WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2026: * * * Russia's Thuggish New Ally? Midwinter Ukraine is suffering badly, with implications for significant population movement. Western allies can help, if they acknowledge the threat. By Sergiy Makogon Cornered by an ever-narrowing range of options to advance his war of aggression, Vladimir Putin is making decisions that worsen his position. The chess term is zugzwang, and it exp more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * Professor Wins $750K Grant to Study Clean Energy Manufacturing Gang He will use the Sloan Foundation funding to examine how policies and markets shape the manufacturing of clean energy and the impacts on emissions. * Professor Gang He (GC/Baruch College, Earth and Environmental Sciences/Public Affairs) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to investi more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 14 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Evidence suggests the Milky Way's black hole had a more active past * Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space telescope shows that this might not always have been the case. Sagittarius A*, located at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, appears to have flared dramatically sometime within the past few hundred to 1,000 yea more PR

LOMA LINDA, California, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- Loma Linda University Health issued the following news: * * * Children and technology: how early screen exposure is fueling mental health concerns By Alyssa Hunt In recent years, growing concern has emerged over children's and teenagers' increased access to technology, including smartphones, social media, television, tablets, and video games. Constant early exposure to technology is causing increased self-esteem and self-perception issues, with a more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Study Shows Fragmented State and Local Authority Complicates Clean Energy Rollout Researchers examine trade-offs in patchwork of approval systems * As states race to build wind and solar projects needed to curb climate change, how governments approve those projects can either speed construction or fuel delays and conflict, according to a new study by researchers at the  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 16 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Immunometabolism may be a key to controlling sepsis: study This discovery may lead to new ways to block metabolic changes contributing to excessive and ineffective inflammation, reset the immune system, and bring sepsis under control. By Bill Snyder Metabolic changes that "rewire" part of the immune system can intensify sepsis, the body's dysregulated response to infection more PR