An innovative learning strategy in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner specialty is giving students a better understanding of the intersection between mental health and law enforcement in rural communities. Students in the psychiatric mental health specialty are required to complete a 40-hour rotation in rural Minnesota. Their clinical experiences […]
The first protein-based nano-computing agent that functions as a circuit has been created by Penn State researchers. The milestone puts them one step closer to developing next-generation cell-based therapies to treat diseases like diabetes and cancer. Traditional synthetic biology approaches for cell-based therapies, such as ones that destroy cancer cells or encourage tissue regeneration after […]
While conducting a study of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory uncovered a previously unseen way in which the ice and ocean interact. The glaciologists said their findings could mean that the climate community has been vastly underestimating the magnitude of future sea level […]
University students aiming to enter medical school can be up against steep odds: In 2022, only 36% of applicants to U.S. medical schools were accepted. But University of Texas at Dallas students consistently outperform the field. Last year, 80% of students who completed an intensive preparation program through UT Dallas’ Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC) […]
Sam Panitch ’18 and Parker Yablon ’18 turned to a whiteboard to workshop what didn’t feel right in their lives. The two friends had enjoyed their University of Maryland experience, Panitch as an operations management and systems analytics major and Yablon studying government and politics. They learned business skills from being in a fraternity and […]
The FRAXA Research Foundation, which supports work aimed at finding a specific treatment for fragile Xsyndrome, has awarded Yuan-Chen Tsai, a postdoctoral fellow in UCI’s Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, a two-year, $100,000 grant to advance her studies. The genetic neurological disorder is the most common inherited cause of autism as well as mild to […]
A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient. Three innovative online calculators, the most recent being the UH Hydrocarbon Gas Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) Calculator, are available to industry professionals free of charge. With the industry’s focus shifting toward carbon capture, utilization […]
