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Understanding Cancer Patients with Malnutrition and Metabolic Dysfunction
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Cancer patients frequently experience metabolic dysfunction leading to severe weight loss correlating with a poor prognosis. Causes for this dysfunction include malnutrition and cachexia, a systemic inflammation affecting brain mechanisms regulating satiety and hunger.

Released: 17-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
CSUF Named Among The Wall Street Journal’s Top 15 US Colleges for Social Mobility
California State University, Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton is among the top colleges in the nation for social mobility, according to The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse’s 2025 Social Mobility ranking.

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16-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Juan Jimenez Named Blavatnik Regional Awards Finalist
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences have recognized chemical engineer Juan Jimenez as a Finalist in the 2024 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists. Jimenez’s catalysis science research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory opens doors for turning climate change-driving gases into industrially useful materials.

Released: 17-Sep-2024 7:30 AM EDT
Risk of Clots, Stroke From Incorrect Blood Thinner Dosing Reduced Using Online Dashboard
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Doctors and pharmacists treating people with blood thinners can reduce the rate of inappropriate dosing — as well as blood clots and strokes that can result from it — using an electronic patient management system, a study suggests. Direct oral anticoagulants can be incorrectly prescribed up to 20% of the time.

Newswise: Tufts Creates Cybersecurity Center for Public Good
Released: 17-Sep-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Tufts Creates Cybersecurity Center for Public Good
Tufts University

Tufts launches the Cybersecurity Center for the Public Good with a $2.6 million initial investment, dedicated to helping people achieve security and privacy in their online interactions, and making sure that laws and policies support and incentivize online security and privacy.

Newswise: Indiana University Selects Symplectic Elements as Faculty Activity Reporting System
Released: 17-Sep-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Indiana University Selects Symplectic Elements as Faculty Activity Reporting System
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Indiana University has selected Symplectic Elements as its new faculty activity management and reporting system.

       
Newswise: An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear Is a Striking Example of Convergent Evolution
Released: 17-Sep-2024 5:00 AM EDT
An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear Is a Striking Example of Convergent Evolution
University of Vienna

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by Nicole Grunstra from the University of Vienna and Anne Le Maître from the Konrad Lorenz Institute (KLI) for Evolution and Cognition Research (Klosterneuburg) showed that a group of highly divergent mammals known as Afrotheria and distantly related, but ecologically very similar mammals independently evolved similar inner ear shapes. The study has just been published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.

Newswise: Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
16-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Survey Shows 25% of Adults Consider Weight Loss Drug Use Without Prescription
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

A new national survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals 1 in 4 (25%) of 1,006 adults surveyed would consider using an injectable weight loss medication without consulting their doctor.

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US cut-flower cultivation, current - Maryn McKenna, Scientific American
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Newswise: How AI Can Help Stop the Spread of Misinformation
Released: 16-Sep-2024 9:05 PM EDT
How AI Can Help Stop the Spread of Misinformation
University of California San Diego

Machine learning algorithms significantly outperform human judgment in detecting lying during high-stakes strategic interactions, according to new research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management. The study can have major implications for the spread of misinformation, as machine learning could be used to bolster efforts to reduce fictitious content on major platforms like YouTube, Tik-Tok and Instagram.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Forbes Ranks CSUF Among America’s Top Colleges for 2024-25
California State University, Fullerton

Cal State Fullerton is featured in the Top 100 of Forbes’ 2025 America’s Top Colleges list. Forbes ranks CSUF as No. 20 in the West, No. 39 among public colleges and No. 74 among research universities on the list.

Newswise: Twin Studies Expert Nancy Segal to Speak at Fullerton Public Library on Oct. 17
Released: 16-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Twin Studies Expert Nancy Segal to Speak at Fullerton Public Library on Oct. 17
California State University, Fullerton

Nancy Segal, author, professor of psychology and director of the Twin Studies Center at Cal State Fullerton, is set to speak about twins, genetics, parenting, nature and nurture at the Fullerton Public Library's Conference Center on Oct. 17.

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Newswise: In Search of New Microscopy Tools to Observe How Cells Function
Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
In Search of New Microscopy Tools to Observe How Cells Function
University of Utah

Two labs at the University of Utah’s Department of Chemistry joined forces to improve imaging tools that may soon enable scientists to better observe signaling in functioning cells and other molecular-scale processes central to life.

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Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Turning Tape into Attire
University of Northern Colorado

Most people know the saying a ‘Band-Aid fix,’ a quick temporary aid to a problem not meant to be the solid solution. But what about a duck-tape triumph; a solution to a financial need that takes 161 hours to meet the goal and uses 80 roles of thick sticky tape to achieve?

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Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Fall Census Shows Growth in Enrollment, Diversity and Persistence
University of Northern Colorado

An increase in the number of new, first-time undergraduate and graduate students and record-setting retention and persistence rates highlight the start of the new academic year according to fall census numbers released by the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) on Sept. 10.

 
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Released: 16-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Breaking Down Barriers for Prospective Teachers: El Oso Center
University of Northern Colorado

The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) campus has always been a place where new ideas and best practices are honed, and El Oso Center for Innovative Educator Preparation (El Oso Center) is continuing that legacy.



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