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Newswise — In March 2024, for the first time in the United States, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was recognized as having crossed over from birds into cattle. Experts believe the virus was transmitted a month or two beforehand from birds to dairy cows in the Texas panhandle, and then spread as…
Newswise — Charlottesville, VA—The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated Columbia University as a Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence, recognizing its leadership in research and innovation. Columbia University is the 7th Center of Excellence in the US and the 14th worldwide. Established in 2009, the Foundation’s Center of Excellence Program recognizes luminary sites for their merit…
Newswise — Each summer, more and more lake beaches are forced to close due to toxic algae blooms. While climate change is often blamed, new research suggests a more complex story: climate interacts with human activities like agriculture and urban runoff, which funnel excess nutrients into the water. The study sheds light on why some lakes…
BYLINE: Amber Rose Newswise — Argonne researchers use Polybot, an AI-driven automated material laboratory, to produce high-conductivity, low-defect electronic polymer thin films. Plastic that conducts electricity might sound impossible. But there is a special class of materials known as “electronic polymers” that combines the flexibility of plastic with the functionality of metal. This type of material…
Newswise — As bird flu continues to circulate among wild birds and domestic livestock, public health officials are increasingly concerned about the potential for the virus to become transmissible among humans and potentially cause an epidemic. So far, humans have only contracted bird flu from contact with infected animals and cannot pass the virus to…
Newswise — HOUSTON ― Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a novel antibody-toxin conjugate (ATC) designed to stimulate immune-mediated eradication of tumors. According to preclinical results published today in Nature Cancer, the new approach combined the benefits of more well-known antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) with those of immunotherapies. ADCs have…
Newswise — Korean researchers will begin collaborating in earnest with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) on semiconductor technology research. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on Jan. 6 (local time) that it has agreed to establish a mutual cooperation system to develop semiconductor technologies with Argonne National Laboratory in…
Newswise — The extraction of interstitial fluid (ISF) for diagnostic purposes has long been a challenging process. Traditional methods, such as suction blister and sonophoresis, are not only time-consuming but also often result in significant disruption to the skin’s outermost layer, the stratum corneum, causing local trauma. Microneedles (MNs) have emerged as a promising alternative,…
“It’s a tremendous accomplishment,” said Rich Otten, a Sandia senior manager involved in the design and production aspects of the B61-12 Life Extension Program. “For more than a decade, people have poured their time, effort and careers into making this a reality.” The completion of the last production unit is the result of collaborative partnerships…
BYLINE: Beth Miller Newswise — In addition to making gadgets and game pieces, 3D printing is being used in health care to print prosthetics, dental implants and surgical models. Now, a team at Washington University in St. Louis is using 3D printing to create bioelectronic scaffolds that would allow researchers to create new tissue with…
