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UTA researchers pioneer new heart testing method

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UTA is leading the way in advancing exercise-based MRI testing by using patent-pending lower body negative-pressure pants. Researchers have also showed that MRI can be used to measure venous oxygen levels—important indicators of how well the body is extracting oxygen from the blood—without inserting an invasive catheter.

Journal: Physiology

Virginia Tech researchers develop recyclable, healable electronics

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Electronics often get thrown away after use because recycling them requires extensive work for little payoff. Two Virginia Tech researchers have found a way to change the game.

Journal: Advanced Materials

Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump days in advance

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have created dynamic structures that leap into the air on a predetermined schedule without intervention from computers or external stimuli. Precisely when these “metashells” jump, and how high they jump, is engineered into the physical structure of the materials.

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

Air-quality monitoring underestimates toxic emissions to Salton Sea communities, study finds

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California’s largest lake at levels far higher and more frequently than previously reported.

Journal: GeoHealth
Funder: NASA, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Google Environmental Justice Data Fund

Research shows how solar arrays can aid grasslands during drought

Colorado State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Colorado State University and Cornell University shows that the presence of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands may reduce water stress, improve soil moisture levels and – particularly during dry years – increase plant growth by about 20% or more compared to open fields.

Lehigh University Professor Himanshu Jain awarded honorary doctorate in the Czech Republic

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Himanshu Jain, the T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and a professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh University, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic.The honor recognizes Jain’s influential research in glass science, his leadership in advancing graduate education, and his longstanding partnership with Pardubice’s Faculty of Chemical Technology.

Creating better policy with consensus-building tools

Carnegie Mellon University
Reports and Proceedings

Community policies, such as those for zoning or parking, are typically made at the top, which can leave community members feeling frustrated or left out of the process. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS) developed the web-based tool PolicyCraft to help community members use concrete cases to collaboratively craft policy. The research team found that policies created with PolicyCraft received stronger support and greater consensus.

Meeting: CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems