UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Ancient DNA reveals mastodons migrated, evolved in response to shifting climate * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Mastodons, the elephant-like Ice Age giants, migrated vast distances in response to shifting climates and were far more genetically diverse than previously known, according to an ancient DNA analysis of the remains of several mastodons, including those that roamed along the Pacific a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Barrett: Tax Relief for Working Families Is Benefiting Lansing Area Residents * In case you missed it, Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-07) wrote an op-ed in the Lansing State Journal (link is external) this week about the historic tax relief Congress passed into law this summer. The congressman spent the month of August traveling across mid-Michigan during the district work period, including visits in  more PR

FULLERTON, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Geology Grad Student Helps Describe Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil CSUF and Alabama Paleontologists Collaborate on Discovery of New Leatherback Genus and Species * When Cal State Fullerton geology graduate student Emma Martinez learned about a fossilized shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle discovered along the shoreline of the Alabama River, she jump more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P60-287) on Sept. 9, 2025, by Emily A. Shrider and Christina Bijou entitled "Poverty in the U.S: 2024." Here are excerpts: * * * Contents INTRODUCTION ... 1 Highlights ... 1 Background ... 2 OFFICIAL POVERTY BY SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS ... 3 Sex and Age ... 5 Type of Unit ... 5 Race and Hispanic Origin ... 5 Educational Attainment ... 6 Work Experience ... 6 THE SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE ... more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * An AI Indian Summer - or Autumn Freeze? Artificial intelligence is facing turbulence. Policymakers should look at climate change for clues. By Nicklas Lundblad AI weather predictions are in vogue, and the skies look like they are darkening. OpenAI's eagerly awaited GPT-5 received a muted response. Valuations are sky high, and overall AI investment plans keep surging into  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * Putin's Elite Troops: Self-Harming to Save Themselves? Russian soldiers have been accused of injuring themselves to win compensation and avoid the frontline. Is it true? By Aliide Naylor Russia's Investigative Committee says members of the 83 Guards Air Assault Brigade shot themselves, and each other, so they could fraudulently collect more than 200 million rubles ($2.4m) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * Super Apps: A Path To Surveillance in China and Russia Messaging services dominate the Chinese and Russian Internet. Not in the US. By Enrique Dans It's called a super app, unifying messaging, payments, digital identity, and public services. In the US and Europe, Meta's efforts to transform WhatsApp have failed to gain traction. It's a similar story for X and Uber. But s more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Congress Must Fully Fund WIC in 2026 Spending Bill and Prevent Administration Overrides * With only a few weeks left before the start of fiscal year 2026, Congress is considering attaching the Agriculture appropriations bill [1] -- which funds, among other programs, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) -- to a stopgap fundi more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * CPJ to honor tenacious journalists with 2025 International Press Freedom Awards Esteemed awardees from four regions to be recognized in November * The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced that it will honor journalists from China, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, and Tunisia - as well as a champion of U.S. press freedom - at its 35th annual International Press Freedom  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 13 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * How Much Wood? Lumber and the American economy. By Katrina Gulliver The lumber market in recent years has been a roller-coaster. For those operating logging businesses, or lumber yards and mills, or contractors and homeowners looking to replace a few planks on the deck, not knowing which way the market will shift has been stressful. According to a report in the Wal more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Hear that? Mizzou researchers are 'listening' to molecules in supersonic conditions Mizzou's Arthur Suits used a laser to hear the vibrations of extremely cold molecules moving faster than the speed of sound. * What happens when you hurl molecules faster than sound through a vacuum chamber nearly as cold as space itself? At the University of Missouri, researchers are finding out -- a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at the Heritage Foundation, from a Sept. 3, 2025, hearing entitled "Protecting Older Americans: Leveling the Playing Field for Older Workers": * * * My name is Rachel Greszler. I am a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance at The Heritage Foundation and a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy In more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 13 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Husker researchers gain independence, publish findings By Fran tenBensel Benne | Agronomy and Horticulture This summer, Huskers Anna Newcome and Tyler Babica led research projects through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience program. From planning and execution to troubleshooting and analysis in the lab, Newcome took ownership of an independen more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * India: Joint statement urging Indian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid * 12 September 2025 ASA 20/0287/2025 The undersigned organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid, who was arrested on 13 September 2020 on pol more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Inside the classroom: Is "equitable" grading effective? * Recent data published by the Fordham Institute suggests that teachers want to revisit "equitable" grading practices. What is "equitable" grading? "Equitable" grading arises from mastery-based grading practice, whi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell in CJ: We Must Reject The Political Violence That Took Charlie Kirk's Life * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) penned an op-ed for The Courier-Journal today regarding political violence threatening the fabric of American society: Charlie Kirk was a husband, a father of young children and a man of faith. His death yesterday is gut-wrenchi more PR

PERTH, Australia, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- Murdoch University issued the following news: * * * New research uncovers link between perfectionism and pain A little self-compassion can go a long way when you have chronic pain, according to a new study out of Murdoch University. The research found that psychological factors may play a crucial role in the experience and management of chronic pain. Dr Graeme Ditchburn, from Murdoch University's School of Psychology, said the study showed that chroni more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Mysterious 'red dots' in early universe may be 'black hole star' atmospheres * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe -- and may represent an entirely new class of celestial object: a black hole swallowing massive amounts of matter and spitting out light more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: Miller-Meeks Voted to Raise Housing Costs, "Effectively Told [Iowans] To Pound Sand" Instead of Doing Anything to Get Costs Down * American Journal News : Iowa Rep. Miller-Meeks balks at concerns of mobile home residents New reporting highlights how Mariannette Miller-Meeks is doing nothing to get housing costs down for Iowans - and instead, is dismissing the concerns of J more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Florida, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Frost Investigates Gov. DeSantis and FL State Legislature's Failure to Protect Florida Homeowners and Address the Property Insurance Crisis This week, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, Sept. 13 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * S&T student awarded NASA fellowship to develop method to extract moon metal By Greg Edwards When some people look at the moon's dusty, gray surface, they see multiple obstacles standing in the way of humans building permanent structures there. When Jacob Ortega looks at it, he sees an opportunity to turn its surface materials into aluminum for lunar construction. Ortega, a Ph.D. st more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 12 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Sense of place trumps tax breaks in choosing where to live * There's no place like home. Even when state-by-state income tax disparities make it profitable to move, high-wage earners seem to agree, according to new Cornell-led research. Exploiting a natural experiment condition brought on by two separate happenings - a 2017 change in tax laws, and the COVID-19 pandemic three years later - researchers found  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Tidal marshes trap microplastics, raising risks for ecosystems and people * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Freshwater tidal marshes, critical for wildlife and coastal protection, are now serving as microplastic catch basins, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. They recently found that these marshes trap large amounts of diverse plastics, with concentrations and ecological risks in more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Pregnant women living near the Aliso Canyon gas blowout were more likely to have babies with low birth weight UCLA study suggests the increase can be attributed to the disaster * Women in the later stages of pregnancy who lived near the blowout in northwestern L.A. County had a nearly 50% higher-than-expected chance of having a low-birth-weight baby. * Low birth weight has been shown to in more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Researchers find a way to use antibodies to direct T cells to kill Cytomegalovirus-infected cells A UCLA research team has found a new way to prompt the immune system to kill cells infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), a life-threatening infection that is particularly deadly in immunocompromised people. They did this by engineering antibodies that direct the immune system's T-cells to kill c more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Study identifies risks and outcomes for preterm infants with rare bowel obstruction UCLA researchers define meconium-related obstruction of prematurity, improving care strategies for vulnerable infants * FINDINGS A UCLA Health research team has helped define and characterize a rare bowel obstruction that affects premature infants, known as meconium-related obstruction of prematurity (MROP more PR

PASADENA, California, Sept. 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Uniting the Light Spectrum on a Chip * Focused laser-like light that covers a wide range of frequencies is highly desirable for many scientific studies and for many applications, for instance quality control of manufacturing semiconductor electronic chips. But creating such broadband and coherent light has been difficult to achieve with anything but bulky energy-hungry tabletop devices.  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Pregnant women living near the Aliso Canyon gas blowout were more likely to have babies with low birth weight UCLA study suggests the increase can be attributed to the disaster * Women in the later stages of pregnancy who lived near the blowout in northwestern L.A. County had a nearly 50% higher-than-expected chance of having a low-birth-weight baby. * Low birth weight has bee more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: * * * Laser breakthrough could find applications in cutting-edge tech A record-breaking development in laser technology could help support the development of smaller, cheaper, more easily-fabricated optical and quantum technologies, its inventors say. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have designed and built a narrow-linewidth laser on a single, fully integrated microchip that achieves the b more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * University of Oklahoma Researchers Aim to Reduce Indigenous Cancer Disparities New England Journal of Medicine article details novel care coordination and communication program By April Wilkerson, april-j-wilkerson@ouhsc.edu OKLAHOMA CITY - Researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Campus have published an article and podcast in the New England Journal of Medicine describing a novel c more PR

ADELAIDE, Australia, Sept. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of South Australia issued the following news release: * * * La Nina's new twist: ground movement threatens Aussie homes Australia's changing climate is shaking things up, literally. New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) warns that increasingly intense La Nina weather cycles are posing fresh challenges for homeowners, builders, and infrastructure planners. In a paper published in the Journal of Environmental Manage more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Christina DiMarino honored with fellowship By Anne Kroemer Hoffman Christina DiMarino, associate professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and faculty member in the Center for Power Electronics Systems, has been awarded the Dushan Boroyevich Ph.D. '86 Junior Faculty Fellowship by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. The Dushan Boroyevich Ph.D. '86 Junior Faculty Fellows more PR