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

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, 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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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