LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 31 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Detailed map of US air-conditioning usage shows who can beat the heat -- and who can't * LAWRENCE As climate change produces ever more heat waves, how many homes in the U.S. lack adequate cooling? Who's most vulnerable to lethal temperatures, and exactly where do they live? A researcher at the University of Kansas has produced the most comprehensive and detailed map of air conditioning usage in the Unite more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 31 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Briefs October 2025 * Florida State University's distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members across cam more PR

BOCA RATON, Florida, Nov. 1 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * 'Frazzled' Fruit Flies Help Unravel How Neural Circuits Stay Wired By Gisele Galoustian Florida Atlantic University neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising role for a protein named "Frazzled" (known as DCC in mammals) in the nervous system of fruit flies, showing how it helps neurons connect and communicate with lightning speed. The  more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 1 (TNSrep) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * Abandoned Coal Mine Drainage Could Be a Significant Source of Carbon Emissions Currently unaccounted for, unremediated discharge from old mines can transport CO2 from bedrock to the atmosphere * Boulder, Colo., USA: For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, USA. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fu more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 31 (TNSjou) -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2025: * * * Embracing mathematics is key to illuminating cancer cell evolution A new review explains how turning to mathematics is helping researchers decode one of cancer's most elusive traits: its ability to evolve and adapt. Understanding how cancers change over time is crucial for the development of effective treatment strategies. If scientists can identify exactly how cancer chang more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 -- Mercer University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | November 2025 By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams College of Education Dr. Karyn Allee, associate professor of elementary education, and University of Memphis Ph.D. candidate Taylor Mule, had their paper, "Balancing development and rigor: Beliefs about priorities and threats in early childhood education among future professionals," accepted for publication in Early Childhood Education Jour more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 1 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * NJIT and NJII Launch PureTrace Labs to Commercialize PFAS Detection Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) today announced the launch of PureTrace Labs, a startup created to bring NJIT-developed technology for rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to market. The company marks the first official launc more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Oct. 31 (TNSjou) -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * New funding for international research projecting ice sheet loss and sea level rise Melt from ice sheets on Earth is already contributing to flooding across the globe and is expected to increase in the coming decades. Adaptation to reduce the destructiveness of future sea level rise is under way and depends critically, inch by inch, on the work of a newly-funded, international gro more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Nov. 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH student publishes groundbreaking hurricane study improving accuracy of hurricane wind estimates after landfall By Paola Pinto A paper authored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) graduate student Zeb Leffler has been published in the Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), showcasing the university's growing impact on advancing hurricane res more PR