Hacker News
- Restoring the Everglades to ensure South Florida's freshwater supply https://news.fiu.edu/2023/let-it-flow 43 comments
- New approach helped Patient 13 reach remission after relapse. Could it revolutionize how cancer is treated? https://news.fiu.edu/2024/new-cancer-treatment-approach-helped-pediatric-patient-reach-remission 3 comments upliftingnews
- Nature Medicine: For the first time, researchers successfully used functional precision medicine — drug screening of hundreds of FDA approved drugs on patient tumor samples — to find treatments for children with relapsed cancers. This unique approach led to 83% of patients showing improvement. https://news.fiu.edu/2024/new-cancer-treatment-approach-helped-pediatric-patient-reach-remission 2 comments health
- Millennia-old mystery about insects and light at night gets new explanation: New study finds they turn their back toward the light source because they think it is the brightest thing they know — the sky. https://news.fiu.edu/2024/millennia-old-mystery-about-insects-and-light-at-night-gets-a-new-explanation 111 comments science
- Study shows CBD works at the molecular level to reduce HIV-associated neuroinflammation, keeping infected cells under control so they don’t activate and spread the virus. https://news.fiu.edu/2023/cbd-benefits-hiv-infected-brain-cells 2 comments health
- Research finds that speaking more than one language can be beneficial for children born prematurely: performing better at cognitive test, showing better organization, accuracy and response timer https://news.fiu.edu/2023/bilingualism-a-benefit-for-premature-children 8 comments science
- New research in Nature evaluating the status of 8,011 species of amphibians shows nearly 41% are threatened with extinction — and climate change emerges as major driver of declines https://news.fiu.edu/2023/climate-change-emerges-as-major-driver-of-amphibian-declines-new-research-finds 3 comments science
- New research shows a model that uses biological and structural information can accurately predict how protein molecules will successfully bind together — knowledge that's important in medications and drug design. https://news.fiu.edu/2023/matchmaking-with-ai-to-help-proteins-pair-up 3 comments futurology
- A machine-learning model that uses biological and structural information to score the strength of the bond can predict how protein molecules will successfully bind together — knowledge that’s important in medications and drug design. The results were published in Nature Machine Intelligence. https://news.fiu.edu/2023/matchmaking-with-ai-to-help-proteins-pair-up 3 comments science
- Study published in Science: Active learning calculus course improves learning, compared to traditional lecture-based class https://news.fiu.edu/2023/researchers-changed-how-calculus-is-taught-students-learned-more 2 comments science
- Researchers discover new weapon against antibiotic resistance — it also fights malaria https://news.fiu.edu/2023/researchers-discover-new-weapon-against-antibiotic-resistance-it-also-fights-malaria 3 comments health
- Researchers determined a person’s biological sex can be confirmed by their hand odor with extreme accuracy — the novel approach can assist in forensic investigations when other biometric indicators, such as DNA and fingerprints, are limited or non-existent. https://news.fiu.edu/2023/research-finds-sex-can-be-confirmed-by-hand-odor 308 comments science
- Arsenic-based antibiotic can fight antibiotic resistance — and new research shows it can also stop transmission of malaria https://news.fiu.edu/2023/researchers-discover-new-weapon-against-antibiotic-resistance-it-also-fights-malaria 22 comments science
- Hurricanes have become prolific at producing damaging winds and storm surge. FIU research shows they have also grown to become prolific at making more rain https://news.fiu.edu/2022/hurricane-rainfall 17 comments science
- Research has found DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer's disease risk. DDT was extensively used between the 1940s and 1970s to combat insect-borne diseases like malaria and treat crop and livestock production. https://news.fiu.edu/2022/fiu-researchers-discover-how-ddt-exposure-contributes-to-alzheimers-disease-risk 152 comments science
- DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk https://news.fiu.edu/2022/fiu-researchers-discover-how-ddt-exposure-contributes-to-alzheimers-disease-risk 3 comments health
- Scientists have found medication has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom. Children learned the same amount of science, social studies, and vocabulary content whether they were taking the medication or the placebo https://news.fiu.edu/2022/long-thought-to-be-the-key-to-academic-success,-medication-doesnt-help-kids-with-adhd-learn,-study-finds 1556 comments science
- FIU professor: Collapsed Surfside building showed signs of subsidence in ‘90s https://news.fiu.edu/2021/fiu-professor-collapsed-surfside-building-showed-signs-of-subsidence-in-90s-era-space-radar-data 25 comments technology
- Exposure to ethnic discrimination on social media is associated with higher symptoms of depression and anxiety among young Hispanic males. Upon exposure to social media posts such as photos, memes or videos that include ethnic discrimination, users felt higher levels of depression and anxiety. https://news.fiu.edu/2020/minority-males-face-depression-and-anxiety-from-ethnic-discrimination-on-social-media 3 comments science
- For more than 20 years, research has suggested children who are bilingual have an advantage when it comes to executive functions. However, new research suggests that there is no consistent link between being bilingual and having an advantage when it comes to executive functions https://news.fiu.edu/2019/05/research-rules-out-mental-flexibility-attention-as-advant 3 comments science
- Sociolinguist debunks Miami English misconceptions http://news.fiu.edu/2013/10/sociolinguist-debunks-miami-english-misconceptions/68533 10 comments linguistics