CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following 2024 in Review: From the health benefits of Ozempic to the historic presidential election--as well as the ever-evolving frontiers of science and engineering--Case Western Reserve University faculty were part of the year's biggest stories. In 2024, our faculty continued to be key contributors to the national and international dialogue on a range of critical issues, from the growing influence of artificial more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: When you are feeling hungry, the brain takes the necessary steps toward consuming a meal. Many of these steps are not well known, but a new study published in the journal Metabolism by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reveals brain circuits and chemical messengers that contribute to the regulation of meal initiation and food intake.  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: Cold weather can bring unexpected power outages, so ensuring you have an emergency plan for your at-home medical devices is crucial for winter weather. An expert with Baylor College of Medicine provides tips for securing your appliances. "In Houston, winters can be fairly mild, but also unpredictable, so your emergency plan for medical devices might resemble plans for hurricane season, severe flooding more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Space Medicine, with consortium partners California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is seeking proposals to advance remote biomarker analysis capabilities in microphysiological systems (MPS), also known as tissue chips, for space exploration. This solicitation see more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Boston University's College of Communication issued the following news: Americans surveyed just before the presidential election held stronger negative emotions about Donald Trump than Kamala Harris, running counter to the results days later, according to the latest survey by Boston University's College of Communication. Nearly half of respondents said they would describe their feelings about Trump as "disgusted" (48%) or "repulsed" (45%). In contrast more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Teeth are essential for helping people break down the food they eat, and are protected by enamel, which helps them withstand the large amount of stress they experience as people chew away. Unlike other materials in the body, enamel has no way to repair damage, which means that as we age, it risks becoming weaker with time. Researchers are interested in understanding how enamel changes with  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: When thinking about the tax system, Americans often complain that the wealthy pay less than they should because they're able to employ skilled advisors and complex structures that are not available to other taxpayers. In the newly released book, Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance (Cambridge University Press, 2024) (available here) (https:// more PR

DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release: Findings from a new study, conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and collaborating institutions and published in the journal e-clinical Medicine, a member of the Lancet family of journals, show beneficial effects on functionally important respiratory symptoms when persons who smoke switch completely to e-cigarettes. There is cont more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Johns Hopkins Medicine has reported an increase in the organization's performance on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worksite Health ScoreCard (CDC WHSC), a tool used by employers to evaluate workplace health and employee health promotion strategies. The improvement is the result of more than a decade of employee well-being strategies and investments. The full study, published in t more PR

STAFFORDSHIRE, England, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- Keele University issued the following news: The rapidly growing field of esports needs a comprehensive and agreed governance framework to tackle "unhealthy" sponsorships to protect both players and fans, researchers have said. Led by Dr Matthew Hutchinson from Keele University Business School, the researchers interviewed a number of UK-based esports competitors and fans, to learn more about their attitudes towards the current levels of governance in more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: Malaria, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through an infected mosquito's bite, is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Most susceptible are pregnant women, displaced people and children in developing countries, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Treating the disease is difficult because Plasmodium falc more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Research scientists identify four stages of enterprise AI maturity and pinpoint capabilities an enterprise needs as it progresses through the stages * * * A new research briefing "Building Enterprise AI Maturity" from the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) at MIT Sloan School of Management identifies four stages of enter more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * A mystery before, new study shows how 'wonder drug' works in living animals * * * Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation. But until now, scientists have been unable to determine how, exactly, the drug works more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Fellowships recognize commitment to science communication and addressing issues of diversity and inclusion in scientific outreach. * * * By Jill Pais Hisham Abdelrahman has been selected for two prestigious fellowships, the SciComm Identities Project Fellowship and the North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship, which will enhance his teaching, research, and community outreach as Aquaculture more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue's historic partnership with SK hynix received the definitive award from the CHIPS and Science Act to fund SK hynix's semiconductor advanced packaging plant for artificial intelligence products and an R&D center in West Lafayette. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced up to $458 million in direct funding today (Dec. 19) to bolster the SK hynix investment. The award comes from the CHIPS  more PR

GENESEO, New York, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: Rachel Britton '18, a writer/editor/translator, has published her first book of poems in translation from Icelandic, A Woman Looks Over Her Shoulder, by Brynja Hjalmsdottir (Circumference Books, 2024). An excerpt of the translation also received the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Leif and Inger Sjoberg Prize in 2023. "As a translator and technical writer, I am first and forem more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the U of A College of Nursing and the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center will study ways to make a school inhaler program sustainable and scalable. * * * A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led program that provides schools with asthma inhalers to help students experiencing respiratory distress will be expanded and improved thanks to a $3.4 milli more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Rake dead grass to increase flower power * * * California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new UC Riverside study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire danger. The study, published this week in Restoration Ecology, tested whether removing thatch -- dead leaves and debris -- could allow more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Using genetics to reduce food waste * * * Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to store. The breakthrough could cut food waste and enhance crop farming in space and other extreme environments. Potato plants naturally produce chemicals that protect them from insects. The chemicals, called steroidal more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Studies sought to better define what constitutes patience, and impatience, and the factors that determine them * * * Patience -- like its corollary impatience -- has always been a sort of "I know it when I see it" concept. And that didn't sit well with UC Riverside psychology researcher Kate Sweeny. "Philosophers and religious scholars call patience a virtue, yet most pe more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed and tested a new software package, called Spatial Modeling Algorithms for Reactions and Transport (SMART), that can realistically simulate cell-signaling networks -- the complex systems of molecular interactions that allow cells to respond to diverse cues from their environment. Cell-signaling networks involve many di more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF and Cedars-Sinai researchers engineer "organizer" cells that coax stem cells to form artificial organs. * * * Researchers from UC San Francisco and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to prompt stem cells to form specific organs. It sets the stage for growing human organs from scratch - a long-time goal of regenerative medicine. The research team  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Support from pharmaceutical firm UCB will accelerate development of therapies to combat condition that disproportionately affects women and people of color. * * * Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that disproportionately affects women and people of color. It begins in adolescence and can be debilitating, negatively impa more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Bryan Luhn A groundbreaking achievement by scientists at the University of Houston is changing our understanding of climate and weather on Mars and providing critical insights into Earth's atmospheric processes as well. The study, led by Larry Guan, a graduate student in the Department of Physics at UH's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, under the guidance of his advisors, Professor Liming L more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * A Diabetes Research Institute study introduces two small-molecule drugs that target a pivotal immune checkpoint interaction implicated in the rejection of transplanted cells. * * * By Joana Nunes Lemos Oliveira Under the leadership of Peter Buchwald, Ph.D., researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), have made significant progress in developing potential therapies more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: New research reveals that more American cities - even those seen as affluent - are home to people living without running water as people are being squeezed by unaffordable housing and the cost-of-living crisis. Phoenix is one of several metro areas, along with Portland, Oregon, that saw an increase in the percentage change of households without running water between 2000 and 2021. In the Phoenix m more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: Professor Katja Kanninen's research group at the A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences is one of the partners in the new EU-funded MARKOPOLO project. The goal is to explore the health impacts of traffic noise and air pollution with a special focus on fine and ultrafine particulate matter, using cutting-edge translational research approaches. The four-year MARKOPOLO project investigates t more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: By Alicia Marksberry The Achievement & Assessment Institute's Center for Certification & Competency-Based Education (C3Be) has launched the Competency-Based Education Research Journal (CBERJ), which serves to advance knowledge of competency-based education through empirical investigations, theory development articles and integrative conceptual reviews. Published through KU Libraries as an open access j more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington's School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Findings open new avenues for research on host RNA-based treatments for infections and autoimmune diseases. * * * Scientists have uncovered a new role for a cell's own RNA in fending off attacks by RNA viruses. Some of the cell's RNA molecules, researchers found, help regulate antiviral signaling. These signals are part of the intricate coordination of immune r more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington's School of Public Health - Department of Biostatistics issued the following news: Scientists and clinicians increasingly question the wisdom of using race as a variable in algorithms that guide health and treatment decisions. A team of University of Washington School of Public Health researchers recently examined one such case: the use of race in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) algorithm used to calculate th more PR

WOLLONGONG, Australia, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * Groundbreaking global research to combat health problems in East Asia, Australia * * * A groundbreaking new model that will track the presence of infectious diseases in wastewater across Australia and East Asia is one of two global research projects led by the University of Wollongong (UOW) to have been awarded funding under the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMR more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release: Two University of Memphis researchers of applied linguistics recently received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Professional Development program to address the critical need for highly-qualified licensed ESL teachers in the Memphis area. Over the next five years, researchers Rebecca Adams and Emily Thrush will use funds from the grant to recruit bilingual and multili more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Gross Revenues Decline for 2024, 2025 Outlook is Clouded * * * In 2024, Tennessee's agricultural and forestry industrial complex was significantly impacted by six major factors: drought, agricultural land loss, trade deficits, decreasing foreign market demand, below average yields and relatively lower prices for major commodities. Researchers and Extension more PR