BARCELONA, Spain, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * More reliable bioinformatics tools for the study of proteins IBB researchers have generated a high-quality dataset to help better understand the proteins involved in a key biological process through which they form condensates, and the role they play in functional, ageing and disease conditions. The resources generated, available on an open and online platform, will improve current pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker: "Either Bove and the Justice Department are Lying about the Epstein Situation...Or They Are Showing A Dangerous Lack of Transparency" * WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers advancing EmilBove-who's been called " Trump's worst nomination yet "- to be a Third Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Judiciary Committee member U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has b more PR

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Brock University issued the following news: * * * Brock biologist explores impact of war on wildlife By Cathy Majtenyi Twisted and tangled buildings, charred landscapes and desperate people fleeing with only the clothes on their backs are typical scenes in a war zone. But these images don't tell the full story, says Kiyoko Gotanda. "When we think about the devastation of war, we don't very often think about the ecological fallouts and the conse more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 18, 2025: * * * From Mines to Motors, China Dominates EVs The US motors along in the slow lane and looks unable to compete. By Elly Rostoum The US promised to make electric vehicles a centerpiece of its clean energy and industrial strategy, pledging billions for domestic manufacturing, critical mineral partnerships, and tax incentives. The plan failed. By almost every measure, the US r more PR

DARWIN, Australia, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: * * * 'AI is not intelligent at all': Why our dignity is at risk The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale, according to a study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU). Study lead author Dr Maria Randazzo, an academic from CDU's School of Law, found the technology was reshaping Western legal and ethical landscapes at unpr more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19 -- The Cleveland Museum of Art issued the following news release: * * * The Cleveland Museum of Art Appoints Standing and Honorary Trustees The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is pleased to announce Rebecca Carmi and Sally Gries have been elected to five-year terms as standing trustees of the museum, and Howard Freedman has been named as an honorary trustee to the distinguished museum board. A diverse group of local and national figures vested in the continued growth  more PR

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, July 19 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: * * * College Of The Ozarks Launches Four Academic Centers To Deepen Christ-Centered Education POINT LOOKOUT, MO. -- College of the Ozarks has launched four academic centers designed to integrate Christian faith with every aspect of education, furthering the College's vision to develop citizens of Christlike character, who are well-educated, hardworking, and patriotic. The new academic centers -- the  more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 19 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news: * * * Discovery Digest Spring 2025 From the bench to the clinic to the field, our faculty are making discoveries that help make a healthier world for animals and people. Check out some of their recently published research below. In "Ultrasound-guided transcutaneous glue embolization resolved bilateral temporo-orbital aneurysms in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) after anatomi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * Doodle Don is Dodging: Trump and His Clown Car Cabinet GO QUIET After DAMNING Epstein Report Donald Trump and his Cabinet of MAGA lackeys are nowhere to be found, dodging questions from the press and holding no events over the weekend after new reporting uncovered Trump's alarming note to Jeffrey Epstein, telling the infamous sex trafficker, "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey." TODAY: Do more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Presses Bondi, Patel, Bongino On Rifts Between DOJ, FBI, White House On Epstein Files * July 18, 2025 Durbin files official oversight requests with Bondi, Patel, Bongino, as MAGA world continues imploding over the Epstein cover up and breaking reporting by the Wall Street Journal describes Trump sending a lewd letter to Epstein CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * Durbin Presses Bondi, Patel, Bongino On Rifts Between DOJ, FBI, White House On Epstein Files Durbin files official oversight requests with Bondi, Patel, Bongino, as MAGA world continues imploding over the Epstein cover up and breaking reporting by the Wall Street Journal describes Trump sending a lewd letter to Epstein * CHICA more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article by Spencer Bowdle and Fariha Kamal/1: * * * Trade Compliance at What Cost? Lessons from USMCA Automotive Trade * U.S. trade policy shifted dramatically in 2025--the average effective tariff rate increased from 2.3 percent in 2024 to 13.1 percent as of June 13, 2025./2 This dramatic rise in tariffs reflects increases for a wide variety of products across all trading partners. Along with widespread tariff increas more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Georgia Tech Study Hopes to Prevent Cislunar Collisions as Moon Missions Increase A Georgia Tech study warns that rising lunar traffic could lead to costly collision avoidance maneuvers, urging better coordination to manage growing risks in cislunar space. * As more satellites launch into space, the satellite industry has sounded the alarm about the danger of collisions in low Earth or more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rosen Introduces Bill to Declare Extreme Heat a Major Disaster * WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Extreme Heat Emergency Act. The bill would explicitly authorize extreme heat as eligible for a Major Disaster Declaration by the President under the Stafford Act, which recognizes fires, floods, explosions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes as eligible more PR

LOGAN, Utah, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Interaction Rewiring: USU Biologists Explore Ecological Effects of Loss of Big Birds Binod Borah and Noelle Beckman analyze interactions within Andean bird-plant seed dispersal networks to explore 'what if' scenarios if large, big-beaked frugivorous birds go extinct. The researchers reported findings in the journal Oikos. By Mary-Ann Muffoletto Large birds of South America, including toucans, pigeons and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 18, 2025, in its China Brief: * * * Beijing Learning Lessons From Russian Response to Financial War By Sunny Cheung Executive Summary: * Beijing has tracked Russia's response to what it perceives as financial warfare from the United States and its allies and has begun mitigating its vulnerabilities and building an offensive toolkit in response. Chinese experts take confidence from Moscow's resilience in  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Model predicts long-term effects of nuclear waste on underground disposal systems * As countries across the world experience a resurgence in nuclear energy projects, the questions of where and how to dispose of nuclear waste remain as politically fraught as ever. The United States, for instance, has indefinitely stalled its only long-term underground nuclear waste repository. Scien more PR

NEW YORK, July 19 (TNSjou) -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * Mount Sinai Researchers Discover Link Between Metabolism and Protective Effect of Breastfeeding Against Breast Cancer Study shows a mother's mitochondria determine if lactation is protective or not against breast cancer--and points to a possible intervention to increase the benefit to more women * New York, NY (July 17, 2025) - Breastfeeding is often linked with better health for both mothers an more PR

NEW YORK, July 19 (TNSjou) -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair for Severe Mitral Regurgitation are at Significantly Higher Risk of Death or Rehospitalization Mount Sinai study emphasizes the importance of controlling heart rhythm before these procedures to improve patient outcomes * New York, NY (July 17, 2025) - Patients with heart failure and atrial fib more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, July 19 -- Rand issued the following news release: * * * One-Third of U.S. Public Schools Screen Students for Mental Health; Providing Proper Care Is Often Hard to Achieve Nearly one-third of the nation's K-12 U.S. public schools mandate mental health screening for students, with most offering in-person treatment or referral to a community mental health professional if a student is identified as having depression or anxiety, according to a new study. About 40 percen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Rental Assistance Time Limits Would Place More Than 3 Million People -- Half of Them Children - at Risk of Eviction and Homelessness By Will Fischer and Erik Gartland A proposal by the Trump Administration to cut off rental assistance after two years even if participants still can't afford rent on their own would put over 3 million people, more than half of them children, at risk o more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 19 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Professors Push for Bridging the Biomedical-Behavioral Health Divide With public health insurance targeted for cuts, Rutgers Health experts argue that integrated behavioral health is crucial for lowering costs and improving patient outcomes By Greg Bruno At Family Medicine at Monument Square, a Rutgers Health primary care clinic in New Brunswick, N.J., doctors, nurses and even front-office staff are tr more PR

GLEBE, New South Wales, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The Sax Institute, an organisation that says it improves health and wellbeing, issued the following news release: * * * Evidence systems a "worrying gap" in Australia's pandemic readiness, experts say Australia urgently needs systems that support sophisticated data analysis as well as evidence synthesis and sharing to be prepared for the next pandemic, say leading epidemiologists. Published in the latest issue of Public Health Research & Practice,  more PR

NEW YORK, July 18 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * Secretary-General Announces Members of Independent Scientific Panel on Effects of Nuclear War * NEW YORK, 18 July (United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs) -- On 17 July, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of an independent scientific panel of experts tasked with examining the physical effects and societal consequences of a nuclear war on a local, regional and plane more PR

NEW YORK, July 18 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Wall Street Journal Lawsuit Follows Familiar Playbook of Media Retaliation * (WASHINGTON) -- PEN America condemns President Trump's lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal story and his continued use of the law to intimidate reporters who are doing their jobs to hold elected leaders t more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Inhaled agricultural dust disrupts gut health UC Riverside study highlights need for protective measures for agricultural workers By Iqbal Pittalwala Inhaling agricultural dust may pose significant risks to gut health for workers in animal agriculture, a University of California, Riverside, study has found. Led by Declan McCole, a professor of biomedical sciences in th more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * AI-assisted sorting, other new technologies could improve plastic recycling Review article analyzes the latest methods in plastic recycling guided by process systems engineering approaches * BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how ca more PR

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Listening well can move you, literally, study finds BUFFALO, N.Y. - Within every human culture rests the potential for a distinctly positive emotional experience that's variously characterized, in English, as feeling moved, emotionally touched, or heartwarming. Other languages rely on similar contact metaphors to describe this feeling, which has been labeled more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Tumor Cells Target Metastases as They Die A new drug can eliminate cancer cells while training the immune system to destroy such cells throughout the body. * Two junior research groups at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have developed a drug complex that kills cancer cells in such a clever manner that they raise a red flag as they die. They signal to the immune system that something is se more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Comprehensive tutorial introduces engineers to a new simulation method for flexible structures University of Birmingham researcher helps to introduce a powerful approach for accurately simulating the behaviour of flexible structures in co-written tutorial * A new tutorial co-authored by University of Birmingham researcher, Dr Mingchao Liu, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, int more PR

BRISTOL, England, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * University experts team up with Team GB hockey Olympian to make school PE kits fitter for purpose and put ball in pupils' court Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a mission to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms - and own bodies - in a bid to boost self-confidence and sports participa more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Expert can comment on Israeli moves to defend Syrian Druze, election outlook The kabuki theatre of two ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties formally abandoning the ruling coalition has no immediate practical effect on Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu. And despite his having alienated them with his support for the 2018 Nation-State Law, Israel's Druze religious minority might be more inclined to back Bib more PR

MANCHESTER, England, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * New study reveals the hidden forces behind Alpine debris flows, boosting future protection New research provides unprecedented insights into the hidden forces behind devastating Alpine debris flows, offering hope for better protection against future disasters. The study, led by ETH Zurich and supported by The University of Manchester, sheds new light on how fast-moving mixtures of w more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Metabolism may unlock the secret to a deeper understanding of neurodegeneration Findings could create new opportunities to treat and study neurodegenerative diseases * Unlike most cells in the human body, neurons--the functional cells of our nervous system--cannot typically replace themselves with healthy copies after being damaged. Rather, after an injury from something like a stroke, conc more PR

CALLAGHAN, Australia, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * Pulsating microneedles painless alternative to traditional needles A new transdermal drug delivery method using pulsating, fabricated microneedles presents a promising alternative to traditional painful subcutaneous injections. PIDES - pulsating in situ dried electro stretching - is a method innovated by researchers from the University of Newcastle and Griffith University to produce needles more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * New tool can determine risk of chronic diseases Dunedin Study researchers have developed a new tool that can tell how fast someone is aging by looking at a snapshot of their brain. Called DunedinPACNI, the tool was created by scientists from Otago, Duke and Harvard universities. From a single MRI brain scan, it can estimate your risk in midlife for chronic diseases that typically emerg more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Stuart Weitzman School of Design issued the following news: * * * Lynn Meskell elected Fellow to the British Academy The honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Meskell is the Richard D. Green Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor with joint appointments in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Weitzman School of Design, and the Pe more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * New organ recovery technique could make more heart transplants available The method, rapid recovery with extended ultra-oxygenated preservation, involves flushing the donor heart with a cold oxygenated preservation solution after death. * Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have developed a groundbreaking new method for the recovery of hearts from deceased org more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 18 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * What reporters need to know about hospital-at-home programs * Hospital-at-home programs -- in which patients receive acute-level care in their homes instead of a hospital setting -- have grown in popularity since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this health care model, some patients who normally would receive care in the hospital, such as for an infection, an exac more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 19 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * To 'Infinity' and beyond -- a look at a newborn black hole A Yale-led astronomy team may have discovered the first direct evidence of a supermassive black hole just after it formed -- in a galaxy they're calling "Infinity." * Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" galaxy -- two recently-collided galaxies that, t more PR