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19-Apr-2024

Wayne State researcher aims to improve coding peer review practices

Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research
Grant and Award Announcement

Amiangshu Bosu, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University, received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to formulate better practices involving peer code review.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

19-Apr-2024

FRIB researchers lead team to merge nuclear physics experiments and astronomical observations to advance equation-of-state research

Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

A research team—led by William Lynch and Betty Tsang at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)—used 20 years of experimental data from accelerator facilities and neutron-star observations to understand how particles interact in nuclear matter under a wide range of extreme conditions. The team recently published its findings in Nature Astronomy.

Journal: Nature Astronomy
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics

19-Apr-2024

Climate change will increase value of residential rooftop solar panels across US, study shows

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: National Key R&D Program of China, U.S. National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Carbon Neutrality and Energy System Transformation Project

19-Apr-2024

Warming of Antarctic deep-sea waters contribute to sea level rise in North Atlantic, study finds

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened. Two decades of continual observations provide a greater understanding of the Earth’s climate regulating system.

Journal: Nature Geoscience
Funder: NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing program, NOAA Climate Program Office Climate Observations and Monitoring, and Climate Variability and Predictability programs, U.S. National Science Foundation, European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft German Research Foundation, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

17-Apr-2024

Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A detailed reconstruction of climate during the most recent ice age, when a large swath of North America was covered in ice, provides information on the relationship between CO2 and global temperature. Results show that while most future warming estimates remain unchanged, the absolute worst-case scenario is unlikely.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

17-Apr-2024

WVU researcher studying worst western US megadrought in 1,200 years

West Virginia University
Grant and Award Announcement

Drylands in the western United States are currently in the grips of a 23-year “megadrought” and one West Virginia University researcher is working to gain a better understanding of this extreme climate event.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

17-Apr-2024

Undergraduates to design robots for Appalachia’s challenges at WVU summer research program

West Virginia University
Grant and Award Announcement

Starting this summer, undergraduate students will perform hands-on, cutting-edge robotics research that solves real-world problems in Appalachia while working in the five robotics labs at West Virginia University.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

16-Apr-2024

Can a natural juice help your gut health? University of Missouri researchers find evidence it can

University of Missouri-Columbia

A team of researchers at the University of Missouri is uncovering how the juice from red cabbage, long used in traditional medicine, can alleviate inflammation-associated digestive health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in mice, offering hope to the estimated 3 million Americans who suffer from IBD, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

16-Apr-2024

Microplastics, algal blooms, seafood safety are public health concerns addressed by new Oceans and Human Health Centers

NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic, referred to as microplastics are finding their way into the world’s oceans. To address plastics and other problems that could affect human health, the NIH and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) are jointly funding four new Centers for Oceans and Human Health and renewing two centers as part of a marine-related health research program. Each Center will focus on a different aspect of the interplay between environmental science, climate change, and human health in the ocean or Great Lakes.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation

16-Apr-2024

Oregon State researchers advance pigment chemistry with moon-inspired reddish magentas

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An Oregon State University researcher who made color history in 2009 with a vivid blue pigment has developed durable, reddish magentas inspired by lunar mineralogy and ancient Egyptian chemistry.

Journal: Chemistry of Materials
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation