WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Media] -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release: * * * AAP StatShot Annual Report: Publishing Revenues Totaled $32.5 Billion for Calendar Year 2024 * Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released the StatShot Annual report covering the calendar year 2024, estimating that the U.S. publishing industry generated a robust $32.5 billion in aggregate publishing revenue for books and course materials across print and d more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Albany Times Union: Democrats Expected To Pick Up New York Congressional Seat In 2026 * "...the most likely at risk of flipping from Republican to Democrat is New York's 17th Congressional District, a seat held by U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler" New reporting from Albany Times Union shows that Republicans are expected to lose a New York congressional seat in the 2026 midterm elections ba more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Cardiology posted the following news release on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * American College of Cardiology Issues Vaccine Guidance for Adults with Heart Disease Recommendations encourage flu, COVID-19, RSV vaccinations and others to protect against severe disease, hospitalization and death * The American College of Cardiology has issued Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) recommending vaccines to protect adults with heart disease again more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Earth and beyond: Geophysics can help us find abandoned gas wells -- and even habitable planets Near-surface geophysicist Sina Saneiyan has wide-ranging research interests By Jennifer Micale You don't need a shovel to find out what's happening underground. Using advanced sensing technology, near-surface geophysics allows us to peek under the Earth's surface from the ground, the sky or even spac more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- City St George's, University of London issued the following news: * * * New research suggests gender pay gap is underestimated in official statistics Bayes-led research finds weighting inaccuracies in private sector and small business reporting. By Hamish Armstrong A new study reveals that the UK's gender pay gap is larger than official estimates because the data used calculate it is not weighted properly to account for jobs in small, young, private sect more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * It's Time to Recognize Public Health Nurses and Give Them Their Due After 140 years of vital, often invisible service, public health nurses (PHNs) deserve formal recognition as a distinct occupation, says a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research argues that classifying PHNs under a unique federal occupational category would finally allow  more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- McGill University issued the following news release: * * * Even post-#MeToo, news reporting on sexual violence remains problematic, McGill researchers say Literature review finds journalists too often obfuscate the role of racism and colonialism and use language that can result in victim-blaming * Even in the post-#MeToo era, news reporting on sexual violence remains problematic and causes harms, McGill researchers have found. The researchers conducted more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Fine-tuning zinc supplementation, light exposure to boost microgreens' nutrition * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Microgreens, which are young, edible plants that only take one to three weeks to harvest, are more than garnish at trendy restaurants -- they could be the answer to global hunger, according to plant scientists at Penn State. Already densely packed with nutrients, microgreens can be m more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- McGill University issued the following news release: * * * McGill researchers develop safe, scalable vibration technique to improve lab-grown tissues 'Mechanical nudging allows us to make the living materials up to four times stronger or weaker, depending on what we need them to do' * Researchers in McGill's Department of Mechanical Engineering have discovered a safe and low-cost method of engineering living materials such as tissues, organs and blood c more PR

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: * * * Prof. Yu Co-Authors Paper on the Impact of Famine on Audit Quality Minna Yu, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Global Understanding and professor of accounting, is co-author of a paper published in The Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting. The article, "Imprinting Theory in Auditing: Auditors' Famine Experience and Audit Quality," explores how trauma, such as experien more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Study IDs What Can Help Collaborative Groups Actually Accomplish Their Goals Collaborative organizations, involving government agencies, nonprofit groups and other key stakeholders, are often created to address regional challenges such as preserving watersheds - but these organizations often fail to accomplish their stated goals. A new study suggests there is a specific admini more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * New data science methods could improve understanding of personality and psychopathology * By Jenna Somers Key Takeaways * Researchers uncovered new personality traits and developed a new personality hierarchy using novel data science methods in taxonomic graph analysis (TGA). * TGA could lead to a more precise understanding of personality and classifications in psychopathology. * The researche more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Aug. 27 (TNSrep) -- Rand issued the following news release: * * * AI Chatbots Inconsistent in Answering Questions About Suicide; Refinement Needed to Improve Performance Three widely used artificial intelligence chatbots generally do a good job responding to very-high-risk and very-low-risk questions about suicide, but they are inconsistent in answering questions about suicide that may pose intermediate risks, according to a new RAND study (https://doi.org/10.1176/ap more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Kevin Coughlin is a Shady Lobbyist * Congresswoman Emilia Sykes is working to root out corruption in government, close bribery loopholes, and prevent corrupt politicians* from abusing their offices. *Case in point: politicians like lobbyist Kevin Coughlin, who profited off of his career in elected office and faced ethics investigations and accusations of corrupt behavio more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Second Circuit decision likely expands access to sentencing documents * White & Case partner Joel Cohen, counsel Marietou Diouf and associate Robert DeNault published a byline in the New York Law Journal examining how the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in United States v. Greenwood alters the longstanding expectations for materials submitted to a federal c more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Self-help, trackers, cosmetic surgery.... Award for sociologist's research on culture of self-optimisation A Swansea sociologist has been honoured by the journal Current Sociology, published by the International Sociological Association, for his new research into self-optimisation, which is a term for ideas and practices aimed at continuous enhancement of the self. Examples range from self-help books and p more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction * Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger models are not always better. The team demonstrates that, in certain climate scenarios, much simpler, physics-based more PR

STANFORD, California, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * Study shows mindset shift curbs depression after catastrophe A mindset intervention encouraged reflection on the COVID-19 pandemic as a source of growth. Participants who adopted this perspective reported improved mental health and showed positive physiological changes. In brief * A Stanford-led study found that a one-hour mindset intervention helped adults view the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportu more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 22 (TNSjou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * Study finds sea-level projections from the 1990s were spot on Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years, and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that they were remarkably accurate, according to two Tulane University researchers whose findings appear in Earth's Future, an open-access journal published by the American Geophysi more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Alcohol Opens the Floodgates for Bad Bacteria By Miles Martin Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of liver transplantation and death worldwide, and its impact is only growing. In 2022, the annual cost of ALD in the United States was $31 billion. By 2040, this number could be as high as $66 billion. ALD has limited therapeutic options, so scientists are  more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * New Database Expands Understanding of Pacific Coral Reef Fish By Brittany Hook Marine biologists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have released a new database of size parameters for 1,308 species of Pacific coral reef fishes, advancing scientists' understanding of fish health and population dynamics in the region. By linking length to weight, scientis more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Macau issued the following news: * * * UM research team uncovers neural mechanisms underlying human escape behaviour using intracranial electrophysiological signals A research team led by Wu Haiyan, assistant professor in the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CCBS) at the University of Macau (UM), investigated the neural mechanisms underlying human escape behaviour using intracranial electrophysiological signals. They discovered that  more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Gender pay gap underestimated in official statistics A new study reveals that the UK's gender pay gap is larger than official estimates because the data used to calculate it is not weighted properly to account for jobs in small, young, private sector organisations. * Researchers at UCL, Bayes Business School, the University of the West of England and the University of Stirling reviewed the Of more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness By Daniel Stolte A team of astronomers has detected for the first time a growing planet outside our solar system, embedded in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed disk of dust and gas. The team, led by University of Arizona astronomer Laird Close and Richelle van Capelleveen, an astronomy graduate student at Leiden Observa more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Framework to protect human rights wins award for global impact A political framework, created by Birmingham and Oxford researchers, to support aid donor countries to protect human rights, wins the Atlas Award 2025. * A research paper which sets out a political framework designed to support donor countries in protecting human rights when faced with human rights violations and a complicit pu more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Marine protected areas keep California's kelp resilient against rising water temperatures, scientists find Key takeaways * Kelp forests play an important role in healthy coastal ecosystems, but they prefer cold water and die off if the water gets too warm, such as during marine heat waves. * UCLA geographers using 40 years of satellite data have found that kelp within marine p more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * University's Beatles MA returns in distance-learning format Beatles enthusiasts and scholars around the world will soon be able to 'come together' to study the Fab Four, as the University of Liverpool's unique Masters course returns as an online programme. Launching in September 2026, the part-time MA The Beatles, Heritage and Culture will examine the enduring cultural and economic im more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Americans prioritized preventing lockdown harms over COVID-19 deaths When asked to choose between bad outcomes from lockdowns, most Americans said they'd rather risk more COVID deaths than allow more child abuse, domestic violence or deaths caused by economic hardship. A new University of Michigan study, published in the journal Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, highlights the publ more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Critical concussion management for teens developed Concern about the lifelong impacts of concussions on teenagers led a group of researchers to develop a framework of support for schools to help pupils return to learning and exercise. A collaboration of researchers at the School of Physiotherapy at the University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka and the Sports Performance Research Instit more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * USARIEM Researchers Find Potential Genetic Marker for Resilience * FORT DETRICK, Md. - Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine may have found a genetic marker for adaptability to stress - a discovery that could potentially open the door to new methods for helping warfighters manage stress more effectively and perhaps even to therapies for treating stress-induced trauma  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * VAUGHN STERLING JOINS CNN AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE SOURCE WITH KAITLAN COLLINS * August 26th, 2025 NEW YORK, NY - (August 26, 2025) - Vaughn Sterling is joining CNN as the new executive producer of The Source with Kaitlan Collins, the network announced today. Sterling previously served as senior executive producer of news and features at The Wall Street Journal, overseeing teams creating digital vi more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Celebrates Orlando Business Journal 2025 Best Places to Work Award * VHB's Orlando office has once again been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal as a Best Places to Work in Orlando, securing its position in the medium-size firm category. The 2025 acco more PR