Race- and gender-specific interventions may lower drug overdose death rates
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Interventions to address stimulant and opioid use that consider race and gender may prove more effective at preventing overdose deaths than...
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Peter J. H. Scott, PhD, receives SNMMI Sam Gambhir Trailblazer Award
Chicago, Illinois (Embargoed until 9:30 am, CDT, Monday, June 26, 2023)—Peter J. H. Scott, PhD, associate professor of radiology and pharmacology, division director of nuclear...
Research prize for chemist at Göttingen University
Professor Lutz Ackermann from the University of Göttingen has been awarded a prize in the "Project of the Century" competition of the Werner Siemens Foundation...
Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, receives first annual SNMMI Minoshima-Pappas Transformational Leadership Award
Chicago, Illinois (Embargoed until 9:30 am, CDT, Monday, June 26, 2023)—Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, chief of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, director of the Center...
The end of Haber-Bosch (video)
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 — Billions of people rely on a single, hundred-year-old chemical reaction every day: the Haber-Bosch process. This simple, short reaction consumes...
SNMMI elects Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI, as President-Elect at 2023 Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois (Embargoed until 9:30 am CDT, June 26, 2023)—Cathy Sue Cutler, PhD, FSNMMI, director of the medical isotope research and production program at Brookhaven...
Study of deep-sea corals reveals ocean currents have not fuelled rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide
Pioneering analysis of deep-sea corals has overturned the idea that ocean currents contributed to increasing global levels of carbon dioxide in the air over the...
SNMMI names Helen Nadel, MD, FRCPC, as President at 2023 Annual Meeting
Chicago, Illinois (Embargoed until 9:30 am CDT, June 26, 2023)—Helen Nadel, MD, FRCPC, director of pediatric nuclear medicine at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford...
Tuning T cell traits and functions with biomechanical materials
By Benjamin BoettnerCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University By Benjamin Boettner (Boston) — The successful campaign of adoptive T cell therapies, a type of immunotherapy...
COATS experiment revealed the three-dimensional structural image of the atmospheric boundary layer during haze pollution in the North China Plain
The results of the experiment “Comprehensive Observation on the Atmospheric boundary layer Three-dimensional Structure” (COATS) were recently published online in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences. Based...
Imaging of electronic molecular orbitals of single molecules using field emission microscopy
Tsukuba, Japan—Research and development of organic electronics such as organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes is rapidly advancing. The "shape" of the electron orbitals...
Towards efficient lithium–air batteries with solution plasma-based synthesis of perovskite hydroxide catalysts
With global warming on the rise, it has become imperative to reduce fossil fuel dependency and switch to alternate green energy sources. The development of...
Novel single crystals show promising electric field control of magnetism
A research team led by associate Prof. YIN Lihua from Institute of Solid State physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...
Overview of CO2 capture and electrolysis technology in molten salts: operational parameters and their effects
Carbon dioxide capture, storage, and utilization have been widely researched to achieve CO2 zero emission and resolve climate change issues. Molten salt electrolysis is one promising...
A new center for cardiovascular communication research
The Max Delbrück Center in Berlin and Heidelberg University will found a new Helmholtz Institute for Translational AngioCardioScience (HI-TAC) in Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany. The...
