In early 2021, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and NORC at the University of Chicago showed that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use successfully helped more than 400 U.S. hospitals ensure that patients only received antibiotics when needed, and then, only in the correct amounts and for the prescribed dosage period.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to claim lives around the world, dairy scientists may have a surprising role to play. In a new report published in the Journal of Dairy Science®, scientists from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) and Glanbia PLC Research and Development (Twin Falls, ID, USA) have collaborated to investigate the antiviral properties of cow milk protein against variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the illness.

An NYITCOM research team led by Biomedical Sciences Instructor Satoru Kobayashi, Ph.D., has secured an NIH grant to investigate treatments for diabetic heart failure.

In Optical Materials Express, researchers report that lab tests of a new metasurface-based antenna that can harvest 100 microwatts of power, enough to power simple devices, from low power radio waves. This represents an important step toward making it practical to harvest energy from radio waves, such as the ones used in cell phone networks or Bluetooth connections.

IOS Press, an international scientific, technical, medical publisher, is pleased to announce publication of the first issue of the Journal of Smart Cities and Society, which focuses on the already existing and well-known concept of smart cities, amalgamating smart infrastructures with human’s needs through services at a community level.