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Semaglutide and hospitalizations in patients with obesity and established cardiovascular disease

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this prespecified exploratory analysis of the SELECT randomized clinical trial, the trial cohort had a high rate of hospital admissions. Treatment with once-weekly semaglutide was associated with significant reductions in hospital admissions and overall time spent in hospital, extending its benefits beyond cardiovascular risk reduction.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Anything-goes “anyons” may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT theoretical physicists may have an explanation for the surprising observation that superconductivity and magnetism can co-exist in some materials. They propose that under certain conditions, a magnetic material’s electrons could splinter into quasiparticles known as “anyons,” some of which could flow together without friction — an entirely new form of superconductivity.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Nirsevimab against hospitalizations and emergency department visits for lower respiratory tract infection in infants

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this meta-analysis, nirsevimab was associated with reduced lower respiratory tract infection-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits in infants and young children. These findings support nirsevimab’s potential to reduce respiratory-related morbidity in young children and health care utilization.

Journal: JAMA Pediatrics

The Universitat Jaume I joins the STEAM Alliance to promote female talent in science and technology

Universitat Jaume I
Business Announcement

The Universitat Jaume I has joined the national STEAM Alliance for Female Talent, promoted by Spain’s Ministry of Education to encourage girls and young women to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics, and to help close the gender gap in these fields. Membership requires submitting a project that promotes STEAM careers among girls and adolescents and passing a rigorous evaluation process.

The university’s application included three initiatives: "Sucre", which introduces computational thinking and programming in primary and secondary schools; "Ingeniera… ¿por qué no?", which raises awareness and provides resources to increase the presence of women in technical degrees; and "Connecta amb la ciència", a programme offering hands-on workshops and talks to secondary school students led by researchers from the university’s science and technology areas.

SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ26)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Meeting Announcement

This is the conference of the SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification.

New study reveals how cultural context shapes teacher noticing

ECNU Review of Education
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Teacher noticing refers to how teachers attend to, interpret, and respond to classroom events, which is known as a crucial skill of effective mathematics instruction. A new article synthesizes multinational research across five countries, finding that teacher noticing varies significantly across different cultural settings, and the frameworks for developing teacher noticing cannot be simply transplanted from one culture to another.

Journal: ECNU Review of Education
Funder: Education University of Hong Kong

Australian team discover why quantum computers have memory problems over time

Macquarie University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have fully mapped how noise spreads through quantum computers over time to show that glitches link together across different moments, creating a form of 'memory' that undermines calculations.

Journal: Quantum

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