NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 9 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * 'Standard Candle' Particle Measurement Enables Hunt for Hybrid Mesons * GlueX result paves way for mapping the spectrum of spin-exotic states  NEWPORT NEWS, VA - A rather unassuming particle is playing an important role in the hunt for subatomic oddities. Similar to protons and neutrons, mesons are composed of quarks bound together by the strong nucle more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * 2025 TWS election results are in * Members of The Wildlife Society have voted for Mike Conner as the new vice president after the 2025 election results have been tallied. Jason Riddle was elected as the Nor more PR

PASADENA, California, July 8 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Calculating the Electron's Magnetic Moment * Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left thinking something like, "Now, that is really weird." For some, this translates to weird and wonderful. For others it is more like weird and disturbing more PR

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Detecting infectious diseases outside the lab: this startup is doing it Researchers from TU/e and others founded startup Spotlight Dx to detect infectious diseases faster and more accurately, anywhere in the world. * Malaria, gonorrhea, and chlamydia are infectious diseases that pose major global health challenges, especially in low-income countries. For example, an estimated 6 more PR

NEW YORK, July 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Experimental Compound Offers Potential Treatment for Rare, Often Fatal, Childhood Disease * T he value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy. In August 2023 he was able to play typical sports, but by November he needed a wheelchair because of a rare disease that caused worsening paraly more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 9 -- Florida A&M University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Students Dive into Summer Research Through NSF-Funded REU Program By Ashley Flete TALLAHASSEE, Fl. -- More than 20 undergraduate students are spending their summer immersed in hands-on, faculty-led research at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering as part of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, fund more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Fecal samples from bowhead whales link ocean warming to rising algal toxins in Arctic waters Filter-feeding whales sample the Arctic food web, tracking decades of change. * Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal that ocean warming is causing higher concentrations of algal toxins in Arctic food webs, accordi more PR

NEW YORK, July 10 (TNSjou) -- ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, issued the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * First of Its Kind Journal Facilitates Rapid Publication of AI Research ACM AI Letters Designed to Keep Pace With AI Innovations * New York, NY, July 9, 2025 - ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is pleased to announce a new journal, ACM AI Letters (AILET), a unique venue for rapid publication of impactful, concise, and timely communications in artifi more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Flinders University issued the following news: * * * Green ways to treat wastewater Rising rural populations, drought and climate change are making water scarcity a problem in country townships - with more efficient handling of sewage system wastewater part of the solution. Pioneered by Flinders University environmental health experts, local councils in South Australia are operating sustainable energy-efficient sewage treatment operations with low- more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Flinders University issued the following news: * * * Tree pollen reveals 150,000 years of monsoon history in Northern Australia Northern Australia's annual monsoon season brings relief to drought-stricken lands and revitalises crops and livestock for farmers. But a study of 150,000 years of climate records shows that the monsoon is likely to intensify, triggering a higher risk of flooding while worsening the impact of droughts in East Asia. Led by  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Adapting visitor use management under a changing climate across the U.S. National Park System * Research shows that climate change is already affecting both resources and visitors in U.S. National Parks. We sought to better understand if and how park staff across the National Park Service are adapting to climatic changes that affect visitor use, as well as b more PR

WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Environmental drivers of productivity explain population patterns of an Arctic-nesting goose across a half-century * Joint estimation of demographic rates and population size has become an essential tool in ecology because it enables evaluating mechanisms for population change and testing hypotheses about drivers of demography in a single modeling framework. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Precipitation pulse dynamics are not ubiquitous: A global meta-analysis of plant and ecosystem carbon- and water-related pulse responses * Ecosystem responses to precipitation pulses ("pulse responses") exert a large control over global carbon, water, and energy cycles. However, it is unclear how the timing and magnitude of pulse responses will vary across e more PR

WASHINGTON, July 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Relating surface water dynamics in wetlands and lakes to spatial variability in hydrologic signatures * The retention of surface water in wetlands and lakes can modify the timing, duration, and magnitude of river discharge. However, efforts to characterize the influence of surface water on discharge regimes have been generally limited to small, wetland-dense more PR

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Soil moisture partitioning between under canopy and interspace environments in shrublands of the northern Chihuahuan Desert * Soil moisture is a key link between hydrologic and ecologic processes in desert shrublands. Understanding how soil moisture is spatially distributed in desert shrublands provides valuable insights into how shrubs use and impact limiti more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Gut Microbes Key to Understanding How Exercise Boosts Cancer Immunity * PITTSBURGH -- A new study from the University of Pittsburgh shows for the first time how exercise improves cancer outcomes and enhances response to immunotherapy in mice by reshaping the gut microbiome. The research, published today in the journal Cell, found that these benefits are driven b more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds -- ticks. Tick season is starting earlier and lasting longer, and ticks are popping up in areas they haven't been found before, expanding the risk of tick-borne viruses.  more PR

NEW YORK, July 10 (TNSjou) -- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai issued the following news release: * * * Study Shows How AI Could Help Pathologists Match Cancer Patients to the Right Treatments--Faster and More Efficiently Real-time trial shows AI could speed cancer care * New York, NY (July 09, 2025) - A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and collaborators, suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) cou more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 10 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New Materials Could Boost Fighter Jet Efficiency and Performance New research studying shape memory alloys with AI may allow fighter jets to transform into the future with the help of new materials. By Leon Contreras In aerospace applications, high-temperature shape memory alloys (HTSMAs) -- materials capable of remembering and returning to their original shapes after more PR

LA VERNE, California, July 10 -- The University of La Verne issued the following news: * * * ULV Professor Co-Edits International Special Issue on Vector-Pathogen Interactions and Biodiversity Conservation Dr. Victor D. Carmona-Galindo, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of La Verne, is co-editing a new international special issue in the open-access journal Conservation (MDPI), in collaboration with his sister, Dr. Anna M. Groat-Carmona, a Fulbright alumna and Ass more PR

PLYMOUTH, England, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Plymouth issued the following news: * * * Are sewage spills and coastal winds contributing to airborne microplastics? Researchers used sewage and weather data and satellite monitoring to highlight a potential hidden source of microplastic pollution By Alan Williams A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world's coastal towns and cities, a new study sugge more PR