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Research in Professional Journals Newsletter for 2025-09-11 ( 42 items )  
Alzheimer's Disease Digital Resources Lacking for Latinos, Hispanics in Los Angeles Years After COVID-19, Study Finds (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Alzheimer's disease digital resources lacking for Latinos, Hispanics in Los Angeles years after COVID-19, study finds UCLA Health study finds some websites missing Spanish-language resources, accessible features or services to facilitate family dialogue * Although Latinos and Hispanics are at elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease and account for almost half of Los Angeles County's populati more PR

Asia Foundation Announces 2025 Class of William P. Fuller Fellows in Peacebuilding (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 11 -- The Asia Foundation issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * The Asia Foundation Announces 2025 Class of William P. Fuller Fellows in Peacebuilding The Asia Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of William P. Fuller Fellows in Peacebuilding. The three fellows are emerging peacebuilding leaders from Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. The fellowship recognizes early or mid-career professionals with demonstrated leadership in  more PR

Black holes everywhere! Ten years of LIGO and gravitational waves (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Black holes everywhere! Ten years of LIGO and gravitational waves * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- On Sept. 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had traveled about 1.3 billion years to reach us at the speed of light -- but it was not made of light. It was a different kind of signal: a quive more PR

British National Institute for Health and Care Research: Drones Could Deliver Defibrillators to Cardiac Arrest Patients in UK (10)
LONDON, England, Sept. 10 -- The National Institute for Health and Care Research issued the following news: * * * Drones could deliver defibrillators to cardiac arrest patients in the UK The prospect of drones delivering defibrillators to people having cardiac arrest in the UK is closer to reality than ever before. NIHR-funded researchers have tested using drones to respond to 999 calls as part of emergency simulations. Experts at the University of Warwick teamed up with the Welsh Ambulance more PR

Cadence Expands Digital Twin Platform Library With NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Model to Accelerate AI Data Center Deployment and Operations (10)
SAN JOSE, California, Sept. 11 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * Cadence Expands Digital Twin Platform Library with NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Model to Accelerate AI Data Center Deployment and Operations Cadence today announced a significant expansion of its Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform library with a digital twin of NVIDI more PR

Can't Sleep? Insomnia Associated With Accelerated Brain Aging (10)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 11 -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Can't sleep? Insomnia associated with accelerated brain aging People with chronic insomnia may experience faster declines in memory and thinking skills as they age--along with brain changes that can be seen on imaging scans--than people who do not have chronic insomnia, according to a study published in the September 10, 2025, issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the America more PR

Cardiff University: Age of Feasting - Late Bronze Age Networks Developed Through Massive Food Festivals, With Animals Brought From Far and Wide (10)
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * The Age of Feasting: Late Bronze Age networks developed through massive food festivals, with animals brought from far and wide Middens, massive prehistoric rubbish heaps which became part of the British landscape, are revealing the distances people travelled to feast together at the end of the Bronze Age. * In the largest study of its kind, archaeologists from Cardiff University used cutting-edge isotop more PR

Cardiff University: British Workhouses Were Founded and Sustained on Wealth Derived From Slavery, Study Shows (10)
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * British workhouses were founded and sustained on wealth derived from slavery, study shows British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds. Published in the journal Antipode, the article questions the widespread understanding of the British workhouse as a solely domestic mechanism for managing poverty a more PR

Cardiff University: Victims of 'Enforced Disappearances' Face Unique Mental Health Challenges (10)
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * Victims of 'enforced disappearances' face unique mental health challenges There is a 'dire need' to address the unique mental health challenges faced by victims of 'enforced disappearances', according to academics. Writing in the journal Medicine, Science and the Law, researchers from Cardiff University and Aston Medical School outline the challenges faced by victims and families of 'enforced disappearan more PR

CBAM: Parliament adopts simplifications to the EU carbon leakage instrument (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 10 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * CBAM: Parliament adopts simplifications to the EU carbon leakage instrument * * New threshold will exempt 90% of importers from EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) rules * Climate ambition maintained as 99% of CO2 emissions from iron, steel, aluminium and cement imports will still be covered * Procedures for imports covered by CBAM rules will also be simplified The changes to the more PR

CBAM: Parliament adopts simplifications to the EU carbon leakage instrument (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 9 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * CBAM: Parliament adopts simplifications to the EU carbon leakage instrument * * New threshold will exempt 90% of importers from EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) rules * Climate ambition maintained as 99% of CO2 emissions from iron, steel, aluminium and cement imports will still be covered * Procedures for imports covered by CBAM rules will also be simplified The changes to the  more PR

Christopher Rota and TJ Benson win McAtee/Burger Awards (10)
BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Christopher Rota and TJ Benson win McAtee/Burger Awards * The Wildlife Society is proud to honor two hard-working associate editors with the 2025 McAtee/Burger Awards. Christopher Rota has won the award f more PR

Colgate to Celebrate 2025 Constitution Day with a Debate Sept. 18 (10)
HAMILTON, New York, Sept. 10 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Colgate to Celebrate 2025 Constitution Day with a Debate Sept. 18 * This year's Constitution Day Debate at Colgate will feature Jonathan Turley, the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of public interest law at George Washington University, and Michael Klarman, the Charles Warren Professor of legal history at Harvard Law School, debating "Is There a Constitutional Crisis? How Would We Know?" The annual de more PR

Expanding the Use of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Rural Areas May Help Reduce Rural-Urban Disparities (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Expanding the Use of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Rural Areas May Help Reduce Rural-Urban Disparities Surgical patients in rural areas who are undergoing colectomy for cancer could benefit greatly from the expanded use of minimally invasive surgery, according to new research findings published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Rural populations have higher rates of deat more PR

Geological Society of America Issues New Position Statement on Professional Licensure for Geologists (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * Geological Society of America Issues New Position Statement on Professional Licensure for Geologists Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America (GSA) has released a new position statement affirming its support for professional licensure of geologists in fields directly tied to public health, safety, and welfare. The statement, The Benefits of Professional Geolo more PR

Greenberg Traurig Named Finalist for National Law Journal's Appellate Hot List (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Named Finalist for National Law Journal's Appellate Hot List * NEW YORK - Sept. 10, 2025 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is shortlisted for The National Law Journal 's Appellate Hot List. Winners will be announced at an awards dinner Nov. 5 at the Westin DC Downtown. The Appellate Hot List highlights law firms that have handled exemplary ap more PR

Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College Hosts 17th Annual International Conference on "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" October 16-17 (10)
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Sept. 11 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College Hosts 17th Annual International Conference on "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" October 16-17 Participants Include Author Teju Cole, Choreographer Bill T. Jones, Writer Ann Lauterbach, Classical Music Critic Jeremy Eichler, Author Ilya Kaminsky, and Author Shane McCrae. * The Hannah Arendt Center's 17th annual fall conference on "JOY: Loving the World in  more PR

How to highlight the homelessness crisis in older adults (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 10 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How to highlight the homelessness crisis in older adults * Homelessness among older adults is a growing, severe problem. In 2023 alone, an estimated 138,000 older adults experienced homelessness on a single night, according to a 2024 U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Programs that help unhoused older adults face new challenges as the economy, cuts to saf more PR

ICYMI: Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at PSI Hearing, Slams Trump Administration's Corruption of Science & Attacks on Americans' Health (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Blumenthal Delivers Opening Statement at PSI Hearing, Slams Trump Administration's Corruption of Science & Attacks on Americans' Health * [WASHINGTON, DC] - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), delivered an opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing yesterday about medical r more PR

ICYMI: Congressman Tom Barrett Delivers Tax Relief for Mid-Michigan Families (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Tom Barrett Delivers Tax Relief for Mid-Michigan Families * Congressman Tom Barrett penned an op-ed highlighting his work to deliver working families tax cuts including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, tax cuts on Social Security, and an expansion of the Child Tax Credit. Read the full op-ed from Congressman Tom Barrett here or see excerpts below: Barrett: Tax re more PR

Imperial College-London: 'Microbial Piracy' Uncovers Way to Fight Drug-resistant Infections (10)
LONDON, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * 'Microbial piracy' uncovers new way to fight drug-resistant infections Researchers have discovered how 'pirate phages' hijack other viruses to break into bacteria, sharing new genetic material for dangerous traits. By Ryan O'Hare Imperial scientists have uncovered how bacteriophages are able to hijack other viruses to break into bacterial cells and spread, through an act of microbial piracy which  more PR

International Society for Sexual Medicine: Effects of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy on Breast Cancer Gene Carriers' Sexual Health (10)
WORMERVEER, The Netherlands, Sept. 10 -- The International Society for Sexual Medicine issued the following news: * * * Effects of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy on Breast Cancer Gene Carriers' Sexual Health Reviewed by the medical professionals of the ISSM's Communication Committee * There are some individuals who carry a breast cancer genes (BRCA) mutation. This mutation leaves them at a higher risk for developing breast and ovarian cancers throughout their lifetime. Currently, the  more PR

Little Rock Central High School NHS Hosts 68th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Little Rock Central High School NHS Hosts 68th Anniversary of the Little Rock Nine * News Release Date: September 9, 2025 Contact: Brian Schwieger, 501-516-7223 Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site plans to host a free public event on Thursday, September 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the Harry R. Kendall Health Nugent Conference Center at Philander Smith Univ more PR

Massachusetts Researcher Awarded American Lung Association and CHEST Grant to Study Community Air Pollution Exposure and COPD (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Lung Association posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Researcher Awarded American Lung Association and CHEST Grant to Study Community Air Pollution Exposure and COPD * The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and the American Lung Association (ALA) have awarded the CHEST/ALA Guideline Implementation Research Grant for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management to Crystal M. North, MD, MPH, an Assista more PR

MEPs approve cohesion funding reform to deal with new challenges (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 10 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * MEPs approve cohesion funding reform to deal with new challenges * * Funding can be channelled to new priorities such as defence industrial capacity, military mobility, affordable housing, and water resilience * Dual-use investments suitable for civilian and military use to be prioritised * Decarbonisation, strategic technologies, and energy interconnectors also included * Rule of law co more PR

MEPs approve cohesion funding reform to deal with new challenges (10)
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 9 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * MEPs approve cohesion funding reform to deal with new challenges * Funding can be channelled to new priorities such as defence industrial capacity, military mobility, affordable housing, and water resilience * Dual-use investments suitable for civilian and military use to be prioritised * Decarbonisation, strategic technologies, and energy interconnectors also included * Rule of law condit more PR

Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite 'colorblind' argument (10)
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 10 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite 'colorblind' argument * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story CHICAGO --- The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action -- along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions -- has brought back the decad more PR

NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year (10)
PASADENA, California, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2025: * * * NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year After a year's worth of scientific scrutiny, the 'Sapphire Canyon' rock sample remains the mission's best candidate for containing signs of ancient microbial life processes. A sample collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancien more PR

New motion-compensation approach delivers sharper single-pixel imaging for dynamic scenes (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * New motion-compensation approach delivers sharper single-pixel imaging for dynamic scenes * 10 September 2025 By reducing blur and distortion, method could expand practical use of single-pixel imaging for surveillance and other applications Caption : The top row shows uncompensated raw imaging results for eight consecutive frames from a video sequence, while the bott more PR

New study: School finance reforms increased funding inequities based on student race and ethnicity (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 10 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New study: School finance reforms increased funding inequities based on student race and ethnicity * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- State-led school finance reforms designed to close funding gaps between high- and low-income school districts did not reduce funding inequities based on the racial and ethnic composition of their students, and in some cases increased them. That's according to a new  more PR

Newcastle University: Why Lonely People Would Prefer a Robot Over Human Interaction (10)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * Why lonely people would prefer a robot over human interaction Many lonely people would rather deal with a robot than interact with an actual human, according to research co-led by Newcastle University. Feelings and needs Contrary to the common assumption that lonely people would relish opportunities to speak with another person, the reality is quite the opposite in certain scenarios. Th more PR

NIH: Treating Opioid Addiction in Jails Improves Treatment Engagement, Reduces Overdose Deaths and Reincarceration (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration NIH-funded study demonstrates life-saving potential of providing medications for opioid use disorder in carceral settings. * A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medicatio more PR

SEC Charges Ex-FibroGen Chief Medical Officer for False & Misleading Claims About Clinical Trial Results (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:25-cv-07593; N.D. Cal. filed Sept. 5, 2025) involving Kin-Hung Peony Yu: * * * On September 5, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Dr. Kin-Hung Peony Yu, the former Chief Medical Officer of FibroGen, Inc., for allegedly making false and misleading statements about the cardiovascular safety of FibroGen's then-primary drug candidate, roxadustat. According  more PR

St. Bonaventure University: Paper by Posmanick Examines Integrating College Football Teams (10)
ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Paper by Posmanick examines integrating college football teams A paper written by Dr. Benjamin Posmanick, assistant professor of Finance, has been published in the Journal of Sports Economics, which is generally considered the top field journal in sports economics. The paper, titled "Remembering the (College Football) Titans: Integrating College Football in the South," examines more PR

SwRI study reveals first MMS observations of waves generated by PUIs near Earth (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 10 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI study reveals first MMS observations of waves generated by PUIs near Earth * September 10, 2025 -- A new study led by Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Michael Starkey has provided observational evidence from the SwRI-led Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission of pickup ions (PUIs) and associated wave activity in the near-Earth solar wind environment. The MMS miss more PR

The ASAM Weekly for September 9th, 2025 (10)
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Sept. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for September 9th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly There are many layers across which substance use affects people: statistical, geographical, individual, societal, familial, criminal, tribal, personal, financial, cultural, political, institutional, etc. Obviously, no two layers are the same and because of this, the US is experie more PR

The Lombardo-Trump Way: Las Vegas Tourism Plummets for Six Months Straight (10)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 10 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * The Lombardo-Trump Way: Las Vegas Tourism Plummets for Six Months Straight * Another month under Donald Trump and Joe Lombardo's failed leadership means another drop in tourism to Las Vegas. As Trump's Cheerleader-in-Chief, Lombardo said Nevadans should "feel a little pain" from the Trump administration's erratic tariffs -- and small businesses and working families are already suffering. Tha more PR

University in Bochum: Equipping Artificial Intelligence With the Lense of Evolution (10)
BOCHUM, Germany, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Equipping Artificial Intelligence with the Lense of Evolution Random patterns have so far obscured AI's view of evolutionary relationships. A team in Bochum is teaching them how to go about this. * Artificial intelligence is now better than humans at identifying many patterns, but evolutionary relationships have always been difficult for it. A team from the Bioinformatics Department at Ru more PR

University of Baltimore Foundation Names Six New Board Members (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 11 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news: * * * University of Baltimore Foundation Names Six New Board Members The University of Baltimore Foundation has announced the appointment of six new board members, each for a renewable three-year term. The new members, all of whom are alumni of UBalt, will participate in fundraising and other activities designed to provide financial support to the University. The foundation is a designated 501c3, first est more PR

University of Southampton: Rising Temperatures Lead People to Eat More Added Sugar (10)
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news: * * * Rising temperatures lead people to eat more added sugar People consume more added sugar through products like soft drinks and frozen desserts during periods of rising temperature and heatwaves, according to a new study involving the University of Southampton. A team of researchers analysed 15 years of shopping data and found sugar intake increases with temperature. The effects were most more PR

Up, up and away: Dandelions use upward winds to spread seeds (10)
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Up, up and away: Dandelions use upward winds to spread seeds * Chris Roh '12 became interested in dandelions on walks with his toddler, picking the fluffy white spheres and blowing off their seeds. An aerospace engineer by training, Roh wondered about the fluid dynamics of this everyday activity. Why did some seeds release before others? And why did some seem to require much greater force to release? New rese more PR

Wall Street Journal Announces Speaker Lineup for Journal House UNGA (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, issued the following news release: * * * The Wall Street Journal Announces Speaker Lineup for Journal House UNGA * Prince of Monaco H.S.H. Prince Albert II, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and U.N. Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Director, Co-Founder and CEO of Ares Mike Arougheti, Chief Sustainability Officer of Google Kate Brandt and more.  more PR