LONDON, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: By Hayley Dunning, Corinne Farrell The different atmospheric conditions of the 'morning' and 'evening' sides of a distant planet have been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. The atmospheres of exoplanets - those outside our Solar System - have been measured using powerful telescopes for some time. However, the atmosphere has always been treated as being the same all over the planet. The new analy more PR

OLD ELVET, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * We're part of a new pound sterling1.4million project investigating geographic education inequalities across the UK. * * * Professor Nadia Siddiqui, from our School of Education, will work with colleagues from the Universities of Bath and Bristol on this project. The team will study the impact of area-based education initiatives using evidence from the Opportunity Areas programme. The UK government pr more PR

EXETER, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: The intricate design and workmanship of a set of medical instruments used by Roman surgeons 2,000 years ago have been revealed thanks to state-of-the-art archaeological technology. Using a CT scanner capable of peering beneath the surface of objects, researchers have examined six implements including a bronze scalpel handle that would have been used in surgery. Two surgical probes, a spoon, and two needle more PR

HATFIELD, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Hertfordshire issued the following news: The University of Hertfordshire has revealed the most sought-after courses during its most recent clearing survey, and said 60 per cent of its Clearing students began their research early. * 47 per cent used Clearing because they changed their mind about the course or the location - not because of their grades * University reassures students about the most emotional day of their study year * 70  more PR

NEW YORK, July 17 (TNSres) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, forming a genomically robust offspring with two distinct versions of the species' genome. Without that combination of different genetic makeups, asexually reproducing species typically suffer from a lack of diversity that more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Sean Kamperman won't go so far as to say that framing an argument is half the battle. But a new paper by the University of Kansas researcher argues that certain key words, topic shifts and other framing maneuvers can serve to "amplify marginalized voices in public debates." His findings "show the importance of having a strategy when you enter these types of conversations and of being prepared to hold your more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 17 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: A small pilot study has found evidence of human co-infections from Bartonella and Babesia odocoilei, a protozoal tick-borne infection primarily found in deer, moose and other cervids. The co-infections were detected in six of seven patients suffering from chronic, non-specific illness, who were enrolled in a Bartonella study at North Carolina State University. The work presents some o more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is a leading global scientific award for water-related innovation. * * * Dr Xilin Xia, Assistant Professor in Resilience Engineering at the University of Birmingham and Turing Fellow is a member of the team awarded the 2024 PSIPW Surface Water Prize. Professor Qiuhua Liang of Loughborough University led the team, which in more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * IET Scholarships support global science, engineering and technology research and recognise individual excellence. * * * Peiqian Guo is a Chartered Engineer and a PhD student in the Department of Electronic, Electrical, and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham. Dr Zhongbei Tian and Professor Xiao-Ping Zhang co-supervise his research on converter-based medium-v more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: A breakthrough in high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum chemistry, powered by the world's fastest supercomputer and leading technology, is set to revolutionise drug discovery and unlock new ways to target a range of diseases. Led by University of Melbourne theoretician and HPC expert Associate Professor Giuseppe Barca, a research team has achieved the first quantum simulation of biological s more PR

DARWIN, Australia, July 17 (TNSres) -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: Charles Darwin University (CDU) will bring its strategic location and unique research capabilities to the table of an important organisation dedicated to advancing Australia's defence innovation, science, and technology capabilities. With support from the Northern Territory Government, CDU has become a member of the Queensland Defence Science Alliance (QDSA), a node of the Australian Defence Science an more PR

LONDON, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news on July 16, 2024: * * * Children living in areas with high levels of deprivation are three times more likely to have severe tooth decay that requires a dental extraction in hospital, compared with children living in more affluent areas. The findings highlight an urgent need for equitable access to preventive dentistry. * * * In the study, published today (16 July 2024) in BMJ Public Health, researc more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California at Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: UCLA School of Law's Criminal Justice Program has published a report that sheds light on the federal, state and local laws and regulations that encourage collaboration between local law enforcement agencies and Los Angeles County's child protective services agency, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The report, "The Ties That Bind: Relationships  more PR

LEICESTER, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- De Montfort University issued the following news: A set of 'digital postcards' which can be accessed by patients to ensure they ask the correct questions about a cancer often hard to diagnose, has been co-designed by patients with researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU). Lobular Breast Cancer accounts for 15 per cent of all breast cancer diagnoses but grows like a net rather than appearing as a lump and often does not show up on mammograms  more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 17 (TNSres) -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Dr. Caitlin Riegel, assistant professor in the College of Education, recently published an article titled "Leveraging Generative AI for Effective Rubric Development in Higher Education" in The Teaching Professor. The article discusses a variety of AI-powered tools that can be used to develop rubrics and the features they offer to simplify rubric creation, provide suggestions for improvem more PR

CLINTON, South Carolina, July 17 (TNSres) -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: * * * The recent business graduate's honors research project took first place in the Business category at the symposium, using mathematical models of queueing theory in retail customer service. * * * By Sarah Murphy Throughout her years as a student at Presbyterian College, Emily Whitaker '24 worked as a part-time sales associate at a local pet store in Winston-Salem, N.C. It was a summer break jo more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have filed lawsuits against Meta (which owns Instagram and Facebook) and the U.S. surgeon general called last month for warning labels on platforms, similar to those on tobacco. New research from the University of Washington finds, though, that while some t more PR

ADELAIDE, Australia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of South Australia issued the following news release: New research from the University of South Australia has for the first time identified the most common and burdensome injuries experienced by sub-elite female Australian football players in the South Australian National Football League Women's (SANFLW) competition. The findings show that female Australian football players experience different injury patterns to their male counterparts,  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * Profs Plan to Venture Abroad for Collaborative Research Endeavors * * * 2024 has been the University of Houston's "year of Fulbrights." This spring, a record number of Coogs were recognized by the Student U.S. Fulbright Program. Now, five faculty members are slated to take their talents far beyond campus as Fulbright Scholars. UH professors earning awards from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program an more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New Mann Engineering in Medicine Pilot Grants program will build ongoing research collaborations between USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Keck School of Medicine of USC. * * * By Greta Harrison The lifesaving medical discoveries and therapeutics of the future will be one step closer, thanks to a University of Southern California pilot grant i more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 17 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on July 16, 2024: * * * Cost of living remains the top issue impacting voting, with reproductive rights ranking second. * * * Editor's note: Release is updated to correct the results of the Commonwealth Poll from December and the number of days until the election. * * * Today, Virginia Commonwealth University's L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs released the results of  more PR

BAVARIA, Germany, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat issued the following news: A treatment for metastatic cancer - researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universitat Wurzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal. Their approach for attacking the migrating cancer cells is to use ferroptosis - a cell death mechanism only discovered in 2012. Cu more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * For medical students with children, time management and strong support systems are key components in the balancing act. * * * By Anthony DePalma, Laura Ingles and Grace McOmber "Any time is a good time, because no time is a good time." That's what Stephan Lazar, M.D., said about having a baby in January 2024, when he was a fourth-year medical student in the Virg more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 17 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: An LSU researcher has discovered a potential treatment for the most malignant forms of cancer by fusing two proteins, one that slips past the tumor's defenses carrying a second protein to kill the tumor. Both proteins are produced by bacteria. Staphylococcal Superantigen-Like protein 11 (SSL11) is the delivery platform. It carries a fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE24) and binds to a  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Dr. Rebecca Glazier, a professor of public affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has released an engaging new book culminating a dozen years of research on the intersection of religion, politics, and community engagement in Little Rock. Glazier's book, "Faith and Community: How Engagement Strengthens Members, Places of Worship, and Society," was published by Temple University Press  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, July 17 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * An SMU-led research team found these ground surface conditions help natural gas travel the farthest from a leaking pipeline. * * * When natural gas leaks from a subsurface pipeline, a ground cover of water/snow saturation, asphalt paving or a combination of these can cause the gas to migrate away from the leak site up to three to four times farther than through dry soil, a new study has found.  more PR

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, July 17 (TNSres) -- Leiden University issued the following news: Professor of Computer Science Joost Batenburg has received half a million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to improve the conservation of historical paintings with 3D X-ray imaging. 'I'm really pleased with this grant', says Joost Batenburg. 'Particularly because it means my long-standing partnership with the Rijksmuseum will be able to continue. This will be our third project together. It is f more PR

LA JOLLA, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * NBER working paper sheds light on insurance pricing strategies and regulatory challenges in California * * * Have you noticed your homeowners insurance premiums going up, or even had trouble finding a policy at all? You're not alone. Across the country, insurance companies are raising rates, reducing coverage, and sometimes even exiting the market entirely. As natural disa more PR

AMES, Iowa, July 17 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Iowa State researchers attracted a record $346.2 million in external funding for the fiscal year that ended June 30. That's the third straight year of record research funding and the second straight of more than $300 million. Overall, Iowa State's total external funding for fiscal year 2024 increased to $544.6 million, rising $14.1 million and 2.7% over the prior fiscal year's total of $530.5 million. "Ac more PR

KENNESAW, Georgia, July 17 (TNSres) -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: Kennesaw State nursing professors Mary Dioise Ramos and Chinomso Nwozichi have been selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Induction into the Academy is a significant milestone in a nurse leader's career in which their accomplishments are honored by their colleagues within and outside the profession. Fellows are selected based on their contributions and impact to advance the pub more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: * * * Paul Dietz says robotic paper creations are a creative - and more inclusive - way to get kids interested in STEM fields * * * By Adina Bresge Could a talking paper octopus be the key to igniting kids' curiosity about technology? University of Toronto engineer Paul Dietz certainly thinks so. With the help of a menagerie of mechanically controlled puppets, he has a plan to help students learn to  more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 16 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * A new national report names University Hospital in Newark, the teaching hospital of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, as the leader in three-year survival rates for liver transplantation, highlighting its history of excellence in liver transplantation * * * University Hospital's Center for Liver Transplantation, led by nationally recognized physicians at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * New essay co-authored by UC Santa Cruz researcher says aquatic deoxygenation is intertwined with climate change and other 'planetary boundary' processes * * * By Mike Pena In 2009, the journal Nature featured the article, "A safe operating space for humanity," in which scientists described nine global-scale processes that regulate the overall habitability and stability more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: A new multi-disciplinary centre based at Loughborough University will look to revolutionise how AI is used to improve UK transport. The Transport AI Innovation Centre, or TRAICE, combines expertise from across the University as it looks to become the leading centre of excellence for advancing smart, safe, efficient, equitable and sustainable transport. The Centre, which will secure the Univer more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, July 17 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: By Brian Vernellis For all the tremendous gains the Latin American community has made in higher education, President Philomena V. Mantella said more must be done to help Latino and Hispanic students reach educational equity on campuses across the nation. Grand Valley serves as the title sponsor for this week's Fiesta Week, the 60th anniversary of the celebration of Latino culture, presented by La more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was ranked number one in the nation for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2024-25 "Best Hospitals" survey. Since the survey's inception in 1990, MD Anderson has consistently been one of the top two hospitals in the nation for cancer care, and it has maintained the top ranking for the past 10 ye more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new technique enables users to compare several large models and choose the one that works best for their task. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Foundation models are massive deep-learning models that have been pretrained on an enormous amount of general-purpose, unlabeled data. They can be applied to a variety of tasks, like generating images or answering customer question more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A trailblazer in electron microscopy, Vander Sande is remembered for his dedication to teaching, service, and global collaboration. * * * By Jason Sparapani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT Professor Emeritus John B. Vander Sande, a pioneer in electron microscopy and beloved educator and advisor known for his warmth and empathetic instruction, died Ju more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on July 15, 2024, with psychotherapist and author Lisa Varchol Perron: * * * "All the Rocks We Love" is a new picture book by MIT Professor Taylor Perron and Lisa Varchol Perron. * * * By Paige Colley, EAPS It's no secret that children love rocks: playing on them, stacking them, even sneaking them home in pockets. This universal curiosity about the world around us is what inspi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain's normal balance between stability and excitability. By Anne Trafton, MIT News There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT neuroscientists have now ans more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * 41% of parents in England who have a child with long-term illness or disability have thought about suicide while caring for their child, new research has found. * * * In the first dedicated study of suicide risk in parent carers, one in twelve of the 750 parents surveyed said they had made a plan to kill themselves, and some had attempted to take their own life. But only half of those who h more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Shakespeare wrote, "Kingdoms are clay." But a new book suggests kingdoms are actually more asphalt. "European empires of the 20th century were in many ways defined by their projects of motorization and road construction. Through these, colonial officials hoped to develop more efficient ways to exploit and control lands and peoples," said Andrew Denning, associate professor of history at the University of  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Monitoring using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for comparing response to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure * * * Monitoring of heart rate and physical activity using consumer wearable devices was found to have clinical value for comparing the response to two treatments for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. The study published in Natu more PR

MERCED, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Patty Guerra, UC Merced As the climate continues to change, the risks to farming are only going to increase. That's the key takeaway from a recent paper published by a team that included UC Merced researchers. The paper dives into what those challenges are, how farmers are working to address them and what should come next. "Climate Smart Agriculture: Assessing Needs and Perceptions of Ca more PR

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, July 17 (TNSres) -- Leiden University issued the following news: They are often little more than a square metre of plants, yet pavement gardens are a source of life. PhD candidate Joeri Morpurgo conducted research in the centre of Amsterdam and The Hague and discovered how important small green spaces are, especially for cities. With his colleague Margot Huurdeman, environmental scientist Morpurgo studied 65 pavement gardens for traces of life. They looked at 50 such g more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 11 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Dr. Peter Rentzepis has invented a low-cost cellphone-based Raman spectrometer system to make identifications of unknown biological molecules within minutes. * * * By Katie Satterlee Identification and detection of drugs, chemicals and biological molecules invisible to the human eye can be made possible through the combined technology of a cellphone camera and a Raman s more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: Professor Emeritus of Economics Daniel Friedman was among 18 esteemed economists in the inaugural class of fellows of the Economic Science Association (ESA). The group includes two Nobel laureates. The new fellow designation, launched in 2024, recognizes the lifetime contributions of ESA members who have advanced the frontier of knowledge in economics through the use of laborato more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * * Aston University's Professor Shivani Sharma is the co-author of a forthcoming report by Kidney Research UK * Time to act: a new review of kidney health inequalities due to age, sex, ethnicity, education, location or income * It calls on the research community to take urgent action to address the social and economic inequalities that put some people at greater risk of kidney disease. * * * In a new  more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: A QUT-led report reveals the Gold Coast has become the centre for local film and television in South East Queensland and has strengthened its position as a leading destination for inbound international productions filming in Australia since the outbreak of COVID. The report also highlights opportunities for skills developments and infrastructure expansion to support further growth. Prof more PR

EXETER, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: Pioneering new research has revealed that places where the eternal sunrise and sunset occur on a distant world have different atmospheric properties. An international team of researchers, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has shown that there is a temperature difference between the west and east side of WASP-39b -- an exoplanet located 700 light-years away from Earth. WASP-39b is a gas gian more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: A University of Otago academic is working to 'cage' lithium to make it a safer and more effective treatment for patients with bipolar disorder (BD, mate rangirua). Associate Professor Ailsa McGregor, of the School of Pharmacy, recently received $150,000 from the Health Research Council to help with the research. She and her team will investigate how lithium used for BD treatment can be optimis more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf In the pursuit of materials with properties that don't exist in nature, UC Santa Cruz researchers devised a new method for materials engineering that incorporates novel mathematical and deep learning techniques. This unique approach earned the researchers, including Ph.D. student Iman Nodozi in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and his advisor App more PR

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, July 17 (TNSres) -- West Liberty University issued the following news: Combating diseases, studying dangerous pathogens, identifying diversity in wildlife, and measuring the effects of invasive species were all topics explored by students and showcased at West Liberty University's 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Symposium. The annual symposium took place Friday, July 12 at the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC) and marked the culmin more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: Scientists have created the first bioengineered bone marrow model which can support the type of human stem cells that are crucial for bone marrow transplants and in vitro study work. The research - published in Nature Communications and led by the University of Glasgow - replicates key aspects of the human bone marrow microenvironment, to enable the support of rare long-term hematopoietic stem cells, or more PR

LONDON, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: By Caitlin O'Shea Bethan Cracknell-Daniels has been awarded the Sir Michael Uren Prize for her pioneering research in epidemiology, focusing on dengue vaccine efficacy. Imperial College London PhD student Bethan Cracknell-Daniels has been named as the recipient of the inaugural Sir Michael Uren Prize for her exceptional contributions to epidemiological research. Her development of a Bayesian survival model more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: Young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are struggling with the effects of vaping addiction, with physical and mental cravings disrupting their school and work routines, researchers at the University of Otago have found. The researchers interviewed 22 young people between the ages of 16 and 20 based in the Dunedin or Christchurch areas to ask about their experiences with vaping. The results are p more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Project debuts with July 26-27 workshop, welcoming students from diverse backgrounds * * * By Mike Pena As AI weaves itself into more areas of life, scientists and engineers at UC Santa Cruz have come together to develop a better component that serves as the "neuron" in brain-inspired computing. The imperative to make such processing much more energy efficient, and fas more PR

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, July 17 (TNSres) -- Westminster College issued the following news release: Two Westminster College students presented their undergraduate research at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting at Fairmont State University in West Virginia in the spring. Asia Morgenstern, a mathematics and computer science double major, presented her research, "Leaky Power Domination: Solving the 1-Leaky Tree." "Attending the MAA Allegheny Mou more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, July 17 (TNSres) -- McGill University issued the following news release: * * * Routine MRI scans could revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat schizophrenia, improving outcomes for those affected, researchers say * * * A group of scientists are hopeful their research findings about how schizophrenia originates and develops over time in the brain will pave the way for targeted treatments and better diagnosis of the serious mental health condition. In a study published e more PR

MUNICH, Germany, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following Q&A on July 15, 2024, with Christoph Spinner, infectious disease specialist: * * * The World AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) will be held in Munich from July 22 to 26. For five days, experts from science, politics, affected groups, and counseling organizations will gather to discuss HIV. Prof. Christoph Spinner, an infectious disease specialist at the Technical University of Munich's Klinikum rechts der Is more PR

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Saskatchewan issued the following news release: A glowing new assessment report of the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan highlights the centre's tremendous economic impact, including thousands of jobs and billions of dollars for Canada. The CDC Economic Footprint Assessment prepared by EY (formerly Ernst and Young LLP) provides a detailed analysis of the centre in three distinct areas: economic contrib more PR

BRISTOL, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Kidney health inequalities due to age, sex, education, location or lack of wealth persist, despite widespread awareness of the barriers some people face, a new report by Kidney Research UK has revealed. * * * The UK's leading kidney research charity is calling on the research community to take urgent action to address the social and economic inequalities that put some people at greater ri more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: In a measure of the positive impact of its global health research, climate action activities and commitment to clean energy, the University at Buffalo is among the best in the nation according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. Now in their sixth year, THE's Impact Rankings identify and highlight universities from around the globe that excel across mult more PR

IRVINE, California, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Their update accounts for the effects of overlooked physical properties in ice * * * As the planet continues to warm due to human-driven climate change, accurate computer climate models will be key in helping illuminate exactly how the climate will continue to be altered in the years ahead. In a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a tea more PR

IRVINE, California, July 16 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Multilanguage application helps manage symptoms of diverse racial, ethnic patients * * * A University of California, Irvine research team has developed and implemented an intervention to enhance cancer care support services for racial and ethnic minority patients undergoing chemotherapy. The electronic patient-reported outcome tool is a web-based application that allow more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Dayton issued the following UD in the News wrap up for July 16, 2024: * * * A pair of faculty wrote for The Conversation, including political scientist Christopher Devine who continued to make the rounds nationwide to discuss former President Donald Trump's pick for vice president. Smaller family companies are the unexpected innovation powerhouses in many countries in the world (https://theconversation.com/smaller-family-companies-are-the-un more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 17 (TNSres) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: How are the first generation of migrants from Turkiye and Morocco who came to Belgium in the 1960s and 70s dealing with early care planning? Hakki Demirkapu from the Department of General Practice and Chronic Care at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) carried out an extensive investigation. "My aim was to understand and analyse these people's views of early care planning. What factors in more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: A groundbreaking new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain's water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower during the Industrial Revolution helped drive the adoption of steam engines in Greater Manchester's Cottonopolis. Geographers and historians from the UK and Australia are behind the research, which reveals for the first time that local water shortages during the rapid expansion of  more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information * * * By Iqbal Pittalwala Quantum computing, which uses the laws of quantum mechanics, can solve pressing problems in a broad range of fields, from medicine to machine learning, that are too complex for classical computers. Quantum simulators are devices made of interacting quantum un more PR