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Released: 31-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
The Vandal Theory Podcast - Season 6, Episode 1: Adolfo Carmona — Latino Mental Health
University of Idaho

Meet Adolfo Carmona, a second-year medical student at Idaho WWAMI. Between his first and second year of medical school, Adolfo worked in Jerome, which has a large Latino population.

   
Released: 29-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
What Ohtani scandal means for his career, fans and team: U-M experts can comment
University of Michigan

University of Michigan experts are available to discuss the scandal involving Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohai Ohtani, the two-way sensation and two-time American League Most Valuable Player, and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who was fired for stealing $4.5 million from Ohtani's bank account to pay off gambling debts.

Newswise:Video Embedded clean-energy-one-community-at-a-time
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Released: 29-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Clean Energy, One Community at a Time
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are working to provide the technical assistance and expertise needed for communities to shape their clean energy future.

Newswise: FAU Experts Available to Discuss Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Released: 28-Mar-2024 4:30 PM EDT
FAU Experts Available to Discuss Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Florida Atlantic University

Experts from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science are available to discuss various aspects related to the upcoming solar eclipse.

Released: 28-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Hormones, Anxiety, Video Games, and DNA: Autism Research and Experts Available
Newswise

Hormones, Anxiety, Video Games, and DNA: Autism Research and Experts Available Recent articles and Expert Profiles on Autism for media covering Autism Awareness Month in April

   
Newswise: Open Letter: Farewell to Staff from the Outgoing Director of the DOE Office of Science
Released: 28-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Open Letter: Farewell to Staff from the Outgoing Director of the DOE Office of Science
Department of Energy, Office of Science

As I depart the Office of Science to return to my academic position, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the amazing things we’ve done together over the past two years.

Newswise: Q&A: How to train AI when you don't have enough data
Released: 28-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Q&A: How to train AI when you don't have enough data
University of Washington

As researchers explore potential applications for AI, they have found scenarios where AI could be really useful but there’s not enough data to accurately train the algorithms. Jenq-Neng Hwang, University of Washington professor of electrical and computer and engineering, specializes in these issues.

Newswise: DOE officials tour Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory
Released: 28-Mar-2024 11:45 AM EDT
DOE officials tour Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory
Argonne National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy officials received a behind the scenes look at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory in Lamont, Oklahoma.

Newswise: Epilepsy research and funding in low-resource countries: Ethical issues and steps toward equity
Released: 28-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Epilepsy research and funding in low-resource countries: Ethical issues and steps toward equity
International League Against Epilepsy

Less than 10% of funding for health research goes towards health in lower-resource countries, where 90% of preventable deaths occur. Epilepsy research faces similar challenges to research in other health conditions, but also some unique issues.

Newswise: Lexington Teenager, Future Doctor Flourishes Despite Rare Illness
Released: 28-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Lexington Teenager, Future Doctor Flourishes Despite Rare Illness
University of Kentucky

In many ways, Treasure Newton is your typical 17-year-old. She loves hanging out with her friends and family, trying new recipes and doing her makeup. But unlike most teens, she knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up.

Newswise: Nation's Ocean Observing Network Facing 76% Funding Cut
Released: 28-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Nation's Ocean Observing Network Facing 76% Funding Cut
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA)

The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 proposes funding regional ocean observing associations at $10 million — a 76 percent reduction in the budget for these critically important services.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Help your children experience the solar eclipse while protecting their vision
Released: 27-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
The Medical Minute: Help your children experience the solar eclipse while protecting their vision
Penn State Health

It’s a celestial anomaly that happens only once in a blue moon. A Penn State Health expert talks about the safest ways for you to witness the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8.

Released: 27-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Ask the expert: What to know about pivotal case on abortion pill
Michigan State University

The U.S. Supreme Court has now heard arguments on a key case involving access to abortions. Specifically, opponents are trying to hamper the use of a pill called mifepristone, a safe and effective pill accounting for about half of abortions in the United States.

Newswise: Critical Materials Assessment Tags Potential Supply Chain Bottlenecks
Released: 27-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Critical Materials Assessment Tags Potential Supply Chain Bottlenecks
Argonne National Laboratory

Global production of LED lights, wind turbine generators, EV batteries and more require critical materials that are in high demand. A new report, led by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory, assesses rare materials and their supply.

Released: 27-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF ranks in top five nationally for Military Friendly® Schools and Military Spouse Friendly® Schools
University of West Florida

UWF has been recognized with a 2024-2025 Top Ten Military Friendly School designation, ranking No. 5 in the large public category. The University was also designated as a Military Spouse Friendly® School in the large public school category.

Newswise: “I am able.” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference Organized by Chula Faculty of Education and People Go Network Forum
Released: 27-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
“I am able.” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference Organized by Chula Faculty of Education and People Go Network Forum
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with People Go Network Forum, organized the “I am able” Asian Congress for People with Special Needs Conference from February 22 to 25, 2024, at Umpai Sucharitkul meeting room, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University.

Released: 26-Mar-2024 7:05 PM EDT
MSU researchers create a new health equity evaluation tool for Genesee County and the city of Flint
Michigan State University

Community-based organizations, nonprofits, policymakers and local residents will benefit from the first Health Equity Report Card, or HERC, for Genesee County and the city of Flint.

Newswise: Media Registration for TCT 2024 Now Open
Released: 26-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Media Registration for TCT 2024 Now Open
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

Media registration is now open for TCT 2024 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

Newswise: UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places second in national competition
Released: 26-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
UWF’s student-managed Argo Bond Fund places second in national competition
University of West Florida

Congratulations to the student-managed Argo Bond Fund for placing second among the nation’s student-managed bond funds at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education’s Global Portfolio Competition!

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Released: 26-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Mckenna Grace: From Spine Surgery to the Red Carpet
Cedars-Sinai

Actress, singer and songwriter, Mckenna Grace, 17, is having a moment in the spotlight with the upcoming opening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Her path to the big screen, however, is not the typical Hollywood story.

Newswise: Uwf Team Wins First Place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Quiz Bowl
Released: 26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Uwf Team Wins First Place at 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Quiz Bowl
University of West Florida

Congratulations to the UWF undergraduate student team who won the first quiz bowl challenge at the 2024 Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting!

Newswise: Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today
25-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Vision Research Funding Partnership Event Takes Place Today
Research to Prevent Blindness

Leaders of organizations that fund vision research convene in Washington, D.C. to increase collaboration and maximize the impact of research funding for sight-threatening diseases.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A flight out of this world
University of Miami

A solar-powered aircraft being developed by a University of Miami aerospace engineer could fly on Mars to help answer questions about the red planet.

Newswise: Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Released: 25-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Shining a Light on Reversing Type 2 Diabetes This Diabetes Alert Day 2024
Hackensack Meridian Health

With diabetes increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, Diabetes Alert Day® is meant to be a one-day “wake-up call” to the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of understanding your risk. The sooner you know your risk, the sooner you can take steps to prevent or even learn to manage the disease

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
The Art of Controlling Epileptic Seizures
Cedars-Sinai

Artist Syril Strickler was 47 when she had her first epileptic seizure, waking up in the hospital after neighbors found her unconscious in the street. For 10 years, seizures every few weeks brought her life to a virtual standstill—until Cedars-Sinai physicians performed a surgery that gave Strickler her life back.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
Released: 25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health is the first in San Diego to implant the world’s first dual chamber, leadless pacemaker system to help treat abnormal heart rhythms.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Solar eclipse: experts share answers about science, safety, pet reactions
Virginia Tech

On Monday, April 8, much of the United States will have the opportunity to witness a partial or total eclipse.

Newswise: Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Department of Energy, Office of Science

As you gaze into the night sky, stars look like tiny, glowing pinpricks shining through the dark. But inside those stars, reactions occur that produce staggering amounts of energy. All stars – including our sun – produce energy through a powerful reaction called fusion.

Newswise: Chulalongkorn Students Host 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship
Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:55 AM EDT
Chulalongkorn Students Host 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship
Chulalongkorn University

The Chulalongkorn University Debating Society supervised by the Office of Student Affairs Chulalongkorn University hosted the 15th EU in Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debating Championship on January 27 – 30, 2024, at Chulalongkorn University Secondary Demonstration School.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Brookhaven Lab Staff Receive Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Radioisotope producers, groundwater protection professionals, and a fleet management leader at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are among recipients of Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for their accomplishments in 2023.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Putting a New Spin on 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide
Brookhaven National Laboratory

To unlock the complex structure and behavior of 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide, researchers used the Pair Distribution Function (PDF) beamline 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, to learn more about the material’s structure.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Eclipse folk tales show different relationships between people and the sun
Ohio State University

In preparation for this year’s eclipse on April 8, an Ohio State expert dug deep into folklore indexes to see what common motifs have been used to explain the phenomenon. A common one: the sun being consumed by a creature.

Newswise: Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Released: 22-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Department of Energy, Office of Science

With a delicate hand, Anna Karion slides a large, enclosed box back into its protective shelf. She’s standing on top of a hill that overlooks the Washington D.C. area. This box, a greenhouse gas (GHG) sensor, is connected to a tube that runs up a tall, metal tower that is constantly collecting air samples. Karion, a research scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is working to fine-tune GHG measuring instruments installed in a telecommunications tower.

Newswise: Molecules in action: Canan Karakaya peers into reactor design using computational modeling
Released: 22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Molecules in action: Canan Karakaya peers into reactor design using computational modeling
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Curiosity and enthusiasm for the beauty in every molecule inspire ORNL’s Canan Karakaya, who uses computational modeling to design, improve and scale up chemical reactors that make high-value chemicals & energy-dense fuels.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Experts explain how AI is supercharging innovation
Virginia Tech

Rapid moving advances in artificial intelligence have stirred controversy and debate, but they have all raised enticing prospects for supercharged technological innovation. Researchers at Virginia Tech who are exploring these frontiers can offer previews of the potential positive developments that could derive from AI.

Newswise: Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Neonatal seizures: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations: Dr. Ronit Pressler
International League Against Epilepsy

Seizures are different in newborns. Dr. Emma Carter speaks with Dr. Ronit Pressler about recent guidelines and recommendations for treating seizures in newborns and how they were established.

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Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
New AI Model Is a Leap for Autonomous Materials Science
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new AI model developed at PNNL can identify patterns in electron microscope images of materials without requiring human intervention, allowing for more accurate and consistent materials science.

Newswise: Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers scientists have put together a short film showing how biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers converge and brainstorm at every stage of the scientific effort to better understand the carbon cycle in the ocean.

Newswise: First Calibration Training at CAMS
Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:55 PM EDT
First Calibration Training at CAMS
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists from the Center for Aerosol Measurement Science (CAMS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory hosted the center's first calibration activities on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

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Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Endometriosis Awareness Month: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Cedars-Sinai

It is one of the most common and painful disorders, affecting more than 6 million women in the United States. Endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose and effectively treat. But Cedars-Sinai experts find patients can now benefit from minimally invasive procedures, medications and integrative medicine.

Newswise: Argonne Hosts See Yourself in Steam Event for Students From Groups Underrepresented in Stem
Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Argonne Hosts See Yourself in Steam Event for Students From Groups Underrepresented in Stem
Argonne National Laboratory

Students from groups underrepresented in STEM discover world-class science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics at Argonne through See Yourself in STEAM event.

Newswise: Argonne’s Ilke Arslan Named Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Released: 21-Mar-2024 10:15 AM EDT
Argonne’s Ilke Arslan Named Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Argonne National Laboratory

Ilke Arslan, the director of Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, has been inducted as a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America.

Released: 21-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Michigan is seeing a rise in measles: MSU experts can comment on related health issues
Michigan State University

Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an advisory to inform clinicians and public health officials of an increase in global and U.S. measles cases.

Newswise: Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
Released: 21-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Dr. Nima Sharifi Pens JAMA Commentary on Prostate Cancer Variant His Team Identified
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) Scientific Director Nima Sharifi, M.D., authored an invited commentary in JAMA Network Open related to a new Million Veteran Program study on the HSD3B1 genotype, an allele he helped discover more than 10 years ago.

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Released: 20-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
The Time Is Now for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Cedars-Sinai

From artificial intelligence (AI) and data integration to natural language processing and statistics, the Cedars-Sinai Department of Computational Biomedicine is utilizing the latest technological advances to find solutions to some of the most complex healthcare issues.

   
Newswise: The Medical Minute: Vitamin supplements versus a balanced diet? No contest
Released: 20-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
The Medical Minute: Vitamin supplements versus a balanced diet? No contest
Penn State Health

The use of vitamin supplements is on the rise in the U.S. But do they do any good? A Penn State Health expert talks about the benefits and pitfalls.

Newswise: Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Released: 20-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers at PNNL have developed a new technique to get a high-resolution look at how—and why—corrosion happens.

Newswise: Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow
Released: 20-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Health at 10: Addressing Health Inequities Today – and Tomorrow
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

As Rutgers' biomedical education, research and clinical care arm enters its second decade, new strategies are delivering healthier futures for New Jersey and beyond

Newswise: Spring has sprung and so have the turtles crossing roads
Released: 20-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Spring has sprung and so have the turtles crossing roads
Tufts University

Question and answer from an expert at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic on helping turtles cross roads during the spring.

Newswise: Starting Stem Earlier
Released: 20-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Starting Stem Earlier
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UNM Comprehensive Center is expanding a program aimed at encouraging young people to explore research as a career field. In addition to a first-ever middle school component, the program is adding more opportunities for high school and undergraduates to get real world lab and research experience.



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