Keck Medicine of USC names Ikenna (Ike) Mmeje president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital
LOS ANGELES — Keck Medicine of USC has named Ikenna (Ike) Mmeje president and CEO of USC Arcadia Hospital (USC-AH), effective March 13.Credit: Courtesy of...
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Wings, not webs: Certain bugs are the winners of urbanization, impacting cities’ insect diversity
Cities are bursting with life, both human and animal. The smallest of them, insects, spiders, and ants are easily overseen, but their presence – or...
World first study into global daily air pollution shows almost nowhere on Earth is safe
In a world first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a Monash University study has found that only 0.18% of...
With $13M, UIC scientists will study lung inflammation mechanisms
Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago hope to learn more about how the human immune system is regulated by the endothelium in lung tissue,...
JMIR Medical Education launches special issue on the use of ChatGPT in medical education, after new study finds ChatGPT passes the United States Medical Licensing Examination
A study published on February 8, 2023, in JMIR Medical Education, a leading open access journal on digital medical education, evaluated the potential of ChatGPT,...
Deep-learning-based anatomical landmark identification in CT scans
Millions of people around the world undergo some type of orthodontic treatment each year due largely to developmental deformities in the jaw, skull, or face....
Incidence rates of diabetes continue to increase in children, young adults
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – March 6, 2023 – New findings from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine confirm that the rates of Type 1 and...
Microscopic chalk discs in oceans play a key role in earth’s carbon cycle by propagating viruses
A Rutgers-led team of scientists studying virus-host interactions of a globally abundant, armor-plated marine algae, Emiliania huxleyi, has found that the circular, chalk plates the algae...
Advancing engineering
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — UC Santa Barbara professors Thuc-Quyen Nguyen and Carlos G. Levi are among 106 new members of the National Academy of Engineering....
WVU water quality expert develops public tool for diagnosing health of America’s streams
A model for predicting the levels of oxygen in water, developed by West Virginia Universityresearcher Omar Abdul-Aziz, gives citizen scientists nationwide a tool for taking action on stream...
Long-term intermittent fasting reduces COVID-19 heart failure complications and death in patients with previous heart disease
Intermittent fasting, especially when done over the course of decades, can have positive effects on metabolic and cardiovascular health. Now, a new study by researchers...
High-dose anticoagulation can reduce intubations and improve survival for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
High-dose anticoagulation can reduce deaths by 30 percent and intubations by 25 percent in hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are not critically ill when compared to...
Controlling electric double layer dynamics for next generation all-solid-state batteries
In our quest for clean energy and carbon neutrality, all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASS-LIBs) offer considerable promise. ASS-LIBs are expected to be used in a wide...
Why are electric vehicle fires so hard to put out? (video)
WASHINGTON, March. 6, 2023 — Electric vehicles don’t catch fire often, but when they do, things get spicy. How do these fires start? And why...
Wheeled robot measures leaf angles to help breed better corn plants
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Iowa State University have demonstrated an automated technology capable of accurately measuring the angle of leaves on corn...
