid patients compared to their White and Asian peers



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