LISMORE, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Southern Cross University issued the following news: Southern Cross University's innovative delirium research has been recognised by the federal government, with $1.3 million awarded in the latest Partnership Projects round from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Delirium is a common, frightening and costly hospital complication that causes confusion and negative outcomes for older Australian adults and their family carers. Led by Associa more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine issued the following news: * * * NIAID grant will enable LSHTM researchers to examine why cases persist despite elimination efforts * * * Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have been awarded pound sterling2.8m to study factors sustaining malaria transmission in an area of India where infections are evading detection. The team will investigate malaria in the eastern t more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Royal Holloway-University of London issued the following news: A team of academics, including Royal Holloway, have successfully petitioned for a special geological area in the Highlands of Scotland to gain acknowledgment from The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Geological Heritage Sites. The application, made last year with members of St Andrew's University, nominated the stunning Parallel Roads of Glen Roy near Fort William, to be acc more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: Dr Sinduja Suresh from QUT's School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering has received an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship grant of $160,000 toward the project, New design-and-manufacture pipeline improving conservative treatment for paediatric scoliosis. Dr Suresh (pictured) an early career researcher in the School's Biomechanics and Spine Research Group and Cent more PR

LISMORE, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Southern Cross University issued the following news: New technologies are revolutionising field science, with drones playing a key role in Southern Cross University's research to lessen bleaching stress on the Great Barrier Reef by reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching the corals. These advanced drones are essential for observing and measuring lower atmospheric conditions in areas like reef lagoons, which are too low for aircraft and too high f more PR

GOLD COAST, Australia, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: In two new research papers, Griffith ecologists have highlighted the millions of insects that remain undiscovered and unnamed by scientists were likely to be more vulnerable to extinction than named species. In journals Current Biology and Insect Conservation and Diversity, Professors Emeriti Nigel Stork and Roger Kitching from Griffith's Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security worked with internat more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Curtin University issued the following news release: Curtin University has played a major role in an out-of-this-world international study which has taken the search for extraterrestrial life into exciting new territory. In collaboration with the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the Berkley SETI Research Center, both based in the US, the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) used the Murchison Widefield Arra more PR

BATHURST, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Charles Sturt University issued the following news: New research co-authored by Charles Sturt University Rural Health Research Institute academics has indicated a risk of men's cancer rates climbing by 84 per cent globally by 2050. * Charles Sturt University Rural Health Research Institute academics have co-authored a study researching cancer incidences and deaths in men * The research projects men's cancer rates to climb by 84 per cent globally be more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 28 (tnsRES) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Radiation from dark matter may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes Key takeaways * Supermassive black holes typically take billions of years to form. But the James Webb Space Telescope is finding them not that long after the Big Bang -- before they should have had time to form. * UCLA astrophysicists have discovered that if dark matter decays, the pho more PR

GEELONG, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Deakin University issued the following news release: * * * Summary * Deakin's Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) has secured a $2 million tender to continue its partnership with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). * The IISRI team is creating a new web-based scheduling system to enable the AEC to make data-driven decisions to streamline the electoral process. * The research also looks at metrics and resourcing in  more PR

OLD ELVET, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * We along with Newcastle University and Northumbria University have been awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) ALERT grant to acquire a powerful new cryo-electron microscope (cryoEM). * * * This microscope uses extremely cold temperatures to take incredibly detailed pictures of tiny biological molecules and structures. CyroEM laboratory As part of this collaborative  more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Curtin University issued the following news release: Eight Curtin University projects have shared in more than $3.5 million in Australian Research Council funding as part of the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme. Aiming to support outstanding early-career researchers who have shown the ability to produce high-quality research and an emerging capability for leadership and supervision, the DECRA scheme provides support in both teaching a more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The three-day, hands-on conference hosted by the MIT RAISE Initiative welcomed youths and adults from nearly 30 countries. * * * By Andrew Whitacre, RAISE Initiative This summer, 350 participants came to MIT to dive into a question that is, so far, outpacing answers: How can education still create opportunities for all when digital literacy is no longer enough -- a world more PR

GOLD COAST, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: A next-generation COVID-19 mucosal vaccine is set to be a gamechanger not only when delivering the vaccine itself, but also for people who are needle-phobic. New Griffith University research, published in Nature Communications, has been testing the efficacy of delivering a COVID-19 vaccine via the nasal passages. Professor Suresh Mahalingam from Griffith's Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics and Grif more PR

GOLD COAST, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news on Aug. 27, 2024: The mystery surrounding the targeted removal of red blood cells from the human body is at the centre of new Griffith University research. Research Fellow Dr Lennart Kuck from Griffith's School of Health Sciences and Social Work led a study investigating the enigma with his findings published today in PNAS. "Red blood cells are optimised for oxygen transport and surrender their organelles more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Copenhagen issued the following news: With excellent international research supported by DKK 125 milion from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark will teach us how to best deliver university-level science education. The initiative is the largest single investment on a global scale and positions Denmark at the forefront of a historically underprioritized field more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Edward Waters University issued the following news: It is with immense pleasure that the Edward Waters University (EWU) Honors College announces the publication of the inaugural HBCU Journal of Research Initiatives. This interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal contains seven thoroughly researched articles. We are extremely excited to enhance the academic profile at EWU with this journal publication as we hope the published research contributes to ongo more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector narrow down the possibilities for what makes up our universe's invisible mass. * * * By Hayley Dunning Figuring out the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest puzzles in physics. New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN ( more PR

LUND, Sweden, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Lund University issued the following news release: By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the heart, a temporary heart stimulator self-assembles, which can correct heart arrhythmia in emergency situations with the help of an external power source. After treatment, the electrode spontaneously disappears from the body. The study was conducted on animals. Arrhythmia occurs when there are disturbances in the heart's electrical signals, causing it to beat  more PR

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- James Cook University issued the following news release: A James Cook University researcher says scientists need to learn how to play the 'politics game' if they don't want conservation goals to be continually ignored. JCU adjunct Associate Professor Noel Preece is the lead author of a paper examining why environmental policies are often agreed to, but never implemented. He said the research team used as an example the decline of the Spectacled Flyin more PR

MIDDLESBROUGH, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Teesside University issued the following news release: Teesside University's Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (NZIIC) has embarked on an innovative partnership with property developer Lovell to lead the charge in decarbonising domestic housing. Construction of two houses has been completed on Lovell's Cornish Park, Spennymoor development, 'Tomorrow Home'. Both houses feature a high investment into a diverse range of energy technologies. This res more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Key takeaways * Lyme disease, spread to humans through tick bites, is a hard-to-diagnose condition with symptoms that start as headaches, pain and fatigue but can turn into long-term inflammatory illness affecting the joints, nerves, brain and heart. * The current gold standard for confirming Lyme disease is a two-part lab test that takes up to two weeks for results and often mi more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Macquarie University issued the following news release: * * * The Faculty of Arts is celebrating the success of four of its early career researchers following the latest round of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) funding. * * * Successful applicants Dr Emily Hughes and Dr Raphael Milliere, both from the Department of Philosophy; Dr Richard Savery, from the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts more PR

LEEDS, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Leeds Beckett University issued the following news: * * * A Leeds Beckett University Psychology researcher - and mum of a 12-year-old daughter with Goldenhar Syndrome - has created a Goldenhar Family Guide to support and reassure new parents and families receiving a diagnosis of the syndrome. * * * Goldenhar Syndrome is an umbrella term for a wide range of soft tissue and bone irregularities which affect the face, the vertebrae and body parts. It is rare a more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Murdoch University issued the following news: * * * A recent study has resulted in an action plan for cities in Southeast Asia to curb increasing local warming as a result of climate change. * * * Associate Professor GM Shafiullah from Murdoch University's School of Engineering and Energy and Dr Kamrul Hassan from the College of Business were two of the four chief investigators of the project titled 'Are City Climate Plans Adequate for Mitigating Weather more PR

ELON, North Carolina, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Elon University issued the following news release: * * * The survey of N.C. voters conducted Aug. 2-9 also provided insights into what voters think about candidates for president and governor as well as their thoughts about the current state of the economy. * * * The first survey by the Elon University Poll for North Carolina's fall 2024 election season found a high level of concern among state voters about the integrity of this year's vote count and more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Clark Atlanta University issued the following news: By Hunter Abell The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $2 million to Clark Atlanta University (CAU) to lead a collaborative effort with the HBCU CHIPS Network. The HBCU CHIPS Network is a partnership between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), government agencies, academia, and industry, which will serve as a national resource for semiconductor research and education. "Clark  more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: In Cuyahoga County, the stark reality of the opioid crisis is that most drug overdose victims die alone, with no one nearby to help. A recent study, done in partnership with Case Western Reserve University and Cuyahoga County, highlights the critical need for "targeted harm-reduction strategies" in Northeast Ohio, where the opioid epidemic continues to claim lives at nearly twice the nationa more PR

DARWIN, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: Timor-Leste is taking steps to achieve greater food security for its people with a research partnership with Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers to increase on-farm labour productivity. The project will help to guide development initiatives to improve the low agricultural productivity in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste's staples are maize, sweet potatoes and rice. According to Development Asia, Timo more PR

LONDON, Ontario, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Brain scans show children with ADHD perform better when moving * * * By Andrew Graham A little bit of movement can go a long way in the classroom for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). That's according to new research from Western's Faculty of Education, which explored whether children with ADHD would perform better on classroom-related tasks while engaging in movement. To  more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * New research reveals the growing importance of emotional intelligence in shaping educational outcomes. * * * A new Nature Human Behaviour study, jointly led by Dr Margherita Malanchini at Queen Mary University of London and Dr Andrea Allegrini at University College London, has revealed that non-cognitive skills, such as motivation and self-regulation, are as important as intelligence in dete more PR

DELAWARE, Ohio, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Wesleyan Announces 2024-2025 Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows * * * Ohio Wesleyan University has selected 19 first-year students as 2024-2025 Woltemade Economics and Business Fellows. The competitive, four-year fellowships are awarded each fall by OWU's Woltemade Center for Economics, Business, and Entrepreneurship. The fellows are selected based on their high potential for suc more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * The existence of topological excitons predicted by OU-led research team. * * * Bruno Uchoa, a professor of condensed matter physics, and Hong-yi Xie, a postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics at the University of Oklahoma, have published research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that predicts the existence of a new type of exciton. These particles co more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: QUT Dr Fernando Vanegas Alvarez has been awarded an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship $240,000 grant toward a project to develop a proven framework for classifying and mapping invasive plant species using drone-collected imagery. Dr Vanegas Alvarez (pictured above [View picture in the link at bottom.]), from QUT's School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics and QUT Centre f more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Royal College of Nursing issued the following news release: Rules which prevent migrant health and care workers accessing vital benefits for at least five years are causing severe hardship and, in some cases, leaving people going without food, a new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report reveals. The impact of the rules has been so significant that migrant nursing staff are more than twice as likely as those educated in the UK to be struggling financial more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Princeton SPIA's Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life. If you'd like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here (https://wkf.ms/3Haap7f) and select "research project." The Details Authors: Ramanan Laxminarayan, more PR

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- Heidelberg University issued the following news release: * * * Heidelberg researchers describe a new field of research to engineer precise immune responses from molecular constituents * * * Synthetic immunology, an innovative field of research which could lead to fundamentally new approaches and methods in the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, is the topic of an article in the "Perspectives" section of the journal "Nature Nanotechnology". H more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * The Salk Institute's research in cancer, healthy aging, immunobiology, neuroscience, and other critical areas--which increasingly relies on multi-institution collaboration and data-intensive methods such as machine learning and artificial intelligence--requires leading-edge networking infrastructure * * * The Salk Institute has launched the Salk Science Network (SciN more PR

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Amsterdam issued the following news release: Climate scientists have long agreed that humans are largely responsible for climate change. But the public often considerably underestimates this consensus. A new study, co-led by Bojana Veckalov from the University of Amsterdam and Sandra Geiger from the University of Vienna, finds that communicating this universal scientific consensus can clear up misperceptions and strengthen beliefs ab more PR

GOLD COAST, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: Ten Griffith University academics are among the 200 early career researchers who have been named in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRAs). Griffith's 10 new DECRAs represent the Science, Health, Griffith Business School and Arts/Education/Law academic groups, with the research projects winning a combined total of $4,579,244 from this round's more PR

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: As greenways take on growing importance in cities, Texas State University student William Moore spent the summer participating in a federally funded research project to better understand and improve these urban outdoor havens. Moore, urban and regional planning junior, was one of 10 students selected to participate in the Socio-Ecological Role of Greenways in Urban Systems (SERGUS) Research Experie more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: At the Technical University of Munich (TUM), research and teaching are conducted at a world-class level. But this requires more than just professors and academic staff. A large number of highly qualified colleagues in training professions ensure that the technology works, the infrastructure functions, and the administration runs smoothly. "They are the backbone of our university's operations," emp more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Award adds to Phil Crews' ongoing list of accolades for impactful research, teaching, and mentorship * * * By Mike Pena Phil Crews, distinguished research professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is being honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for outstanding work in the analysis, structural elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. He will be pr more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * University of Helsinki Doctoral School opens nearly 200 doctoral researcher positions * * * The Doctoral School will recruit new doctoral researchers for both three-year positions in the doctoral education pilot and four-year positions funded by the University. The University of Helsinki Doctoral School will organise two separate calls for applications to funded doctoral researcher po more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: The idea of taxing personal fortunes is under increasing discussion amid the growing disparity in wealth distribution in society. It's not in your imagination - the gap between the wealthy and everyone else is growing. Research by ACOSS and UNSW Sydney shows that the average wealth of Australia's highest 10 per cent is growing much faster than the lowest 60 per cent. And now, nearly half of all more PR

PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Plymouth issued the following news: * * * A new study has shown the roleplaying game boosts people's confidence and enables them to feel more comfortable with social interactions * * * Dungeons and Dragons is a hugely popular roleplaying game enjoyed by millions of people all over the world, both in person and online, every day. However, new research has found it could be particularly beneficial for people with autism, giving them a s more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: A new study from The University of Western Australia has revealed decorative features such as vibrant fur, striking beards and elaborate body ornaments in primates are essential for communication between different groups. The study was published in Evolution Letters and led by Associate Professor Cyril Grueter, from UWA's School of Human Sciences. "These ornaments, often seen as signals of an  more PR

PERTH, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: Two researchers from The University of Western Australia have received funding to improve health outcomes for sick newborn babies during medical transportation and prevent mastitis in breastfeeding women. The Women and Infants Research Foundation announced funding support for the projects through its Research Acceleration Awards that aim to grow research to have real-world impact. Dr Joseph Ca more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Noted for expertise in inner ear development, hearing loss research * * * By Marta Wegorzewska Noted developmental biologist Andy Groves, PhD, has been named head of the Department of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He studies the intricate, step-by-step processes that lead to the development of the in more PR

REHOVOT, Israel, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The Weizmann Institute of Science issued the following news release: * * * Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack * * * In the late 1960s, three Weizmann Institute of Science researchers developed several protein-like molecules, called copolymers, that they believed would produce a disease similar to multiple sclerosis in laboratory animals. The scientists - Prof. Michael more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Study led by UCSF estimates 3% to 5% of women have unplanned pregnancies following 'permanent' sterilization. * * * Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most common method of contraception nationally. But a new study led by UC San Francisco reports that tubal surgery fails often enough that some other forms of b more PR

WOLLONGONG, Australia, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * UOW invention being brought to market by Electrogenics Laboratories Ltd * * * A groundbreaking invention that will improve radiation treatments for cancer patients is receiving $1 million in grant funding from the Australian Government to support its path towards commercialisation. MOSkinTM is the world's most advanced and cost-effective medical radiation sensor technology. It wa more PR