Connecting Research and Experts with Journalists

• share
• favorite_border

A cosmic question mark?

• share
• favorite_border

When voters leave

• share
• favorite_border

Wellesley team’s new research on anesthesia unlocks important clues about the nature of consciousness

• share
• favorite_border

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) show promise as a way to trap toxic molecules and mitigate their harmful effects. In this research, scientists studied how the structure of MOFs can be tuned to enhance and optimize trapping of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide.

• share
• favorite_border

It’s challenging to achieve significant curve correction during a spinal fusion “graduation” surgery for children with early onset scoliosis. Over the years, bone auto-fuses and stiffens around growing rods—making the spine tougher to straighten during this final procedure. Now, a new study from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has found that performing multiple osteotomies during graduation surgery can help enhance curve correction for these patients.

• share
• favorite_border

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are more than five times more likely to screen positive for suicide risk compared to cisgender females, who tend to screen positive at higher rates than cisgender males, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago published in the journal Academic Pediatrics. Suicide risk was identified in 78% of TGD youth who were screened in the Emergency Department (ED) from November 2019 to August 2022. One out of four TGD youth had active suicidal thoughts.

• share
• favorite_border

During every moment of any living organism’s life, enzymes are at work. These crucial proteins support life through most biological processes, including metabolism, movement, respiration, and digestion. “Enzymes’ effects in cells are part of normal physiology,” said Kathleen Mulvaney, assistant professor at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.

• share
• favorite_border

Argonne contributes to landmark research that could lead to better cathodes for longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.

• share
• favorite_border

Roughly 96% of union members voted Thursday to reject a proposed deal with the company that would have significantly boosted pay and benefits, but fell short of other union demands. ...

• share
• favorite_border

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those that have spread to the brain in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. Research led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.