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Newswise: Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has played a major role in developing international scientific cooperation at the highest level with mathematicians worldwide.

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Newswise: Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Released: 18-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Glaucoma Research Foundation Releases Informational Audiobook for Glaucoma Patients in Collaboration with Braille Institute of America
Glaucoma Research Foundation

The free glaucoma audiobook, narrated by Bianca Beach, is available for patients and their families to listen, download, and share.

Newswise: University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
Released: 18-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EDT
University of Utah names Kurt Dirks dean of the David Eccles School of Business
University of Utah

University of Utah Provost Mitzi M. Montoya announced that Kurt Dirks has accepted an offer to serve as dean of the David Eccles School of Business. Dirks is the Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership and director of the Bauer Leadership Center at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

   
Newswise: Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Marcilynn Burke named new Dean of Tulane Law School
Tulane University

Marcilynn Burke, the current dean of law and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law at the University of Oregon and former acting assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior, has been named dean of Tulane University School of Law, effective August 5.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine launches customized generative artificial intelligence tool
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine has deployed a customized generative artificial intelligence solution called ZotGPT Chat. One of the first of its kind in the UC system, the tool was created to allow UC Irvine affiliates to explore AI in a safer, tailor-made environment.

Newswise: All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
All creatures great and small: Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
University of Wisconsin–Madison

The blue whale genome was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, and the Etruscan shrew genome was published in the journal Scientific Data.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
UC Irvine-led research team discovers role of key enzymes that drive cancer mutations
University of California, Irvine

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered the key role that the APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B enzymes play in driving cancer mutations by modifying the DNA in tumor genomes, offering potential new targets for intervention strategies.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Released: 18-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Welcomes Dr. Lee Peng as Chief of Gastroenterology
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center welcomed Lee F. Peng, M.D., PhD, as section chief of gastroenterology, department of medicine.

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Newswise: A New Study Shows How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A New Study Shows How Neurochemicals Affect fMRI Readings
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A landmark study, led by Yen-Yu Ian Shih, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, shows how neurochemicals can influence blood vessels. The new findings may alter how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
تنبيه من خبير: تطورات في جراحة استبدال الركبة تمنح خيارات مبتكرة للمرضى
Mayo Clinic

تدفع فئة السكان المتقدمين في العمر الطلب العالمي لجراحة استبدال الركبة، بما يتجاوز مليون إجراء طبي سنويًا. في هذا المقال، يصف الدكتور تشارلز هانون، دكتور في الطب، جرّاح العظام في مايو كلينك في روتشستر، ابتكارات مثل الأدوات المتقدمة والجراحة الروبوتية الدقيقة التي تعمل على تحسين عملية استبدال الركبة بالكامل للمرضى.

Newswise: Teasing Strange Matter from Ordinary
Released: 18-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Teasing Strange Matter from Ordinary
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Like protons and neutrons, Lambda particles consist of three quarks bound together by gluons. But unlike protons and neutrons, which contain a mixture of up and down quarks, Lambdas also contain a strange quark.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:45 PM EDT
Two-Day Course Teaches Hospitals and Health Systems How to Address Unprofessionalism and Unsafe Behavior
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The Vanderbilt Health Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA) will host a two-day, hands-on course in Nashville to equip hospital and health system leaders with strategies and tools to address unprofessionalism and create a safe, respectful and reliable environment inside their organizations.

Newswise: Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
Penn State Materials Research Institute

Leafhoppers, a common backyard insect, secrete and coat themselves in tiny mysterious particles that could provide both the inspiration and the instructions for next-generation technology, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Text nudges can increase uptake of COVID-19 boosters– if they play up a sense of ownership of the vaccine
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster. The key in both cases is to include in the text a sense of ownership in the dose awaiting them.

Newswise: Role in mitochondrial metabolism paints more complete picture of MCL-1 function
Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Role in mitochondrial metabolism paints more complete picture of MCL-1 function
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have uncovered a metabolic role for cell-survival protein MCL-1, potentially explaining previous clinical trial setbacks.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Awarded Prestigious NCI Grant to Further Advance CAR T Cell Treatments for Solid Tumors
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) led by thoracic surgeon Prasad Adusumilli, MD, has been awarded a distinguished UG3/UH3 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to advance research and testing of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for solid tumors.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
“Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline:” a Discussion Presented by the Stony Brook School of Communication and Journalism on March 25 at 3pm, ET, in New York City
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) presents, “Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline,” which will address the efforts of reporters, mental health and resilience started by the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) over a year ago.

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Released: 18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New research finds boreal arctic wetlands are producing more methane over time
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Researchers — including the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Min Chen and Fa Li — have developed a new model that combines several data sources and uses physics-guided machine learning to more accurately understand methane emissions in the boreal arctic region.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Rural Student Wins Entrepreneurial Award
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Student from Ticonderoga Central School is a finalist in the Vermont Pitch Challenge and will be pitching her idea in person on April 4.

   
Newswise: Researchers Call for Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests
Released: 18-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Call for Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Microbiome Tests
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Scientific research has linked a person’s microbiome to everything from gut and mental health to immunity and predisposition to cancer.

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Newswise: Cleveland Clinic-Led Research Concludes Video Laryngoscopy is Most Effective Method for Intubating Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures
Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:25 PM EDT
Cleveland Clinic-Led Research Concludes Video Laryngoscopy is Most Effective Method for Intubating Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures
Cleveland Clinic

New Cleveland Clinic-led research provides evidence that video laryngoscopy significantly decreased the number of attempts needed to achieve intubation in adult surgical patients who required single-lumen endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia, compared with direct laryngoscopy. The research was published today in JAMA.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Alerta dos especialista: Avanços na cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho oferecem opções aos pacientes
Mayo Clinic

O envelhecimento da população impulsiona a demanda global pela cirurgia de artroplastia do joelho, excedendo a 1 milhão de procedimentos anuais.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Five factors to ensure an infant thrives
Washington University in St. Louis

In new research published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis make the case that “thrive factors” are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive development.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Launches Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology program that is specialized for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Team Develops Fluid Biomarker for Early Detection of ALS and FTD
Released: 18-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine-Led Team Develops Fluid Biomarker for Early Detection of ALS and FTD
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Two progressively degenerative diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD, recently in the news with the diagnoses of actor Bruce Willis and talk show host Wendy Williams), are linked by more than the fact that they both damage nerve cells critical to normal functioning — the former affecting nerves in the brain and spinal cord leading to loss of movement, the latter eroding the brain regions controlling personality, behavior and language.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:15 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Awarded “High Performer” Designations by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Alerta de los expertos: Los avances en la cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla ofrecen opciones a los pacientes
Mayo Clinic

El envejecimiento de la población impulsa la demanda mundial de cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla, superando el millón de procedimientos anuales.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
WashU engineers manage a first: measuring pH in cell condensates
Washington University in St. Louis

In a first for the condensate field, researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, figured out how nucleolar sub-structures are assembled.

Newswise: Sustainable biomass production capacity could triple US bioeconomy, report finds
Released: 18-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Sustainable biomass production capacity could triple US bioeconomy, report finds
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The United States could triple its current bioeconomy by producing more than 1 billion tons per year of plant-based biomass for renewable fuels, while meeting projected demands for food, feed, fiber, conventional forest products and exports, according to the Department of Energy’s latest Billion-Ton Report led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Study Estimates Nearly 70 Percent of Children Under Six in Chicago May Be Exposed to Lead-Contaminated Tap Water
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that 68 percent of Chicago children under age six live in households with tap water containing detectable levels of lead.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Don’t Delay Vaccines—They Are Safe, Effective and Save Lives
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Vaccine misinformation has gone mainstream—a post-pandemic reality that is putting more children at risk of exposure to potentially serious vaccine-preventable diseases like measles.

Newswise: Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
Release date: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Americans Swap Safety for Style in Laundry Rooms
American Cleaning Institute

Americans are swapping safety for style and are ditching their cleaning products original containers for a laundry room makeover. New research from the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) finds that 36% of Americans believe they can enhance their laundry space with decorative jars or containers, and 12% of Americans already do this.

Newswise: Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

When a star goes supernova, a massive burst of neutrinos is the first signal that can escape the density of the collapsing star. Detecting and analyzing this phenomenon in real time would allow us insight into stellar dynamics and, potentially, black hole formation.

Newswise: UWF announces $5 million legacy gift from the Bear Family Foundation to name the College of Business
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF announces $5 million legacy gift from the Bear Family Foundation to name the College of Business
University of West Florida

UWF President Martha Dunagin Saunders announced a gift of $5 million from The Bear Family Foundation to name the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Attacking metastatic prostate cancer early with combination treatment approach improves outcomes in preliminary study
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A team of UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators has shown the combination of a short course of powerful and intense hormonal therapy with targeted radiation is safe and effective in treating people with prostate cancer that has come back and has spread to other parts of the body.

Newswise: Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

For 75 years, INL has been at the forefront of nuclear energy and technology research.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Study shows middle-aged Americans are lonelier than European peers, suggests loneliness in middle age is endemic
Arizona State University (ASU)

New research has shown that not only are middle-aged Americans lonelier than their same-age peers in Europe, but levels of loneliness are also increasing across generations in the U.S. and Europe.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Argonne’s new dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up successfully demonstrated; has potential for other applications
Argonne National Laboratory

Demonstration of Argonne’s dual-armed telerobotic system for hazardous waste clean-up advances revolutionary technology.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health’s New Primary Care Practice in Fort Lee, NJ,

Expands Access to Expert, Multilingual Medical Care for Bergen County Residents
Released: 18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health’s New Primary Care Practice in Fort Lee, NJ, Expands Access to Expert, Multilingual Medical Care for Bergen County Residents
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health has opened a new primary care practice in Fort Lee, expanding access to expert, multilingual medical care for patients of all ages in Bergen County.

Newswise: Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
11-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have identified a yeast that could be used to prevent invasive candidiasis, a major cause of death in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. The study, to be published March 18 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), shows that the novel yeast lives harmlessly in the intestines of mice and humans and can displace the yeast responsible for candidiasis, Candida albicans.

Released: 18-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
SHRO and Temple Create iNest to Commercialize Innovations
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

With funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), the latest incubator and technology transfer institute opens at Temple University.



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