NEW YORK, May 30 (TNSjou) -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, issued the following news release on May 29, 2025: * * * ACM Launches New Journal on AI for Science New York, NY, May 29, 2025 - ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has announced that it is now accepting submissions for a new journal, ACM Transactions on AI for Science (TAIS). The journal aims to publish research which demonstrates how scientific challenges can drive new AI, and reciprocally, how computationa more PR

PASADENA, California, May 29 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Atlantic Ocean Current Expected to Undergo Limited Weakening with Climate Change The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, commonly referred to as the "AMOC," is a system of ocean currents confined to the Atlantic basin that plays a crucial role in regulating Earth's climate by transporting heat from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere. The AMOC also modulates regional weather, f more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * What to Make of the Recent COVID Vaccine Guidance Changes--and Will You Be Eligible for a Shot This Fall? BU infectious diseases doctor and researcher Nahid Bhadelia says a lot of people still qualify for shots, advises patients to talk with their physician By Amy Laskowski Significant changes are potentially ahead for COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. On May 27, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robe more PR

NEW YORK, May 29 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * Cardiorespiratory Effects of Wildfire Smoke Particles Can Persist for Months, Even After a Fire Has Ended Exposure to lingering fine particulate matter (PM2.5) was associated with increased hospitalization risks for most cardiorespiratory diseases New York, NY (May 28, 2025) - Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects up to three months afterward more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a brief on May 6, 2025, titled "At the Doorstep: A Snapshot of New Activity at Cuban Spy Sites." This document, authored by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, Aidan Powers-Riggs and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., reveals significant new construction at a known Cuban signals intelligence (SIGINT) facility near Havana, long rumored to be linked to China, while also noting a halt in construction at another key more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Dr. Betty Diamond on Scientific Progress, Patient Experience, and Expanding Research on Chronic Lyme Disease The NAM member and physician-scientist discusses a new National Academies report on Lyme infection-associated chronic illness and the importance of listening, coordination, and action. By Betty Diamond, Karen Meurer Bacellar Betty Diamond has spent her career investigating complex diseases that ch more PR

LONDON, England, May 29 [Category: BizPharmaceuticals] -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * GSK data at ASCO and EHA showcase latest research and innovation across the oncology portfolio * Latest data on belantamab mafodotin combinations underscore the potential to transform treatment of 2L+ multiple myeloma * New analyses from MOMENTUM and SIMPLIFY-1 trials at EHA emphasise importance of early intervention with momelotin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement: * * * Keynote Remarks of Commissioner Kristin Johnson at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas # Exploring AI Risks and Opportunities Across the Digital and Cyber Landscape Good afternoon. Thank you to President Lorie Logan, Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for hosting us. Consistent with the title selected for t more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Link between loneliness, heart disease persists across different cultures UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Over the past few decades, researchers have repeatedly identified loneliness as a significant risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, most of this research has focused on people in United States and Europe, in which social norms tend to favor the individual over collec more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * Too much of a good thing: Consequences of overplanting Bt corn in the US Why this matters: * Too much of a specific type of Bt corn -- genetically modified to produce insecticides against corn rootworm -- is being planted in places that don't have a high risk of corn rootworms destroying corn crops. * This overuse is causing corn rootworms to become resistant, or immune, to Bt insecticides. more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: * * * MRC Research Teams Publish Papers Two research teams from the American Mathematical Society's 2022 Mathematics Research Communities (MRC) are publishing papers, the MRC team leaders reported. Both groups were part of the Models and Methods for Sparse (Hyper)Network Science MRC, the first MRC to focus on Business, Industry, and Government (BIG). Publishing "G-Mapper: Learning a Cover more PR

FREDERICK, Maryland, May 30 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Pioneering biophysicist, computational biologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences Ruth Nussinov among 120 individuals recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences Ruth Nussinov, Ph.D., who discovered that dynamic ensembles are the true workhorses of cellular function and who has published numerous foundational studies in biophysics and more PR

MENLO PARK, California, May 30 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * SLAC researchers stretch and probe a quantum membrane The team watched how a strained strontium titanate membrane crossed into ferroelectric - and quantum - territory. Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s - but now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which might some more PR

DENTON, Texas, May 29 -- The University of North Texas issued the following news release: * * * Small but mighty: UNT researchers study tardigrade ecology in southern Chile DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A discovery made by a faculty researcher at the University of North Texas is shedding new light on biodiversity at the southernmost tip of South America. Jaime Jimenez, professor of wildlife ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences, identified both previously documented and new species of ta more PR

ITHACA, New York, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Study: Tech can empower home care workers, not just surveil them Employers often use workplace tracking apps to monitor frontline home health care workers, such as personal care aides, home health aides and certified nursing assistants. A team of Cornell researchers is exploring how these technologies can be used not to surveil workers, but to help them build solidarity and improve their working condition more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, May 29 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Syracuse University Libraries' Information Literacy Scholars Produce Information Literacy Collab Journal Earlier this month, Syracuse University Libraries' Information Literacy Scholars published their first open access information literacy journal, Information Literacy Collab (ILC). It is available on SURFACE, the University's open access institutional repository. ILC is a diamond open-access publication by  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Traditional Diagnostic Decision Support Systems Outperform Generative AI for Diagnosing Disease Mass General Brigham researchers say both types of artificial intelligence (AI) tools have potential to augment one another to better inform treatment decisions. Medical professionals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline diagnoses for decades, using what are called diagnostic decisi more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Study simulates pulling on athlete's jersey to predict noncontact ACL injuries Contact sports frequently see athletes go down with ACL injuries, but they most commonly do not result from direct contact to the knee. To better understand indirect contact knee injuries, a University of Kansas study has simulated pulling on an athlete's jersey while jumping to determine which types of contact are most r more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 29 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release on May 28, 2025: * * * Alcohol Abuse Drug May Halt Trauma-Induced Cell Death, Especially in Females Runaway cell death and inflammation triggered by severe trauma may be interrupted by a drug used to prevent alcohol abuse - and it may be particularly effective in females, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine surgeon-scientists and published  more PR