WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNSrep) -- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology issued the following news release on July 15, 2025: * * * APIC Releases Update to Position Paper on Safe Injection, Infusion, Medication Vial, and Point-of-Care Testing Practices in Health Care Arlington, VA, July 15, 2025 - The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has released an updated position paper titled "Safe Injection, Infusion, Medication Vial, more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton University researchers develop process to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic Research paper offers fundamental findings for any company interested in scaling up the process By Chris Kocher According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting  more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Feel like a fraud even when you're successful? It may be impostorism Psychology researcher Jiyun Elizabeth Shin explores the phenomenon among women in STEM graduate programs By Jennifer Micale Some high-achieving people struggle with a hidden face: a face they consider fraudulent, dreading that it will be discovered. All those high grades, awards and research grants? Sheer luck, the impostor te more PR

NEW YORK, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Air Pollution Cuts in East Asia Likely Accelerated Global Warming A new study finds that some forms of air pollution in the atmosphere have helped shade the Earth's surface from the sun's energy. * Adapted from a release published by the Center for International Climate Research. The cleanup of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming, a new study in the jour more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The Fox Chase Cancer Center, a part of Temple University Health System, posted the following news: * * * Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher Sanjeevani Arora Recognized by JAMA Network Open as a Distinguished Reviewer * Sanjeevani Arora, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program and a member of the Cancer Epigenetics Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center. PHILADELPHIA (July 15, 2025) -- Sanjee more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Astronomers Discover Rare Distant Object in Sync with Neptune This object, called 2020 VN40, is the first confirmed body that orbits the sun once for every ten orbits Neptune completes. * Cambridge, MA -- A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known as tra more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 16 (TNSjou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: * * * New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat Why this matters: * Warming ocean temperatures are causing a phenomenon called coral bleaching, putting corals at a greater risk of starvation, disease and death. * This study shows that rice coral, an important reef-building species, passes on thermal resistance to their offspring and avoids coral bleaching. Understandi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Heart Rhythm Society issued the following news release: * * * Not All "Forever Chemicals" Are Equal: Experts Call for Nuanced PFAS Policy to Protect Human and Public Health and the Environment Articlesin Heart Rhythm highlight the urgent need to distinguish between harmful PFAS and essential fluoropolymers used in medical technology * Philadelphia - The public, legislators, and media often group per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or "forever chemic more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL Discovers Inverse Relationship Between Solar Corona Brightness and CME Velocity By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) detailed an inverse relationship between the brightness of the solar corona and the velocity of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in a scientific paper published in The Astrophysical Journal on July 3. The study, t more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 16 (TNSjou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Review suggests ending adult boosters for tetanus, diphtheria As long as childhood vaccination rates remain strong, U.S. could save $1 billion annually by dropping boosters for adults By Erik Robinson The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, according to a new review led by researchers at Oregon Health more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 16 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Scientists Uncover DNA Secrets to Bolster Corn Crop Traits Scientists are exploring the world of corn genetics to aid the future food supply. Innovative technology allows new insights for Rutgers researchers By Kitta MacPherson A team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how specific sections of genetic material control vital more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for July 15th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Society and substance use have long influenced each other, and this relationship, in a way, reflects on a society's sense of modernity. Take pregnancy, for example-- it's alarming but a reality that much of our society today still treats substance use during pregnancy as a crime. This more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Did a meteor impact trigger a landslide in the Grand Canyon? By Daniel Stolte Two world-famous Arizona attractions - the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater Natural Landmark - may share a hidden connection, according to new research from the University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico. Published in the journal Geology, an international research team presents the results of an intrig more PR

BRISTOL, England, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Bio Detection dogs successfully detect Parkinson's disease by odour, study finds People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have an odour that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study shows. The research, in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs and the Universities of Bristol and Manchester, is published in The Journal of Parkinson's Disease today [15 July]. *  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Scientists unravel how a tiny region of the brain helps us form distinct memories, opening new avenues for PTSD, Alzheimer's research Key takeaways: * A tiny region in the brain works like a reset button that separates memory of one meaningful event from the next. Without this reset mechanism, moments could blur together and lead to the kinds of memory disruptions seen in PTSD,  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Terabytes of data in a tiny crystal UChicago researchers created a 'quantum-inspired' revolution in microelectronics, storing classical computer memory in crystal gaps where atoms should be By Paul Dailing From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has "on" and "off" states, it can be used to store information. In a laptop computer, the ones and zeroes that more PR

WOLVERHAMPTON, England, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wolverhampton issued the following news release: * * * Wolverhampton Lecturer authors landmark Lancet study on maternal health Dr Md Asiful Islam, Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of Wolverhampton, has been named first author on a groundbreaking study published in The Lancet--the world's leading medical journal (Impact Factor: 88.5). The study, titled "Causes of and Risk Factors for Postpartum Haemorrhage: A System more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Was Caligula a madman? Maybe. But he also knew his medicine, scholars find The Roman Emperor Caligula, notorious for his blood lust, may have had a strong general knowledge of medicine, according to a new study. * Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's knowledge of medicinal plants, according to a new Yale study.  more PR