UC San Diego Health completes acquisition of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
On December 11, 2023, UC San Diego Health successfully completed the purchase of Alvarado Hospital Medical Center from Prime Healthcare. The acquisition of the 302-bed...
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UM School of Medicine awarded nearly $30 Million to improve health outcomes of IV drug users
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that the school will receive a $29 million research award over...
NASA’s Webb stuns with new high-definition look at exploded star
Like a shiny, round ornament ready to be placed in the perfect spot on a holiday tree, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A) gleams in...
Diabetes: examining microvasculature with AI and an optoacoustic skin scanner
Changes in small blood vessels are a common consequence of diabetes development. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Munich have now...
Bee species in Wake County, N.C.: are they missing or just hard to find?
What happens to bee populations in areas of massive human population growth like Wake County, North Carolina, where the population is more than 16 times...
In 7 months, online Target ID course from AI drug discovery company Insilico Medicine surpasses 2,500 users
An online course on Disease Modeling and Target Discovery launched 7 months ago by clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven biotechnology company Insilico Medicine has surpassed...
Stem cell study reveals how infantile cystinosis causes kidney failure – and how to cure it
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo research has identified how a misstep in the genesis of a key component of the kidney causes infantile cystinosis,...
New project will take a step towards answering whether gravity is quantum
Scientists are developing an experiment to test whether gravity is quantum – one of the deepest questions about our universe.Credit: Image shows a laser beam...
McGovern Medical School names new neurosurgery chair; Tandon takes on role at UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
Jacques Morcos, MD, a renowned neurosurgeon from University of Miami Health System, will join UTHealth Houston as the new chair of the Vivian L. Smith Department of...
Scientists used large scientific facilities to test the synthesis and characterization of polymeric nitrogen
Polymeric nitrogen (PN), formed under high temperature and pressure conditions, is considered an ideal high energy density material (HEDM). Its application prospects extend beyond the...
A cool (temperature) take on direct air carbon capture
Lehigh University engineering researchers working with a Pennsylvania-based technology company have recently entered the second phase in the development of a novel ion-exchange method to...
Chance twists ordered carbon nanotubes into ‘tornado films’
HOUSTON – (Dec. 11, 2023) – Chiral materials interact with light in very precise ways that are useful for building better displays, sensors and more...
Researchers combine biopolymers derived from the ocean to replace synthetic plastic films
Materials with enhanced structure derived from crustaceans and seaweed could be part of a next-generation answer to the challenge of replacing petroleum-based plastic films, according...
Separated by war: deforestation and reforestation in the Ukrainian emerald network
Modern warfare profoundly affects not only the population and economy of the countries involved but also their ecosystems. The war between Russia and Ukraine, ongoing...
Study reveals a protein called snail may play a role in healing brain injury
WASHINGTON (Dec. 11, 2023)--A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nexus provides a better understanding of how the brain responds...
