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Released: 18-Jun-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Journal Explores the Experiences of Minority and Young Populations Within LGBTQ Community
American Counseling Association

The experiences and mental health of children, youth and marginalized groups within the LGBTQ+ community is the focus of a special two-part series in the Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 8:00 AM EDT
The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF) Expands its Grant-in Aid Program
The Glaucoma Foundation

TGF has expanded its Grant-in-Aid Program, broadening its focus and increasing funding. Three new grants have just been funded under the new guidelines.

Newswise: $2.6 million in grant funding to support research on genetic causes of blindness
Released: 18-Jun-2024 8:00 AM EDT
$2.6 million in grant funding to support research on genetic causes of blindness
Indiana University

Indiana University School of Medicine’s Yoshikazu Imanishi, PhD, was recently awarded a four-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Eye Institute and a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness to study genetic causes of blindness.

Newswise: HKIAS Senior Fellow Professor Sir John B. Pendry Receives the 2024 Kyoto Prize
Released: 18-Jun-2024 7:05 AM EDT
HKIAS Senior Fellow Professor Sir John B. Pendry Receives the 2024 Kyoto Prize
Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) is pleased to share that Professor Sir John Pendry, our HKIAS Senior Fellow and Professor of Theoretical Solid State Physics at Imperial College London, has been awarded the 2024 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his contribution to the Theoretical Construction of Metamaterials in Materials Science.

Newswise: Canadian researchers develop a painless patch for continuous smartphone monitoring of critical health data
Released: 18-Jun-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Canadian researchers develop a painless patch for continuous smartphone monitoring of critical health data
McMaster University

Researchers at two Ontario universities have developed a pain-free, wearable sensor that can continuously monitor levels of blood sugar, lactates and other critical health indicators for weeks at a time, sending results to a smartphone or other device.

Newswise: Paradigm shift in energy planning
Released: 18-Jun-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Paradigm shift in energy planning
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

To meet the complex requirements of future building and energy systems, Empa researcher Matthias Sulzer and Berkeley Lab researcher Michael Wetter are proposing a paradigm shift in planning of such systems: They call for a more automated and model-based planning process, as has long been common practice in the computer chip and automotive industries.

Released: 18-Jun-2024 5:00 AM EDT
The "Queen of the Night" does not whistle
University of Vienna

Opera singers have to use the extreme limits of their voice range. Many pedagogical and scientific sources suggest that the highest pitches reached in classical singing can only be produced with a so-called "whistle" voice register, in analogy to ultrasonic vocalizations of mice and rats.

   
Newswise: Confronting the Backlash Against QALYs: 
Key Insights From Leading Health Economists
Released: 18-Jun-2024 4:05 AM EDT
Confronting the Backlash Against QALYs: Key Insights From Leading Health Economists
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

ISPOR announced the publication of a collection of papers that examine the long-standing debate surrounding the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and alternative measures in healthcare decision making.

Newswise: University of the Witwatersrand chooses Figshare to support its open data goals
Released: 18-Jun-2024 4:00 AM EDT
University of the Witwatersrand chooses Figshare to support its open data goals
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

The University of the Witwatersrand Library has chosen Figshare to support its research community with archiving, publishing, sharing and promoting their datasets.

   
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Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 AM EDT
Laying the Foundation for Lunar Base Construction; Elucidating Lunar Soil-Microwave Interactions
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The research team led by Dr. Hyu-Soung, Shin at the Future & Smart Construction Research Division of the KICT is currently conducting a study on microwave-sintered lunar regolith simulant bricks. This research applies sintering techniques similar to firing ceramics, raising the temperature to create solid bricks.

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Newswise: Laying the Foundation for Lunar Base Construction; Elucidating Lunar Soil-Microwave Interactions
Released: 18-Jun-2024 12:00 AM EDT
Laying the Foundation for Lunar Base Construction; Elucidating Lunar Soil-Microwave Interactions
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The research team led by Dr. Hyu-Soung, Shin at the Future & Smart Construction Research Division of the KICT is currently conducting a study on microwave-sintered lunar regolith simulant bricks. This research applies sintering techniques similar to firing ceramics, raising the temperature to create solid bricks.

Newswise: Weight loss: Go nuts or go home
Released: 17-Jun-2024 11:05 PM EDT
Weight loss: Go nuts or go home
University of South Australia

New research from the University of South Australia shows that including nuts in calorie-controlled weight loss diets does not hinder weight loss, and instead may have the opposite effect.

Newswise: Cyberbullying and sexual harassment rampant in esports
Released: 17-Jun-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Cyberbullying and sexual harassment rampant in esports
University of South Australia

It’s one of the fastest growing industries globally, raking in millions for the best players and attracting a huge fanbase, but a new Australian study has revealed the dark side of professional video gaming: cyberbullying and sexual harassment.



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