CLEMSON, South Carolina, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Clemson University issued the following news: * * * How human-trafficking survivors made research more realistic In a research project spanning seven years so far, trafficking survivors have questioned, corrected, and challenged their colleagues at every turn, helping redefine how the team approaches its work. By Paul Alongi If you want to study human trafficking networks, you can build graphs, diagrams, and Markov models all day- or you can work more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Jan. 12 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * College of Nursing Hosts Dean's Speaker Series * Seton Hall's College of Nursing will host Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, Ph.D. '15, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, FCNS, system senior director of nursing research and program evaluation at NYU Langone Health, for its upcoming Dean's Speaker Series on Thursday, February 5, from 5-7 p.m. at the Interprofessional Health Sciences (IHS) campus in Nutley. Zav more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 13 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Computer models let scientists peer into the mystery beneath Jupiter's clouds * Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on the gas giant-so thick that no spacecraft has been able to measure exactly what lies beneath. But a new study led by University of Chicago and Jet Propulsion Lab scientists has given us a deeper look more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 14 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Autonomous discovery-driven Argonne study inspires paradigm shift in battery research Innovative high-throughput experiments and artificial intelligence reveal fundamental stability limits in battery chemicals By Michael Matz Argonne scientists used artificial intelligence and robotics to conduct more than 6,000 battery chemical experiments in just five more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Accelerating Discovery: How the Materials Project Is Helping to Usher in the AI Revolution for Materials Science The open-access materials database managed by Berkeley Lab has surpassed 650,000 registered users, enabling AI-ready scientific datasets at an unprecedented scale for batteries, quantum computing, microelectronics, and more. Key Takeaways * The Materials Pro more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Female athlete health, well-being focus of updated report * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -When active and athletic girls and women don't eat enough food to meet their body's energy needs, it can disrupt key systems in the body and lead to irregular or absent menstrual cycles and impaired bone health, including osteoporosis and bone stress injuries. These interrelated disruptions of energy statu more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Sterling Thomas, chief scientist at the Government Accountability Office, from a Jan, 13, 2026, hearing entitled "Curbing Federal Fraud: Examining Innovative Tools to Detect and Prevent Fraud in Federal Programs": * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss artificial inte more PR

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Jan. 13 -- High Point University issued the following news release: * * * HPU Awards and Honors: January 2026 * Twenty-one High Point University students in the Siegfried Leadership Fellows program traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, in late November to participate in the National Conference on Student Leadership, one of the nation's premier events dedicated to collegiate leadership development. They were accompanied by Dr. David Bergen, executive director of the Siegfr more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Jan. 13 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Long-running research center in Kansas City celebrated in scholarly journal * LAWRENCE - Juniper Gardens Children's Project, part of the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas, is focus of a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Education and Treatment of Children. The issue pays tribute to strides the center has made to improve children's social well-being and academic achievement over the more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone DATE: January 13, 2025 What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone  more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 14 -- The National Council on Family Relations issued the following news: * * * New NCFR Journal Research Available New FR & JMF Issues, Plus New Articles Jan. 4-10 * Keep up with the latest research from NCFR's three scholarly journals -- Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR). Newest Journal Issues: FR February 2026 issue (https://onlinelibrar more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * One way brain 'conductors' find precise connection to target cells Study in mice confirms molecules that link inhibitory, excitatory neurons * New research reveals how a class of neurons that help coordinate communication in the brain link up with their target cells, identifying two molecules that must be present before synapses, the structures that carry signals between these partners, can form on th more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus issued the following news: * * * Female athlete health, well-being focus of updated report Penn State faculty steered updated research, care guidance for the Female Athlete Triad -- when energy deficiency leads to menstrual dysfunction and poor bone health -- including a first-of-its-kind adolescent model of the condition By Christine Yu UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- When active and athletic girls and women don't more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 13 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice's Spanos receives biennial medal for contributions to computational mechanics * Rice University engineer Pol D. Spanos has been awarded the O.C. Zienkiewicz Medal, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the field of computational mechanics. Established in 2007 by the Polish Association for Computational Mechanics, the biennial medal recognizes exceptional merit in advancing computational mechanic more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery is Possible: Pitt Study Urges Caution on Early Care Withdrawal A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges assumptions about early withdrawal of care in patients with severe traumatic brain injury, or TBI. The research, published today in the journal Neurosurgery more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 14 -- The International Society for Stem Cell Research issued the following news release: * * * Stem Cell Reports Seeks Early Career Editors to Join the Editorial Board Stem Cell Reports, the peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), today announced a call for applications to serve on its editorial team as an Early Career Editor, a prestigious opportunity for outstanding, early-career scientists to help shape the f more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 14 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news: * * * Army Chief of Staff Names USU Civil Affairs Education Article a Top Read of 2025 The Special Warfare Journal piece spotlights a USU bachelor's degree pathway supporting Civil Affairs and Special Operations medics. By Sharon Holland An article highlighting the Uniformed Services University's (USU) innovative approach to educating Civil Affairs and Special Operations Combat Medics has been named  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Study debunks myth of Native Hawaiians causing bird extinctions Challenging a 50-year-old narrative about Hawaii's native birds, a new study from the University of Hawaii at Manoa found no scientific evidence that Indigenous People hunted waterbird species to extinction. Published in the journal Ecosphere, the research debunks this long-held myth and offers a new, integrated theor more PR

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 14 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * Searching for understanding through elephants Undergraduate researcher, Avery Nicholas, evaluates how anthropology and ecology work together to provide solutions for Human-Elephant Conflict * In this first-person narrative, Honors College student and undergraduate researcher Avery Nicholas recounts her experience investigating the relationship between humans and elephants in Sri Lanka during the Summer of 202 more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 14 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Education = Prevention: Physician Called to Educate Public on Infectious Disease Prevention By Peggy Reisser Here's how Chinelo Animalu, MD, describes her role as an infectious disease physician: "We deal with those cases that make everybody else run in the opposite direction," she says. An associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the College of Medicine  more PR

WINDSOR, Ontario, Jan. 13 -- University of Windsor issued the following news: * * * Brain health research highlights powerful protein's role in stem cells and tumour growth By Sara Elliott The key to designing future brain cancer therapies could lie with a mighty protein called Spy1, which is found in neural stem cells in the adult brain. Neural stem cells play a critical role in memory, learning and brain repair. Since these cells decline as we age, Spy1 becomes important because, at ce more PR