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Newswise: MedicZero: Saving Lives by Transforming Bystander Emergency Response
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:55 AM EDT
MedicZero: Saving Lives by Transforming Bystander Emergency Response
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University alumni are leading a transformative movement in improving bystander emergency response times by equipping the public with life-saving skills through their nonprofit organization, MedicZero.

Newswise: Blue-Purple Magic Unlocked: Scutellaria Baicalensis Genome Holds Key to Flavonoid Biosynthesis
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
Blue-Purple Magic Unlocked: Scutellaria Baicalensis Genome Holds Key to Flavonoid Biosynthesis
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A pioneering study has completed the first gap-free genome assembly of Scutellaria baicalensis, a medicinal plant known for its potent therapeutic properties. The research decodes the genetic basis of anthocyanin production, which gives the plant its signature blue-purple flowers, as well as key flavonoid compounds.

Newswise: How Will Undecided Voters Affect the Presidential Election?
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
How Will Undecided Voters Affect the Presidential Election?
Tufts University

Undecided voters can be challenging to study since they typically make up such a small share of the electorate. Fortunately, the Cooperative Election Study (CES) has interviewed at least 60,000 Americans during each of the past several election cycles, giving us a sample of several thousand undecided voters in each election.

Newswise: City of Portland Names BRI 2024 Client of the Year
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
City of Portland Names BRI 2024 Client of the Year
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

BRI will have a display table with some of our science communications, book, and other materials.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Should You Try Apple’s Hearing Aid App? An Audiologist Weighs In
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Apple has marketed its AirPods Pro 2 as soon having “clinical-grade Hearing Aid capability.” To explain what Apple is offering, Devin McCaslin, Ph.D., director of U-M’s audiology program, answers our questions.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
When Media Attention Gets Hot, Companies Often Cut Back on Lobbying
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

When a product recall generates too much media coverage, companies reduce lobbying to avoid the reputation killing appearance of buying a more favorable outcome.

   
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Immigration and the Presidential Election
Tufts University

A discussion with two Tufts faculty members with expertise in the area to understand why immigration is an issue for the campaigns and voters, and what the implications might be for immigrants under a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris presidency.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Does Gut Microbiome Affect Spine Health?
RUSH

Are back problems influenced by your gut? Researchers at Rush think there may be a connection.

Newswise: Will Tropical Biodiversity Run Dry Under Climate Change? Two Visions for the Future
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Will Tropical Biodiversity Run Dry Under Climate Change? Two Visions for the Future
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Changing precipitation patterns in the Neotropics, one of Earth’s most biodiverse regions, could threaten two-thirds of the area’s bird species by the year 2100 if climate change goes unchecked, according to new research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and George Mason University. This would represent a dramatic loss, as the region is home to 30% of all bird species globally.

Newswise: Researchers Succeed in Taking 3D X-ray Images of a Skyrmion
Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Researchers Succeed in Taking 3D X-ray Images of a Skyrmion
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A difficult-to-describe nanoscale object called the magnetic skyrmion might one day yield new microelectronic devices that can do much more—for example, massive data storage—all while consuming much less power. But researchers need a more detailed understanding of skyrmions if they are ever to be used reliably in computational devices, including quantum computers. Berkeley Lab scientists led a project to make 3D X-ray images of skyrmions that can characterize or measure the orientations of spins inside the whole object.

Newswise: Get a Grip: The Best Thumb Position for Disc Launch Speed and Spin Rate
18-Oct-2024 10:35 AM EDT
Get a Grip: The Best Thumb Position for Disc Launch Speed and Spin Rate
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Disc golf is a sport growing in popularity, but there hasn’t been much research into the best techniques – until now. Researchers and disc golf enthusiasts have determined the best thumb position on a disc to maximize angular and translational speeds.

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17-Oct-2024 9:25 AM EDT
Reaction Conditions Tune Catalytic Selectivity
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new theoretical framework for more accurately predicting the behavior of catalysts. The study reveals how conditions such as temperature and pressure can change a catalyst’s structure, efficiency, and even the products it makes — and can potentially be used to control reaction outcomes.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:35 AM EDT
UCLA Efforts to Provide Prostate Cancer Treatment in the Community Gets $6 Million Boost
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The UCLA Urology department has been awarded $6 million from the California Department of Health Care Services to continue providing vital care and critical services to underinsured and uninsured Californians diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Newswise: Study Asks: Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?
Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:25 AM EDT
Study Asks: Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?
Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it cannot rely on global positioning system satellites.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:20 AM EDT
Minority Aging Study Celebrates 20th Anniversary
RUSH

The Rush Minority Aging Research Study, the longest-running study of aging in Black men and women, celebrated its 20th anniversary by honoring study participants for devoting their time and efforts in helping advance science.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:15 AM EDT
Expert Offers Tips to Stay Calm Amid Rising Political Tensions
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Anxiety is high, but self-care can get you through November.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:10 AM EDT
Century-old Ocean University: Innovation and Achievements in Ocean Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences

China Ocean University is a comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, with a complete range of disciplines and distinctive marine and fisheries disciplines. It is a key university constructed under the "211 Project" and "985 Project", and was selected as a "World-Class University Construction University" (Class A) by the state in 2017. The university's motto is " Ocean Embraces Streams All and Exploring Promises Reaching Far". The university was founded in 1924 and was renamed China Ocean University in 2002.

Newswise: Researchers Identify Possible Treatment for Rare Disorder
Released: 22-Oct-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Identify Possible Treatment for Rare Disorder
Tufts University

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) have identified a small molecule that, in mouse and human cell models, rectifies the underlying molecular cause of a rare genetic developmental disorder, CTNNB1 syndrome, linked with motor and intellectual disabilities and some types of autism spectrum disorder.

   


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