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18-Apr-2025

Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans: A simulation-based analysis

University of Tsukuba
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new perspective for the reinterpretation of the variability selection hypothesis (VSH), which attributes improvement in human cognitive abilities to severe EV in Africa during the Middle Stone Age (MSA), as further relevant to the explanation of the evolution of sociality.

Journal: PLOS Complex Systems

17-Apr-2025

UTA's 23 patents strengthen UT System's No. 3 National Academy of Inventors' ranking

University of Texas at Arlington
Business Announcement

The University of Texas at Arlington, with 23 patents granted in 2024, helped propel The University of Texas System to No. 3 in the National Academy of Inventors’ prestigious top 100 ranking of U.S. universities awarded utility patents. The UT System’s 14 institutions are collectively ranked as a single entity in the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) annual report. UT Arlington’s 23 patents is a 15% jump from the previous year.

17-Apr-2025

Machine learning model to predict the fitness of AAV capsids for gene therapy

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy describes a machine learning (ML) model that can be used as a surrogate for laborious in vitro experiments. This in silico approach aims to increase the fitness of clinical adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids to make gene therapies more economically viable for patients.

Journal: Human Gene Therapy

17-Apr-2025

How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How should we prioritize patients waiting for kidney transplants? A new study could help policymakers analyze methods of matching donated kidneys and their recipients.

Journal: Econometrica
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

17-Apr-2025

Ghanaian pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers face significant nutritional challenges impacting their and their infants’ health

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, explores the nutrition perspectives and attitudes of Ghanaian pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers. The study sheds light on significant challenges, including food insecurity, economic constraints, and cultural influences, that impact the dietary habits and health of young mothers and their infants.

Journal: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Funder: Oklahoma State University

17-Apr-2025

Come with: WVU study shows few people mind when others invite themselves to group activities

West Virginia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research by West Virginia University behavioral expert Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics, shows many people won’t ask to join others’ plans because they think — often wrongly — that “self-invitations” tend to be resented.

Journal: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

16-Apr-2025

USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness selected to lead national emergency response project

Texas A&M University
Grant and Award Announcement

Triage — when first responders assess the severity of patient injuries to determine the need for treatment and what treatment to provide — is critical to saving lives at the scene of a car crash, fire or other emergency. The updated guidelines could benefit emergency responders and patients alike once the issues are addressed. The project was awarded through a cooperative effort between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, which is administered under the Uniformed Services University.

Funder: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health