EVANSTON, Illinois, July 27 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * 'Bone-ified muscles' could be robots' next flex * * A new soft actuator moves and stiffens like biological muscle * The muscles, or actuators, are constructed from low-cost, 3D-printed rubbers * Engineers integrated three actuators as 'muscles' into a human-sized robotic leg with 3D-printed rigid 'bones' and elastic 'tendons' * The high-force, electrically driven actuators enabled kickin more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * A bolt is born! Atmospheric events underpinning lightning strikes explained * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may be solved, thanks to a team of researchers led by Victor Pasko, professor of electrical engineering in the Penn  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 28 [Category: Media] -- The Asian American Journalists Association issued the following news release: * * * AAJA Announces JCamp 2025 Cohort * The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is excited to announce its 2025 JCamp cohort. JCamp 2025 is taking place from July 26-Aug. 1 in Seattle, Washington. Students will be able to attend the camp at no cost to their families, thanks in large part to the support of generous donors such as the Annie E. Casey more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 28 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * As classic film "Sunset Boulevard" celebrates its 75th, WFU expert's new book garners national attention. * In "Sunset Boulevard " (1950), Gloria Swanson plays a faded star of the silent screen, Norma Desmond, who lives in her decaying mansion in Los Angeles. Norma sees an opportunity to make her return to the big screen, with tragedy to follow. Professor Emeritus of Art History David M. Lubin more PR

SAN JOSE, California, July 29 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on July 28, 2025: * * * Cadence Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results Exceeded Q2 Guidance for Revenue & Non-GAAP EPS Raising 2025 Revenue, Non-GAAP EPS & Cash Flow Outlook * SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced results for the second quarter of 2025. Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Accountability released the following testimony by David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, from a July 15, 2025, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement entitled "Case by Case: Returning Parole to Its Proper Purpose": * * * Chairmen Brecheen and Guest, Ranking Members Thanedar and Correa, and distinguished members of the subcommittees, th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 28, 2025: * * * US AI Action Plan Prioritizes Innovation The Trump administration's new AI Action Plan scraps European-style and Biden-era safeguards in favor of deregulation, export support, and "ideological neutrality." By Elly Rostoum In Washington, rare bipartisan agreement exists on one point: artificial intelligence will shape -- indeed, decide -- who wins the 21st century. But what  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Statement on JD Vance Visiting OH-13 to Tout Largest Cuts to Medicaid in History * DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith released the following statement ahead of JD Vance's visit to Ohio's 13th congressional district today to tout the largest cuts to Medicaid in history: "JD Vance's visit to OH-13 is another desperate attempt to lie to Ohioans about the devastating impact the Big,  more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, July 28 -- The European Chemicals Agency issued the following news: * * * Biocides fees increase with inflation The European Commission has adopted the revised Biocides Fee Regulation to account for inflation. Standard fees for companies related to active substance approvals, Union authorisations and other tasks, such as technical equivalence checks, will increase by 19.5%. * Helsinki, 28 July 2025 - The 19.5% rise in fees reflects the average annual inflation rate in Eur more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials * MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of light. They also happen to confirm that Albert Einstein was wrong about this particular quantum scenario.  more PR

WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 29 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * IMFINZI (durvalumab) granted Priority Review and Breakthrough Therapy Designation in the US for patients with resectable early-stage gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers Based on MATTERHORN Phase III trial results which demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful event-free survival benefit If approved, this will be the first and only perioperati more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 28 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * It's time to stand up for public service media journalists * This article was originally published in the journal "Public Value International", volume 7: "Under Attack! Populism & Public Service Media", Under Attack! Antidemokratischer Populismus und Medien (Ostereichischer Rundfunk, ORF). Public service media is there to serve the public -- the citizens, who fund them and to whom they owe more PR

LONDON, England, July 28 -- The city of London issued the following news release: * * * Letter to the Camden New Journal on Hampstead Heath Cafes * The following letter was issued in response to an article in the Camden New Journal on 18 July 2025. Dear Editor In response to Dan Carrier's article: "We [love] pasta! City is warned against turfing out Heath cafe", I hope it is useful if I set out some of the relevant facts. The cafes on Hampstead Heath are important community sites. We  more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 28, 2025, to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * Don't Be Seduced by Zero-Sum Thinking About the Economy By Allison Schrager Populists of both the left and right would like you to think things are getting worse, but that's not true -- and their policies wouldn't make things any better. One idea unites the left and right lately: a zero-sum view of the world. Unfortunately, nice as it would be to hail a ra more PR

NEW YORK, July 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 27, 2025, to FoxNews.com: * * * AOC, Mamdani Engage in Political Identity Theft for Votes By Christopher F. Rufo Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez both have elite backgrounds but have crafted oppression narratives for political advantage New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez--two of America's most prominent soc more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 29 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news on July 28, 2025: * * * PESP talks private equity and the pending Walgreens acquisition on the Oddly Specific Podcast with Meredith Lynch Earlier this month, PESP's Executive Director, Jim Baker, joined Meredith Lynch on the Oddly Specific podcast to shed light on the ever-expanding influence of the private equity industry. With assets under management skyrocketing to over $22 trillion, private equi more PR

PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 29 -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Happy Bodyguards By: Rosannette Quesada-Hidalgo Mutualism under pressure: new research in Panama shows a plant's ability to keep its defender ants happy Scientists discovered that swollen-thorn acacias invested more in ant rewards during a drought, suggesting that mutualistic interactions play a crucial role in the plant's survival, even during climate stress. Just as rainy days can more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Initiates Investigation into Duke University and Duke Law Journal * Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated a directed investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke Unive more PR