BIRMINGHAM, England, July 2 (TNSjou) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Aston University research: Parents should encourage structure and independence around food to support children's healthy eating * Dr Katie Edwards studied the feeding practices of parents of children with 'avid' eating traits, which can lead to obesity * Focusing on health or deciding when it is time for a meal or snack helps parents to use supportive feeding practices. * Supportive feeding practices c more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 2 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Faster topology optimization: An emerging industrial design technique gets a speed boost * With the rise of 3D printing and other advanced manufacturing methods, engineers can now build structures that were once impossible to fabricate. An emerging design strategy that takes full advantage of these new capabilities is topology optimization -- a computer-driven technique that determines the most effective wa more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 3 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * First-of-its-kind study finds striking parallels between biological and artificial intelligence social behavior UCLA researchers say brains and AI systems share neural patterns during social interaction * UCLA researchers say biological brains and AI systems develop remarkably similar neural patterns during social interaction. This first-of-its-kind study reveals that when mice interact soci more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, July 3 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * Harrell earns biomedical research award at S&T By Peter Ehrhard Jennifer Harrell has earned the 2025 Shi/Ma Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research at Missouri S&T. The winner is granted a $1,000 award in recognition of their contributions to the field of biomedical research. Harrell, a Ph.D. student in biological sciences from Union, Missouri, is researching sleep patterns in wildl more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 3 (TNSjou) -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Study quantifies U.S. news media's disregard for archaeology from China, Taiwan Four years ago, Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, wrote a piece for the Washington Post calling attention to the lavish media attention given to ancient Egyptian finds versus the utter silence surrounding equally spectacular discoveries in China. "At the time I was teaching a world archaeology c more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 2 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Meet the 'weird' sea spider that's mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures * It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out the evolution of almost everything with eight legs. But that's the potential a new study finds in these spindly, strikingly strange bottom-dwellers. After all, once you're done cou more PR

LA JOLLA, California, July 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * How Do We Reach Decisions? Researchers Pioneer AI Method to Uncover Cognitive Strategies New study deploys small neural networks in revealing how and why people make the decisions they make By Mario Aguilera Researchers have long been interested in how humans and animals make decisions by focusing on trial-and-error behavior informed by recent information. However, the con more PR

ATHENS, Georgia, July 2 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * Collaboration on finances can help repair relationships for military couples New UGA research highlights role of financial stressors on relationship happiness By Savannah Peat Teamwork really does make the dream work when it comes to finances and relationship satisfaction for military families, according to new research from the University of Georgia. While financial anxiety in service member couples can more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, July 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Queensland issued the following news: * * * Fluoride has greater benefits for vulnerable children Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, University of Queensland research has found. Professor Loc Do from UQ's School of Dentistry, and researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan and the University of Adelaide, conduct more PR

EL PASO, Texas, July 3 -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: * * * UTEP Researchers Reveal Alcohol Impacts Decision-Making in Males More Than Females Findings suggest gender-specific vulnerability to alcohol that could inform more targeted approaches to substance abuse * EL PASO, Texas (July 2, 2025) - Alcohol consumption is widely known to affect decision-making, but a recent study led by researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso found tha more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 2 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet * Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that what bumble bees choose to eat may not line up with their ideal nutritional needs.  The study -- published in the Journal of Insect Physiology -- examined whether giving bumble more PR