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Released: 15-Sep-2020 5:20 PM EDT
Can Plant-Based Protein Replace Animal Protein in the Food System?
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Dr. Pat Brown, founder and CEO of Impossible Foods will share his belief that plant-based protein will match the sensory, nutritional value and price requirements consumers desire, and replace meat protein sooner than people think at the opening keynote of AgTech NEXTTM on September, 22, 2020 at 12 PM CST.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 5:10 PM EDT
UC San Diego Health Revives Non-Beating Donor Heart for Successful Transplantation
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is the first hospital on the West Coast to perform heart transplant surgery from a donor after circulatory death using a new portable organ care system. The investigational procedure could significantly decrease transplant waiting list times and improve patient outcomes.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 5:05 PM EDT
Sharp attention explains why the early bird gets the worm
University at Buffalo

Many of the characteristics related to auditory attention in birds match those of humans, according to a study from the University at Buffalo. The findings published in the journal PLOS ONE provide novel insights into evolutionary survival mechanisms, and are the first to behaviorally measure the cognitive process responsible for a non-human animal’s ability to segregate and respond to meaningful targets heard in simultaneous sound streams.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:35 PM EDT
Fast fabrication: ORNL develops, produces metal hydride for moderator in 3D-printed reactor
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers thought yttrium hydride would be an ideal moderator for the new Transformational Challenge Reactor, but no one had yet figured out how to produce the large, crack-free pieces needed. An ORNL scientist developed a process and invented a machine to do that.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:35 PM EDT
UTEP Partnership Receives Federal Grant to Combat Opioid Abuse in West Texas Counties
University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso’s Minority AIDS Research Center (MARC) is the subrecipient of a $1 million implementation grant to target substance use disorders and opioid use disorders in five rural counties along the Texas-Mexico border.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:25 PM EDT
Tracking hammerhead sharks reveals conservation targets to protect a nearly endangered species
Nova Southeastern University

They are some of the most iconic and unique-looking creatures in our oceans. While some may think they look a bit “odd,” one thing researchers agree on is that little is known about hammerhead sharks. And thanks to a team of researchers, that's about to change.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:20 PM EDT
Henry Ford Study Finds Concussions Are a Risk for Young Athletes In All Sports – Not Just Football
Henry Ford Health

DETROIT – A recent study from the Henry Ford Sports Medicine Research team suggests that high school athletes competing, not only in football, but in soccer, hockey, basketball, swimming, cheerleading and other sports are not only at risk for concussions, but may need a longer recovery than first thought. The study’s results published by Orthopedics, a nationally recognized, peer-reviewed journal for orthopedic surgeons found that the most common sports for brain injuries were indeed football, hockey and soccer.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:05 PM EDT
1 in 10 COVID Patients Return to Hospital After Being Sent Home from ER
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn study finds patients with low pulse oximetry readings or fever were more than three times as likely to require hospitalization after their initial discharge as compared to other COVID patients

Released: 15-Sep-2020 4:00 PM EDT
An effective way to increase capacity for mental health
University of Washington School of Medicine

Researchers at UW Medicine found that primary-care physicians and rural clinic staff felt more skilled in delivering mental health care if they used a model known as collaborative care. In the model, primary-care physicians retain primary responsibility to treat behavioral health disorders with the support of two team members: a care manager (e.g., social workers, therapists, nurses) and a consulting psychiatrist. Consulting psychiatrists provide recommendations on patient care through weekly caseload reviews conducted online.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:55 PM EDT
Wolf Pups Born in Isle Royale National Park
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Isle Royale National Park and the SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (ESF) have documented reproduction for wolves introduced to Isle Royale in 2018 and 2019, a key element of the National Park Service wolf introduction program’s success. GPS collar data and images from remote cameras suggest pups were born in 2019 and 2020. An exact number of pups is yet to be determined.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:50 PM EDT
Hopelessness in heart patients study to factor in COVID-19
University of Illinois Chicago

A University of Illinois Chicago research study on how to improve care for heart disease patients struggling with hopelessness has been supplemented by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, to determine whether the study intervention called “Heart Up!” limits the negative impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place and physical distancing measures on health outcomes.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:35 PM EDT
Virtual internships for physics students present challenges, build community
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Summer is usually the time when student interns flock to PPPL to learn about fusion and plasma physics at a national laboratory. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s students participated virtually from their homes around the country.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:30 PM EDT
APS Media Tip Sheet: September 2020
Association for Psychological Science

Topics in this issue: People with blindness have a refined sense of hearing; First-ever review of gender parity within psychological science; Friendly and open societies supercharged the early spread of COVID-19

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:25 PM EDT
UIC researcher to test voice-activated AI to manage mental health symptoms
University of Illinois Chicago

Researchers at University of Illinois Chicago are studying a novel approach to delivering care to those with moderate depression and anxiety: through artificial intelligence, or AI. The first part of the two-phase, five-year project will develop and test a voice-enabled, AI virtual agent named Lumen, trained to deliver Problem Solving Therapy (PST), for patients with moderate, untreated depressive and/or anxiety symptoms. This first phase is awarded for two years.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:05 PM EDT
FSU communication, engineering researchers awarded grant to study natural disaster response
Florida State University

When Hurricane Michael devastated rural inland communities in the Florida Panhandle in 2018, public libraries played a critical role in the natural disaster response. It also exposed the need for improved upon procedures and policies for public libraries responding to natural disasters.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:05 PM EDT
Telehealth supports collaborative mental health care in the needs of rural patients
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Traditionally, primary care clinics connect patients who have mental health care needs to specialists like psychiatrists in a collaborative care model.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:50 PM EDT
UIC to study how adolescent binge drinking impacts adult behavior
University of Illinois Chicago

The University of Illinois Chicago has received $4.5 million in continuation funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to support the UIC site of the national Neurobiology of Adolescent Drinking in Adulthood, or NADIA, consortium.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:40 PM EDT
Dermatologists warn consumers about the dangers of buying cosmetic injectables — such as fillers — online
American Academy of Dermatology

A new article published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology reveals just how common these illicit products are on popular e-commerce sites, increasing the public’s risk for severe and potentially long-term complications, including blindness, disfiguration, and stroke.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:35 PM EDT
Study reveals impact of centuries of human activity in American tropics
University of East Anglia

The devastating effects of human activity on wildlife in the American tropics over the last 500 years are revealed in a new study published today.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:10 PM EDT
Turn up the thermostat: Lower energy costs, no complaints
University of Georgia

A new study from the University of Georgia suggests there is a painless way to reduce energy costs: Turn up the thermostat. Even a degree or two makes a difference.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:05 PM EDT
UCI statisticians release new online Orange County COVID-19 information resource
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 15, 2020 – A months-long collaboration between the University of California, Irvine, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Orange County Health Care Agency has resulted in a new Orange County COVID-19 website that tracks the spread of the disease and forecasts future trends. By feeding county data into a coronavirus transmission model, the site estimates “current and future numbers of infectious individuals in Orange County, which is important for understanding risks of getting infected,” said Vladimir Minin, UCI professor of statistics and associate director of the UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 2:05 PM EDT
COVID-19 Virus Uses Heparan Sulfate to Get Inside Cells
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego researchers discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can’t grab hold of cell receptor ACE2 without a carbohydrate called heparan sulfate, which is also found on lung cell surfaces — disrupting that interaction with a repurposed drug may help treat COVID-19.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:45 PM EDT
New dopamine sensors could help unlock the mysteries of brain chemistry
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

In 2018, Tian Lab at UC Davis Health developed dLight1, a single fluorescent protein-based biosensor. This sensor allows high resolution, real-time imaging of the spatial and temporal release of dopamine in live animals. Now, the team expanded the color spectrum of dLight1 to YdLight1 and RdLight1. The increased light penetration and imaging depth of these variants provide enhanced dopamine signal quality allowing researchers to optically dissect dopamine’s release and model its effects on neural circuits.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:45 PM EDT
LJI scientists receive $3.5 million to investigate role of immune cells in Parkinson's disease
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have received $3.5 million as part of a team award from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) to support a three-year study into how immune cells may contribute to Parkinson's disease.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:20 PM EDT
Study finds new #MDsToo curriculum sensitizes faculty members and residents to mistreatment
University of California, Irvine

In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, the #MDsToo curriculum, recently introduced by UCI’s School of Medicine, was successful in helping medical students recognize mistreatment that may have occurred during medical training, a problem that is pervasive nationwide.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:15 PM EDT
Mayo scientists develop mathematical index to distinguish healthy microbiome from diseased
Mayo Clinic

What causes some people to develop chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and metabolic syndrome while others stay healthy? A major clue could be found in their gut microbiome — the trillions of microbes living inside the digestive system that regulate various bodily functions.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:10 PM EDT
Experts Urge Those with Asthma to Take Extra Care as Wildfires Burn in Western U.S.
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)

As wildfires continue to burn across western U.S. states, those with respiratory illnesses such as asthma need to be alert to the effects of smoke on their breathing.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:05 PM EDT
A New Approach to Understanding the Biology of Wound Healing
Thomas Jefferson University

Researchers use discarded wound dressings as a novel and non-invasive way to study the mechanisms that promote healing.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 1:00 PM EDT
With Digital Phenotyping, Smartphones May Play a Role in Assessing Severe Mental Illness
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Digital phenotyping approaches that collect and analyze Smartphone-user data on locations, activities, and even feelings – combined with machine learning to recognize patterns and make predictions from the data – have emerged as promising tools for monitoring patients with psychosis spectrum illnesses, according to a report in the September/October issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:55 PM EDT
New Version of AACN’s Critical Care Orientation Course Includes Stand-alone and Specialty-focused Options
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has released the latest version of its Essentials of Critical Care Orientation online course. Since its initial launch in 2002, ECCO has been used at more than 1,100 hospitals and healthcare facilities as an integral part of their critical care orientation or to supplement classroom-based education.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:40 PM EDT
CU Researchers Come Together to Better Understand Ovarian Cancer Tumors and Treatment Outcomes
University of Colorado Cancer Center

After nearly four years of work, a group of researchers and clinicians from the University of Colorado (CU) published a paper this week in the Clinical Cancer Research that shares findings from research looking at how the composition of ovarian cancer tumors changes during chemotherapy and contributes to therapeutic response.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:40 PM EDT
UTHealth joins NIH trial to test antibodies and other experimental outpatient treatments for mild COVID-19 pneumonia
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A study on the effectiveness of multiple treatments, including laboratory-made antibodies, at preventing mild COVID-19 from advancing to severe illness in the outpatient setting is underway by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The clinical trial is enrolling patients at Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:20 PM EDT
Pet laser pointers have enough power to “blast away” cells in the back of the eye
Ohio State University

Laser pointers used to exercise pets may seem like safe and simple low-powered devices, but an Ohio teen learned the hard way that staring at the narrow beam can cause permanent eye damage.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:10 PM EDT
Many women suffering from severe migraine might avoid pregnancy, but should they?
Elsevier

A survey of 607 women who suffer from severe migraine found twenty percent of the respondents are currently avoiding pregnancy because of their migraines.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Study: Decreasing Wildfires Observed Over Central Africa
University at Albany, State University of New York

A new observational study has revealed a decreasing burned area trend that could impact African ecosystems.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:00 PM EDT
NIH award contracts to develop innovative digital health technologies for COVID-19
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIH has awarded seven contracts to companies and academic institutions to develop digital health solutions that help address the COVID-19 pandemic.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:55 AM EDT
Study shows difficulty in finding evidence of life on Mars
Cornell University

While scientists are eager to study the red planet’s soils for signs of life, researchers must ponder a considerable new challenge: Acidic fluids – which once flowed on the Martian surface – may have destroyed biological evidence hidden within Mars’ iron-rich clays, according to researchers at Cornell University and at Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:40 AM EDT
Abandoned Buildings, Fear of Calling Police Contribute to High Rate of Fatal Overdoses in Philadelphia, New Study Shows
American University

Abandoned Buildings, Fear of Calling Police Contribute to High Rate of Fatal Overdoses in Philadelphia, New Study Shows

Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:35 AM EDT
CVE Program Partners with Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency to Protect Industrial Control Systems and Medical Devices
MITRE

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®) Program announced today it is expanding its partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for managing the assignment of CVE Identifiers (IDs) for the CVE Program.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:15 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Appoints Susan G. Sherman as New Bloomberg Professor of American Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has appointed Susan G. Sherman, PhD, MPH, as a Bloomberg Professor of American Health in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:00 AM EDT
Research News Tip Sheet: Story Ideas From Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins Medicine Media Relations is focused on disseminating current, accurate and useful information to the public via the media. As part of that effort, we are distributing our “COVID-19 Tip Sheet: Story Ideas from Johns Hopkins” every other Tuesday.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 11:00 AM EDT
Getting a Flu Shot Has Never Been More Important
Loyola Medicine

This fall, children and adults should receive a flu shot to prevent widespread illness, as cases of COVID-19 and the seasonal flu are expected to rise, potentially at the same time, says Loyola University Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Kevin Smith, MD. The flu and COVID-19 also share many of the same symptoms.

14-Sep-2020 11:45 AM EDT
From Star to Solar System: How Protoplanetary Rings Form in Primordial Gas Clouds
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

The star HL Tauri, 450 light-years from Earth, is glowing at the center of a system of concentric rings made from gas and dust and producing planets, one for each gap in the ring. Its discovery has shaken solar system origin theories to their core. Mayer Humi, a scientist from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, believes it provides an apt study target for theories about protoplanetary rings around stars. The research is published in the Journal of Mathematical Physics.

14-Sep-2020 10:45 AM EDT
Energy Harvesting Goes Organic, Gets More Flexible
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

The race is on to create natural biocompatible piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting, electronic sensing, and stimulating nerves. Researchers decided to explore peptide-based nanotubes, and in the Journal of Applied Physics, they report using a combination of ultraviolet and ozone exposure to generate a wettability difference and an applied field to create horizontally aligned polarization of nanotubes on flexible substrates with interlocking electrodes. The group’s work will enable the use of organic materials more widely.

10-Sep-2020 9:40 AM EDT
Fish, Seaweed Inspire Slippery Surfaces for Ships
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Fish and seaweed secrete a layer of mucus to create a slippery surface, reducing their friction as they travel through water. A potential way to mimic this is by creating lubricant-infused surfaces covered with cavities. As the cavities are continuously filled with the lubricant, a layer is formed over the surface. In the journal Physics of Fluids, researchers in South Korea conducted simulations of this process to help explain the effects.

9-Sep-2020 2:35 PM EDT
Progress Toward Antiviral Treatments for COVID-19
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

COVID-19 is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, which is structurally similar to the viruses that cause SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. In The Journal of Chemical Physics, scientists report molecular-level investigations of these viruses, providing a possible pathway to antiviral drugs to fight the diseases. They looked at a viral protein that plays a role in the virus’s ability to replicate and in defeating the host’s immune system, making it an attractive target for potential drug treatments.



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