WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, posted the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Coalition of Women's Rights Advocates Urge the North Carolina Legislature to Override Governor Stein's Sex Definitions Veto This coalition includes athletes, doctors, parents, and civil rights groups united behind HB 805 to define sex in law and protect women's spaces * RALEIGH, NC -- A broad bipartisan coalition of advocates j more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Fix discovered for elusive gallium-oxide contact problem * Cornell researchers have uncovered a nearly invisible culprit hindering the development of next-generation, high-power electronics: a microscopic layer of carbon contamination, often left behind by air exposure and fabrication techniques, that impairs electrical flow in devices made with gallium oxide. They have also found a solution., Click to open gall more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 25 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Identifying landslide threats using hydrological predictors * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * Current methods to predict landslides rely primarily on rainfall intensity * New model combines various water-related factors with machine learning * When applied to more than 600 landslides in California, model identified the conditions that caused 89% of the events EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nor more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * K-State research takes flight to combat woody encroachment with precision mapping Wildcats utilize machine learning to support grassland conservation. By Emily Boragine Hikers on the Konza Prairie may look up this summer and see something unusual in the air. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No -- it's K-State research in action. K-State researchers are employing aerial data in their mission to under more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Noninvasive stent imaging powered by light and sound * 25 July 2025 Photoacoustic microscopy shows promise for monitoring stents through the skin, without surgery or radiation WASHINGTON -- In a new study, researchers show, for the first time, that photoacoustic microscopy can image stents through skin, potentially offering a safer, easier way to monitor these life-sa more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * 5 labs, 2 years, 1 goal: Solving the equations of cancer cell behavior Research collaboration yields models that pave the way for predicting how patients with cancer will respond to treatment combinations By Kari Hastings A collaboration among Oregon Health & Science University and three other universities has produced mathematical models that could begin to unlock how groups of cells more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State's Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Yang Yang, an assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics who is affiliated with the Materials Research Institute at Penn State, has been named the inaugural TMS/KIM Young Leaders International Scholar, an award that recognizes early-career researchers with outstanding technic more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Knowing how many people are vaccinated against an existing or re-emerging threat is a key factor guiding public health decisions, but such information is often sparse or non-existent in many regions, according to researchers at Penn State. Now, in collaboration with a team at the World Heal more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck. UW engineers have figured out why. * When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel -- as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 -- Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and  more PR

LAREDO, Texas, July 26 -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: * * * TAMIU Professor Presents Research on A.I. Integration in Teaching at Spain Conference A Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) faculty member traveled to Spain this month to present his innovative research at the 32nd International Conference on Learning hosted by the Universidad de Granada in Granada, Spain. Dr. Heriberto Godina, TAMIU assis more PR

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, July 25 (TNSjou) -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * AI platform designs molecular missiles to attack cancer cells A new method can produce custom-designed proteins in just 4-6 weeks that can arm the T cells of the body's immune system to attack and kill cancer cells. By Peter Aagaard Brixen Precision cancer treatment on a larger scale is moving closer after researchers have developed an AI platform that can tailor protein compon more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * UC Santa Cruz students discover sunflower sea stars keep kelp-hungry urchins at bay Presence of well-armed predator may be one way to help decimated kelp forests recover Key takeaways * In underwater experiments off Alaska, red sea urchins kept their distance from kelp placed near caged sunflower sea stars, suggesting that the mere presence of these predators can prote more PR

MACAU, China, July 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM achieves breakthroughs in bioinspired hydrogel technology A research team led by Lei Iek Man, assistant professor in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) at the University of Macau (UM), has developed a novel concentric ice-templating technique that constructs hydrogels with bioinspired circumferentially aligned fibrous structures. Thi more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, July 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * What anti-vaping messages do people share on social media? By Ethan Chupp Despite their marketing as a healthier alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarette use, or vaping, carries significant health risks. Vaping among youths is often initiated through social influence and curiosity. Every day, vaping is portrayed positively through marketing  more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, July 25 (TNSjou) -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Why We Are Taken in by the Accusation of Election Fraud Once a candidate is in the lead, our brains cannot get rid of this impression. This influences our evaluation of election results. * Once an electoral candidate is in the lead, the public views them as the winner. If the candidate then loses, fraud seems a likely explanation, and even the winner's supporters might be inclined to be su more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders AUSTIN, Texas -- A new artificial intelligence model can improve the process of drug and vaccine discovery by predicting how efficiently specific mRNA sequences will produce proteins, both generally and in various cell types. The new advance, developed through an academic-industrial partnership between The Uni more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, July 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: * * * Money can't buy love - but it might make us more open to it: Study Researchers link income to relationship readiness - but not to happiness - among singles By Michael Pereira Single people with higher incomes are more likely to want a relationship, feel like they are ready for one and actually begin one, according to a pair of new research studies. Published in the Journal of Marriage and Famil more PR