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  Pandemic Hardship, Recovery Tougher on Houstonians, Texans

  Houstonians and Texans have had a harder time handling the economic, health and educational fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic than the rest of the country, according to a new report by the University of Houston Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality.

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  Training the Next Generation of ‘CyberCops’

  Hackers, terrorists and thieves can threaten your data. A new program from a University of Houston computer science professor trains CyberCops in methods to keep your corner of the internet secure.

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  UH Adaptive Athletics Students Refurbish Disability Sport Wheelchairs for Bangladesh Nonprofit

  With in-person wheelchair sports paused at UH due to the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Cottingham’s adaptive athletics class shifted focus to helping a nonprofit in Bangladesh focused on child and youth development, girls’ empowerment, and life skills development of disabled individuals.

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  Improving Access to Mental Health Services in Low-Income Communities

  When it comes to improving access to mental health services for children and families in low-income communities, a University of Houston researcher found having a warm handoff, which is a transfer of care between a primary care physician and mental health provider, will help build trust with the patient and lead to successful outcomes.

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  Following Cancer Progress in Real Time

  A University of Houston engineer is developing a method to follow cancer progress in real time by counting exosomes, which are sent off to the bloodstream in mass quantities by cancerous tumors. The method, which requires only a simple blood test, could provide unprecedented early detection power.

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  Engineering Dynamic Solutions

  University of Houston researcher Lars Grabow has received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the technology for a catalytic process to produce acrylonitrile in small modular reactors near geographically distributed carbon fiber plants, meaning cheaper products with reduced energy costs.

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  Scientists Identify New Gut–liver Drug Recycling Process

  A team of University of Houston pharmaceutical researchers is reporting a newly recognized process of drug metabolism in the intestines - followed by recycling through the liver - that could have important implications for developing treatments for intestinal diseases and for taking multiple medications at the same time.

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  Border Health Issue: U.S. Citizen Migrant Children in Mexico Lacking Adequate Health Insurance

  Researchers at the UH Graduate College of Social Work found that more than half of U.S. citizen migrant children living in Mexico were underinsured, and the situation is even more stark for those living in urban settings and along the border. They are now calling for transborder policies to address place-based inequity in health coverage.

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  The Pressure Is Off and High Temperature Superconductivity Remains

  Using a new pressure quenching (PQ) technique at high temperatures to induce superconductivity in iron selenide (FeSe) crystals, superconductivity was achieved by Paul Chu and team at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston – and sustained without pressure.

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  Banishing Cigarettes into History’s Ashcan

  With a $1.9 million grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, the expansion of Taking Texas Tobacco Free will target smokers with psychiatric disorders or substance dependencies in underserved communities where smoking rates are as high as 87%.

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  What to Do When Not Enough Women and Minorities Apply for a Job: Change the Recruitment Committee

  As businesses and educational institutions are grappling with how to adopt more diversified hiring practices, a study of recruitment data suggests a simple and efficient way of increasing diversity in applicant pools.

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  Plastic Drapes Reduce Hypothermia in Premature Babies

  A University of Houston College of Nursing researcher is reporting that use of a plastic drape during catheter insertion in very low birth-weight newborn babies can lower the rates of hypothermia, and she is recommending replacing cloth blanket and towels with them.