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University of New Hampshire researchers are studying why and how coastal hazards such as extreme weather and rising sea levels are causing roads to fail and how to protect this critical infrastructure.
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Researchers and graduate students from the University of Mississippi’s Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute spent two weeks in the nation’s capital this summer studying the Adams Mill fault to determine if it runs near several prominent landmarks.
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Lung cancer can be elusive to spot and difficult to treat because the markers for it are found in other tissues, too. Now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a finely tuned molecular agent that can target lung and other cancer cells for imaging and treatment.
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Overuse of road salts to melt away snow and ice is threatening human health and the environment as they wash into drinking water sources. UToledo spotlights the urgent need for policy makers and environmental managers to adopt solutions.
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“With the right design — they will spontaneously self-replicate," says Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research.
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Richard King, a biology professor at Northern Illinois University, is working to ensure we don’t lose the perpetual smile of the endangered Blanding’s turtle.
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With three National Institutes of Health grants, totaling $8 million, UK scientists and surgeons are tackling one of the most common sports injuries.
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A Defense-funded, $50-million partnership includes Kentucky scientists' work to meet strategic needs in materials processing and manufacturing technologies.
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Researchers at the Terrorism Research Center were recently awarded $893,721 from the National Institute of Justice to study online radicalization and domestic violent extremism in the U.S.
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When mice were studied after two months of progressive weighted wheel running, it was determined that they were the epigenetic age of mice eight weeks younger than sedentary mice of the same age — 24 months. Needless to say, when your lifespan is measured in months, an extra eight weeks — roughly 8 percent of that lifespan — is a noteworthy gain.
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A University of Georgia scientist developed a product called MuniRem that neutralizes explosives and chemical warfare agents with no hazardous byproducts. The technology can also be used to clean contaminated soil and water.
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Vermont Climate Assessment 2021's biggest takeaway: the state’s average annual temperature has warmed by nearly 2°F, and precipitation has increased by a whopping 21%, since 1900.
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Feisty on the line and tasty on the plate, striped bass can be hard to find in New Hampshire, where there's no commercial harvest. UNH researchers are developing a sustainable aquaculture solution.
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Northern Illinois University is leading a $2 million effort to develop a prototype system for capturing carbon dioxide waste and cleanly converting it into ethanol.
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The Mississippi River has a pollution problem, and University of Georgia scientists are helping to solve it by providing the first comprehensive overview of how plastics are affecting the nation’s most important waterway.
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New research shows that chemical reactivity, seasonality and distribution of airborne particulate matter are critical metrics when considering air pollution’s impact on human health.
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A new laboratory will bring South Dakota State University and South Dakota Mines faculty together with industry partners to transition bench-scale bioprocessing and bioproducts research to the marketplace.
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Researchers found that dynamic ocean management is more effective than permanent marine protected areas for protecting marine biodiversity that is accidentally caught in fisheries.
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Researchers have developed a new test for COVID-19 that combines the speed of over-the-counter antigen tests with the accuracy of PCR tests that are processed in medical labs and hospitals.
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Building upon previous NIH-funded work, University of Kansas researchers are developing and refining interventions to boost COVID-19 vaccination and testing among a particularly vulnerable population: women leaving incarceration.
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When readers read a news story about sports, drugs or welfare — topics that disproportionately stereotype the Black community — those who took part in a media literacy intervention held fewer stereotypes than readers who did not.
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A particular molecular signaling pathway plays an important role in producing osteoarthritis pain. In mice, blocking the pathway blocks the pain and results in a return to normal limb use.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers in the new Center on Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics (CUWP) are focusing on several new chemical techniques that could greatly increase the amount of plastic waste worldwide that can be cost-effectively broken down and reused.
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Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Comprehensive Diabetes Center are identifying and classifying previously unstudied lipids to determine whether these molecules could help diagnose metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, in women and minorities.
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This study found juveniles sentenced to life without parole who were subsequently released showed a recidivism rate of 1.14%. The findings are consistent with a growing body of research that shows people age out of criminal behaviors.
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This research focuses on the telepractice delivery of speech therapy and will evaluate the efficacy of speech intervention supplemented with real-time visual-acoustic biofeedback when delivered using remote technologies.
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VCU’s Medicines for All Institute improves access to high-quality medications by driving down production costs. The institute optimizes active pharmaceutical ingredient production and provides open access to manufacturers to enhance medicine supply chain security.
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Meet the researcher developing innovative zinc-chitosan gel-based batteries enclosed in flexible plastic that will revolutionize how consumers power everyday devices, particularly wearable health monitoring devices.
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The University of Missouri Research Reactor boosted its production of critical medical isotopes used for treating cancer and other diseases to meet a greater international demand due to an unexpected reactor shutdown in Europe.
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A $2.9 million grant will allow UC Riverside School of Education researcher Linda Ventriglia-Navarrette to continue developing technology-based language and literacy programs for English-language learners.
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