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. 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

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

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

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