HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: Genetic diversity, a key pillar of biodiversity, is crucial for conservation. But can snapshot estimates of genetic diversity reliably indicate population extinction risk? New research shows that genome-wide genetic diversity is a strong predictor of extinction risk, but only when confounding factors are accounted for. As species face increasing environmental pressures, their populations often  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * The Fellowship trains people to pursue a career that supports the translation of academic research, insights and inventions into new products and services. * * * Dr Fang Huang, a Business Development Manager from University of Birmingham Enterprise, has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship by LifeArc, one of the UK's leading not-for-profit self-funded medical research charities. LifeArc i more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California issued the following news wrap up on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * When Californians head to the polls in November, they'll vote on 10 statewide ballot measurestackling critical policy issues like affordable housing, climate resilience and modernizing the state's public schools. USC experts are available to discuss this year's statewide ballot propositions. Contact: Nina Raffio, raffio@usc.edu or (213) 442-8464; USC Med more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Swansea University issued the following news: Microscope images could be obtained much more quickly - rather than one pixel at a time - thanks to a new imaging method for neutral atomic beam microscopes developed by Swansea University researchers. It could ultimately lead to engineers and scientists getting faster results when they are scanning samples. Neutral atomic beam microscopes are a major focus of research interest at present. They are capable of ima more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: A team of geoscientists, including members from the Archaeology, Environmental Changes and Geo-Chemistry large research unit of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has investigated traces of the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The team examined samples from the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary layer, which marks the extinction of 70% of all specie more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Flinders University issued the following news: Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms - a bit like an underground rave concert of bubbles and clicks. Special recordings made by Flinders University ecologists in Australia show this chaotic mixture of soundscapes can be a measure of the diversity of tiny living animals in the soil, which create sounds as they move and interact with their environment. W more PR

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Khalifa University issued the following news: * * * New research offers glimpse into the dynamic environmental processes and water cycle on Mars as morning frost is discovered on Martian volcanoes * * * Recent research from an international team of researchers, including Khalifa University's Dr. Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry, provides new insights into the Martian water cycle. High-resolution images from the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbi more PR

DELHI, India, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi issued the following news release: * * * Study paves the path for the development of an alternative to lithium-ion batteries * * * The scarcity of electrode materials and the supply chain of other critical components has challenged the sustainability of lithium-ion batteries, prompting battery manufacturers to look for an alternative battery technology. The room-temperature sodium-sulfur (RT-Na/S) batteries, which co more PR

PORTSMOUTH, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * A study has put the RNLI's floating guidance to the test, to see if less experienced swimmers can stay afloat in open water. * * * New research offers hope in reducing the number of drowning incidents worldwide, after putting the latest safety guidance to the test. A team at the University of Portsmouth's Extreme Environments Laboratory (EEL) have confirmed the Royal National Lifeboat Inst more PR

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- James Cook University issued the following news release: An epic journey spanning thousands of kilometres from Indonesia deep into sub-Antarctic waters by two Australian pygmy blue whales has been tracked by researchers for the first time, confirming a long-held hypothesis about the travel habits of the sub-species. Lead researcher and James Cook University Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecturer Dr Putu Mustika and her team tracked two adult whales more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Aug. 16, 2024, with Nouran Soliman, an electrical engineering and computer science graduate student, and Tobin South, a graduate student in the Media Lab: * * * AI agents could soon become indistinguishable from humans online. Could "personhood credentials" protect people against digital imposters? * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News As artificial intelligence agents become more adv more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * By studying ancient, supermassive black holes called quasars, Dominika Durovcikova is illuminating an early moment when galaxies could first be observed. * * * By Austin Chen, MIT News correspondent Watching crowds of people hustle along Massachusetts Avenue from her window seat in MIT's student center, Dominika Durovcikova has just one wish. "What I would really like t more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: A special type of MRI scan where patients inhale 100% oxygen could result in lower radiotherapy doses for some cancer patients. The study led by scientists at The University of Manchester and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, could potentially benefit patients by using a technique called Oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (OE-MRI). Using the non-invasive technique, the scie more PR

GUELPH, Ontario, Aug. 18 (TNSres) --The University of Guelph issued the following news release: Humans and companion animals often share lifelong bonds. Innovative research to enhance that bond as well as advance animal and human well-being are the aims of two new professorships at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. The two, five-year-term professorship positions will maintain and enhance OVC's internationally recognized program of research excellence and collaboratio more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Swansea University issued the following news: Swansea University experts have played a key role in new research highlighting wildfire activity and the role climate change has played in causing them. The inaugural global State of Wildfires Report has just been published cataloguing extreme fires around the world during of the 2023-24 fire season, analysing their predictability and examining their causes. The report was led by Dr Matthew Jones, now of the Uni more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Recently published study shows acceptable safety and tolerability for the drug of interest in patients affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. * * * Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Swedish drug development company TikoMed AB have recently published peer reviewed research in PLOS ONE providing additional support that their low molecular weight dextran sulfate compound IL more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Scientists have discovered how the hospital superbug C.diff rapidly evolves resistance to the frontline drug used for treatment in the UK. Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a type of bacteria which often affects people who have taken antibiotics, is responsible for approximately 2,000 deaths annually in the UK. Researchers from the University of Sheffield and the University of Man more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: Scientists at The University of Manchester have effectively simulated how bubbles grow in volcanic magma thanks to a novel pressure vessel that can mimic the eruption process in a laboratory setting. With most volcanic activity taking place underground unobserved, for the first time scientists have been able to capture vesiculation kinetics in basaltic magmas in real time. Published today i more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world's most complete record of "snowball Earth", a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. * * * The study, published in the Journal of the Geological Society of London, found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1km thick, was likely more PR

ANTIGONISH, Nova Scotia, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- St. Francis Xavier University issued the following news: StFX psychology professor Dr. Tara Callaghan has led an international team on a collaborative research project to promote prosociality and social emotional well-being in Rohingya refugee children living in one of the largest refugee camps in the world, located in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In August 2017, following years of persecution, over 750,000 Rohingya fled genocidal violence in Myanmar, ov more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The Australian National University issued the following news release: More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive. Now, scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) say its role as a basic building block of life holds the key to treating deadly diseases caused by parasites, including malaria. The researchers have d more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: * * * The new model expands on the capabilities of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold, the leading AI system for predicting protein structures * * * By Anika Hazra Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a deep-learning model that can predict all possible shapes of peptides - chains of amino acids that are shorter than proteins, but perform similar biological functions. Called PepFlow, the m more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: * * * Co-founded by Catherine Chan and Weiwei Li, Honeybee Trials' platform helps clinical trial recruiters find, screen and manage patients for their research * * * By Rahul Kalvapalle Honeybee Trials, a University of Toronto startup that connects research teams with patients and study participants, has been acquired by global clinical trials company Leapcure in a deal that is poised to drive more in more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the University of Macau (UM) organised the Health Sciences Summer Camp, which attracted nearly 70 senior secondary students from 34 schools in Macao. Through interactive learning, the camp allowed the participants to acquire the latest biomedical knowledge and research skills under the guidance of the faculty members and students in FHS, thus igniting their passio more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: Are the everyday plastics in your life silently impacting your health? The University of Western Australia is calling for volunteers to participate in a research trial that could reveal the true extent of the impact of plastic chemicals on human wellbeing. Led by Professor Michaela Lucas from UWA's Medical School, the Perth Exposure Reduction Transforms Health (PERTH) Trial is investigating how more PR

ANTIGONISH, Nova Scotia, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- St. Francis Xavier University issued the following news: An interest in Nova Scotia's snow crab industry combined with a StFX undergraduate research course has resulted in StFX student Nick Levangie turning work he completed for a class project into a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal. Mr. Levangie of Bible Hill, NS, who graduated from StFX in May 2024 with a double major in aquatic resources and biology, has had his article published in th more PR