UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 16 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * 'Forever chemicals' detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In Pennsylvania, 3.5 million people are served by private well systems, according to Penn State Extension. To better understand potential contamination of the groundwater feeding these systems, a team of researchers from Penn State conducted a novel three-year citizen science study of pe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Berkeley Lab Helps Utilities Understand Power Outage Costs Tools confirm the need for significant investments to make the U.S. power grid more reliable and secure * Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are partnering with electric utilities across the country to create more accurate cost estimates for both short- and long-term po more PR

LONDON, England, June 16 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Critical gaps in ethical publishing knowledge among researchers in China, reveals new survey * Joint study by Taylor & Francis and National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is published in the Journal of Data and Information Science A new survey has revealed a widespread lack of clarity among researchers in China regarding ethical publis more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 17 (TNSres) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * GSA Division Renamed to Reflect Expanded Mission Embracing Geoheritage Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that its History and Philosophy of Geology Division has officially changed its name to the History, Philosophy, and Geoheritage (HPG) Division. The decision, approved by an overwhelming majority of the Division's members, more PR

UPTON, New York, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Light-activated Metal Catalyst Selectively Converts CO2 to Industrial Chemical * Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a new way to convert abundant carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate (HCO2), an industrial chemical used as a fuel, as an antibacterial/antifungal agent, and for making pharmaceuticals. Their rea more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Light from dawn of the universe observed by Earth-based telescopes For the first time, elusive light from stars born close to the Big Bang -- a period called 'cosmic dawn' -- was identified with terrestrial telescopes * For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to look back over 13 billion years and measure how the first stars i more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 17 (TNSjou) -- Occidental College issued the following news: * * * Recent Occidental College Graduate Lead Author in Journal Publication Building on years of research and close mentorship at Oxy, Bianca Dal Bo '24 is lead author of a paper about methane-fueled deep-sea spiders in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. By Laura Paisley Bianca Dal Bo, a biology major from Berkeley, has spent the last five years delving into the m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, from a June 10, 2025, hearing entitled "Screentime in Schools": * * * The first smartphone, the iPhone, went on sale in 2007. By 2012, the majority of Americans owned a smartphone. The years since have resembled a vast experiment, especially on children and adolescen more PR

LONDON, England, June 17 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Train teachers on how to get parents involved in children's learning, say researchers * Fewer than three in 10 teachers reported their initial training covered the basics of what parental engagement is or why it is important  Over half of primary and secondary school teachers in England have not been trained in how to support parents' involvement in chi more PR

MIAMI, Florida, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science issued the following news: * * * Juvenile great hammerhead sharks rely on South Florida's Biscayne Bay An eight-year study highlights Biscayne Bay as a vital nursery and seasonal refuge for great hammerhead sharks, underscoring its importance across life stages and for long-term shark conservation. By Diana Udel A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, more PR