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Turning the tide: Ghana's innovative approach to tackle marine plastic pollution with citizen science
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Working with IIASA researchers, Ghana has adopted a citizen science approach to addressing the problem of plastic pollution in marine environments.

Newswise: Sylvester study shows that new protocols enable many patients to safely return home just one day after lung cancer surgery
Release date: 18-Sep-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Sylvester study shows that new protocols enable many patients to safely return home just one day after lung cancer surgery
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Thoracic surgeons and researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center found that increasing numbers of patients undergoing cancer-removal lung surgery by “anatomic lung resections” are able to go home safely and without complications one day after the operation, thanks to growing rates of robot-assisted surgeries and improvements in patient-centered care protocols.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life
Stanford University

The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.

Newswise: An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes
Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themselves frequent insulin injections.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Cell therapy can reduce risk of death from COVID-19 by 60%, study shows
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

The use of cell therapy to treat COVID-19 patients can reduce the risk of death from the disease by 60%, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with colleagues in Germany and the United States.

Newswise: The pace of climate-driven extinction is accelerating, a UArizona-led study shows
Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
The pace of climate-driven extinction is accelerating, a UArizona-led study shows
University of Arizona

Climate change is causing extinctions at an increasing rate, a new study by the University of Arizona researchers shows. They surveyed populations of the Yarrow's spiny lizard in 18 mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and analyzed the rate of climate-related extinction over time.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Power meals: Child care-provided meals are associated with improved child and family health
Elsevier

Very young children who attend child care and receive onsite meals and snacks were more likely to be food secure and in good health.

Newswise: Genomes of enigmatic tusk shells provide new insights into early Molluscan evolution
Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Genomes of enigmatic tusk shells provide new insights into early Molluscan evolution
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Accurate phylogenetic trees are fundamental to evolutionary and comparative biology, but the almost simultaneous emergence of major animal phyla and diverse body plans during the Cambrian Explosion poses major challenges to reconstructing deep metazoan phylogenetic relationships.

Newswise: The missing link to make easy protein sequencing possible?
Released: 18-Sep-2023 5:00 PM EDT
The missing link to make easy protein sequencing possible?
University of Groningen

There has been a real race among scientists to create a technology that enables easy protein sequencing. Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia of the University of Groningen has now found the missing piece in the puzzle: a way to transport a protein through a nanopore, which allows sequencing of proteins in a simple, handheld device.

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Newswise: New blood test for noncoding RNA significantly improves cancer detection
Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
New blood test for noncoding RNA significantly improves cancer detection
University of California, Santa Cruz

Cancer is most treatable in its early stages, so finding innovative and non-invasive methods to diagnose cancer early on is crucial for fighting the disease.

Release date: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
NREF Announces Recipients of 2023-24 Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Awards
Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF)

The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Foundation’s Research Fellowship Grants and Young Clinician Investigator Awards.

Newswise: Novel device combines nanopores with electronic signals for disease detection
Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Novel device combines nanopores with electronic signals for disease detection
University of California, Santa Cruz

In living organisms, cells have a very high capacity to process and communicate information by moving molecules or ions through tiny channels that span the cell membrane.

   
Newswise: Perovskite Stability and Solar Conversion Performance Improve in Materials with Less Bromide Migration
Release date: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Perovskite Stability and Solar Conversion Performance Improve in Materials with Less Bromide Migration
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists are interested in improving the stability of mixed halide-perovskites as the basis for less expensive solar cells. Current methods of making these materials produce structural defects due to rapid and unequal crystallization when the material forms. Researchers have now reported a new way to make perovskites that have fewer defects and improved stability.

Newswise: Nebraska researchers converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents
Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Nebraska researchers converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Nebraska researchers are converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents that could help prevent pathogenic infections and death while significantly lowering the cost of antimicrobial treatments and being a boon to the bioeconomy.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded eureka-baby-groundbreaking-study-uncovers-origin-of-conscious-awareness
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Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Eureka Baby! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of ‘Conscious Awareness’
Florida Atlantic University

Fundamental questions of agency – acting with purpose – have perplexed some of the greatest minds in history including Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Now, human babies provide groundbreaking insight into the origins of agency.

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Released: 18-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Promising Gene-Based Approaches to Repair Lethal Lung Injury in the Elderly from COVID-19, Pneumonia, Flu, Sepsis
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Discovery from the lab of Youyang Zhao, PhD, from Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago offers promising treatment approaches for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the elderly that can be caused by severe COVID-19, pneumonia, flu or sepsis.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Firearm Violence Exposure in Black and American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Linked to Poorer Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Indirect and direct exposure to firearm violence is harmful to mental and physical health, according to a Rutgers study

Newswise: Buried Ancient Roman Glass Formed Substance with Modern Applications
15-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Buried Ancient Roman Glass Formed Substance with Modern Applications
Tufts University

Researchers discover how molecules in ancient glass rearrange and recombine with minerals over centuries to form a patina of photonic crystals – ordered arrangements of atoms that filter and reflect light in very specific ways - an analog of materials used in communications, lasers and solar cells

Newswise: Sylvester study shows how thoracic surgeons who treat lung cancer are helping to reduce patients’ risk of opioid dependence
Released: 18-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Sylvester study shows how thoracic surgeons who treat lung cancer are helping to reduce patients’ risk of opioid dependence
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center found that robot-assisted surgeries and new patient-care protocols are enabling lung cancer surgery patients to go home earlier, with less pain and almost always without a need for potentially addictive opioids.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Cheaper, Abundant Recycled Plastics Can Be Sound Ingredients for Plastic Bottles, Food Packaging
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Performance studies of recycled plastics with polypropylene yield strong findings, suggesting sustainable efficiencies for beverage bottles and food packaging.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Monell Center Team Discovers Markers that Can Predict How Children Will Tolerate Sweetened Medicine
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A multidisciplinary research group specializing in pediatrics, genetics, and psychophysics, co-led by the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has identified wide variation in the sensory perception of a pediatric formulation of ibuprofen — some that were tied to genetic ancestry, and some that were not.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Incarceration rates, falling in every US state, drive significant shifts in risk of prison for marginalized groups
University of Wisconsin–Madison

The risk of incarceration for Black men in the United States was cut nearly in half between 1999 and 2019, according to a new study that assesses the impact of falling rates of imprisonment in each of the 50 states.

Newswise: Wistar Researchers Discover Possible New Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 
Released: 18-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Wistar Researchers Discover Possible New Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 
Wistar Institute

Zachary Schug, Ph.D., assistant professor at The Wistar Institute, has published a new paper in the journal Nature Cancer demonstrating a double-acting mechanism for fighting a particularly aggressive, difficult-to-treat form of breast cancer.

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Newswise: Substance Abuse in Pregnancy Doubles Cardiovascular Risk
Released: 18-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Substance Abuse in Pregnancy Doubles Cardiovascular Risk
Cedars-Sinai

Pregnant women with a history of substance abuse face a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth when compared with women without history of substance abuse, a new Smidt Heart Institute study shows.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Personalized combination treatment turns on an immunometabolic switch to effectively control an aggressive form of prostate cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center established “proof-of-concept” for a new treatment approach that was able to effectively treat the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer.

Newswise: UTSW study challenges classic tenet of memory research
Released: 18-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
UTSW study challenges classic tenet of memory research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Connections among one set of activated neurons in rat brains grew stronger while memories were being formed, but those in another weakened, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers discovered.

Newswise: Research identifies new potential hurdle for nano-based therapies
17-Sep-2023 8:00 PM EDT
Research identifies new potential hurdle for nano-based therapies
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that certain nano-based cancer therapies may be less effective in younger patients, highlighting the need for further investigation into the impact of aging on the body’s ability to respond to treatment.

Newswise: Artificial intelligence software improves endovascular thrombectomy treatment times for stroke patients
14-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Artificial intelligence software improves endovascular thrombectomy treatment times for stroke patients
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The implementation of artificial intelligence-powered large vessel occlusion (LVO) detection software for acute stroke triage can improve endovascular thrombectomy treatment times, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
College of Medicine researchers discover learning and memory deficits after ingestion of aspartame
Florida State University

Ongoing work by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers into how aspartame affects the brain has linked the artificial sweetener with learning and memory deficits in mice.

Newswise: Employee surveys may miss out on uncovering toxic leadership practices
Released: 18-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Employee surveys may miss out on uncovering toxic leadership practices
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Standardized and overly simplistic questionnaires are only scratching the surface of what employees think of their leaders, according to new research from the School of Management at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and negative behavior may be slipping through the cracks.

Newswise: More Studies Needed to Understand True Impact of Microbiota on Cancer Development, Treatment
Released: 18-Sep-2023 10:00 AM EDT
More Studies Needed to Understand True Impact of Microbiota on Cancer Development, Treatment
Johns Hopkins Medicine

How microbiota — microbes that live on human surfaces — impact cancer development and therapy has become an expansive area of research.

15-Sep-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Young Adults’ Simultaneous Use of Alcohol and Marijuana Linked to More Drinking, More Negative Alcohol Consequences, and More Hours High
Research Society on Alcoholism

Up to one in four young adults use alcohol and marijuana simultaneously (i.e., use at the same time with overlapping effects), a behavior linked to a greater risk of adverse consequences. Given the expanding legalization of non-medical marijuana use, there is an urgent need to better understand the effects of simultaneous use and who is most vulnerable to adverse outcomes.

     
Newswise: What the French Revolution Can Teach Us About Inflation
Released: 18-Sep-2023 9:25 AM EDT
What the French Revolution Can Teach Us About Inflation
University of Texas at El Paso

Study finds that politics, public expectations fuel hyperinflation

Released: 18-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Research analyzes relationship between agriculture, emergence of new diseases
Indiana University

Researchers propose a new way of understanding how diseases spread between animals and humans, by focusing on the effect that agriculture, ecological and sociopolitical factors have on disease emergence and transmission.

   
15-Sep-2023 4:40 PM EDT
Study: Admissions Policies that Consider Grades and Test Scores in Context of Available Opportunities Are Linked to College Success
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Indicators of high school grades and standardized test scores that take into account the levels of school, neighborhood, and family resources available to students are strongly associated with those students’ success in college, according to new research published today.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Accounting Transparency Effort Tied to Decreased Funding for Innovation
North Carolina State University

Two studies find that regulations aimed at improving the transparency of corporate accounting practices appear to have driven down the amount of money companies spent on innovation, capital improvements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 8:05 AM EDT
56 million Americans unknowingly exposed to secondhand smoke
University of Florida

Blood tests reveal that millions of Americans are exposed to tobacco smoke without knowing it.

Newswise: KICT Develops Road Pothole Filtering Program based on AI
Released: 18-Sep-2023 8:00 AM EDT
KICT Develops Road Pothole Filtering Program based on AI
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a 'Road Pothole Filtering Program' to establish an emergency road restoration system for frequent pothole occurrences.

14-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Study Shows Nearly 300% Increase in ADHD Medication Errors
Nationwide Children's Hospital

In a new study, published in Pediatrics, researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital investigated the characteristics and trends of out-of-hospital ADHD medication errors among people younger than 20 years old reported to U.S. poison centers from 2000 through 2021.

Newswise: RUDN University Economist Told AI and Big Data Could Save O&G Companies from Crises
Release date: 18-Sep-2023 7:05 AM EDT
RUDN University Economist Told AI and Big Data Could Save O&G Companies from Crises
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

RUDN University economist and colleagues analyzed data from the largest oil and gas companies in Russia during the economic crises of 2020 and 2022 and proposed an algorithm that would increase the sustainability of the industry.

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Newswise: New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens
18-Sep-2023 1:00 AM EDT
New gut microbe produces smelly toxic gas but protects against pathogens
University of Vienna

An international team of scientists led by microbiologist Alexander Loy from the University of Vienna has discovered a new intestinal microbe that feeds exclusively on taurine and produces the foul-smelling gas hydrogen sulfide.

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Newswise: National Poll: 2 in 3 parents say kids have experienced poor or unhealthy air quality
13-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
National Poll: 2 in 3 parents say kids have experienced poor or unhealthy air quality
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

As smoke from Canada's historic wildfires triggers poor air quality alerts across the country, many parents worry about the impact on their child’s health, a new national poll suggests.

Newswise: Devastating causes of childhood dementia revealed
Released: 18-Sep-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Devastating causes of childhood dementia revealed
University of Adelaide

It is a heartbreaking condition that robs children of their ability to walk, talk and recognise their loved ones and now the latest research has revealed the true impact of childhood dementia globally.

Newswise: New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
Released: 18-Sep-2023 12:05 AM EDT
New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
University of Adelaide

A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter.

Newswise: MXene, a dream new material, paves the way for mass production
Released: 18-Sep-2023 12:00 AM EDT
MXene, a dream new material, paves the way for mass production
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The research team led by Seung-Cheol Lee, director of the Indo-Korea Science and Technology Center(IKST) at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST), has developed a method to predict the distribution of molecules on the surface using the magnetoresistance property of MXene.



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