NEW YORK, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Burned Amazon Forests Stay Hot and Stressed for Decades, Finds New NASA-Supported Study Research indicates that fire alters tropical forests' ability to tolerate climate stress and store carbon--a crucial role in global climate mitigation. By Rebecca Fowler Forests in the Brazilian Amazon damaged by fire remain about 2.6 C (4.7 F) hotter than neighboring intact or selectivel more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Emory University Winship Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Unlikely duo: T cells and B cells join forces to fight solid tumors Could our own immune cells be the key to stopping cancer from coming back? * A research team at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has discovered that two types of immune cells -- T helper 17 (Th17) cells and B cells -- can work in concert to spark long-lasting protection against solid tumors. T more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 26 -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: * * * Prestigious National Academies committee appoints Parthasarathy Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy has been appointed to the Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that was established in 2016 to advance ethical, evidence-based science communication by supporting collabo more PR

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania, July 26 -- Gettysburg College issued the following news: * * * 'Boundless curiosity' empowers Paige McKim '27 to lead in health At Gettysburg College, students such as health sciences major and swimmer Paige McKim '27 grow their knowledge and skills through experiential learning. Hands-on student-faculty research and mentoring from professors support our students' successes. For Paige McKim '27, coming to Gettysburg College meant joining a community that made her fe more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Scientists Advance Efforts to Create 'Virtual Cell Lab' As Testing Ground for Future Research with Live Cells Using mathematical analysis of patterns of human and animal cell behavior, scientists say they have developed a computer program that mimics the behavior of such cells in any part of the body. Led by investigators at Indiana University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Mar more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, July 26 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Davis Rowe '25 presents research at 2025 SPP meeting at Cornell University By Meghan O'Toole What makes people change their minds? That's the question Davis Rowe '25 set out to explore--and the one that took him to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York this summer to present at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP). Rowe, a philosophy and history major, presented a pr more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, July 26 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Scientists in RWU's Aquatic Diagnostic Laboratory Develop Breakthrough Test for Early Detection of Clam Cancer New testing method allows shellfish farmers to rapidly diagnose and manage hemocytic neoplasia in hardshell clams, boosting sustainability and stock health. By Kelly Brinza BRISTOL, R.I. - The Aquatic Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL) at Roger Williams University's Center for Economic and Environ more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Art and engineering: The creative adaptation of technologies in Renaissance Italy In a new book, Yale's Morgan Ng makes the case that breakthroughs in many fields of design yielded cutting-edge defensive technologies during the Italian Renaissance. * In 15th-century Italy, an architect known as Filarete came up with a groundbreaking system for expelling odors from the latrines of a hospital he was de more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Study finds link between hypertension and breastfeeding outcomes A new Yale study suggests women with high blood pressure before and during pregnancy may benefit from targeted interventions to support breastfeeding. * Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) -- like chronic or gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia -- are among the leading causes of maternal and infant death  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Study offers measures for safeguarding brain implants Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) promise to improve the lives of people with neurological conditions. A new Yale study explains how to protect brain implants from cybersecurity threats. * Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) -- implantable medical devices used to treat neurological conditions -- are becoming increasingly sophisticated, makin more PR