BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 3 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Human Rights Institute Announces Fall 2025 Events Lineup Annual event series promotes discussion of pressing human rights issues By Emily Ciarlo This semester, the Binghamton University Human Rights Institute (HRI) will celebrate the work of several distinguished guests and scholars on human rights issues, ranging from genocide to labor rights. HRI will host several events, including a film series, public more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Hurricane Evacuation Patterns Differ Based on Where the Storm Hits A study comparing evacuation patterns in response to two 2024 hurricanes, Milton and Helene, found that people in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure were much more likely to travel out of harm's way compared to people in inland areas who were more likely to stay put. Researchers at Columbia University M more PR

COLUMBUS, Georgia, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- Columbus State University issued the following news: * * * Research: Ancient fossil upends assumptions about origins of two-thirds of all freshwater fish A study of a recently discovered ancient fish fossil is changing the long-held belief that the world's most common freshwater fishes originated in rivers and lakes. The study, published in the scientific journal Science, reveals that these fish--a group that includes familiar species like minnows, catfis more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news: * * * Governor Stitt Thanks Secretary Nellie Sanders for her Service, Appoints Dan Hamlin as New Secretary of Education * Today, Governor Kevin Stitt announced that Secretary of Education Nellie Sanders would be stepping away to continue to fight for the students of Oklahoma in the private sector. "Nellie's passion for students, especially those that don't fit the traditional education mold, has rev more PR

OXFORD, Ohio, Oct. 3 -- Miami University issued the following news wrap up on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Scienmag, Sept. 25: New Publication Offers Blueprint for Creating Human-Centric AI Systems (https://scienmag.com/new-publication-offers-blueprint-for-creating-human-centric-ai-systems/) * This article references a book co-authored by Yang Zhang, assistant professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, "Social Intelligence: The New Frontier of Integrating Human Intelligence and Artificial more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * New Software Tool Aims to Help Scientists Better Analyze Complex Spatial Data From Tissues * Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, have developed a software platform to help scientists more easily analyze the molecular structure of tissue in both healthy and disea more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 2 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Potential Smoking Gun Signature of Supermassive Dark Stars Found in JWST Data * The first stars in the universe formed out of pristine hydrogen and helium clouds, in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang. New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal that some of the first stars in the universe could have been very different from regular (nuclear fusion-powered) stars, which have be more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Oct. 2 [Category: Science] -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory posted the following news: * * * The magnetic math of breast health * # The Takeaway Three graduate students in CSHL's dos Santos lab have developed a tool called MaGNet to quickly measure changes in mouse mammary glands. This open-source technology can be used to study how hormonal changes affect mammary glands and may one day allow for earlier breast cancer diagnoses. Branching isn't just for  more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Affluence protects children from obesity even in areas with lots of unhealthy food outlets Family affluence shields children from the risks of obesity and unhealthy eating habits, even when they're surrounded by unhealthy food options, according to a study co-led by researchers at UCL. The research, conducted in four London boroughs and funded by the National Institute for Health & Care Researc more PR

MERCED, California, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Wildfire Disasters Surged in the Past 10 Years, Study Shows Nearly half of the world's worst wildfire disasters have occurred in just the past decade, new research from UC Merced's Fire Resilience Center shows. A study published Thursday in the journal Science reveals that 43 percent of catastrophic wildfire disasters struck in the past 10 years. Researchers analyzing 44 years of disas more PR

KOLN, Germany, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release: * * * Farmers were already diversifying cereal cultivation in the early Neolithic period Agricultural innovations made the food supply in the Rhineland more resilient and flexible / Publication in the 'Journal of Archaeological Science' * An interdisciplinary research project on the development of the earliest forms of agriculture shows that early farming societies began to integrate new cereal v more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * New insights into how pathogens build protein machinery for survival in the gut A new study, led by researchers at the University of Liverpool, has revealed how pathogenic bacteria construct tiny protein-based compartments, known as Eut microcompartments, which enable them to digest ethanolamine - a nutrient commonly found in the gut. Eut microcompartments are critical for bacterial gr more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * A picture is worth a thousand words: Multimedia slides help students boost science vocabulary Mizzou researcher explores how teachers can best help their students improve science vocabulary. * Using pictures to help middle school students visualize science terms could be the key to boosting vocabulary for all students, including those with learning disabilities who struggle with readin more PR