Latest News Releases 14 January

A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. Analysis of 14 astronauts showed their bodies destroyed 54 percent more red blood cells in space than they normally would on Earth, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

Abdelaziz has received funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for two projects. One project is related to the use of biopolymers to improve soils in collaboration with the Army Corps’ Environmental Laboratory (EL). The other project focuses on using biopolymers to strengthen military earthen structures and soils.

A timely new study investigated the incidence of false-positive results in a large sample of rapid antigen tests used to serially screen asymptomatic workers throughout Canada. The study showed the overall rate of false-positive results among the total rapid antigen test screens for SARS-CoV-2 was very low.

Munson, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and Bellas, assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Temple University, were recently awarded $250,000 by the Lipedema Foundation to research causes and treatments for lipedema, an often painful disease characterized by a build-up of fat tissue in the limbs. The two are co-principal investigators for the grant.

A new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers, using data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, provides insight into how solar wind is generated and accelerated, bringing scientists one step closer to being able to predict “space weather.”

Researchers at Duke University have developed an artificial intelligence platform to analyze potentially cancerous lesions in mammography scans to determine if a patient should receive an invasive biopsy. But unlike its many predecessors, the algorithm is interpretable, meaning it shows physicians exactly how it came to its conclusions.

An international team of researchers found that the brightly colored jumping spider Saitis barbipes could not see its own vivid reds.

Bioenergy expert and director of the Energy and Bioproducts Institute at Aston University, Professor Patricia Thornley, has been appointed to the science advisory council of the Department for Transport (DfT).