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Newswise: U.S. Department of Defense Awards Pitt $100M to Continue Transformative Trauma Trials
Released: 25-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
U.S. Department of Defense Awards Pitt $100M to Continue Transformative Trauma Trials
University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences has been awarded approximately $100 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue a clinical research program that is advancing trauma care.

Newswise: Hillandale Farms Family Giving to Support Musculoskeletal Care and Research Tops $45 Million with the Creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
Released: 19-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Hillandale Farms Family Giving to Support Musculoskeletal Care and Research Tops $45 Million with the Creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
University of Pittsburgh

With this second gift of $18.5 million, Pitt will launch the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank that will collect, house and properly distribute specimens that will shed light on disorders such as arthritis, osteoporosis, and a range of spinal conditions and orthopedic joint issues.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Mine-Drainage Treatment Cost Effective, but Far More Costs Lay Ahead
University of Pittsburgh

Research by the University of Pittsburgh shows that state and federal appropriations allowing Pennsylvania to treat abandoned mine drainage works to both successfully and cost effectively clean up acidic water. But their research also shows funding is insufficient for long-term treatment for mine drainage and other abandoned mine hazards

Newswise: People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
Released: 3-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh researchers are the first to trace one of those pollutants, nitrogen, along the U.S. beef supply chain at the county level. They found high spatial disconnect between where beef is eaten and where nitrogen’s impacts are felt.

Released: 21-Aug-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Birds have accents, too: Researchers find cultural change in the dialects of parrots over 22-year period
University of Pittsburgh

While distinct languages and dialects are common to human societies, most people are unaware that other species may similarly have culturally significant dialects.

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Released: 3-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
A nova is coming: learn more about this stellar explosion
University of Pittsburgh

Astronomers expect a “new” star will be visible in the sky by September following an explosion in the constellation Corona Borealis

Newswise: Switching Decisions: Interleukin-12 Influences B Cell Immune Response
Released: 26-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Switching Decisions: Interleukin-12 Influences B Cell Immune Response
University of Pittsburgh

Researchers discover that a cytokine called interleukin-12 (IL-12) acts like a switch to direct which antibody response B cells will generate.

Newswise: 3 women named to Pitt posts of engineering dean, education dean, head of student affairs
Released: 30-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
3 women named to Pitt posts of engineering dean, education dean, head of student affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Michele V. Manuel has been named the first women dean at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, while Eboni Zamani-Gallaher likewise was named dean of the Pitt School of Education and Carla Panzella the vice provost for student affairs, university officials announced.

Released: 10-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Making batteries takes lots of lithium. Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater.
University of Pittsburgh

A new analysis using compliance data from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection suggests that if it could be extracted with complete efficiency, lithium from the wastewater of Marcellus shale gas wells could supply up to 40% of the country’s demand. The research is by University of Pittsburgh and National Energy Technology Laboratory scientists.

Newswise: Nanotubes, nanoparticles, and antibodies detect tiny amounts of fentanyl
Released: 2-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Nanotubes, nanoparticles, and antibodies detect tiny amounts of fentanyl
University of Pittsburgh

Using his platform composed of carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles, Professor Alexander Star added antibodies to detect the opioid. His sensor can also distinguish fentanyl from several other common opioids.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 2:00 PM EDT
How we remember
University of Pittsburgh

In two experiments, Temple and Pitt researchers asked participants to repeatedly study pairs of items and scenes that were either identical on each repetition or in which the item stayed the same but the scene changed each time.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Pitt ranks in Top 20 for patents granted to universities worldwide
University of Pittsburgh

For the first time, the University of Pittsburgh cracked the Top 20 of the National Academy of Inventors' annual list of worldwide universities granted utility patents.

Newswise: Next Generation Spinal Fusion Goes
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Next Generation Spinal Fusion Goes "Meta"
University of Pittsburgh

A civil engineer at the University of Pittsburgh is applying his expertise in bridges and infrastructure to develop new materials that better treat spinal injury, repair, and recovery.

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Released: 15-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
LifeX is awarded a $2 million grant through federal EDA's Build to Scale Program
University of Pittsburgh

LifeX, a Pittsburgh-based capital growth company, intends to use funding to accelerate tech entrepreneurship and make an impact on life sciences startup ecosystem locally and globally

Released: 3-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Study links childhood trauma to COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations
University of Pittsburgh

People who endured childhood adversity, like abuse or neglect, were 12-25% more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 in adulthood, a new University of Pittsburgh study found.

Newswise:Video Embedded this-new-robot-is-taking-its-first-intuitive-steps
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Released: 6-Oct-2023 9:35 AM EDT
This new robot is taking its first intuitive steps
University of Pittsburgh

Borrowing from neuroscience, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh will engineer neural networks for robots, giving them the ability to learn and improve their ability to navigate different terrains.

Newswise: University of Pittsburgh Launches Trial Tackling Leading Cause of Death in Kids
Released: 21-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
University of Pittsburgh Launches Trial Tackling Leading Cause of Death in Kids
University of Pittsburgh

The Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center (TTMRC) in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is launching a $34 million, federally funded clinical trial to simultaneously test multiple interventions for life-threatening bleeding in at least 1,000 traumatically injured children across 20 U.S. pediatric trauma centers.



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