SCAI names James B. Hermiller, MD, MSCAI, President for 2024-25
LONG BEACH (May 4, 2024) James B. Hermiller, MD, MSCAI, director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship and the Structural Heart Program at St. Vincent Ascension Heart...
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Variety in building block softness makes for softer amorphous materials
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new model for disordered materials to study how amorphous materials resist stress. They treated...
New quantum sensing scheme could lead to enhanced high-precision nanoscopic techniques
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have unveiled a quantum sensing scheme that achieves the pinnacle of quantum sensitivity in measuring the transverse displacement between...
Genomes of “star algae” shed light on origin of plants
Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. They form complex bodies with multiple organs that consist of a broad...
Aligned peptide ‘noodles’ could enable lab-grown biological tissues
HOUSTON – (May 3, 2024) – A team of chemists and bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Houston have achieved a significant milestone...
Affordable Care Act expansions improved access to cancer care, study suggests
Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at accredited cancer hospitals in Pennsylvania, according to...
Exploring oncogenic driver molecular alterations in Hispanic/Latin American cancer patients
“ this editorial underscores the complex molecular diagnosis landscape of cancer in the population.”Credit: 2024 Parra-Medina. “ this editorial underscores the complex molecular diagnosis landscape...
Quantifying U.S. health impacts from gas stoves
Households with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, a study of air pollution in U.S. homes found.Credit: Rob Jackson, Stanford...
ADA Forsyth ranks number 1 on the East Coast in oral health research
Cambridge, Mass., – ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI) researchers received just under $10 million funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) during...
Exeter announces new £3.4 million global funding for solutions to antifungal drug resistance
Researchers working on solutions for antifungal resistance are being encouraged to apply to a new £3.4 million fund led by the University of Exeter with...
Leadership in MS Rehabilitation recognized: John DeLuca, PhD, awarded 2024 Giants of MS® Honor
East Hanover, NJ – May 3, 2024 – John DeLuca, PhD, of Kessler Foundation was named recipient of the 2024 Giants of Multiple Sclerosis® award...
MBL Director Nipam Patel elected to National Academy of Sciences
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nipam Patel, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and a professor at the University of Chicago, was elected to the...
Rice’s Harvey, Ramesh named to National Academy of Sciences
HOUSTON – (May 2, 2024) – Rice University’s Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Frank Reese Harvey are among 120 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Sciences...
Between Soil and Society: New book traces history and development of U.S. conservation policy
URBANA, Ill. -- A new book by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in law and policy explores the history and development of the U.S. conservation policy, offering...
For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths, study finds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny...
