CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A cool new way to study gravity One of the most profound open questions in modern physics is: "Is gravity quantum?" The other fundamental forces -- electromagnetic, weak, and strong -- have all been successfully described, but no complete and consistent quantum theory of gravity yet exists. "Theoretical physicists have proposed many possible scenarios, from gravity being inherent more PR

ALFRED, New York, May 22 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: * * * Engineering faculty S.K. Sundaram named principal editor for Materials Research Society S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University, has been appointed principal editor on the Editorial Board for the Materials Research Society. The Materials Research Society (MRS) is the premier society for materials science and engineering. With nearly 14,500 members from 90  more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 21 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * A Tool That Helps Predict a Brain-Damaging Seizure A team led by Duke computer scientist Cynthia Rudin created the tool with artificial intelligence. The simple scorecard, used in hospitals everywhere, saves lives. In hospital intensive care units, neurologists often use a simple scorecard to quickly evaluate a critically ill patient's likelihood of having a brain-damaging seizure s more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Jordan Barab, former acting assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "Reclaiming OSHA's Mission: Ensuring Safety Without Overreach": * * * Good morning. My name is Jordan Barab. I served as Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA in 2009, and Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009 to the final day of  more PR

STATESBORO, Georgia, May 22 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: * * * Georgia Southern hosts GS4 Student Scholar Research Symposium Last month, Georgia Southern hosted the latest edition of the GS4 Student Scholar Research Symposium, which showcased posters and presentations from undergraduate and graduate students across eight colleges. The symposium, the University's largest research-focused event, is held each Spring. Anish Goyal, a freshman pursuing a bach more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust released the following testimony by William B. Feldman, a pulmonologist and health services researcher at Harvard Medical School, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "The MATCH Monopoly: Evaluating the Medical Residency Antitrust Exemption." MATCH is the National Resident Matching Program. * * * Chair Fitzgerald, Ranking Member Nadler, Chair Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Membe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Industry Stakeholders Praise Ag Committee's Budget Reconciliation Provisions Industry leaders, stakeholders, and associations are applauding the Committee on Agriculture's budget reconciliation provisions: "Chairman GT Thompson's House ag reconciliation bill contains key wins for America's cattle farmers and ranchers. From boosting disaster recovery more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 21 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Looking to cut calories? Try adding chilies, study suggests UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Throwing a little heat on your meal might be an effective strategy for cutting back on calories, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. Scientists at the University's Sensory Evaluation Center examined how increasing "oral burn"-- the spicy taste from ingredients like chili pepper -- af more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 21 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: * * * Marshall University researchers identify promising treatment for fentanyl-xylazine overdoses Researchers at Marshall University have developed a promising treatment strategy to address overdoses involving fentanyl and the veterinary sedative xylazine, a combination increasingly linked to severe health complications and reduced effectiveness of standard overdose reversal agents. In a new study pu more PR

MUNICH, Germany, May 22 -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news on May 21, 2025: * * * Metal fleece: material for the batteries of the future Battery electrodes thicken as a result of the accelerated transport of lithium ions via metal fleeces, making them particularly efficient and cost-effective To the point: * Lithium-ion batteries: Electrodes can be at least ten times thicker than is usual today if active material is applied to a metal fleece instead of contacts made of meta more PR

PASADENA, California, May 21 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Measuring a Major Chemical Contributing to Los Angeles Smog The Los Angeles region has some of the most polluted air in the United States, failing to meet standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency for the last decade. Now, Caltech researchers have quantified the levels of a component of smog called ammonium nitrate, a molecule that has been notoriously difficult to measure, and h more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, May 21 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * Kummer College launches new program By Kaitlin Brothers The Missouri S&T Kummer College has officially launched a new program called Team Innovation Projects to create strong, mutually beneficial collaborations between S&T and industry partners. "A group of students and faculty members can work on projects for companies as if we're part of the company, a hired consulting group or even more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 21 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society posted the following news release: * * * More Evidence Links Physical Activity With Improved Cancer Survival, New ACS Study Finds ATLANTA, May 21, 2025 -- A new large analysis led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers shows engaging in leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after a cancer diagnosis improves survival for people with several cancer types, including bladder, breast, colon, endo more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 22 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Physics Advance Details New Way to Control Solid Objects in Liquid Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The discovery will allow researchers to engineer technologies that make use of the technique to develop applications in fields su more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The White House issued the following remarks on May 19, 2025, by Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios at an event at the National Academy of Sciences: * * * REINVIGORATING AMERICA'S SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY THE DIRECTOR: Thank you, Dr. McNutt, for that kind introduction, and for hosting me here today, in what can only be called a temple of science. I speak to you this morning as the President's Science and Technology A more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 22 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Study shows promise in targeting the parasite that causes malaria New approach targets parasites that cause malaria instead of mosquitoes that carry them By Angela Yeager Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill the malaria-causing parasite in mosquitoes. Published today in the journal Nature, the multi-site col more PR

DALLAS, Texas, May 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * PREVENT equation accurately estimated 10-year CVD risk and those with calcium buildup Research Highlights: * The American Heart Association's PREVENT TM risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in New York City referred for h more PR

NEW YORK, May 21 -- Scholars at Risk issued the following news release: * * * Release wrongfully imprisoned PhD student Bahruz Samadov Scholars at Risk sent the below letter to Azerbaijani authorities, urging them to secure the immediate release of Mr. Bahruz Samadov. Take action by signing a letter here (https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/bahruz-samadov-azerbaijan/#Igbal%20Abilov). Via email The Honorable Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan May 21, 2025 RE: Release wrongfully impri more PR

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 21 -- Dalhousie University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at Dalhousie, Sydney universities achieve quantum simulation of real molecules an achievement that could dramatically accelerate scientific discovery in chemistry and beyond Researchers have for the first time used atomic ions and lasers to successfully simulate the behaviour of real molecules, opening the door to a range of potential discoveries that could transform medicine, pharmaceuti more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Researchers simulate tens of thousands of electrons in real time A research team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, has developed a simulation capable of predicting how tens of thousands of electrons move in materials in real time, or natural time rather than compute time. The more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 22 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary By Kitta MacPherson "Intercrystals" pave the way for greener electronics and quantum technologies Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have discovered a new class of materials - called intercrystals - with unique electronic properties that could power future technologies. Intercrystals exhibit newly discovered fo more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, May 21 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * An App That Predicts Fall Risk Advances in a National Start-up Competition Neurology researcher Jeannette R. Mahoney created a multisensory digital health app called "CatchU" based on 15 years of research STONY BROOK, NY, May 20, 2025 - Falling can be an overlooked major health risk for millions of Americans, particularly for older adults, and one that can lead  more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI fabricates bed-netting prototypes to target malaria-causing parasites May 21, 2025 -- Southwest Research Institute tapped into its drug formulation and manufacturing expertise to fabricate two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. In a collaboration with researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Oregon Health & Science more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, May 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for May 20th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Addiction is a lived experience and the "distress related to discrepancies between desired and actual social connections" is a significant part of that. In a national study of US veterans, those with problematic substance use (PSU) were over 60% more likely to experience loneliness than th more PR

LA JOLLA, California, May 21 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Three UC San Diego Researchers Elected to the National Academy of Sciences The scientists -- based in fields ranging from computer science to molecular biology to pediatrics -- join one of the world's most prominent scientific societies By Mario Aguilera, Ioana Patringenaru and Joyce Pritchett The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced that University of California San Di more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 22 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Can Gut Microbes Save Patients from Chemotherapy Side Effects? Intestinal microbes that survive chemo can rid the gut of excess chemo drugs and produce a vitamin that helps to stem nausea. By Robin Marks Chemotherapy doesn't just kill cancer cells. It also affects the microbes in the digestive tract. Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that some gut ba more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics released the following written testimony by Amy Mainzer, a professor of earth, planetary, and space sciences at the University of California-Los Angeles from a May 15, 2025, hearing entitled "From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA's Planetary Defense Strategy": * * * NASA has been charged by Congress to protect the Earth from asteroid and comet impacts. The 2005 George E. Brown Survey Act more PR

SWINDON, England, May 21 [Category: Business] -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news: * * * UK laser creates conditions to form liquid carbon for first time 21 May 2025 A high-performance laser (DiPOLE 100-X) developed by STFC's Central Laser Facility (CLF) has enabled scientists to create liquid carbon for the first time. The international research collaboration was led by the University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). They used comp more PR

MIAMI, Florida, May 21 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Q and A with Cell Therapy Expert Damian Green By Jennifer Welsh Bringing the future of cell therapy to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, with 20 years of expertise as a stem cell transplant physician, oncologist and immunotherapy researcher. A little more than a year into his tenure as chief of the Division of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at Sylvester Comprehensive Cance more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, May 21 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Study identifies new mechanism for reducing female post-operative pain Researchers say inhibiting prolactin may break the link between psychological stress of scheduled surgery and worsening of post-operative pain in women. University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers identified a potential way to reduce female post-operative pain by inhibiting pituitary prolactin generated by more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 21 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Unveiling the secrets of planet formation in environments of high UV radiation UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, according to a new study by an international collaboration led by Penn State astronomers. The study leveraged the unparalleled capabilities of NASA's James Webb Space Tel more PR

DALLAS, Texas, May 22 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Electrical stimulation offers hope for treating spinal injuries Device developed at UT Southwestern uses electrodes on skin to treat pain, spasticity, paralysis A grid of electrodes placed on the backs of study participants delivered enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through the skin to change the short-term function of spinal cord neurons, a study led by UT Southwest more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, a professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Reimagining Education: How Charter Schools Are Closing Gaps and Opening Doors": * * * Dear Chair and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about charter schools. My name is Genevieve Siegel-Ha more PR