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The Electric Propulsion Club (EPC) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), recently traveled to Milan, Italy, to present STARGATE, an experimental gridded ion thruster developed by the group, at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). The group鈥檚 STARGATE team consists entirely of UAH undergraduates and is an independent student research organization working in the fields of electric propulsion (EP) and plasma physics at UAH, a part of The University of Alabama System.

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Using Census data, University of Utah researchers untangle interplay between urban development patterns and socioeconomic outcomes, revealing non-affluent people who grow up in high-sprawl neighborhoods has less earning potential that those who grow up in denser, more walkable areas.

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WASHINGTON 鈥� A new study in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine鈥檚 (ADLM鈥檚, formerly AACC鈥檚) The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (JALM) found that a simplified version of the standard screening method for identifying heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) 鈥� a dangerous side effect of the blood thinner heparin 鈥� did a better job than the full technique of identifying which patients had the condition.

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Diagnostic stewardship brings together healthcare professionals across specialties to ensure patients get the right clinical laboratory tests at the right time. This special issue of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine鈥檚 (ADLM鈥檚, formerly AACC鈥檚) The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine highlights the invaluable role that diagnostic stewardship plays in reducing medical errors, managing costs, and optimizing the effectiveness of patient care. What鈥檚 more, the issue was designed by just such a wide-ranging group of experts.

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The use of genomic testing in clinical practice, once thought to be a distant goal, is now a reality that is profoundly impacting medicine. This special issue of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine鈥檚 (ADLM鈥檚, formerly AACC鈥檚) Clinical Chemistry journal spotlights the breaking research from laboratory medicine experts that is driving this field forward 鈥� and that is set to transform diagnosis and care for medical conditions across the board.

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Researchers at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania developed a new screening technology, Aptamer-based T Lymphocyte Activity Screening and SEQuencing (ATLAS-seq), to better identify antigen-reactive T cells that are more likely to offer greater immune responses against cancer cells.

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A new study shows that genetic testing could be used to determine which drugs will 鈥� and won鈥檛 鈥� work for patients with Candida auris (C. auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes life-threatening disease. These findings could improve treatment for C. auris infections by enabling patients to start taking effective antifungal agents sooner. The study was published today in a special issue of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine鈥檚 (formerly AACC鈥檚) Clinical Chemistry journal titled 鈥淕enomics: Current & emerging trends in the clinical laboratory.鈥�

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An expert from the Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles shares the essential information parents need to know about a broken bone.

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University of Washington scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms. That means that a good deal of the carbon here on Earth, including the carbon in our bodies, likely left the galaxy at some point!

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A new study from UCLA Health adds to the growing body of evidence on the cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages, finding that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities but also may help reduce certain symptoms and bolster control of daily thoughts and actions in children with and without autism.