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5-Feb-2025

Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through “magic-angle” graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts.

Journal: Nature

5-Feb-2025

ACC to host Cardio-oncology Conference in Washington and virtually

American College of Cardiology
Meeting Announcement

Taking place on February 14-16, 2025, in Washington, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient conference is an interdisciplinary and inter-specialty conference designed to provide clinicians with the tools needed to improve the cardiovascular care of cancer patients in everyday practice.

Meeting: ACC Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient

5-Feb-2025

How AI bias shapes everything from hiring to healthcare

University of Oklahoma
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Naveen Kumar, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma’s Price College of Business, has co-authored a study emphasizing the urgent need to address bias by developing and deploying ethical, explainable AI in the wake of new international LLM models from DeepSeek and Alibaba.

Journal: Information & Management

5-Feb-2025

Mizzou researchers discover simple solution to break down forever chemicals

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Missouri researcher has discovered a new method to remove so-called “forever chemicals” from our drinking water by heating the PFAS with granular activated carbon. The discovery represents a significant breakthrough in managing PFAS-containing solid wastes, biosolids and spent adsorbent media that are major concerns to farmers and communities.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

5-Feb-2025

First success to overcome gene therapy challenges using nanomachines loaded with wine ingredients

Innovation Center of NanoMedicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- Combining wine components and precision synthetic polymers to create nanomachines carrying adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs)

- Nanomachine wrapping of AAV suppresses the production of neutralizing antibodies and also overcomes hepatotoxicity, a side effect of gene therapy with AAV, for the first time in the world.

- Efficient gene therapy with gene-loaded AAVs as a new approach to clinical application

- Published in ACS Nano as a result of joint research by iCONM and Institute of Science Tokyo

Journal: ACS Nano
Funder: Japan Science and Technology Agency

5-Feb-2025

New semiconductor opens the “eyes” of advanced industries

National Research Council of Science & Technology

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Ho Seong Lee) has successfully developed a high-quality compound semiconductor material for ultra-sensitive SWIR sensors.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

5-Feb-2025

College commuters: Link between students’ mental health, vehicle crashes

Florida Atlantic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Young adults are at higher risk for crashes due to inexperience, risk-taking, and impaired driving. A study examines the link between commuter college students’ mental health and crash risk, highlighting the added impact on their education, especially in transit-limited South Florida.

Journal: Journal of Transport & Health