ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 15 -- Albuquerque Public Schools issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * APS Directive Mandates Reporting of Student Discrimination and Harassment Students, families can file a complaint directly with APS Equal Opportunity Services and Title IX. * Albuquerque Public Schools is reinforcing its commitment to a safe, non-discriminatory learning environment through its procedural directive on student discrimination and harassment. The comprehensive poli more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * New Report on Groundwater Details Data Gaps, Opportunities to Protect Critical Water Supply in New Mexico * (SANTA FE, N.M. - January 14, 2026) As the water crisis in New Mexico deepens, a new report released today by the New Mexico Groundwater Alliance details significant data gaps, challenges and opportunities to protect the state's declining groundwater supply. The more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Methods of Recellularizing a Tissue or Organ for Improved Transplantability ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- MIROMATRIX MEDICAL INC., Eden Prairie, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12522802 B2, initially filed April 23, 2024) developed by Doris A Taylor, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Stefan M. Kren, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for "Methods of recellularizing a tissue or organ for improved  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Sparse Path Codes and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- DIGIMARC CORPORATION, Beaverton, Oregon has been assigned a patent (No. US 12525991 B1, initially filed Aug. 29, 2022) developed by three inventors Brett A. Bradley, Portland, Oregon; Nicholas Anderson, Colorado Springs, Colorado; and William Y. Conwell, Portland, Oregon, for "Sparse path codes and methods." *** Generating 3D Mod more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. *** Systems and Methods for Relay Logic for Isolation of the Grid and Forming of a Single-Phase Island ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- PPL SERVICES CORPORATION, Allentown, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 12525801 B2, initially filed Dec. 19, 2023) developed by four inventors Nate Simons, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Robert Beckett, Allentown, Pennsylvania; Donald Vinciguerra, Alle more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** BHA With Electric Directional Drilling Motor ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12523100 B2, initially filed Sept. 19, 2023) developed by Hans-Jacob Lund, Houston, Texas, for "BHA with electric directional drilling motor." *** Systems, Methods, and Media for Performing a Failover Technique for One or More Data Streaming Ap more ST