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Released: 9-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
Press passes now available for Discover BMB to be held March 23–26
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Complimentary press passes are now available for Discover BMB, the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Join us March 23–26 in San Antonio to experience an engaging agenda showcasing the newest developments and current trends in the field.

Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:15 AM EST
Researchers developing AI to make the internet more accessible
Ohio State University

In an effort to make the internet more accessible for people with disabilities, researchers at The Ohio State University have begun developing an artificial intelligence agent that could complete complex tasks on any website using simple language commands.

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Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Brookhaven Lab Sets Sights on Particle Physics Goals
Brookhaven National Laboratory

As the particle physics community releases its strategic plan for the next 10 years and overall vision for the next 20, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have started planning how the Lab is positioned to contribute to a range of the plan’s science goals, new experiments, proposed research facilities, and ongoing projects.

Newswise: Using Chatbots to Advance Spanish-Speaking Patient Outreach
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Using Chatbots to Advance Spanish-Speaking Patient Outreach
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute, Kimberly Kaphingst, director of cancer communication research, and her team are exploring a new way to teach people about genetic testing options.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
DOE User Facility Offering Four Proposal Call Opportunities
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy user facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is accepting research proposals for four open calls.

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Released: 8-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
"Heart-in-a-Box" Technology Expands Access to Organs for Transplant
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine recently completed its first transplant using TransMedics Organ Care System™ (OCS™), commonly referred to as "Heart-in-a-Box."

Newswise: Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Released: 8-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Out with the old and in with a hopeful new year for patient who played guitar during ‘awake’ brain tumor surgery
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Christian Nolen usually plays guitar on stage, but the professional guitarist recently underwent an open craniotomy and played notes from Deftones songs while a neurosurgical team worked to remove a tumor (glioma) from his brain. B-roll is available.

   
Newswise: Water Beads’ Hidden Dangers
Released: 8-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Water Beads’ Hidden Dangers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers Poison Control expert discusses the health risks posed to children from this popular toy, which lawmakers are seeking to ban

Newswise: Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Released: 8-Jan-2024 11:25 AM EST
Cathode innovation makes sodium-ion battery an attractive option for electric vehicles
Argonne National Laboratory

As most shoppers looking for a new vehicle know, electric vehicles typically carry a relatively hefty price tag. A primary contributor to this expense are the lithium-ion batteries that power the vehicle. Significantly reducing that cost would bring us closer to transportation solutions that are eco- and wallet-friendly. Researchers at the U.

Newswise: Baths, books and sex: Survey explores Americans’ regular bedtime routines
Released: 8-Jan-2024 10:45 AM EST
Baths, books and sex: Survey explores Americans’ regular bedtime routines
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

How does America sleep? An American Academy of Sleep Medicine survey found that noise and lights disrupt the sleep of more than one-third of Americans, more than half of people sleep with a fan, and a quarter consider sex a part of their regular bedtime routine.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
تظهر الأبحاث السريرية أن سَمَّاعَة الطبيب الرقمية المدعمة بالذكاء الاصطناعي يمكنها اكتشاف أمراض القلب المرتبطة بالحَمْل
Mayo Clinic

يشير بحث جديد من مايو كلينك أن الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) يمكن أن يحسن تشخيص اعْتِلاَل عَضَلَة القَلْب في الفَتْرَةِ المُحيطَةِ بالوِلاَدَة، وهي حالة يمكن أن تهدد الحياة ويمكن علاجها حيث تضعف عضلة القلب لدى النساء أثناء الحمل أو في الأشهر التي تلي الولادة.

   
Released: 8-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Pesquisa médica mostra que estetoscópio digital que funciona com IA pode detectar doenças cardíacas relacionadas à gravidez
Mayo Clinic

Uma nova pesquisa da Mayo Clinic sugere que a inteligência artificial (IA) pode melhorar o diagnóstico de cardiomiopatia periparto, uma doença potencialmente fatal e tratável que enfraquece o músculo cardíaco das mulheres durante a gravidez ou nos meses após o parto.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
La investigación clínica muestra que un estetoscopio digital impulsado por IA puede detectar enfermedades cardíacas relacionadas con el embarazo
Mayo Clinic

Una nueva investigación de Mayo Clinic sugiere que la inteligencia artificial (IA) podría mejorar el diagnóstico de la miocardiopatía del periparto, una afección tratable y potencialmente mortal que debilita el músculo cardíaco durante el embarazo o en los meses posteriores al parto.

Newswise: Cultivating Prosperity in South Dallas Through Innovative Urban Farming
Released: 8-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
Cultivating Prosperity in South Dallas Through Innovative Urban Farming
Southern Methodist University

When you hear about urban farming, SMU faculty members Doric Earle and Owen Lynch want your next thought to be about entrepreneurship.

Newswise: UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute First in World to Implant Penditure Clip Using Minimally Invasive Approach
Released: 8-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute First in World to Implant Penditure Clip Using Minimally Invasive Approach
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute recently became the first center in the world to implant Medtronic’s Penditure™ Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion System through a minimally invasive approach during a mitral valve repair procedure.

Newswise: Research explores how children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder can build vocabulary
Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Research explores how children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder can build vocabulary
Binghamton University, State University of New York

NIH-funded research at Binghamton University, State University of New York explores how children with dyslexia and developmental language disorder can build their vocabulary.

Newswise: A new RADx® Tech fellowship helps underrepresented innovators advance their technology
Released: 8-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
A new RADx® Tech fellowship helps underrepresented innovators advance their technology
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A new RADx Tech fellowship aims to increase diversity among biotechnology innovators. Fellows who recently completed the six-month program share their perspectives on how the fellowship helped them advance their technologies.

   
Released: 8-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Appalachia acutely suffers from opioid addiction and substance abuse disorders. An accredited online curriculum aids frontline prescribers in combating the crisis
The Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Foundation for Opioid Research and Education

A Philadelphia-based non-profit foundation is combating the opioid addiction epidemic at the source by educating frontline allied health professionals on various aspects of the nation's opioid crisis, specifically in Pennsylvania and the Appalachian region.

Released: 8-Jan-2024 5:05 AM EST
One of the World’s Most Iconic Lowland Gorillas, Kingo, of the Republic of Congo, Has Died of Old Age
Wildlife Conservation Society

One of the world’s most iconic lowland gorillas, Kingo, who was featured in international news media and inspired three decades of conservation, was found dead on Dec. 26, 2023.

Newswise: Blood flow changes in the eyes could influence visual symptoms of migraines
Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Blood flow changes in the eyes could influence visual symptoms of migraines
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Differences in blood flow in the retina could explain why some migraine patients experience visual symptoms while others do not, according to UCLA study.

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Released: 5-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Rise of the Tripledemic
Cedars-Sinai

As the new year kicks into full swing, so has a trio of respiratory viruses, creating a so-called tripledemic.

Newswise: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Clinic Aims to Bring Relief to People Facing Existential Distress
Released: 5-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Clinic Aims to Bring Relief to People Facing Existential Distress
University of Utah Health

People diagnosed with advanced cancer can face intense existential distress.

Released: 5-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
A day in the life of a mountaintop telescope builder
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Margaux Lopez is one of a team of engineers preparing the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile for the arrival of the largest digital camera ever built for astrophysics and cosmology.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Check Your Carbon Monoxide Detectors Ahead of Winter Weather
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Poison Control Experts give safety tips ahead of winter storm.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Could we have psi abilities if our brains didn't inhibit them?
BIAL Foundation

Research tests a novel neurobiological model of how the brain acts as a psi (e.g. telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, or mind-matter interactions) inhibitor and concludes that the frontal lobes of the brain act as a filter to inhibit humans' innate psi abilities.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Conflict in full swing: Forest bats avoid large areas around fast-moving wind turbines
Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.

Not only do many bats die at wind turbines, the turbines also displace some species from their habitats over large areas.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
مصادر مفاجئة للسكر المضاف
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا —  إن السكر المضاف للأطعمة ليس مجرد سعرات حرارية مضافة، بل يمكن أن يكون له تأثيرات سامة مباشرة أيضًا، مثل تسوس الأسنان، وحتى خطر التعرض لأمراض القلب. من المهم تقليل كمية السكر المضاف في نظامك الغذائي. إلا إنك قد لا تدرك كمية السكر المضاف التي تستهلكه. وهذا لأن بعض الأطعمة التي لا تثير الريبة وتعتقد أنها صحية تحتوي على سكر مضاف.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Sorprendentes fuentes de azúcar agregada
Mayo Clinic

El azúcar agregada en los alimentos no solo añade calorías adicionales, sino que también puede tener efectos tóxicos directos, como la caries dentaria e incluso el riesgo de desarrollar una enfermedad cardíaca.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Fontes surpreendentes de açúcar adicionado
Mayo Clinic

O açúcar adicionado nos alimentos não só acrescenta calorias extras mas também pode ter efeitos tóxicos diretos, como cáries dentais e até o risco de doença cardíaca. Minimizar a quantidade de açúcar adicionado na dieta é algo muito importante.

Newswise: Removing the Penicillin Allergic Label: Researchers Introduce PADME
Released: 4-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Removing the Penicillin Allergic Label: Researchers Introduce PADME
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Doctors at the UNC School of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s collaborate to develop an innovative, patient-initiated online platform designed to remove the penicillin allergy label from misdiagnosed pediatric patients.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Even far below freezing, ice’s surface begins melting as temperatures rise
Argonne National Laboratory

An imaging method for sensitive materials conducted at Argonne National Laboratory reveals previously unseen changes in ice even when the temperatures are well below zero degrees Celsius.

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Released: 4-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
NASA's Hubble Observes Exoplanet Atmosphere Changing Over 3 Years
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

An illustration depicting the exoplanet WASP 121-b. By combining several years of Hubble observations with computer modelling, astronomers have found evidence for massive cyclones swirling on the hellish planet, that are repeatedly created and destroyed due to the large temperature difference between the daytime and nighttime sides of the planet.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Little (a), Big Risk: G3 Therapeutics Sets Out to Unravel Lp(a)-Driven Cardiovascular Disease (Lipoprotein(a)-Driven Cardiovascular Disease)
G3 Therapeutics

G3 Therapeutics ("G3"), a global leader in the use of multiomic biological Big Data, has initiated a groundbreaking initiative to unravel the contribution of Lipoprotein(a) ["Lp(a)"] to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Newswise: Developing Frankenfrogs hold clues to the secrets of body plan formation
Released: 3-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Developing Frankenfrogs hold clues to the secrets of body plan formation
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

Scientists create ‘frogolotls’ - chimeric amphibians using surgical transplants - to see how competing cellular instructions create a unified organism

Newswise: Storytelling plants may help find human remains
Released: 3-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Storytelling plants may help find human remains
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jack Orebaugh, a forensic anthropology major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, used his internship at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to find better ways to search for lost and deceased people using cameras and drones.

Released: 3-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Inhaled statins show promise as effective asthma treatment
UC Davis Health

In an NIH-funded study, UC Davis pulmonology researchers are exploring whether delivering statins by inhalation can lead to better outcomes for people with asthma.

Released: 2-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Resolving To Exercise More In The New Year? Experts Say Ease Into It To Make It A Habit And Avoid Injury
Hackensack Meridian Health

Experts on potential for injury when starting new exercise routine surrounding the new year and resolutions.

Newswise: Maximizing exercise benefits to improve mental health
Released: 2-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Maximizing exercise benefits to improve mental health
Iowa State University

Researchers at Iowa State want to know whether different types and doses of exercise can improve mental health, either on their own or integrated into treatment plans. Two concurrent research projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health will help fill in the gaps.

   
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Released: 29-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
'The Human Element'
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Andrew Broadbent, an accomplished project manager at the at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, took on such a challenge earlier this year though DOE’s Project Leadership Institute (PLI) and emerged from the yearlong endeavor with his team victorious.

Newswise: Wildlife Conservation Society Releases Its 17 Favorite Animal Photos of 2023
Released: 29-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Wildlife Conservation Society Releases Its 17 Favorite Animal Photos of 2023
Wildlife Conservation Society

WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) released today its 17 favorite animal images of 2023 from its field work across the world and its zoos and aquarium in New York City

Newswise: New heat pump system being developed to dry, dehydrate food products
Released: 28-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST
New heat pump system being developed to dry, dehydrate food products
Texas A&M AgriLife

Scientists are looking for a more environmentally and economically friendly heat pump system to dry food and feed products ranging from grain for livestock to apple chips in the grocery store.

Newswise: Finding the ‘goldilocks’ zone or conditions in rice irrigation
Released: 28-Dec-2023 8:05 AM EST
Finding the ‘goldilocks’ zone or conditions in rice irrigation
Texas A&M AgriLife

Alternate wetting and drying, a rice irrigation practice dating back to the 1980s, is part of a broader Texas A&M AgriLife study investigating its potential to reduce water and fertilizer use.

Released: 27-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
أبرز تطورات الأبحاث في مايو كلينك في عام 2023
Mayo Clinic

يتوصل الباحثون في مايو كلينك إلى اكتشافات جديدة، ويطوِّرون أدوات وتقنيات هي الأولى من نوعها، ويحسِّنون باستمرار الأدوات والتقنيات الحالية بهدف تقديم الأفضل في مجال الرعاية الصحية. تُمثَل القصص العشرة التالية ملخصًا لبعض أهم التطورات البحثية الطبية في مايو كلينك خلال العام الماضي. تتراوح الاكتشافات من تسخير الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) لاكتشاف المرض مبكرًا إلى تطوير علاجات للأمراض النادرة والمعقدة.

Released: 27-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
A Mayo Clinic destaca os avanços em pesquisas em 2023
Mayo Clinic

Os pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic fazem novas descobertas, desenvolvem ferramentas e tecnologias inéditas, e constantemente aprimoram tudo o que já existe com o objetivo de oferecer o que há de melhor em termos de cuidados de saúde.

Released: 27-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
January Is Glaucoma Awareness Month
The Glaucoma Foundation

Here's a New Year's Resolution you won't regret: Make an appointment for a comprehensive eye examination. It could save your sight.

Released: 27-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Mayo Clinic destaca los avances en la investigación durante el 2023
Mayo Clinic

Los investigadores de Mayo Clinic hacen nuevos descubrimientos, desarrollan tecnologías y herramientas únicas en su clase y mejoran constantemente aquellas existentes para brindar el mejor servicio de atención médica.

Released: 27-Dec-2023 8:05 AM EST
Doctor's Tips To Make New Year Resolutions Stick
Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH

As we anticipate the ringing in of 2024, many of us will commit to healthy resolutions but will end up changing our tune before January is even over. In fact, some have dubbed the second Friday in January as ‘Quitters’ Day.’ Studies show that of the 41% of Americans who make a resolution, only about 9% keep them through the end of the year.

Newswise: December Research Highlights
Released: 26-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
December Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai for December 2023.

Newswise: Finding Hope, Meaning This Holiday Season
Released: 26-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Finding Hope, Meaning This Holiday Season
Cedars-Sinai

Wars abroad. Struggles at home, including record-setting inflation and political polarization. Although the holiday season can trigger a range of emotions, this year may feel especially challenging.

Newswise: Animal science student finds new passion working at swine center
Released: 25-Dec-2023 12:05 AM EST
Animal science student finds new passion working at swine center
Texas A&M AgriLife

What started with an eagerness for a hands-on learning experience in the Department of Animal Science in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ended with a new passion and opportunity for Carlie Rogers ’24, a first-generation college student from Diana.



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