PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 5 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * 'Bridge' of stray stars reveals active merger of two galaxy clusters * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Using one of the most detailed sets of observations ever of a galaxy cluster 700 million light-years from Earth, astronomers have captured the faint glow of stray stars in the process of being ripped from their home galaxy and absorbed into another. The 'bridge' of diffuse light -- spanning roughly  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 5 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * AHCJ thanks volunteer contest judges; sign-ups open for 2025 contest * For more than 20 years, the Association of Health Care Journalists' annual Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism has spotlighted the vital role of health care reporting. Selecting the most compelling, impactful and effective stories from hundreds of submissions requires remarkable time, car more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 5 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Are professional economists truly objective when forecasting GDP? Maybe not. * Are professional economists truly objective when forecasting economic projections? New research from Wake Forest University suggests otherwise, revealing a subtle yet powerful influence of political affiliation on predictions of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Economist Aeimit Lakdawala, an associate professor a more PR

PASADENA, California, Aug. 5 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Caltech's R. Michael Alvarez Receives Career Achievement Award from the Society for Political Method * R. Michael Alvarez, Caltech's Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science, has won the Society for Political Methodology's Career Achievement Award for his research into modeling election dynamics and his service to the profession. The Society for Politic more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy Introduces National Save Social Security Day Resolution * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), in recognition of the 90 th anniversary of the Social Security Act being signed into law, introduced a resolution designating August 14, 2025, "National Save Social Security Day" to highlight the urgent need to address Social Security's looming insolvency. Cassidy has a plan to use more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article by Sina T. Ates and Sharon Jeon: * * * An Assessment of China's Innovative Capacity Over the past two decades, China has become a manufacturing powerhouse while quadrupling its per capita output and significantly closing the large per capita income gap with developed economies, with China's per capita income now about 20 percent of U.S. per capita income, compared to just over 5 percent in 2004 (Figure 1a). Howev more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article by Paige Ehresmann, Juan M. Morelli and Jessie Jiaxu Wang: * * * What Do Bank Stock Returns Say About Monetary Policy Transmission? 1. Introduction In this note, we build on the factor-based asset pricing framework introduced in our companion piece, "Modeling Bank Stock Returns: A Factor-Based Approach" (Ehresmann, Morelli, and Wang, 2025), to examine the transmission of monetary policy (MP) shocks through bank  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 6 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * For the NFL, authenticity can't be a trick play to Gen Z VCU researcher's new study highlights how social issues and meaningful action influence engagement for new generations. By Drew Thompson As athletes and sports leagues increasingly speak out on issues of the day, a generational shift is shaping the landscape. The NFL's initiatives in corporate social responsibility are even  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Emily De La Bruyere, a senior fellow of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Foreign Abuse of U.S. Courts": * * * Beijing competes not through confrontation but through cooption. The Chinese Communist Party does not directly attack or dismantle adversarial systems. Instead, it subverts more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Aug. 5 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Guest Editorial - Reconceptualizing Recovery: Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health * By Emily Pasman, PhD, LMSW With helpful feedback from Tess K. Drazdowski, PhD, Rebecca J. Evans-Polce, PhD, Ty S. Schepis, PhD, Curtiss W. Engstrom, MS, Vita V. McCabe, MD, and Sean Esteban McCabe, PhD. Of the estimated 48.5 million Americans wit more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For seaside communities reducing their pollution, nitrogen is a prime target. Often found in agricultural runoff and human waste, nitrogen and the nitrogen-containing nitrate molecule can enter coastal waters as a critical nutrient for algae. Its abundance leads to a surplus of algal blooms, up more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 4 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * In the News: SLC Highlights * Policy in Proximity: What the Southern Legislative Conference Taught Us About Listening,Leading, and Building Stronger Communities Del. Riley represents West Virginia at Southern Legislative Conference meeting | WV News Ivey announces more than $3.7 million in Rebuild Alabama projects Capitol Journal on location at t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Fair Housing Alliance issued the following news release: * * * Leading Civil Rights Organizations Urge HUD to Uphold Fair Housing Protections Against Disparate Impact Rollbacks On Friday, a coalition of leading civil and human rights organizations issued a joint letter to Scott Turner, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), expressing grave concern over reports that the agency intends to abandon multiple fair housing investi more PR

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 6 -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. posted the following news release: * * * Challenging Popular "Ancient Psychedelic Mysteries" Theory New Rochelle, NY, August 4, 2025--A new article in the peer-reviewed journal Psychedelic Medicine takes aim at one of the most influential, and controversial, narratives in comparative psychedelic culture: the idea that ancient Greek mystery rites at Eleusis were fueled by psychedelic drugs. Click here (https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.11 more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * New Insights About Brain Receptor May Pave Way for Next-Gen Mental Health Drugs Study sheds light on elusive 5-HT1A serotonin receptor, a target of antidepressants and psychedelics * New York, NY (August 04, 2025) - In a discovery that could guide the development of next-generation antidepressants and antipsychotic medications, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have devel more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * New Technique Uses Focused Sound Waves & Holograms to Control Brain Circuits * A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms). Led by scientists at NYU Langone Health and at the University of Zuric more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 5 -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * Nine Entomologists Honored as 2025 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD -- The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected nine new Fellows of the Society for 2025. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology via research, teaching, extension, administration, military service, or public engageme more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * High-altitude observations confirm stratospheric source of toxic groundwater contaminant New findings serve as a reminder that the stratosphere is not fully understood * A new study led by NOAA Research has confirmed that a substantial amount of groundwater contamination caused by perchlorates, a class of toxic chlorine-based chemicals, originates in a surprising  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 5 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Not all low-grade prostate cancers are low risk * A new study reveals that some men who are diagnosed with "Grade Group one" (GG1) prostate cancer may actually be at higher risk than biopsy results suggest, according to research led by Weill Cornell Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland and Case Western University. The researchers conclude that relying on biopsy grade alone can lead to underestimating diseas more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * The One Big Beautiful Bill Enacts Commonsense Medicaid Reforms Medicaid was created to help pregnant women, children, seniors and Americans with disabilities. Targeting waste, fraud and abuse in the program ensures that it stays financially viable for the populations who need it most. The problem: * Democrats have incentivized Medicaid to enroll  more PR

MONONA, Wisconsin, Aug. 5 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * Oops, He Did It Again: Rep. Bob Donovan's Campaign Finance Scam Not His First, Just His Latest Ethically Questionable Episode * MADISON, Wis. -- State Representative Bob Donovan's attempt to funnel thousands of dollars from his political campaign to help pay for his housing costs isn't the first time he's foun more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Orlando Business Journal Features Pete Pavao on Transportation Trends * Pete Pavao, Operations Manager of VHB Orlando, was recently featured in the Orlando Business Journal special edition on People to Know in Transportation. Roadways, rail, and air travel are sha more PR

ALISO VIEJO, California, Aug. 6 -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issued the following news release: * * * Strategies Address Gaps in Pediatric CAUTI Prevention Article in Critical Care Nurse details how Children's Healthcare of Atlanta updated its efforts to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections, with improved urine output monitoring and a No Diaper Zone for PICU patients with indwelling catheters * An initiative at an Atlanta children's hospital effectivel more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 5 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Study examines how the pandemic altered puberty's impact on girls' mental health * When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, it brought many aspects of life to a standstill. For adolescents, this included attending school and the social interactions that happen there. But the process of growing up continued -- including puberty. This had Kathleen McCormick '16, a doctoral candidate in psychology studying repr more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Syracuse University and University of Bergen Host Transatlantic Alliance for Law, Outreach and National Security Conference * The Institute for Security Policy and Law and the University of Bergen Faculty of Law recently hosted a group of scholars and officials at the first Transatlantic Alliance for Law, Outreach and National Security Conference at the University of Bergen, Norway. The Syracuse University I more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Process developed for industrial production and application Sustainable carbon fibers based on algae * Carbon fibers are essential in aviation, wind energy, and lightweight construction. However, since they are based on petroleum, their production has been very harmful to the environment. A research consortium led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now succeeded in developing more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 5 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * True blue: Researchers create better blue food dye from algae * Cornell food scientists have created a natural blue food dye made of algae protein that could replace petroleum-based artificial food colorants with a stable, adaptable option. The research published July 24 in the journal Food Hydrocolloids. Phycocyanin (PC), a protein in algae, can be used as a vibrant blue food colorant, and can also replace s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has released a document titled 'Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program--2023 Year-in-Review,' which highlights a productive year for the program. The report, Circular 1545, was authored by Elise R. Irwin, Caroline E. Murphy, Dawn E. Childs, Donald E. Dennerline, and Jonathan R. Mawdsley. It details the program's successes in conducting research, training conservation pr more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 4 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Madison virologists are at the forefront of efforts to keep tabs on avian influenza in dairy milk * Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison drives innovation, saves lives, creates jobs, supports small businesses, and fuels the industries that keep America competitive and secure. It makes the U.S.--and Wisconsin--stronger. Federal funding for research is a high-return investmen more PR