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Humanitarian Engineering: Training Engineers to Best Serve Communities
Engineering is one of the most impactful and transformative fields of teaching, research, and practice, asit shapes the world we live in and ensures the functioning of many systems that maintain...
I-PERF: Supporting Underserved Research Fellows
Statistics suggest that Hispanic, Black, and female entrepreneurs receive a disproportionately tiny portion of total venture capital funds in the United States. With this in mind, the National...
Cultivating Health-Conscious High School Students through Nutrition Education
Providing high school students with nutrition-related knowledge enables them to lead healthier lives by selecting foods that are both tasty and nutritious. Researchers at Middle Tennessee State...
Dr Sadguna Anasuri – Exploring the Impact of Media Usage on Obesity among Young Adults
In the US, the number of children and adults with obesity or excess weight has increased exponentially over the past few decades, causing concerning effects on public health. Identifying factors...
Harpoons, lasers and gecko feet to tackle space debris
This month, the SpaceX CRS-14 resupply mission to the International Space Station will carry a satellite the size of a small fridge, dubbed RemoveDebris, with the goal of tackling the problem.
Effects of T-Type calcium channel re-expression after heart attacks
Heart diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) are the primary cause of death worldwide. Myocardial infarctions (MI), also known as heart attacks, are often a consequence of CHD that can have...
The neuroscience of motherhood
Pregnancy and lactation can have significant long-lasting effects on the neurobiological processes in female mammals. These effects sometimes include changes in the brain’s neurochemical...
Understanding syncope – not for the faint hearted
Syncope, commonly known as fainting, occurs when an individual experiences a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a decrease in blood flow to the brain. Professor Robert Sheldon, working at the...
Development of GABAergic neuron connectivity in health and in disease
The biological processes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and diseases of the brain are still in part to be ascertained. Drs Graziella Di Cristo and Bidisha Chattopadhyaya, two...
How statistics could inform breast cancer genetics research
Genes have been found to play an important part in the development of a number of diseases, including cancer. Assistant Professor Audrey Fu, a statistician working at the University of Idaho, has...