WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * "Republican Josh Williams: I support tax breaks for the rich" [American Journal News] * New reporting is highlighting how Josh Williams admitted he backed tax breaks for the rich, saying the quiet part out loud. American Journal News : "'We just provided tax relief to some of the richest Americans in Ohio in the last budget,' [Williams] told the Statehouse News Bureau on Sept. 1 more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 26 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * A lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging * The cumulative effect of social advantages across a lifetime - from parental warmth in childhood to friendship, community engagement and religious support in adulthood - may slow the biological processes of aging itself. These social advantages appear to set back "epigenetic clocks" such that a person's biological age, as measured by analyzing DNA methylation more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Adding a Lookup Step Makes AI Better at Assigning Medical Diagnosis Codes * A new study from researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System suggests that a simple tweak to how artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes could significantly improve accuracy, even outperforming physicians. The findings, reported in the September 25 online issue of NEJM AI [DOI: 10.1056/AIcs2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * AGU and AMS invite proposals for the "U.S. Climate Collection" Joint initiative will focus on climate assessment research * The American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world's largest association of Earth and space scientists, and the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the professional society for atmospheric and related sciences and services, invite contribution proposals for a joint special c more PR

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Global study uncovers the drivers of animal anti-predator colour strategies Published in Science and featured on the cover of its latest issue, the research, conducted with the involvement of the UAB and the CVC, a global study highlights how ecological context and multiple factors determine whether camouflage or warning colouration provide the greatest evolutionary advantage. Natur more PR

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Inequality in agri-food chains: the Global South produces the food, but the Global North keeps the wealth In the global agri-food system, most agricultural goods are produced in the Global South but value is captured by countries of the Global North through growth and control of the post farmgate sectors. This is shown by a study from the Institute of Environmental Science and Techn more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Mummy tags: Inaugural Kadish lecture looks at funerary practices in Roman Egypt An Egyptologist, Gerald Kadish left a legacy with a new lecture series featuring early career scholars By Jennifer Micale In Roman Egypt, embalming was big business -- no longer reserved for pharaohs or their retinue, but simply the way that most people sent their beloved dead to the afterlife. In some ways, this a more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Phishing emails and multitasking don't mix, new study shows Binghamton University School of Management's Jinglu Jiang shows how organizations can rethink training to detect malicious messages By Anthony Borrelli Picture this: You're on a Zoom call, Slack is buzzing, three spreadsheets are open and your inbox pings. In that moment of divided attention, you miss the tiny red flag in an email. Tha more PR

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, Sept. 25 (TNSjou) -- Brock University issued the following news: * * * Birth control's impact on the brain the focus of student research By Amanda Bishop Psychology master's student Alison Randell wants to better understand the effects of hormonal birth control on the adolescent brain. "We know how different hormonal contraceptives will affect physical parameters like bone density, but there's not a lot of research looking at how they work in the brain at the molec more PR

SAN JOSE, California, Sept. 26 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Cadence Unveils AI-Driven ROCS X AI-Enabled Molecular Search, Unlocking Multi-trillion Molecule Virtual Screening Treeline Biosciences validates breakthrough with discovery of more than 150 synthesizable drug candidates in novel chemical space * BOSTON-- Open more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on U.S. to Drop 'Neo-Colonial' Proposal for Tony Blair Govern Post-Genocide Gaza * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Trump administration to drop a "neo-colonial" proposal for former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair govern a post-genocide Gaza. Accord more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * An EU Security Base on the Black Sea The EU's renewed focus on the Black Sea has created an opportunity for Romania, Turkey and Ukraine to shape a stronger defense against Russia. By Antonia-Laura Pup In May, the European Commission launched its first strategy for the Black Sea in response to the war in Ukraine. One of the three pillars of the new policy framework, alongs more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Europe's New Russian Sanctions May Backfire The EU aims to accelerate the ban on Russian liquefied natural gas imports. But the bloc must reconsider its options. By Aura Sabadus After nearly four years of dithering, the EU has mustered the courage to propose a full ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. And it wants it fast: a year ahead of schedule. The an more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Lukashenka's Hollow Concessions The release of political prisoners in Belarus is welcome, but signals no real change. The country remains a Russian dependency. By Katia Glod The release of 52 political prisoners came after another visit to Minsk by John Coale, an American lawyer close to Donald Trump who has occasionally been dispatched abroad as an informal envoy to secu more PR

DARWIN, Australia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: * * * Research reveals how Australians really feel about the world's largest proposed solar farm Australians are substantially supportive of renewable megaprojects, but their approval begins to wane if the produced energy doesn't benefit them, according to a new study examining social acceptance of the proposed world's largest solar plant. The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) examined the pu more PR

WOLLONGONG, Australia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * Cultural gathering at UOW Shoalhaven celebrates Aboriginal voices in medicine Yuin elder Uncle Paul Scott presents carved artwork featured on special NAIDOC Week issue of Medical Journal of Australia By India Glyde The University of Wollongong (UOW) in partnership with the Medical Journal of Australia will host a First Nations Cultural Sharing Gathering at its Shoalhaven Campus  more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Mapping 'Dark' Regions of the Genome Illuminates How Cells Respond to Their Environment Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for treating disease By Michaela Martinez Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the 'dark g more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Grassley Take Aim At Labor Exploitation In Tech, Finance, Retail Sectors In letters to ten major corporations who are the biggest users of the H-1B visa program, the Senators cite mass layoffs of American employees even while the corporations file thousands of H-1B visa petitions for foreign workers, often at depressed wages and subjec more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 27 -- PEN International issued the following news: * * * Egypt: Writer and investigative journalist Ismail Alexandrani arrested and detained for speaking up on social media "We are shocked to see Ismail being arrested again for speaking up against human rights abuses in Egypt. He endured more than seven years of unjust imprisonment for his work, and it's unacceptable to see him suffer further persecution for his views. Egyptian authorities must stop their crackdown on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Ryan Wallace, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, from a Sept. 16, 2025, hearing entitled "Unmanned and Unchecked: Confronting the Rising Threat of Malicious Drone Use in America": * * * Chairman Biggs, Ranking Member McBath, and other distinguished committee members, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the important issue of protect more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Flexible optical touch sensor simultaneously pinpoints pressure strength and location * 26 September 2025 Multi-channel optical sensor enables distributed pressure sensing, which could enable smarter interfaces and devices Caption : Researchers have developed a thin optical touch sensor that can simultaneously detect the strength and location of pressure with high se more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * liquid blackness Awarded Mellon Foundation Grant liquid blackness, founded by Georgia State University Distinguished University Professor of Moving Image Studies Alessandra Raengo, has been awarded a three-year grant of $750,000 from the Mellon Foundation to support the study of aesthetic practices in the contemporary arts of the Black diaspora. As principal investigator, Raengo will guide the ex more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Hosts 'AI Trends Shaping Innovation, Enterprise, and Investment' Panel During Boston AI Week * BOSTON - Sept. 26, 2025 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Innovation & Artificial Intelligence Group and Venture Capital & Emerging Technology Group will host a panel discussion and networking session Sept. 30 during Boston AI Week. Led by shareh more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How the brain splits up vision without you even noticing * The brain divides vision between its two hemispheres -- what's on your left is processed by your right hemisphere, and vice versa -- but your experience with every bike or bird that you see zipping by is seamless. A new study by neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT reveals how the brain h more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by George Ball, an operations management professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, from a Sept. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Prescription for Trouble: Drug Safety, Supply Chains and the Risk to Aging Americans": * * * Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, for the invitation to speak with you today. I am an Operations  more PR

LEEDS, England, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Leeds Beckett University issued the following news: * * * Flipping the Pain Script: Rethink, Relearn, Relieve, Recover As we draw our week of pain research to a close, today we're looking at our final theme 'Flipping the Pain Script: Rethink, Relearn, Relieve, Recover'. Pain affects everyone at some point in their lives, and it can range from minor to chronic. Here at Leeds Beckett, Professor Mark Johnson, from the School of Health leads the research into  more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 25, 2025, to The Dispatch: * * * Legal Weed Isn't Worth the Costs By Charles Fain Lehman Advocates for legalization rely on dogma, not data. "Either we have the problems associated with drug abuse, or we have the problems associated with trying to control it," the drug-policy scholar Mark Kleiman wrote in his 1992 book Against Excess. Kleiman's point--that drug control involves the careful o more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 24, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * The H-1B Visa Fee Will Cost Us a Pretty Penny By Daniel Di Martino Each visa holder reduces the budget deficit by more than $800,000 in net present value over his lifetime. Samuel Gregg rightly notes that "foreigners often bring rare skills that boost the productivity of their colleagues and companies" ("H-1B Visas Are Good for U.S. Workers," op-e more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, Sept. 26 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * Missouri S&T releases official fall enrollment numbers By Velvet Hasner The official fall 2025 enrollment at Missouri University of Science and Technology, recorded at the end of the semester's fourth week, is 7,174. The fall enrollment total includes 1,257 first-time freshmen. It also includes 610 extended-learning students, 6,564 on-campus students, 278 transfer students and 550 new more PR

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Sept. 27 (TNSrpt) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: * * * Prof. Pang and Ryan Sonn Co-Publish in International Journal of Business Management Wai Kong (Johnny) Pang, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, and Ryan Sonn '25M, data science graduate student, recently co-published an article in the International Journal of Business and Management (Vol. 20, No. 8, 2025). Their study, "The Intricacies of College and University Clos more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * Climate change is supercharging Europe's biggest hail Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown. * Climate experts from Newcastle University, the Met Office and the University of Bristol used European-wide km-scale simulations to model future changes to hail with global warming. Published in the journal Nature Communications, t more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * Treatment found to transform the lives of rare kidney disease patients Newcastle researchers have revealed the first treatment to target the underlying cause of a rare kidney condition called "C3G" and prevent the disease progressing. Publishing in the medical journal, The Lancet, the Newcastle kidney experts demonstrate that a new treatment called iptacopan, made by Novartis, prevents t more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 26 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society posted the following news release: * * * Prostate Cancer Survivors Who Follow Healthy Lifestyle Guideline Live Longer, New ACS Study Shows * ATLANTA, September 26, 2025 -- A new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that men diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer who adopted the ACS Nutrition and Physical Activity Guideline for Cancer Survivors after diagnosis live longer. Over 14 years of fol more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, from a Sept. 18, 2025, hearing entitled "AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the subcommittee: Thank you for the invitation to participate in this hearing. My name is Adam Thierer, and  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 27 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Shuttered opinion pages. Obscene letters to the editor. Researchers at Missouri School of Journalism ask: What does it all mean? By Austin Fitzgerald The relationship between news and opinion has never been a more hot-button issue. From national news powerhouses to smaller community newspapers, news organizations are re-evaluating how -- and if -- they publish opinion co more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 26 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Skin-to-skin contact associated with brain changes in preterm infants * "Kangaroo care," or skin-to-skin contact, may be neuroprotective and is associated with neonatal development in areas of the brain involved in emotional regulation in preterm infants, according to a new preliminary study from Weill Cornell Medicine, Burke Neurological Institute and Stanford Medicine. Even short sessions correlated with no more PR

STANFORD, California, Sept. 27 (TNSjou) -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * Study reveals roadmap for carbon-free California by 2045 A new study shows California can go carbon-free mostly using current and emerging solutions - but to get there, it must overcome regulatory challenges and scale technologies at an unprecedented pace. In brief * California will need to more than double its electricity generation capacity to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. * Half of emis more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * The Army Management Staff College transforms the Civilian Education System in contact * FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas - As part of the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army Management Staff College is realigning and reforming Army Civilian Professional education. While several course changes go into effect on Oct. 1, 2025, the Civilian Education System wil more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New adaptive optics to support gravitational-wave discoveries UCR-developed technology will allow scientists to peer deeper into the universe Author: Iqbal Pittalwala Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks to an instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside. A paper de more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 27 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA Study Finds More Women Freezing Eggs, Fewer Returning to Use Them An increasing number of women are choosing to freeze their eggs but a much smaller number are returning to use them, according to new UCLA Health research. The study found that the number of planned elective egg freezing cycles nearly quadrupled between 2014 and 2021, increasing from 4,153 to 16,436. Despite this surge, o more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Copenhagen issued the following news: * * * Personal stories change perceptions of discrimination How can we get the majority to recognise the discrimination experienced by minorities? A new study examines this question. The results show that both cold facts and warm stories can change perceptions - but in different ways. * Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University have investigated how to raise awareness  more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: * * * Scientists launch world's most comprehensive human virus protein database Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has launched Viro3D - the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure predictions in the world. A free and searchable AI-powered database, Viro3D offers a completely new, in-depth perspective  more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * Camouflage or caution? How anti-predator strategies have evolved Predators and the environment determine why some animals use camouflage to avoid being eaten, while others use bright colours to warn them off, new research reveals. Published today in the journal Science, the findings help explain the evolution and global distribution of the most common colour strategies used by insects to a more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Blockchain technology could help build trust in restaurants University of Missouri researchers explore how consumer concerns drive uncertainty and how restaurants might use innovative new technology to increase transparency. By Cary Littlejohn While taste and price remain top priorities, more consumers are starting to consider the safety and sustainability of ingredients when dining more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Preparing for catastrophes a good plan, New Zealanders say Two thirds of New Zealanders support the idea of the Government developing specific plans to deal with catastrophic risks, such as a Northern Hemisphere nuclear war or the release of a bioengineered infectious disease, University of Otago research has found. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 New Zealanders to find out ho more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Queensland issued the following news: * * * Everyday encounters not enough to soften prejudice Regular and positive experiences are no longer enough to reduce prejudice between different racial, religious or social groups, a University of Queensland-led study has found. Dr Alexander O'Donnell from UQ's Institute of Social Science Research said the long-standing idea that everyday encounters between different groups of people will sl more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * Back pain tied to higher rates of common diseases Back pain isn't just a debilitating condition, it may be a flag for other major health issues, new research shows. Back pain isn't just a debilitating condition, it may be a flag for other major health issues. New research shows the incidence of conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and cancer is higher in people with b more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * While It May Go Unnoticed, Loss of Smell May Linger for Years After COVID-19 * P eople who suspect that their sense of smell has been dulled after a bout of COVID-19 are likely correct, a new study using an objective 40-odor test shows. Even those who do not notice any olfactory issues may be impaired. Led by the National more PR