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

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 -- 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. 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

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

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

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

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

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