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1 Oxford Poorly reported placebos may lead to mistaken estimates of benefits http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-10-01-poorly-reported-placebos-may-lead-mistaken-estimates-benefits

2 Cambridge AN EXTRA VEGETARIAN OPTION CUTS MEAT CONSUMPTION WITHOUT DENTING FOOD SALES https://www.cam.ac.uk/vegnudge Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mild-to-moderate-hearing-loss-in-children-leads-to-changes-in-how-brain-processes-sound Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, say researchers https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/type-2-diabetes-remission-possible-with-achievable-weight-loss-say-researchers Study highlights potential of whole genome sequencing to enable personalised cancer treatment https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-highlights-potential-of-whole-genome-sequencing-to-enable-personalised-cancer-treatment Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mechanisms-of-real-time-speech-interpretation-in-the-human-brain-revealed

3 Stanford Stanford chemist develop ‘infrared vision’ for cancer immunotherapy https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/03/infrared-vision-immunotherapy/ Stanford psychologists discover new patterns of brain development in areas linked to reading and face recognition https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/03/new-patterns-brain-development-discovered/ Stanford psychiatry professor works to bring scientists to addiction policy debates https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/03/bringing-neuroscience-bear-addiction-policy/ Stanford psychologists show leading with flavor encourages healthy eating https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/02/leading-flavor-encourages-healthy-eating/ Stanford researchers have developed a gel-like fluid to prevent wildfires https://news.stanford.edu/2019/09/30/new-treatment-prevents-wildfires/ Why Women and Older Workers Make Less Driving for Uber https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-women-older-workers-make-less-driving-uber

4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology A new way to corrosion-proof thin atomic sheets http://news.mit.edu/2019/corrosion-proof-atomic-sheets-1004 SMART develops a way to commercially manufacture integrated silicon III-V chips http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-singapore-smart-way-to-manufacture-integrated-silicon-iii-v-chips-1003 Artificial gut aims to expose the elusive microbiome http://news.mit.edu/2019/artificial-gut-aims-to-expose-human-microbiome-1003 Engineered viruses could fight drug resistance http://news.mit.edu/2019/engineered-phage-viruses-drug-resistance-1003 This is how a “fuzzy” universe may have looked http://news.mit.edu/2019/early-galaxy-fuzzy-universe-simulation-1003 System helps smart devices find their position http://news.mit.edu/2019/iot-smart-device-position-1003 Using algorithms to build a map of the placenta http://news.mit.edu/2019/using-algorithms-to-build-placenta-map-1002 Study: Better sleep habits lead to better college grades http://news.mit.edu/2019/better-sleep-better-grades-1001 Tracing the origins of air pollutants in India http://news.mit.edu/2019/tracing-air-pollution-india-0930 This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes http://news.mit.edu/2019/mesh-structure-shape-temperature-changes-0930 Delivery system can make RNA vaccines more powerful http://news.mit.edu/2019/rna-vaccine-delivery-0930 How to dismantle a nuclear bomb http://news.mit.edu/2019/verify-dismantle-nuclear-bombs-0927

5 Caltech Virtual Reality for Scientists https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/virtual-reality-scientists Researchers Advancing Understanding of Vital Enzyme https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/researchers-advancing-understanding-vital-enzyme

6 Harvard Michael Fabiano wears many hats (AP) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/continuing-education-is-essential-in-todays-new-media-soaked-world-and-so-is-accuracy/ You are what you eat — and how you cook it https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/study-finds-gut-microbes-adapt-quickly-to-changes-in-food-preparation/ Omega-3 fish oil rises to top in analysis of studies https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/major-study-finds-omega-3-supplements-may-reduce-risk-of-heart-attack/ A new hunt for Jimmy Hoffa (And Finally) https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/in-new-book-professor-probes-stepdads-ties-to-hoffa-disappearance/ Red flags rise on global warming and the seas https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/urgency-of-climate-change-may-be-understated-in-intergovernmental-panel-report/ In a first, optical tweezers give Harvard scientists the control to capture ultracold molecules https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/harvard-scientists-use-optical-tweezers-to-capture-ultracold-molecules/ The shape-shifting of things to come https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/shape-shifting-structures-can-take-the-form-of-a-face-antenna/ First video of viruses assembling https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/first-video-of-viruses-assembling-released/

7 Princeton Get moving! The mystery of animal group behavior https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/09/30/get-moving-mystery-animal-group-behavior

8 Yale University Barrier to rural opioid treatment: driving distance to methadone clinics https://news.yale.edu/2019/10/01/barrier-rural-opioid-treatment-driving-distance-methadone-clinics Too Young to Screen: Breast Cancer in Younger Women https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/breast-cancer-younger-women/ New drug helps combat metabolic syndrome https://news.yale.edu/2019/10/02/new-drug-helps-combat-metabolic-syndrome Female orgasm is evolution’s happy gift https://news.yale.edu/2019/09/30/female-orgasm-evolutions-happy-gift Growing old together: a sharper look at black holes and their host galaxies https://news.yale.edu/2019/09/30/growing-old-together-sharper-look-black-holes-and-their-host-galaxies

9 Imperial College London Gut bacteria ‘fingerprint’ predicts radiotherapy side effects https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/193154/gut-bacteria-fingerprint-predicts-radiotherapy-side/ ‘Poisoned arrowhead’ used by warring bacteria could lead to new antibiotics https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/193148/poisoned-arrowhead-used-warring-bacteria-could/

10 Chicago None

11 ETH Zurich Artificial intelligence improves biomedical imaging https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2019/09/artificial-intelligence-improves-biomedical-imaging.html

12 Johns Hopkins University Careful Monitoring of Children Following Cardiac Surgery May Improve Long-Term Outcomes https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/careful-monitoring-of-children-following-cardiac-surgery-may-improve-long-term-outcomes ‘Dietary’ Vulnerability Found in Cancer Cells With Mutated Spliceosomes https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/dietary-vulnerability-found-in-cancer-cells-with-mutated-spliceosomes Golden Ratio Observed In Human Skulls https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/golden-ratio-observed-in-human-skulls Flu Experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/flu-experts-at-johns-hopkins-medicine-1 Nanoparticles Wiggling Through Mucus May Predict Severe COPD https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/nanoparticles-wiggling-through-mucus-may-predict-severe-copd Johns Hopkins Researchers Advance Search For Safer, Easier Way to Deliver Vision-Saving Gene Therapy to The Retina https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/johns-hopkins-researchers-advance-search-for-safer-easier-way-to-deliver-vision-saving-gene-therapy-to-the-retina

13 University of Pennsylvania Identifying a gene for canine night blindness https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/identifying-gene-canine-night-blindness New chip poised to enable handheld microwave imaging https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-chip-poised-enable-hand-held-microwave-imaging Signaling the trustworthiness of science https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/signaling-trustworthiness-science How race informed the 6th Amendment right to counsel https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-race-informed-6th-amendment-right-counsel How restricting skilled immigration could spur offshoring https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-restricting-skilled-immigration-could-spur-offshoring New topological insulator can reroute photonic ‘traffic’ on the fly https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-topological-insulator-can-reroute-photonic-traffic-fly Emily Steinlight brings a modern look to Victorian-era studies https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/emily-steinlight-brings-modern-look-victoria-era-studies Penn team creates first bile duct-on-a-chip https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-team-creates-first-bile-duct-chip

14 UCL “Children’s voices” omitted from care records, UCL study finds https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/oct/childrens-voices-omitted-care-records-ucl-study-finds Health worsens the longer you live in a deprived neighbourhood https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/oct/health-worsens-longer-you-live-deprived-neighbourhood Analysis: Having sex in older age could make you happier and healthier https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/oct/analysis-having-sex-older-age-could-make-you-happier-and-healthier Fruit flies live longer with combination drug treatment https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/sep/fruit-flies-live-longer-combination-drug-treatment

15 University of California, Berkeley CRISPRed flies mimic monarch butterfly — and could make you vomit https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/crispred-flies-mimic-monarch-butterfly-and-could-make-you-vomit Collapse of desert birds due to heat stress from climate change https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/collapse-desert-birds-due-heat-stress-climate-change New poll: Vaccine rule widely supported by California voters https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/new-poll-vaccine-rule-widely-supported-california-voters Does being a ‘superwoman’ protect African American women’s health? https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/does-being-superwoman-protect-african-american-womens-health

16 Columbia University N/A

17 UCLA Fat cells are used to deliver drug that suppresses tumor growth in mice https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fat-cells-deliver-drug-suppresses-tumor-growth Researchers identify molecular process that could accelerate recovery from nerve injuries https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/molecular-process-accelerates-nerve-injury-recovery Study identifies therapeutic target for high blood pressure in the lungs https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/therapeutic-target-high-blood-pressure-lungs

18 Duke N/A

19 Cornell Nature, Our Intrinsic Healer https://research.cornell.edu/news-features/nature-our-intrinsic-healer

20 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (all links at top) How opt-out organ donation could affect U.S. waiting lists https://news.umich.edu/how-opt-out-organ-donation-could-affect-u-s-waiting-lists/ Patient cancer cells reliably grow on new 3D scaffold, showing promise for precision medicine https://news.umich.edu/patient-cancer-cells-reliably-grow-on-new-3d-scaffold-showing-promise-for-precision-medicine/ Collaboration may improve access to HIV testing, primary care https://news.umich.edu/collaboration-may-improve-access-to-hiv-testing-primary-care/ Screening for lung cancer based on risk could save lives https://news.umich.edu/screening-for-lung-cancer-based-on-risk-could-save-lives/ Just add water: U-M chemists suggest a fix for insoluble drugs https://news.umich.edu/just-add-water-u-m-chemists-suggest-a-fix-for-insoluble-drugs/ Hard as ceramic, tough as steel: Newly discovered connection could help design of nextgen alloys https://news.umich.edu/hard-as-ceramic-tough-as-steel-newly-discovered-connection-could-help-design-of-nextgen-alloys/

21 Toronto Young adults of South Asian descent face higher risk of prediabetes, diabetes: U of T study https://www.utoronto.ca/news/young-adults-south-asian-descent-face-higher-risk-prediabetes-diabetes-u-t-study U of T paleontologists find traces of sabre-toothed cat in Medicine Hat https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-paleontologists-find-traces-sabre-toothed-cat-medicine-hat U of T-led team text mines over 89,000 scientific papers, revealing new evolutionary insights into ants and plants https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-led-team-text-mines-over-89000-scientific-papers-revealing-new-evolutionary-insights-ants Male surgeons earn more than female surgeons for same time worked: U of T study https://www.utoronto.ca/news/male-surgeons-make-more-female-surgeons-same-time-worked-u-t-study U of T ecologists find strong evidence of ‘fishing down the food web’ in freshwater lake https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-ecologists-find-strong-evidence-fishing-down-food-web-freshwater-lake

22 Tsinghua University N/A

23 National University of Singapore ‘Express courier service’ for immune cells http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/express-courier-service-immune-cells

24 Carnegie Mellon University One-Dimensional Objects Morph Into New Dimensions https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/one-dimensional-objects-morph-new-dimensions.html New Biological Approach Helps Robots Sense Chemicals https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/october/biological-approach-helps-robots-sense-chemicals.html Simon Initiative Tool Helps Students Polish Writing Skills https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/september/simon-tool-helps-polish-writing-skills.html

25 Northwestern University (June 20th) N/A

26 London School of Economics and Political Science Imprint of poor parental relationships linked to high social costs http://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2019/j-October-2019/Imprint-of-poor-parental-relationships-linked-to-high-social-costs LSE academics develop tool to help combat global Antimicrobial Resistance http://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2019/j-October-2019/LSE-academics-develop-tool-to-help-combat-global-Antimicrobial-Resistance

27 New York University Fungal Invasion of Pancreas Creates Cancer Risk https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/october/fungal-invasion-of-pancreas-creates-cancer-risk-.html New Public-Private Research Upends Traditional Carbon Pricing and Presents a More Effective Method for Pricing Emissions https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/new-public-private-research-upends-traditional-carbon-pricing-an.html

28 University of Washington Health disparities, strong social support among state’s LGBTQ community https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/04/health-disparities-strong-social-support-among-states-lgbtq-community/ New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/04/new-metasurface-design-can-control-optical-fields-in-three-dimensions/ Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/02/inspired-by-northern-clingfish-researchers-make-a-better-suction-cup/

29 University of Edinburgh Nationally significant works by Darwin’s mentor secured https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/nationally-significant-works-by-darwin-s-mentor-se European partners create new model for the future https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/research-partners-focus-on-europe-wide-future Prejudice against ethnic minorities persists https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/prejudice-against-ethnic-minorities-persists Surrogacy advance could aid rare chicken breeds https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/surrogacy-advance-could-aid-rare-chicken-breeds Drug could help improve ovarian cancer treatment https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/drug-could-help-improve-ovarian-cancer-treatment

30 University of California, San Diego Immune Cell Identity Crisis: What Makes a Liver Macrophage a Liver Macrophage? https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/immune-cell-identity-crisis-what-makes-a-liver-macrophage-a-liver-macrophage Cracking How ‘Water Bears’ Survive the Extremes https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/cracking-how-water-bears-survive-the-extremes Skin-Cells-Turned-to-Heart-Cells Help Unravel Genetic Underpinnings of Cardiac Function https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/skin-cells-turned-to-heart-cells-help-unravel-genetic-underpinnings-of-cardiac-function

31 Peking University (Search 2019-09) N/A

32 LMU Munich Rotation on an eight-shaped path http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/newsarchiv/2019/dube_naturecomm.html

33 University of Melbourne N/A

34 Georgia Institute of Technology N/A

35 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Taking sustainability into space https://news.epfl.ch/news/taking-sustainability-into-space/ The right carbon tax to reduce the impact of transport in Switzerland https://news.epfl.ch/news/the-right-carbon-tax-to-reduce-the-impact-of-trans/ EPFL researchers invent low-cost alternative to Bitcoin https://news.epfl.ch/news/epfl-researchers-invent-low-cost-alternative-to-bi/

36 University of Hong Kong N/A

37 University of British Columbia

38 King’s College London FODMAPs diet relieves symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/fodmaps-diet-relieves-symptoms-of-inflammatory-bowel-disease

39 University of Texas at Austin How sustainable is tuna? New global catch database exposes dangerous fishing trends https://news.ubc.ca/2019/10/01/how-sustainable-is-tuna-new-global-catch-database-exposes-dangerous-fishing-trends/ UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle https://news.ubc.ca/2019/09/30/ubc-study-highlights-need-to-improve-health-care-access-in-vancouver-portland-and-seattle/

40 Karolinska Institute Breakthrough in sex-chromosome regulation https://news.ki.se/breakthrough-in-sex-chromosome-regulation New CRISPR-Cas9 variant may boost precision in gene editing https://news.ki.se/new-crispr-cas9-variant-may-boost-precision-in-gene-editing New method provides vehicles for RNA vaccines https://news.ki.se/new-method-provides-vehicles-for-rna-vaccines

41 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology HKUST Researchers Discover New Virus Traits That May Help Fight Global Warming and Develop Anti-virus Drug https://www.ust.hk/news/research-and-innovation/hkust-researchers-discover-new-virus-traits-may-help-fight-global

42 Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris N/A

43 The University of Tokyo Three gravitational-wave detectors sign agreement to begin joint observation Collaboration will enable pinpointing origin of gravitational-wave events https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00147.html

44 University of Wisconsin-Madison N/A

45 McGill University N/A

46 Technical University of Munich Weak spot in pathogenic bacteria https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35720/ New approach to pain treatment in diseases of the pancreas https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35718/

47 Heidelberg University N/A

48 KU Leuven KU Leuven researchers reveal deepest layers of Bruegel drawings https://nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2019/ku-leuven-researchers-reveal-deepest-layers-of-bruegel-drawings/view

49 Australian National University The violent history of the big galaxy next door https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/the-violent-history-of-the-big-galaxy-next-door

50 University of Illinois Anger-prone children may benefit most from maternal sensitivity, study finds https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/803245 Researchers repurpose failed cancer drug into printable semiconductor https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/803208 Study finds rising ozone a hidden threat to corn https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/803124 Purple martin migration behavior perplexes researchers https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/803103