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 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

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

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

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

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