BOULDER, Colorado, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The International Mountain Bicycling Association issued the following news release: * * * August 12, 2024 Zoom Webinar and Full Analysis * * * One of the greatest resources we have for long-term conservation is the growing demand for recreational access on America's public lands. It motivates, compels, and mobilizes a host of individuals to visit, volunteer, donate, apply political pressure, and support measures that result in well-conserved lands. Phila more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The European Federation of Journalists issued the following statement on July 30, 2024, with five organizations: * * * The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) coalition welcomes the publication of the 2024 European Commission's rule of law report. Despite progress made in some areas, the report shows that press freedom remains under threat in Europe. We urge Member States and the European Union to intensify their efforts to uphold media freedom and reinfor more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * A new model developed by Brigham researchers rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells characteristic of Parkinson's disease to create personalized stem cell models with opportunities to test treatments * * * Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have developed a model that rapidly converts stem cells to brai more PR

COTATI, California, July 31 (TNSres) -- The Animal Legal Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * The animals have new homes among three reputable sanctuaries to live out their lives in peace after being used for research in a lab. * * * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In an effort dubbed "Operation Oink!," the Animal Legal Defense Fund announced it has helped facilitate the legal release of six Gottingen pigs from an undisclosed research lab to three reputable sanctuaries. The Animal Legal more PR

NOVELTY, Ohio, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news: Imagine scientific breakthroughs happening without a scientist running every experiment; a new AI development at Argonne National Laboratory, AI-NERD (Artificial Intelligence for Non-Equilibrium Relaxation Dynamics), takes a concrete step toward this vision, marking a significant advancement in autonomous materials discovery. The field of material science faces a challenge as the demand for new, better-performing mat more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 (TNSres) -- The American Theological Library Association issued the following news release: Atla has been awarded an $800,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to develop a federated search solution for supporting research, teaching, and ministry. The first of its kind for theological education, this centralized hub will be an open discovery platform that cross-searches a wide range of materials, including a significant number of open access resources, special archives more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cardiovascular researchers at Cooper University Health Care have discovered a revolutionary new technology that has the potential to fundamentally change how clinicians study heart and vascular function. Lawrence Mulligan, PhD, FAHA, director of research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Cooper and Associate Professor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, in collaboration with J more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 31 (TNSres) -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement's Cottrell Scholar community gathered July 17-19 in Tucson, Arizona, to welcome new members and celebrate the 30th year of a program that has grown in diversity and impact since its inception in 1994. "This is a passionate community, blended from multiple disciplines at research institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions, whose mem more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from Tilburg University, Northwestern University, and Lehigh University published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how a seller's enjoyment in making a product influences buyers' willingness to pay and the price the seller charges. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Production Enjoyment Asymmetri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Mortgage Insurers issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * New Report Finds Private Mortgage Insurance is a Key Resource for Low Down Payment Buyers * * * In the midst of ongoing housing market challenges, characterized by high interest rates, high home prices, and constrained inventory, a new report from U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI) shows that first-time and low down payment borrowers across the country continued to purchase homes w more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- UsAgainstAlzheimer's, an organization that says it advocates for research that will speed treatments and drive changes that matter most to people living with Alzheimer's disease, issued the following news release: * * * Vradenburg: Report serves as a call to action for annual brain health check-ups starting in midlife * * * A report published Wednesday by the Lancet commission on dementia found that nearly half of all dementia cases could either be delayed or p more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news: * * * NE residents could face a new tax on retail and takeout orders * * * Two bills just introduced during the Nebraska state legislature's special session propose new online delivery taxes - taxing Amazon and Walmart purchases, food delivery, takeout orders, and other goods purchased online. One bill (LB 19) threatens a tax of two more PR

NOVELTY, Ohio, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news from Cornell Engineering: An international research collaboration, including a group from Cornell Engineering, has used a new X-ray-based reconstruction technique to observe topological defects in a nanoscale self-assembly-based cubic network structure of a polymer-metal composite material over a large sample volume for the first time. This technique and the new insights gained could be applied to studying other mesos more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology issued the following news release: * * * The new web-based audio-visual anaphylaxis recognition-and-response tool teaches users how to promptly and effectively respond to anaphylactic emergencies * * * A new anaphylaxis toolkit from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) empowers patients, caregivers and medical staff to recognize the signs of anaphylaxis and implement practic more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (formerly the American Association for Clinical Chemistry) issued the following news release: * * * Two breaking studies presented at ADLM 2024 * * * CHICAGO - Exciting research at the frontier of artificial intelligence and data science in laboratory medicine was presented today at ADLM 2024 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo). One study leveraged a National Institutes of Hea more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (formerly the American Association for Clinical Chemistry) issued the following news release: * * * Data on the test's performance to be presented at ADLM 2024 * * * CHICAGO - Today at ADLM 2024 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo), researchers will present data on a novel test that predicts whether Alzheimer's patients are genetically predisposed to side effects from anti-amyl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The Gerontological Society of America issued the following news release: Policy reform is urgently needed to assist older adults who live in southern U.S. cities and who experience higher-than-expected heat-related health issues if they don't have adequate access to air conditioning, according to a new study by University of Waterloo researchers appearing in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. The findings of the stud more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The Alzheimer's Association issued the following news release: * * * Swapping It For Nuts and Beans May Lower Risk * * * Key Takeaways * Eating about two servings per week of processed red meat raises the risk of dementia by 14% compared to those who eat less than approximately three servings a month. * Swapping a serving of processed red meat for a serving of nuts, beans or tofu every day may lower the risk of dementia by 20%. * Each additional daily more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, July 31 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on July 29, 2024, to Breaking Defense: * * * Back to the Future of Comms By Nicholas Johnson The ongoing war in Ukraine offers a modern-day case study of a fight for battlefield communication in an engagement between mismatched military powers. No technological slouch, Ukraine is still outgunned by Russia's long-established defense industrial base and its quantitative advantage in electronic warfare (EW). Kyi more PR

NOVELTY, Ohio, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news from University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science: A research team at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, led by Assistant Professor Liheng Cai and his Ph.D. student Jinchang Zhu, has developed biomaterials with controlled mechanical properties that match various human tissues, potentially serving as the first building blocks for human-compatible organs printed on  more PR

NOVELTY, Ohio, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news from Cornell: A Cornell-led research team has discovered a previously unobserved supercrystal formation in a metal-insulating material, potentially unlocking new ways to engineer materials and devices with tunable electronic properties. They demonstrated that the atomic structure in the thin-film Mott insulator Ca2RuO4, which can switch between being a metal and an insulator due to quantum effects, forms an anisotropi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy issued the following news release: Immigration policies have taken center stage in public debates this year, but much of the conversation has been driven by emotion, not data. A new in-depth study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy aims to help change that by quantifying how much undocumented immigrants pay in taxes - both nationally and in each state. The study finds that undocumented immigrants cont more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 29 (TNSres) -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Better Tech for Tomorrow campaign released new research on giving Texans the right to repair their own property. Giving consumers true ownership and control over how to use, modify, and fix their personal property is a crucial step toward unraveling this reality--best accomplished through a right to repair. "America was founded on a fundamental ri more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release: The Biden Administration has signaled support for a 5 percent national cap on annual rent increases that would impact nearly half of all rental units across the United States. In new research, Data Analyst Jacob Jensen walks through the economic realities of the proposal and considers its harms. Jensen concludes: Rent control does not achieve its intended goal of reducing costs. It devalues property,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The Trust for America's Health issued the following news release: * * * Data Show First Improvement in Combined Substance Misuse and Suicide Mortality Rate in Five Years but Multidecade Trends Remain Alarmingly High * * * A decrease in the alcohol-induced mortality rate led to a slightly lower combined rate of all U.S. deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2022, but the long-term trend of such deaths is still alarmingly high, according to a report releas more PR