SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 2 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * 'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet has markedly different atmosphere than our gas giant, new study finds * Key takeaways * James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the atmosphere of a brown dwarf classified as a "super-Jupiter" is far more chaotic than that of our own gas giantchallenging popular assumptions. * This study focused on the exoplanet VHS 1256b, in the constellati more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 2 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * A cleaner, less toxic way of making a staple chemical * Cornell scientists have discovered a potentially transformative approach to manufacturing one of the world's most widely used chemicals - hydrogen peroxide - using nothing more than sunlight, water and air. The research published Nov. 29 in the journal Nature Communications. "Currently, hydrogen peroxide is made through the anthraquinone process, which r more PR

BAYREUTH, Germany, Dec. 2 -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: * * * Bayreuth research on Muslim life in Latin America and the Caribbean receives funding The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are funding a new German-British research project by Dr. Ken Chitwood (University of Bayreuth) and Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh). Their project, "The Global Landscapes of Muslim Lives: Latin American a more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Dec. 3 -- The University of North Florida issued the following news: * * * Breaking Records, Building Dreams: UNF's Year of Impact and Innovation University of North Florida faculty and staff have spent the last few years strengthening partnerships across campus and within the community, while enhancing the student experience. Those efforts culminated in a historic year of growth and achievement at UNF, marked by record enrollment, unprecedented fundraising and ground more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 3 -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Corporate Social Responsibility Acts as an Insurance Policy When Companies Cut Jobs and Benefits During the Times of Crisis Employees tend to fault organizations that don't support charitable or environmental courses -- and forgive them if they do * From shifting economic policy to disrupted supply chains, there seems to be no lack of challenges for businesses nowadays. Rising inflation, shifting more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 2 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Briefs November 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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 1 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Findings suggest red planet was warmer, wetter millions of years ago Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and heavy rainfall comparable to tropical climates on Earth. The rocks discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover are white, aluminum-ri more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 3 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Opposes Trump's Latest Effort to Funnel Americans' Personal, Sensitive Information into Mass Surveillance Machine Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing the Trump administration's expansion of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to include the information of U.S. born citizens w more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 2 -- Mercer University issued the following news wrap up: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | December 2025 * College of Education Dr. Karyn Allee, associate professor of elementary education, and Ph.D. graduate Stephanie Moore, co-presented the session "Play as a bridge: Supporting multilingual learners through inquiry-driven, play-based learning" at the 2025 Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference in Athens on Oct. 30. Dr. Allee, with c more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * Exposing the hidden carbon cost of potash imports into Brazil Brazil's potash imports carry higher carbon footprints than models predict, Newcastle research finds. * The Newcastle University-led study, The true carbon costs of supplying potassium fertilizer to Brazilian agriculture, has produced the first comprehensive estimate of greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions from conventional potash ( more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 2 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Radical Activists Hijacked a Top Political Science Journal--with Far-Reaching Consequences * A new Goldwater report reveals discrimination and ideological bias at the American Political Science Review. A leading political science journal abandoned merit-based scholarship in favor of race- and sex-based discrimination, according to a new Goldwater Institute analysis of the American Po more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 2 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Revolutionizing engineering education: The rise of a new research pillar * In 2021, an unexpected email landed in Allison Godwin 's inbox inquiring about her interest in a new position. She wasn't actively looking for a professional change, and she might not have read it at all had she not been on sabbatical with more time for such things than usual. A tenured faculty member at Purdue University, Godwin had est more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 2 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Tracking forever chemicals across food web shows not all isomers are distributed equally * A crested comorant catching a fish. A double-crested cormorant feeds near the shores of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. A University at Buffalo study anayzled these birds' egg yolks for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Samples from water, fish, and bird eggs demon more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Dec. 2 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * UCF Study Explores Formation of Spider-Like Features on Jupiter's Moon Europa and Potential for Life * From Europa to other icy moons, scientists are studying how surface features form and what they might reveal about the potential for life. In a new study published in The Planetary Science Journal, researchers from UCF, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and other institutions explored a unique, sp more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * The Minority Dilemma in Media Reports A cognitive principle leads to the frequent mention of minority group membership in media reports. Because news is often negative, this distorts public perceptions of minority groups. In media coverage, individuals' membership in minority groups, such as their country of origin, is often explicitly mentioned. In contrast, majority membership is usually n more PR

NORWICH, England, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * Three-quarters of the world not getting enough Omega-3, research shows More than three-quarters of the global population aren't getting enough Omega-3, according to new research from UEA, Holland & Barrett and the University of Southampton. The collaborative review highlights that 76 per cent of people worldwide are not meeting recommended intakes of EPA and DHA, revealing a significant global more PR

LONDON, Canada, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Do super-Jupiters look like Jupiter? Not necessarily, study shows Western and international collaborators discover important distinction with Webb images By Jeff Renaud Using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), an international research team including Western's Stanimir Metchev has discovered new answers to explain how some brown dwarfs form giant dust storms, contradicting previous assumpt more PR