(S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University) A new paper researching a framework for understanding how light and noise pollution affects wildlife.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/sje-bbt031620.php
A research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants, where they end up as sludge, in landfills, and often as fertilizer.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200313155254.htm
(Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Richard N. Landers, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The profession of industrial and organizational psychology addresses the full range of human interactions in organizational settings. Members of the profession may be researchers, teachers, practitioners or administrators. They work in several settings including in business, government, consulting, and academia. SIOP Fellows may be recognized for outstanding contributions to the profession in any of these areas.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/sfia-rnl031620.php
(University of California – San Diego) Research and Development (R&D) has long been key in the nation’s economic prospects and according to new research from the University of California San Diego, the country’s ability to maintain its competitive edge in this area largely depends on managers in R&D being less averse to risk.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uoc–atr031620.php
(University of California – Santa Cruz) Models and algorithms for analyzing complex networks are widely used in research and affect society at large through their applications in online social networks, search engines, and recommender systems. According to a new study, however, one widely used algorithmic approach for modeling these networks is fundamentally flawed, failing to capture important properties of real-world complex networks.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uoc–ssw031620.php
(New York Genome Center) Researchers in the lab of Neville Sanjana, PhD, at the New York Genome Center and New York University have developed a new kind of CRISPR screen technology to target RNA. The team leveraged their technology for a critical analysis: The COVID-19 public health emergency is due to a coronavirus, which contains an RNA – not DNA – genome. Their predictions for guide RNAs for a strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated in New York have been made available online.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/nygc-nk031620.php
(National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) MARVEL) New collaborative work involving NCCR MARVEL researchers has given additional insight into the nature of jacutingaite (Pt2HgSe3), a species of platinum-group mineral first discovered in a Brazilian mine in 2008. The studies show that the material is one of only a few known dual-topological insulators, featuring different surface states linked to crystalline symmetries rather than to the topological properties of the 2D monolayer, a quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI).
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/ncoc-net031520.php
(Elsevier) An e-cigarette carried in the left breast shirt pocket of a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) caused magnetic reversion, interrupting the ICD’s ability to detect and treat dangerous heart rhythm problems, clinicians report in HeartRhythm Case Reports, published by Elsevier. The patient was not aware that the e-cigarette has an integrated magnetic component, and it had suspended detection of heart rhythm problems by the ICD four times before he reported it to his healthcare team.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/e-mci030920.php
(Princeton University, Engineering School) Focusing on urbanization as a key driver of environmental change in the 21st century, researchers at Princeton University have created a framework to understand and compare cities’ food systems and their effects on climate change, water use and land use. The research will allow planners to estimate the impact of a city’s food system and evaluate policy actions.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/pues-fsa031320.php
(Chalmers University of Technology) Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures. The material has the potential to make a big difference to many people’s lives. The research was recently published in the highly regarded scientific journal ACS Nano.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/cuot-nrm031320.php