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Released: 28-May-2020 9:35 AM EDT
Tech Contest Seeks to Bolster Energy-Efficient, Language-Based AI Applications
New York University

A technology consortium has launched an industry-wide competition to jump-start the development of more energy-efficient, language-based AI applications.

15-May-2020 8:15 AM EDT
New and Diverse Experiences Linked to Enhanced Happiness, New Study Shows
New York University

New and diverse experiences are linked to enhanced happiness, and this relationship is associated with greater correlation of brain activity, new research has found. The results reveal a previously unknown connection between our daily physical environments and our sense of well-being.

Released: 18-May-2020 7:55 AM EDT
NYU and IBM Research Takes Electrons for a Spin in Moving Toward More Efficient, Higher Density Data Storage
New York University

Researchers at New York University and IBM Research have demonstrated a new mechanism involving electron motion in magnetic materials that points to new ways to potentially enhance data storage.

15-May-2020 10:20 AM EDT
Global Cooling Event 4,200 Years Ago Spurred Rice’s Evolution, Spread Across Asia
New York University

A major global cooling event that occurred 4,200 years ago may have led to the evolution of new rice varieties and the spread of rice into both northern and southern Asia, an international team of researchers has found.

Released: 12-May-2020 1:35 PM EDT
New Discoveries on the Dead Sea Scrolls—Virtual International Conference to be Held May 17-20
New York University

“Dead Sea Scrolls in Recent Scholarship,” an international virtual conference featuring more than three dozen scholars who will share their new discoveries on the ancient religious manuscripts, will be held May 17 through May 20.

6-May-2020 3:35 PM EDT
How to Boost Plant Biomass: NYU Biologists Uncover Molecular Link Between Nutrient Availability and Plant Growth Rates
New York University

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), plant genomic scientists at New York University’s Center for Genomics & Systems Biology discovered the missing piece in the molecular link between a plant’s perception of the nitrogen dose in its environment and the dose-responsive changes in its biomass.

8-May-2020 8:20 AM EDT
Whose Tools are These? New Research Determines Our Species Created Earliest Modern Artifacts in Europe
New York University

Blade-like tools and animal tooth pendants previously discovered in Europe, and once thought to possibly be the work of Neanderthals, are in fact the creation of Homo sapiens, or modern humans, who emigrated from Africa, finds a new analysis by an international team of researchers.

Released: 6-May-2020 8:40 AM EDT
It’s Not Me—It’s You: We Believe We’re Less Likely than Others Are to Fall for Online Scams
New York University

We believe we are less likely than others are to fall for phishing scams, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk, a new cybersecurity study has found.

   
Released: 5-May-2020 8:05 AM EDT
Positive Health Beliefs May Reduce Blood Pressure Post-Stroke, Especially Among Women
New York University

having another stroke—is linked to lower blood pressure among stroke survivors, especially women.

Released: 5-May-2020 7:05 AM EDT
Scientists Take Steps to Create a “Racetrack Memory,” Potentially Enhancing Digital Data Storage
New York University

A team of scientists has taken steps to create a new form of digital data storage, a “Racetrack Memory,” which opens the possibility to both bolster computer power and lead to the creation of smaller, faster, and more energy efficient computer memory technologies.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 4:05 PM EDT
Children Who Have Difficult Relationships with Their Mothers are Clingy Towards Their Early Teachers
New York University

Children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds researchers at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The research, published in peer-reviewed academic research journal Attachment and Human Behavior, went even further to find that later in elementary school, these children were prone to being anxious, withdrawn, and overly shy.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 11:50 AM EDT
What is “Public Space” in a Time of Social Distancing? A Discussion on Civic Engagement in an Online World—May 5
New York University

What is “public space” in a time of social distancing? A panel of entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, and researchers will consider this and other aspects of online civic engagement in a web discussion on Tues., May 5, 5 p.m.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 11:35 AM EDT
Peer-Support Specialist Role Helpful to Formerly Incarcerated Who Have Mental Illness: Study
New York University

As growing numbers of prisoners are released early from houses of detention during a pandemic, working as a peer support specialist appears to hold promise for individuals who have personal experience with incarceration and mental illness.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 11:25 AM EDT
Study Explores whether 'Participatory Budgeting' has Become a Patronage Mechanism in NYC
New York University

New York City implemented Participatory Budgeting in 2011, following Brazil's lead. But the effort to bring marginalized citizens into the budget decision-making process has the potential to backfire.

Released: 30-Apr-2020 9:45 AM EDT
Researchers Offer Ways to Address Life Under COVID-19
New York University

An international team of researchers has outlined ways to manage different facets of life under the spread of the COVID-19 virus, ranging from how we can combat racially driven bias and fake news to how we can increase cooperation and better manage stress.

27-Apr-2020 9:00 AM EDT
With the Involvement of Parents and Healthcare Providers, Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behavior Is Sharply Reduced in Randomized Clinical Trial
New York University

Risk behaviors that lead to sexually transmitted disease infection or unwanted pregnancy were cut dramatically, says Prof. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos of New York University.

20-Apr-2020 8:40 AM EDT
Children Who Hold “Benevolent” Sexist Views are Also Likely to Possess “Hostile” Ones
New York University

Children who hold seemingly positive, “benevolent” views about women are also likely to hold negative ones, a team of psychology researchers has found. Their results also show differences between boys and girls in how these views change over time.

16-Apr-2020 3:15 PM EDT
Researchers Use Electrostatic Charge to Assemble Particles into Materials Mimicking Gemstones and Salt Crystals
New York University

Using just electrostatic charge, common microparticles can spontaneously organize themselves into highly ordered crystalline materials—the equivalent of table salt or opals, according to a new study led by New York University chemists and published in Nature.

Released: 20-Apr-2020 2:10 PM EDT
Study Provides a Fresh Look at Mental Health Preparedness and Service Use Among Older Adolescents in Foster Care
New York University

Researchers interviewed hundreds of older adolescents in California shortly before their transition from the foster care system. Their use of mental health services is elevated, but not their sense that they feel prepared to manage their mental health.

20-Apr-2020 8:45 AM EDT
Undergraduate-Led Team Develops Low-Cost Ventilator Aimed at Assisting COVID-19 Patients with Varying Degrees of Lung Failure
New York University

A team of university students and engineers has developed a low-cost ventilator using off-the-shelf components that is designed to aid patients with varying degrees of lung failure.

14-Apr-2020 2:50 PM EDT
Children’s Fruit Drinks Need Clearer Labels, Finds NYU Study
New York University

The labels of drinks marketed to kids do not help parents and other consumers differentiate among fruit juice and sugar-laden, artificially flavored drinks.

Released: 16-Apr-2020 9:30 AM EDT
NYU Dentistry Awarded $2.2 Million NIH Grant to Investigate How Oral Cancer Causes Pain
New York University

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has awarded NYU College of Dentistry’s Yi Ye, PhD, a $2.2 million, five-year grant to study the role of Schwann cells, the most prevalent type of cell supporting neurons in the peripheral nervous system, in oral cancer progression and pain.

Released: 14-Apr-2020 6:25 PM EDT
NYU Marron Institute report recommends ways to release prisoners early amid COVID-19 outbreak
New York University

The challenge of successful reentry of releasees into communities can be overcome, but many actions are needed first, the report says.

   
13-Apr-2020 11:30 AM EDT
NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute Names Maria Danilova Winner of Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
New York University

NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute has named Maria Danilova, a journalist whose longform work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine and the Atlantic, the winner of its sixth Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award.

3-Apr-2020 1:10 PM EDT
Can the Government Stick Warning Labels on Soda Bottles?
New York University

NYU's Jennifer Pomeranz says that existing warnings on other products should offer a roadmap for labeling sugary drinks—without violating the First Amendment.

   
3-Apr-2020 8:10 AM EDT
The Coronavirus and The Cities
New York University

New data mapping shows that the path of the pandemic in U.S. is predictable, with date of outbreak and population density cited as key factors.

     
30-Mar-2020 4:40 PM EDT
New Report Explores Fiscal Issues Related to NYC Teachers Retirement System
New York University

Report looks at New York City Teachers’ Retirement System, the second largest of New York City’s five major employee pension plans.

   
26-Mar-2020 6:35 PM EDT
Mandatory Building Energy Audits Alone Do Not Overcome Barriers to Energy Efficiency, NYU Researchers Conclude
New York University

The pioneering requirement may be insufficient to incentivize significant reductions in energy use by owners of residential and office buildings, according to the study.

     
30-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Experimental AI Tool Predicts Which Patients with Pandemic Virus Will Develop Serious Respiratory Disease
New York University

An artificial intelligence tool accurately predicted which patients newly infected with the COVID-19 virus would go on to develop severe respiratory disease, a new study has found.

   
20-Mar-2020 12:55 PM EDT
Teeth Serve as “Archive of Life,” New Research Finds
New York University

Teeth constitute a permanent and faithful biological archive of the entirety of the individual’s life, from tooth formation to death, a team of researchers has found. Its work provides new evidence of the impact that events, such as reproduction and imprisonment, have on an organism.

Released: 23-Mar-2020 8:20 AM EDT
Teacher Evaluations Weed Out Low-Performing Teachers in Urban Schools
New York University

New research by NYU Steinhardt Assistant Professor Luis A. Rodriguez finds that statewide K-12 teacher evaluation systems have proven to phase out lower performing teachers and retain more effective teachers for longer periods of time - particularly in urban districts and low-performing schools.

Released: 4-Mar-2020 2:55 PM EST
Canceled: Susan Choi, Terrance Hayes, and Cathy Park Hong Among Those Featured at NYU’s Creative Writing Program Events in March
New York University

These events have been canceled: The NYU Creative Writing Program’s Spring 2020 Reading Series continues in March with events featuring Susan Choi (March 12), Terrance Hayes (March 13), and Cathy Park Hong (March 26), among others.

Released: 2-Mar-2020 10:20 AM EST
Biologists Capture Fleeting Interactions Between Regulatory Proteins and Their Genome-wide Targets
New York University

New York University biologists captured highly transient interactions between transcription factors—proteins that control gene expression—and target genes in the genome and showed that these typically missed interactions have important practical implications. In a new study published in Nature Communications, the researchers developed a method to capture transient interactions of NLP7, a master transcription factor involved in nitrogen use in plants, revealing that the majority of a plant’s response to nitrogen is controlled by these short-lived regulatory interactions.

19-Feb-2020 1:10 PM EST
Vaping Changes Oral Microbiome, Increasing Risk for Infection
New York University

Using e-cigarettes alters the mouth’s microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms—and makes users more prone to inflammation and infection, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry.

Released: 25-Feb-2020 12:55 PM EST
How Many Tabs Do You Have Open Right Now? A Guide to (Potentially) Effective Multitasking
New York University

NYY's Emily Balcetis unpacks research she and others have conducted in vision science, cognitive research, and motivational psychology to offer an account of the habits and practices that successful people use to meet their goals.

19-Feb-2020 3:05 PM EST
Just as Tobacco Advertising Causes Teen Smoking, Exposure to Alcohol Ads Causes Teens to Drink
New York University

Exposure to alcohol advertising changes teens’ attitudes about alcohol and can cause them to start drinking, finds a new analysis led by NYU School of Global Public Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The study, which appears in a special supplement of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, uses a framework developed to show causality between tobacco advertising and youth smoking and applies it to alcohol advertising.

   
Released: 20-Feb-2020 12:05 PM EST
NYU’s Ulrich Baer Available for Comment on Jack London—Environmentalist, Self-Made Millionaire, and Socialist
New York University

New York University’s Ulrich Baer, who authored the afterword to the new edition of The Call of the Wild (Warbler Press), is available for comment on the legacy of Jack London.

18-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST
Study Reveals How Too Much Fluoride Causes Defects in Tooth Enamel
New York University

Exposing teeth to excessive fluoride alters calcium signaling, mitochondrial function, and gene expression in the cells forming tooth enamel—a novel explanation for how dental fluorosis, a condition caused by overexposure to fluoride during childhood, arises. The study, led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry, is published in Science Signaling.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 9:00 AM EST
Hospitals with Internationally Trained Nurses Have More Stable, Educated Nursing Workforces
New York University

Having more nurses trained outside of the United States working on a hospital unit does not hurt collaboration among healthcare professionals and may result in a more educated and stable nursing workforce, finds a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing published in the journal Nursing Economic$.

Released: 18-Feb-2020 9:00 AM EST
Oversight of Fishing Vessels Lacking, New Analysis Shows
New York University

Policies regulating fishing in international waters do not sufficiently protect officials who monitor illegal fishing, the prohibited dumping of equipment, or human trafficking or other human rights abuses, finds a new analysis by a team of environmental researchers.

17-Feb-2020 12:30 AM EST
Scientists Pioneer New Way to Study Exoplanets
New York University

A team of scientists using the Low Frequency Array radio telescope in the Netherlands has observed radio waves that carry the distinct signatures of aurorae, caused by the interaction between a star’s magnetic field and a planet in orbit around it.

Released: 12-Feb-2020 10:00 AM EST
Three NYU Faculty Win Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships
New York University

Three New York University faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Released: 11-Feb-2020 1:35 PM EST
When to Pull the Goalie? NYU Researcher Offers Risk-Based Analysis
New York University

New York University’s Aaron Brown, who has co-authored an analysis outlining optimal times for teams to pull their goalies when trailing in a game, is available for comment on this aspect of hockey strategy.

Released: 6-Feb-2020 8:55 AM EST
NYU Launches Alliance for Public Interest Technology
New York University

New York University has launched the Alliance for Public Interest Technology, a group of NYU faculty focused on the responsible and ethical creation, use, and governance of technology that will support new research, develop pipelines for diverse students doing public interest technology work, and build collaborations with academic and non-academic institutions.

Released: 5-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST
NYU Scientists Sequence the Genome of Basmati Rice
New York University

Using an innovative genome sequencing technology, researchers assembled the complete genetic blueprint of two basmati rice varieties, including one that is drought-tolerant and resistant to bacterial disease. The findings, published in Genome Biology, also show that basmati rice is a hybrid of two other rice groups.

Released: 5-Feb-2020 7:05 AM EST
Oslo Accords Diplomat Beilin on “Between Oslo and Trump: A Review of the Peace Process”—Feb. 11
New York University

NYU's Taub Center for Israel Studies will host Israeli diplomat Yossi Beilin for “Between Oslo and Trump: A Review of the Peace Process,” a public lecture, on Tues., Feb. 11.

Released: 3-Feb-2020 9:55 AM EST
“The Reckoning is Real”: On Slavery, the Church, and How Some 21st-Century Institutions Are (Finally) Starting to Talk About Reparations
New York University

Journalism professor and New York Times contributing writer Rachel L. Swarns sparks new conversations in the wake of her reporting and research on the Catholic Church and its ties to the American slave trade.



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