Released: 16-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Supporting healthy habits
University of Georgia

School lunches have come a long way from square pizza and fish sticks, and students across the board are benefiting from improved nutritional standards in the cafeteria.

Newswise: Nurses Must Advocate Beyond the Bedside
Released: 16-Apr-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Nurses Must Advocate Beyond the Bedside
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

Nurse-legislator offers eight specific steps nurses can take to position themselves as confident advocates ready to engage in policy discussions and influence policymakers. The article is part of a symposium in AACN Advanced Critical Care about political engagement for nurses and advanced practice nurses.

Newswise: Creating an island paradise in a fusion reactor
Released: 16-Apr-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Creating an island paradise in a fusion reactor
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it can be used to generate electricity in a process known as fusion, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have shown how two old methods can be combined to provide greater flexibility.

Newswise: Genetic analysis of rare, often deadly cervical cancer uncovers potential treatments
Released: 16-Apr-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Genetic analysis of rare, often deadly cervical cancer uncovers potential treatments
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

For the study, which involved patients from across the world, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) analyzed the genetic landscape of 66 tumors, the largest series of cervical NET ever reported in scientific literature.

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MD Anderson and CureVac enter strategic collaboration to develop novel cancer vaccines
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson and CureVac today announced a co-development and licensing agreement to develop novel mRNA-based cancer vaccines.

Newswise: Polyploidy in vegetables: Unveiling genetic secrets for crop evolution and breeding success
Released: 16-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Polyploidy in vegetables: Unveiling genetic secrets for crop evolution and breeding success
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has elucidated the role of polyploidy in the evolution and breeding of vegetable crops, leveraging advanced sequencing technologies to dissect the genetic and epigenetic nuances of polyploids.

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Newswise: Unlocking the medicinal potential of Lotus BIAs: Advances in research for future drug development
Released: 16-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Unlocking the medicinal potential of Lotus BIAs: Advances in research for future drug development
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has made process in understanding benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), highlighting their presence in various tissues and their potential for novel drug development.

Newswise: Golden-Hour Water Use Efficiency: Pioneering Crop Productivity and Sustainability in the Face of Water Scarcity
Released: 16-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Golden-Hour Water Use Efficiency: Pioneering Crop Productivity and Sustainability in the Face of Water Scarcity
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has shed light on the early morning 'golden hours' as a pivotal time for achieving optimal water use efficiency (WUE) in crops, revealing that plants can maintain lower transpiration rates and higher photosynthetic activity under favorable light conditions and minimal vapor pressure deficit (VPD).

Newswise: Revolutionizing plant grafting: Unveiling the role of TOR signalling in enhancing graft success and crop vigor
Released: 16-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Revolutionizing plant grafting: Unveiling the role of TOR signalling in enhancing graft success and crop vigor
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team delves into the role of the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling pathway in plant grafting, emphasizing its role in regulating seedling vigor, graft junction healing, and shoot-to-root communications.

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Newswise: Deciphering the palette: Unveiling the genetic secrets of Rhododendron flower color diversity
Released: 16-Apr-2024 4:05 AM EDT
Deciphering the palette: Unveiling the genetic secrets of Rhododendron flower color diversity
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has made strides in uncovering the genetic foundations of flower color variation within the Rhododendron genus.

Newswise: Physicists explain—and eliminate—unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Released: 16-Apr-2024 3:25 AM EDT
Physicists explain—and eliminate—unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces
Aalto University

Aalto University researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic surfaces.

Newswise: Finally friendly fibers
Released: 16-Apr-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Finally friendly fibers
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Rain jackets, swimming trunks or upholstery fabrics: Textiles with water-repellent properties require chemical impregnation. Although fluorine-containing PFAS chemicals are effective, they are also harmful to human health and accumulate in the environment.

Newswise: Seed ferns: plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago
15-Apr-2024 5:00 AM EDT
Seed ferns: plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago
University of Vienna

According to a research team led by palaeontologists from the University of Vienna, the net-like leaf veining typical for today’s flowering plants developed much earlier than previously thought, but died out again several times.

Newswise: From ashes to adversity: Lessons from South Australia's business recovery amidst bushfires and pandemic
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
From ashes to adversity: Lessons from South Australia's business recovery amidst bushfires and pandemic
University of South Australia

New research has given insight into the resilience and recovery of businesses in two South Australian regions following a major bushfire event and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newswise: Unraveling the role of DlBGAL9 and AGL61/80 in Longan somatic embryogenesis and heat stress tolerance: A multi-omics approach
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the role of DlBGAL9 and AGL61/80 in Longan somatic embryogenesis and heat stress tolerance: A multi-omics approach
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has unveiled 20 β-galactosidase (BGAL) genes within the longan genome, highlighting their crucial roles in embryogenic development and heat stress adaptation.

Newswise: Decoding Pecan Pollination: A Dive into the Chloroplast Genome of 'Xinxuan-4' and Its Impact on Cultivar Diversity and Efficiency
Released: 15-Apr-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Decoding Pecan Pollination: A Dive into the Chloroplast Genome of 'Xinxuan-4' and Its Impact on Cultivar Diversity and Efficiency
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The chloroplast (cp) is critical for various biological functions in plants, such as photosynthesis and stress responses, with its genome offering simpler analysis and sequencing due to its size and reduced homologous influence.

Newswise: Unraveling the Unique Role of DELLA Proteins in Grapevine Flowering: A Shift in Developmental Fate
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the Unique Role of DELLA Proteins in Grapevine Flowering: A Shift in Developmental Fate
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The transition from vegetative to reproductive stages in plants involves both internal and external cues, with grapevines (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Pixie) presenting a unique case.

Newswise: Unlocking the secrets of fruit quality: How anthocyanins and acidity shape consumer preferences and market value
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Unlocking the secrets of fruit quality: How anthocyanins and acidity shape consumer preferences and market value
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team reviews the critical relationship between the accumulation of anthocyanins and organic acids in fruits, highlighting how these factors influence fruit color and consumer appeal through changes in vacuolar pH.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Citrus cultivation: The superior tolerance and growth vigor of 'Shuzhen No.1' rootstock
Released: 15-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Revolutionizing Citrus cultivation: The superior tolerance and growth vigor of 'Shuzhen No.1' rootstock
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The research unveils the superior tolerance of 'Shuzhen No.1', a novel Citrus junos rootstock, to flooding, alkaline, and freezing stresses over commonly used rootstocks. Grafted scions on 'Shuzhen No.1' exhibited enhanced growth and vigor, making it a promising candidate for future citrus cultivation.

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Newswise: Temperatures Are Off The Charts: World Is Experiencing Its Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event
Released: 15-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Temperatures Are Off The Charts: World Is Experiencing Its Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event
Wildlife Conservation Society

In March 2024, WCS trained 30 scientists from across the Coral Triangle in simple field methods to measure coral bleaching and identify climate resilient coral reefs.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Latino researchers converge at ASU to discuss everything from migration to gender
Arizona State University (ASU)

Researchers from all over the nation, including the Duke, Yale, Harvard, Notre Dame and Dartmouth, to name a few, will take part in this convergence of LatinX knowledge and entrepreneurship.

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Newswise: Farmer-friendly mental health support…what do farmers want?
Released: 15-Apr-2024 5:30 PM EDT
Farmer-friendly mental health support…what do farmers want?
University of South Australia

Finding out what farmers want in terms of mental health support is the focus of a new University of South Australia study, with researchers looking to establish who farmers turn to once they’ve exhausted their personal coping systems through family and friends.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
From Opioid Overdose to Treatment Initiation: Outcomes Associated with Peer Support in Emergency Departments
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health researchers publish largest study on outcomes associated with hospital-based peer support programs after opioid overdose

Newswise: PCOM South Georgia Research Day to feature CDC emergency response leader as keynote speaker
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
PCOM South Georgia Research Day to feature CDC emergency response leader as keynote speaker
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology will serve as the keynote speaker during PCOM South Georgia’s annual Research Day on Wednesday, May 8.

Newswise: Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, receives 2024 Tsukahara Memorial Award
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, receives 2024 Tsukahara Memorial Award
Yale School of Medicine

Yale School of Medicine immunobiologist Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, will receive the 2024 Nakaakira Tsukahara Memorial Award from the Brain Science Foundation of Japan.

Newswise: Database Supplies Recommended Key Properties for All Known Nuclei
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Database Supplies Recommended Key Properties for All Known Nuclei
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists know of more than 3,300 isotopes. Researchers have compiled experimental nuclear data for all known nuclei, including mass, quantum numbers, half-life, decay modes, and branching intensities.

Newswise: NIH awards $3.4M to Wayne State University to investigate biomarkers for better reproductive success
Released: 15-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
NIH awards $3.4M to Wayne State University to investigate biomarkers for better reproductive success
Wayne State University Division of Research

A new $3.4 million award to the Wayne State University School of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health aims to overcome the limitations of conventional semen analyses by examining mitochondrial DNA levels in sperm as a novel biomarker of sperm fitness.

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Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Professor Brian Connolly Comments on Survey That Finds Rare Bipartisan Agreement on Housing Issues Among U.S. Voters
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

April's Michigan Ross-Financial Times poll finds neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have a clear advantage on housing affordability.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UA Little Rock Receives $5 Million to Advance Cybersecurity Education and Innovation
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $5 million in federal funding aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the energy sector through education, workforce development, and innovation. The award comes from appropriations language authored by U.S. Sen. John Boozman passed into law in December 2022. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.

Released: 15-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Ochsner Health Receives 2024 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards
Ochsner Health

The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first organizations nationally and across 60 regional markets. Top Workplaces awards are based on feedback from a research-backed employee engagement survey.

Newswise: Oral Contraceptive Use May Reduce Muscle-Tendon Injuries
Released: 15-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Oral Contraceptive Use May Reduce Muscle-Tendon Injuries
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Women who take oral contraceptives may be significantly less likely to experience certain musculoskeletal injuries than women who do not take the drugs or men, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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When your workday is ruined before it begins
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

We know that being harassed at work affects an employee's performance, but what about being harassed during their commute? A researcher looks at the little-studied phenomenon of workers being harassed on their way into their workplace and how employers can support them.


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