HOUSTON, Texas, May 13 -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Measles virus detected in Houston wastewater before cases were reported An innovative outbreak detection program that tracks disease-causing viruses in wastewater identified the measles virus in Houston samples collected in early January 2025, before cases were reported. The team that developed the program, which includes researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the School of Public Health at Universit more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 12, 2025: * * * NGOs Are Often BGOs--Basically Governmental Organizations By Ken Braun ...a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! - Ronald Reagan By tradition, American nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are our civil society backbone, where private money provides great things without government interference. Soup kitchens, animal shelters, schools, and c more PR

PASADENA, California, May 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * CARL-Bot Catches an Underwater Wave Small autonomous underwater vehicles, like the drones of the sea, could be very useful for studying the depths of the ocean and monitoring its changing conditions. But such nautical mini bots can be easily overpowered by turbulent ocean currents. Caltech scientists led by John Dabiri (PhD '05), the Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engi more PR

DENVER, Colorado, May 13 (TNSrpt) -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Phil Weiser demands accountability from Chinese messaging app WeChat about fentanyl trafficking and money laundering May 12, 2025 (DENVER) - Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and five bipartisan attorneys general today demanded accountability from WeChat (https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2025/05/2025.5.07-WeChat-Demand-Letter.pdf) over concerns that the Chinese  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has issued a report titled "Ten Thousand Commandments 2025 Edition," authored by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., revealing that the total compliance costs and economic effects of federal regulation in the United States amount to at least $2.155 trillion annually. The 146-page report, released in April 2025, argues that this figure is likely a conservative estimate and highlights the significant financial burden these regulations p more PR

WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "A geospatial analysis of water-quality threats from orphan wells in principal and secondary aquifers of the United States." Here are excerpts: * * * A geospatial analysis of water-quality threats from orphan wells in principal and secondary aquifers of the United States Throughout the history of oil and gas production in the United States, millions of wel more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "A partner-driven decision support model to inform the reintroduction of bull trout." Here are excerpts: * * * A partner-driven decision support model to inform the reintroduction of bull trout Assessments of species reintroductions involve a series of complex decisions that include human perspectives and ecological contexts. Here, we present a reintroducti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "Marginalizing time in habitat selection and species distribution models improves inference." Here are excerpts: * * * Marginalizing time in habitat selection and species distribution models improves inference Aim Recent methodological advances for studying how animals move and use space with telemetry data have focused on fine-scale, more mechanistic infe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone." Here are excerpts: * * * No evidence for an active margin-spanning megasplay fault at the Cascadia Subduction Zone It has been previously proposed that a megasplay fault within the Cascadia accretionary wedge, spanning from offshore Vancouver Island to Oregon, has t more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 12 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * ICYMI: Attorney General Alan Wilson demands accountability from Chinese messaging app WeChat about fentanyl trafficking, money laundering (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson and five bipartisan attorneys general today demanded accountability from WeChat over concerns that the Chinese messaging app is a key enabler of fentanyl trafficking and illegal money laundering in  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Manhattan Institute, in a report titled "U.S. Space Policy: The Next Frontier" released in April 2025, argues that the United States is poised to lead a new Space Age but faces significant challenges due to obsolete regulations and NASA's outdated technology and management. The 39-page report, authored by James B. Meigs, emphasizes the potential for a commercial space boom driven by private-sector innovations in rocketry, which are making spaceflight more affo more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 13 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on May 12, 2025: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Leads Bipartisan, Multistate Effort Targeting WeChat's Connection to Fentanyl Money Laundering RALEIGH - Today, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that he is leading a bipartisan, multistate coalition of attorneys general targeting the Chinese-owned messaging and payment platform WeChat over its connection t more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 12 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * What Are the Tradeoffs When People Have to Choose Between Clean Air and Clean Water? People in many parts of the world lack access to clean water, but boiling water to make it safer often requires burning wood or other dirty fuels that expose them to air pollution. How do these two risks compare to each other? A new study suggests that, while health risks from the resulting air pollutio more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 13 -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Olympic anti-doping lab puts U.S. meat supply to the test Positive athlete tests resulting from meat consumption "highly unlikely" Scientists at UCLA's Olympic Analytical Laboratory turned their sophisticated analytical capabilities for testing athlete samples for performance-enhancing drugs to research examining the U.S. meat supply as part of a study led by Texas Tech. The study was designed to inve more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, May 13 -- Cedarville University issued the following news: * * * Professor Writes Books for the Naval Academy and Cedarville By Sarah Mummert Dr. David "Pete" Peterson's expertise in strength training and conditioning is reflected in two textbooks that are used at the United States Naval Academy (USNA), Colorado State University and Cedarville University, where he serves as associate professor of exercise science. Peterson served as deputy director in the physical educati more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Targeted nanoparticles show promise for more effective antifungal treatments PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A team of researchers from Brown University has developed a new nanotechnology-based approach that could improve treatment of fungal infections, particularly those caused by the increasingly drug-resistant Candida species. In a new study, the team demonstrated a method for targeting liposomes more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 12 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * The definitive handbook on public librarianship CHICAGO -- Dubbed "a peerless ambassador for public libraries, educating future professionals, current professionals in other parts of the field, and anyone else interested about the irreplaceable and irrepressible entities that are public libraries" ( Library Quarterly ), the new fourth edition of ALA Neal-Schuman's " Int more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, May 12 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New computer language helps spot hidden pollutants UC Riverside tool empowers scientists, accelerates discovery By Jules Bernstein Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed - without requiring them to code. By making it easier to search massive chemical datasets, the tool has already identified more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 13 -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * New compound targets circadian clock machinery in cells to fight glioblastoma In research led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the new drug candidate selectively attacked glioblastoma stem cells and passed early safety testing in a phase 1 clinical trial. A series of preclinical studies show that a new compound, SHP1705, targets circadian clock proteins hija more PR

TYLER, Texas, May 13 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * UTHealth Houston study reveals long-term mental health benefits of healthy relationship skills program for adolescents By Jeannette Sanchez Teaching healthy relationship skills to middle school students can help prevent adolescent relationship abuse and lead to better mental health outcomes -- including reduced depression -- years later, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston. The s more PR