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Newswise: Finally friendly fibers
Released: 16-Apr-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Finally friendly fibers
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Rain jackets, swimming trunks or upholstery fabrics: Textiles with water-repellent properties require chemical impregnation. Although fluorine-containing PFAS chemicals are effective, they are also harmful to human health and accumulate in the environment.

Newswise: Seed ferns: plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago
15-Apr-2024 5:00 AM EDT
Seed ferns: plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago
University of Vienna

According to a research team led by palaeontologists from the University of Vienna, the net-like leaf veining typical for today’s flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several times.

Newswise: Decoding Pecan Pollination: A Dive into the Chloroplast Genome of 'Xinxuan-4' and Its Impact on Cultivar Diversity and Efficiency
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Decoding Pecan Pollination: A Dive into the Chloroplast Genome of 'Xinxuan-4' and Its Impact on Cultivar Diversity and Efficiency
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The chloroplast (cp) is critical for various biological functions in plants, such as photosynthesis and stress responses, with its genome offering simpler analysis and sequencing due to its size and reduced homologous influence.

Newswise: From ashes to adversity: Lessons from South Australia's business recovery amidst bushfires and pandemic
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
From ashes to adversity: Lessons from South Australia's business recovery amidst bushfires and pandemic
University of South Australia

New research has given insight into the resilience and recovery of businesses in two South Australian regions following a major bushfire event and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newswise: Unraveling the role of DlBGAL9 and AGL61/80 in Longan somatic embryogenesis and heat stress tolerance: A multi-omics approach
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the role of DlBGAL9 and AGL61/80 in Longan somatic embryogenesis and heat stress tolerance: A multi-omics approach
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has unveiled 20 β-galactosidase (BGAL) genes within the longan genome, highlighting their crucial roles in embryogenic development and heat stress adaptation.

Newswise: Unlocking the secrets of fruit quality: How anthocyanins and acidity shape consumer preferences and market value
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Unlocking the secrets of fruit quality: How anthocyanins and acidity shape consumer preferences and market value
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team reviews the critical relationship between the accumulation of anthocyanins and organic acids in fruits, highlighting how these factors influence fruit color and consumer appeal through changes in vacuolar pH.

Newswise: Unraveling the Unique Role of DELLA Proteins in Grapevine Flowering: A Shift in Developmental Fate
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the Unique Role of DELLA Proteins in Grapevine Flowering: A Shift in Developmental Fate
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The transition from vegetative to reproductive stages in plants involves both internal and external cues, with grapevines (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Pixie) presenting a unique case.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Citrus cultivation: The superior tolerance and growth vigor of 'Shuzhen No.1' rootstock
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Revolutionizing Citrus cultivation: The superior tolerance and growth vigor of 'Shuzhen No.1' rootstock
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The research unveils the superior tolerance of 'Shuzhen No.1', a novel Citrus junos rootstock, to flooding, alkaline, and freezing stresses over commonly used rootstocks. Grafted scions on 'Shuzhen No.1' exhibited enhanced growth and vigor, making it a promising candidate for future citrus cultivation.

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Newswise: Temperatures Are Off The Charts: World Is Experiencing Its Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event
Released: 15-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Temperatures Are Off The Charts: World Is Experiencing Its Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event
Wildlife Conservation Society

In March 2024, WCS trained 30 scientists from across the Coral Triangle in simple field methods to measure coral bleaching and identify climate resilient coral reefs.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
From Opioid Overdose to Treatment Initiation: Outcomes Associated with Peer Support in Emergency Departments
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health researchers publish largest study on outcomes associated with hospital-based peer support programs after opioid overdose

Newswise: Database Supplies Recommended Key Properties for All Known Nuclei
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Database Supplies Recommended Key Properties for All Known Nuclei
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists know of more than 3,300 isotopes. Researchers have compiled experimental nuclear data for all known nuclei, including mass, quantum numbers, half-life, decay modes, and branching intensities.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Professor Brian Connolly Comments on Survey That Finds Rare Bipartisan Agreement on Housing Issues Among U.S. Voters
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

April's Michigan Ross-Financial Times poll finds neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a clear advantage on housing affordability.

Newswise: Oral Contraceptive Use May Reduce Muscle-Tendon Injuries
Released: 15-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Oral Contraceptive Use May Reduce Muscle-Tendon Injuries
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Women who take oral contraceptives may be significantly less likely to experience certain musculoskeletal injuries than women who do not take the drugs or men, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
When your workday is ruined before it begins
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

We know that being harassed at work affects an employee's performance, but what about being harassed during their commute? A researcher looks at the little-studied phenomenon of workers being harassed on their way into their workplace and how employers can support them.

Newswise: New AACN Data Points to Enrollment Challenges Facing U.S. Schools of Nursing
Released: 15-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT
New AACN Data Points to Enrollment Challenges Facing U.S. Schools of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

New data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) show that sustaining student enrollment in baccalaureate and graduate programs continues to be a challenge at U.S. schools of nursing.

15-Apr-2024 10:00 AM EDT
UC Irvine-led research team shows importance of under-recognized genetic factor lipoprotein(a) in predicting heart disease in a large multiethnic US population
University of California, Irvine

In what is the largest, most ethnically diverse long-term study of a U.S. population, a University of California, Irvine research team found that an under-recognized genetic cholesterol-like particle called lipoprotein(a) can predict future cardiovascular disease.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Q&A: How claims of Anti-Christian Bias can serve as Racial Dog Whistles
University of Washington

A new University of Washington study showed that white and Black Christians perceived a politician concerned about anti-Christian bias as caring more about anti-white bias, being more willing to fight for white people and as less offensive than one concerned about anti-white bias.

Newswise: Psychologist develops digital mental health program for children of divorce
Released: 15-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Psychologist develops digital mental health program for children of divorce
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A lecturer in psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York has created a program named Children of Divorce - Coping with Divorce (CoD-CoD) to help youth develop better coping skills through their parents’ separation.

   
Released: 15-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
What Happens to Scoliosis After a Tether Breaks?
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

A broken tether is a common complication after vertebral body tethering for scoliosis, occurring in up to 50% of cases. But what happens to a spinal curve after a tether breaks? And how often do patients need additional surgery? A new international study of patients is shedding light on the answers to these important questions.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Higher rates of arrest for Black adults with psychological disorders
Ohio State University

Black adults who are experiencing emotion dysregulation and/or psychological disorders, particularly Black men, are more likely to be arrested than are white American adults with symptoms of the same level of severity, a new study has found.

Newswise: Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1
Released: 15-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumors in mice with NF1
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of NF1-linked optic gliomas in mice, laying the groundwork for a clinical trial.

Newswise: Study Reveals AI Enhances Physician-Patient Communication
Released: 15-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Study Reveals AI Enhances Physician-Patient Communication
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego School of Medicine study shows that AI enhances physician-patient communication.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Machine learning could help reveal undiscovered particles within data from the Large Hadron Collider
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists recently used a machine learning approach called anomaly detection to analyze large volumes of data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The method has never before been applied to data from a collider experiment.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
فئة جديدة من خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي التي تحسن أبحاث السرطان وعلاجاته من ابتكار باحثي مايو كلينك
Mayo Clinic

ابتكر باحثو مايو كلينك مؤخرًا فئة جديدة من خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) تسمى الذكاء الاصطناعي المبني على الفرضيات والتي تمثل ابتعادًا كبيرًا عن نماذج الذكاء الاصطناعي التقليدية التي تتعلم من البيانات فقط.

Newswise: Unlocking the secrets of forest heights: the role of GEDI LiDAR technology
Released: 15-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the secrets of forest heights: the role of GEDI LiDAR technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A team of researchers has unveiled a novel approach to accurately characterizing tree height composition in forests using the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology.

11-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Antibiotics Aren’t Effective for Most Lower Tract Respiratory Infections
Georgetown University Medical Center

Use of antibiotics provided no measurable impact on the severity or duration of coughs even if a bacterial infection was present, finds a large, prospective study of people who sought treatment in U.S. primary or urgent care settings for lower-respiratory tract infections.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic criaram uma nova classe de algoritmos com IA para melhorar a pesquisa e os tratamentos contra o câncer
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic criaram recentemente uma nova classe de algoritmos com inteligência artificial (IA) chamada IA orientada por hipóteses; se trata de um caminho alternativo dos modelos tradicionais de IA que aprendem apenas com dados.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Investigadores de Mayo Clinic han creado una nueva clase de algoritmos impulsados por IA para mejorar la investigación y los tratamientos contra el cáncer
Mayo Clinic

Investigadores de Mayo Clinic crearon recientemente una nueva clase de algoritmos con inteligencia artificial (IA) llamada IA impulsada por hipótesis; se trata de una vía alternativa a los modelos tradicionales de IA que aprenden solo con datos.

Newswise: Navigating the future: an improvement in GNSS processing accuracy and speed
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Navigating the future: an improvement in GNSS processing accuracy and speed
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recently, a study introduced a novel method that significantly enhances the precision and efficiency of precise orbit determination and clock estimation the Global Positioning System (GPS), BeiDou, Galileo, and Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS) satellite systems. This work in Un-Differenced (UD) Integer Ambiguity Resolution (IAR) simplifies satellite navigation data processing and dramatically improves precise positioning accuracy.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Green technology requires mined materials — and a workforce to meet demand
Virginia Tech

The mining industry is booming, but the industry is digging deep to find highly trained mining engineers. Across all sectors, from consumer electronics to the defense industry and from automotive manufacturing to aerospace, mineral needs are increasing. In particular, green energy technologies such as electric vehicle batteries, solar panels, grid energy storage, and wind turbines require such metals as copper, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and manganese.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
FAA approves Virginia Tech’s updated test method for drones to fly over people
Virginia Tech

Federal approvals for flying drones over people have been advanced through Virginia Tech research.  As of April 5,  the updated means of compliance established by the Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership has been accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and published as a notice of availability in the federal register, establishing its availability for use.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Research aims to improve data quality in manufacturing, seeking 'golden data'
Virginia Tech

If artificial intelligence (AI) was a car, data would be the fuel. But what if there was no way to ensure that fuel wasn’t full of waste? How would this fuel be filtered, and how would that information reach consumers? Ran Jin, associate professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is determined to fuel AI models in the Manufacturing Industrial Internet with high-quality data.

Newswise: Recent Advances in Application of Polysaccharides in Cosmetics
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Recent Advances in Application of Polysaccharides in Cosmetics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In this review, the potential relationship between the structure and activity of polysaccharides was summarized by analyzing the influence of physical and chemical properties of polysaccharides, such as extraction method, molecular weight, monosaccharide composition, functional group and structural modification, etc., which laid a foundation for the analysis of the structure-activity relationship of polysaccharides and improved its cosmetic value.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Common dementia medication doesn’t increase risk of death, life-threatening heart abnormalities
McMaster University

Researchers with McMaster University have found that a commonly prescribed dementia medication doesn’t increase the risk of death or certain heart rhythm problems, contrary to past warnings.

Newswise: Unlocking the ‘chain of worms’
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the ‘chain of worms’
Washington University in St. Louis

Biologist B. Duygu Özpolat at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues published a single-cell atlas for a highly regenerative annelid worm. This research may help inform stem cell technologies and regenerative medicine down the line.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:30 AM EDT
Dengue: An Emerging Global Crisis - Research and Expert Insights
Newswise Review

Calling All Experts and Researchers: Share Your Insights on Dengue, Prevention, Detection and Vaccines.

Newswise: Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
Texas A&M AgriLife

New study details long-sought mechanisms and structures

Newswise: School suspensions and exclusions put vulnerable children at risk
Released: 14-Apr-2024 5:30 PM EDT
School suspensions and exclusions put vulnerable children at risk
University of South Australia

Managing problematic student behaviour is one of the most persistent, challenging, and controversial issues facing schools today. Yet despite best intentions to build a more inclusive and punitive-free education system, school suspensions and expulsions remain.

Newswise:Video Embedded improved-ai-confidence-measure-for-autonomous-vehicles
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Released: 14-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Improved AI confidence measure for autonomous vehicles
Bar-Ilan University

A new Bar-Ilan University study has achieved a milestone in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) by addressing a fundamental question: Can deep learning architectures achieve greatly above-average confidence for a significant portion of inputs while maintaining overall average confidence?

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Released: 13-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Boosting the Brain’s Control of Prosthetic Devices
Cedars-Sinai

Neuroprosthetics, a technology that allows the brain to control external devices such as robotic limbs, is beginning to emerge as a viable option for patients disabled by amputation or neurological conditions such as stroke.

Newswise: FDA’s ODAC Rules Unanimously on a Faster Way to Approve Multiple Myeloma Therapies
Released: 12-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
FDA’s ODAC Rules Unanimously on a Faster Way to Approve Multiple Myeloma Therapies
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

An FDA advisory committee (ODAC) voted 12-0 today in favor of a major shift in how the agency evaluates new treatments for multiple myeloma. If approved by the FDA, the result will be faster approval of new treatments for multiple myeloma.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Report Finds Significant Gender and Racial Inequities in the Educational Measurement Profession
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Gender and racially based employment disparities, differences in perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and workplace discrimination remain significant issues in the field of educational measurement, according to a new report supported by the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), and Women in Measurement (WIM).

Released: 12-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
MSU research suggests darker side of being politically confident
Michigan State University

New research from Michigan State University suggests that those who feel self-confident about their political abilities are more likely to discriminate against those who hold opposing political views. And those who are more skeptical of their political abilities are more likely to treat other people fairly when they disagree politically.

Newswise: Superconducting Electronics Show Promise for Future Collider Experiments
Released: 12-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Superconducting Electronics Show Promise for Future Collider Experiments
Department of Energy, Office of Science

When superconductors encounter too much current, they can become resistive. Researchers can design microscopic electronic components that use this effect to create a switch, like a transistor. The resulting nanowire superconducting switching devices (called nano-cryotrons, or nTrons) show promise for future superconducting electronics or particle detectors.

Newswise: Chemicals in stalagmites unlock secrets of ancient fires
Released: 12-Apr-2024 2:30 PM EDT
Chemicals in stalagmites unlock secrets of ancient fires
Cornell College

New research shows chemicals in stalagmites could hold the key to understanding fire activity from thousands of years ago.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Nursing resources affect hospital patient experience ratings
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The nursing work environment, nurse education, and staffing levels are independent factors affecting hospital scores on a key measure of patient-centered care – with significant implications for reimbursements, reports a study in Medical Care.

Newswise: Researchers study effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers
Released: 12-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers study effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

In a new paper published in JACS AU, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed the effects of solvation and ion valency on metallopolymers, with implications for critical materials recovery and recycling, and environmental remediation.

Released: 12-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for April 12, 2024
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
Newswise: Cell’s ‘Garbage Disposal’ May Have Another Role: Helping Neurons Near Skin Sense the Environment
Released: 12-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Cell’s ‘Garbage Disposal’ May Have Another Role: Helping Neurons Near Skin Sense the Environment
Johns Hopkins Medicine

The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That’s still the case, for the most part, but, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, studying nerve cells grown in the lab and mice, say that the proteasome’s role may go well beyond that.



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