WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The American Institutes for Research issued the following news release: * * * However, stereotypes are far less gendered in math * * * Arlington, Va. - Children as young as age 6 develop gender stereotypes about computer science and engineering, viewing boys as more capable than girls, according to new results from an American Institutes for Research (AIR) study. However, math stereotypes are far less gendered, showing that young children do not view all scien more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Advances across continuum of care show promise and hope for patients * * * (SAN DIEGO--Dec. 8, 2024) -- Studies being presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition highlight progress in preventing and treating blood cancers. "It's very encouraging to see advances being made across the continuum of care for blood cancers," said Surbhi Sidana,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology issued the following news release: * * * Tools provide guidance on how to implement enhanced barrier precautions * * * Arlington, Va., December 12, 2024 - The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in collaboration with the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN), has released a practice guidance tool and resource guide to help healthcar more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Program is implementable and scalable despite resource and disease burden challenges * * * (SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8, 2024) -- A multi-country newborn screening program for sickle cell disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa proved feasible despite resource constraints and a high SCD burden, according to two studies presented today at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2024 Annual Meeting,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued the following report on December 5, 2024 by Emily Wielk entitled "Improper Payments: Existing Challenges, Impact, and a Path Forward." Here is the executive summary: * * * Ensuring that federal agencies can deliver payments across federal tax and benefits programs with minimal errors is critical to safeguarding taxpayer dollars and maintaining program integrity. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (C more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has released a new report, "Threat Assessment 2024: Risks and Challenges Facing Ethics Commissions," which highlights the legal and legislative attempts to weaken state ethics commissions over the past year. This report aims to provide state ethics commissions with the information they need to stay informed about these threats, and insights to help advance their missions and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: The 2017 tax law was fundamentally flawed, increasing income inequality while putting upward pressure on the debt for little payoff. Looking ahead to the 2025 tax debate, a new Center for American Progress report outlines four key principles progressives should follow when evaluating any tax package next year. The original 2017 Republican-passed law was a mistake. It added hundreds of billions  more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Research is itself an educational activity. With the laws of science and nature for teachers, researchers conduct experiments to learn how life and the world work. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is world-renowned for breakthrough bioscience research. What many outside the scientific community might not realize is that the Laboratory was founded as an educational institute. That w more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following study on December 5, 2024 by James Broughel entitled "Basketball vs. Bureaucracy." Here are excerpts: * * * North Carolina's permitting reforms in recent years have significantly reshaped the state's regulatory landscape, focusing on accelerating project approvals and reducing bureaucratic delays. Key changes to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) raised the threshold for environmental reviews and i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following study on December 5, 2024 by Stone Washington entitled "Climate Disclosure's Triple Threat." Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Financial regulators from the US federal government, California, and Europe have each recently adopted climate disclosure rules for companies. These environmental, social, and governance (ESG) mandates present major challenges for many US corporations caught between two or ev more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * CU Boulder scientists show strong cold undercurrent, vertical ocean mixing sustain Galapagos Cold Pool * * * While most of the world's oceans are warming, a "cold pool" just west of the Galapagos Islands is getting colder. The cool, nutrient-rich water fuels the islands' famed biodiverse ecosystems -- and new CIRES research shows the Galapag more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following brief on December 6, 2024 by Matthew P. Funaiole, Aidan Powers-Riggs, Brian Hart, Henry Ziemer, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Ryan C. Berg and Christopher Hernandez-Roy entitled "China's Intelligence Footprint in Cuba: New Evidence and Implications for U.S. Security." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue China has long been rumored to operate spy facilities in Cuba, but few details about its footpr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following brief on December 3, 2024 by Katherine E. Bliss entitled "Closing the Prevention Gap." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue Sustaining the achievements of the past two decades of global HIV programs and reaching the goal of ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 depend on dramatically reducing new infections. The addition in 2012 of a daily, oral biomedical option--pre-exposure pro more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 4, 2024 by Carlota G. Encina entitled "Europe, Beyond Its Southern Border." Here is the introduction: * * * The Sahel is acquiring a new importance due to recent events that have exponentially increased its capacity to influence the stability and security of the Mediterranean. It is an inhospitable area that is often discussed interchangeably with North Africa. But the Sah more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 4, 2024 by Daniel F. Runde, Leah Kieff and Thomas Bryja entitled "Moldova in the Digital Age." Here are excerpts: * * * Moldova continues to face a high-intensity hybrid war, including a significant increase in malign cyber activity and incursions. This necessitates increasing focus on the development of cyber resilience, which would also support the continued efforts of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 4, 2024 by Chase Sova entitled "Starvation Crimes and International Law: A New Era." Here are excerpts: * * * Following a period of relative post-Cold War peace, the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen a tremendous increase in the number of conflict events around the planet. As of late 2024, the Council on Foreign Relations was tracking 27 ongoing global crises, more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 6, 2024 by Scott Pence entitled "The Underdog Superpower." Here are excerpts: * * * In August 2024, former vice president Mike Pence and Ed Feulner of the Heritage Foundation argued in the Washington Post that the United States has a duty to defend Taiwan. They praised the United States' role as a global superpower and asked, "What is distance to a global superpower? . . . more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: Today the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) released its much-anticipated report on data centers in Virginia. Virginia is known as the data center capital of the world. The state is home to at least 300 data centers. The 2024 Virginia General Assembly session saw many questions and concerns about impacts from the rapidly increasing number  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: * * * New spill map details 10 years of regular pollution, low penalties at Iowa factory farms * * * Des Moines, IA -- In the past decade, Iowa factory farms have paid less than $750,000 in punitive penalties for 179 reported illegal manure spills into state waterways, finds a new analysis of Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) data released today by the national environmental group Food & Wate more PR

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2024: * * * A new study led by Fred Hutch Cancer Center looked at zip codes to assess socioeconomic status and access to bone marrow transplants * * * Patients with acute myeloid leukemia who have lower education and income are less likely to receive a allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for acute myeloid, however, if they can access the treatment, are equ more PR

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * Front-end and Back-end Segments Projected to Support Consecutive Growth from 2024 through 2026 * * * TOKYO -- December 9, 2024 -- Global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are forecast to set a new industry record, reaching $113 billion in 2024, growing 6.5% yea more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 10, 2024 by Michelle (Chaewon) Kim entitled "Can South Korea's aviation industry pivot to green skies?." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings South Korea, the largest exporter in the global jet fuel market, implemented a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate in August 2024. The mandate requires a 1% SAF blend for international flights by 2027 to drive aviati more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 4, 2024 by Shafiqul Alam entitled "Fixing Bangladesh's power sector." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings While the Bangladesh Power Development Board's (BPDB) installed power system capacity soared by 125% between June 2016 and October 2024, its financial troubles brewed due to tepid power demand growth, use of expensive fuels, limited success with renewable more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 10, 2024 by Kevin Morrison and Amandine Denis-Ryan entitled "LNG exports prompt fall in eastern Australia's gas demand." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings Gas demand on Australia's east coast - excluding gas used for LNG production - has fallen by 32% since its peak in FY2012-13. This fall follows a 40-year period of continuous increase; the turnaround coi more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 5, 2024 by Haneea Isaad entitled "Optimizing Pakistan's economy by renegotiating power purchase agreements." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings Capacity payments in Pakistan reached PKR2.1 trillion in 2024, exacerbated by reduced industrial output and shrinking grid demand. Under the International Monetary Fund's directive, the government was forced to take  more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * South Korea can lead the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry with its advanced recycling system and above-average waste recycling rate * * * A new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) highlights the importance of developing a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain and addressing associated challenges more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Women's Policy Research issued the following report on December 9, 2024 by Noura Hassouna , Martha Susana Jaimes and Kendal Lowrey entitled "Want to Help Women? Get Rid of the Tipped Minimum Wage.": Here are the research highlights: * * * * Servers (waitstaff and barkeepers) are the majority of workers in tipped minimum wage occupations, and women are the majority, making up almost two thirds of servers (65.5 percent). * While median earnings  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new Journal of Marketing study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than Democrats and explains the reasons behind this behavior. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Political Polarization Triggers Republicans' Misinformation Spread to Attain Ingroup  more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following study on December 2, 2024 entitled "Front Page Failures". Here is an excerpt: * * * This report tracked headlines printed in the Detroit Free Press from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2020, to find stories about subsidized job deals that made the front page. Front page news stories in Michigan's largest newspaper announced the creation of a total of 123,060 new jobs during this period. State reports sh more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following report on December 5th, 2024 by Shannon Watkins entitled "Protecting the Liberal Arts and Humanities in American Higher Education." Here is the executive summary: * * * The liberal arts,[1] particularly the humanities,[2] are far from thriving on most college and university campuses. Shifting market demands, financially wary stakeholders, and rampant politicization pose an immediate threat to the humanities. This is bad more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2024: Today researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) reported results from the first ever clinical trial to show that a high fiber plant based dietary intervention may delay progression to multiple myeloma, a type of rare, incurable blood cancer affecting the bone marrow. The study enrolled 20 participants with a precancerous blood disorder and an elevated body more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The National Association of College and University Business Officers issued the following news: More than one third of NACUBO members surveyed said their institutions are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to support business and finance functions, according to an informal flash poll NACUBO conducted in October 2024. Results of the poll are nonscientific, but they do provide some insight about how college and university business offices are using artifici more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued the following news release: * * * The staff report includes key risks and considerations for auditors, questions for audit committees, and more * * * Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspectors outlined their priorities for 2025 inspections in a PCAOB staff report(PDF) released today. The report highlights risks and other considerations the staff believes auditors should consider when planni more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 9, 2024 by Jordan Wingenroth, Brian C. Prest, Lisa Rennels, Kevin Rennert, Frank Errickson and David Anthoff entitled "Accounting for Biodiversity Loss Raises the Social Cost of CO2". Here is the abstract: * * * Scientific evidence of the effects of climate change on biodiversity continues to accumulate. However, economic damages from biodiversity loss go unaddressed in recent updates of th more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 3, 2024 by David N. Wear, Travis Warziniack, Claire O'Dea and John Coulston entitled "Changing Hazards, Exposure, and Vulnerability in the Conterminous United States, 2020-2070". Here are is the abstract: * * * Climate change reshapes natural resource systems and results in increased likelihood of wildfire, water scarcity, and heat stress, along with other adverse outcomes that define poten more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 9, 2024 by Emma DeAngeli, Richard D. Morgenstern, Burcin Unel and Ann Wolverton entitled "Consideration of Environmental Justice in EPA's Regulatory Analyses: A Review and Assessment". Here is the abstract: * * * Increasingly, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts environmental justice (EJ) assessments as part of its regulatory analyses for new rules. We inventory and evalua more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * A new, more sustainable AI model recognizes visual scenes by mirroring brain processes, opening doors for applications in medical diagnostics, drug discovery and beyond. * * * Imagine an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can watch and understand moving images with the subtlety of a human brain. Now, scientists at Scripps Research have made this a reality by creating MovieNet: an in more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the puzzle of how life has evolved and even thrives in one of Earth's most extreme environments. A new study published in Systematics and Biodiversity highlights one of those species - the more PR