MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * For professional fighters, childhood disadvantage linked to more brain changes later Highlights: * The study included 100 professional athletes who participated in combat sports. * Growing up in under-resourced neighborhoods was linked to thinner areas of the brain--a possible early sign of neurodegeneration. * Athletes from highly disadvantaged neighborho more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: * * * Rise in Gun Violence in Top U.S. Movies Parallels Growth in Gun Homicides Among Young People The growth in firearm use for violent purposes in the most popular U.S. movies over more than two decades closely paralleled the increase in firearm use in real-world homicide rates among young people 15 to 24 years old, according to a new analysis publis more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 13 [Category: BizHospital] -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Clinical trial shows newborns with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can start treatment at birth * Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness, which, when untreated, prevents infants with the most severe form from gaining motor development -- never gaining the ability to sit -- and typically leads to death be more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test By Simon Levey Scientists reveal simple way to test for life on Mars using kit already on the Curiosity rover A PhD student and his supervisor have developed a simple way for testing for active life on Mars and other planets using equipment already on the Mars Curiosity rover and planned for future use on the ExoMars Rosalind Fran more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Learning by doing: How Shane Hathaway '24 turned a senior thesis into a career What began as a class assignment turned into a published study, a life-changing summer in California, and an unlikely passion for ants. By Tracy Wamarema In 1998, a graduate student in San Diego carried out a study on the spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) across southern California, documenting where the in more PR

LANCASTER, England, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * Huge hidden flood bursts through the Greenland ice sheet surface A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice above and burst out across its surface. This phenomenon, observed for the first time in Greenland and detailed in research published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, sheds new light on the des more PR

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. posted the following news release: * * * Scaffold-free Cartilage Produced Using Embryonic-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids New Rochelle, NY, August 13, 2025--A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Tissue Engineering, Part A demonstrates the potential to produce cellular spheroids, from a clinically relevant embryonic stem cell derived mesenchymal stem cell (ES-MSC) source, to generate scaffold-free chondrogenic or oste more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Noor Werndlij '26 Interns at SFU Vienna * Name : Noor Werndlij Class Year : 2026 Major : Psychology Minor : Data Science Internship Organization : Sigmund Freud University (SFU) Internship Title : Research Intern at the Institute for Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma Research Location : Vienna, Austria What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13 [Category: Media] -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Rise in Gun Violence in Top U.S. Movies Parallels Growth in Gun Homicides among Young People * The growth in firearm use for violent purposes in the most popular U.S. movies over more than two decades closely paralleled the increase in firearm use in real-world homicide rates among young people 15 to 24 years old, according to a new analysis published today.  more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Study Reveals How Small Changes in Walking Technique May Help Treat Knee Osteoarthritis * G ait analysis and pain measures show that subtly adjusting the angle of the foot during walking may reduce knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. This approach may also slow progression of the condition, an uncurable disease in which the  more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Aug. 13 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for August 12th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Guest Editorial: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM, FAAFP, FASAM This guest editorial is part one of a two-part series on drug testing. Over the past decade, addiction practice in America has been slowly evolving from an abstinence-based to more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Scientists rule out an Earth-like atmosphere for nearby exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d Webb telescope helps scientists narrow down the search for "Earth twin" planets As telescopes have become more powerful, we've been finding tons of "exoplanets"--planets orbiting faraway stars. One such planet, known as exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d, has intrigued astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our more PR

PASADENA, California, Aug. 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Using Sound to Remember Quantum Information * While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers are based on qubits. These can have a state that is simultaneously both 0 and 1\. This odd property, a quirk of quantum physics known as superposition, lies at the heart of quantum computing's pr more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 13 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Whitman School Names Julie Niederhoff as Chair of Marketing Department * Julie Niederhoff The Whitman School of Management has appointed Associate Professor Julie Niederhoff as chair of the marketing department, effective Aug. 4. Niederhoff has been with the Whitman School since 2007, and also serves as co-director of the H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain and the Harry Salzberg Memorial Program. The Dep more PR