WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * The Battle to Maintain Ukraine's Water Supplies Moscow's onslaught is depriving Ukrainians of water as well as heat and light. Post-war rebuilding will have to include massive investment in pipes and processing plants. By Pippa Crawford Russia's winter wave of strikes on Kyiv and other cities has left swathes of Ukraine without power as temperatures plunge, and the attacks  more PR

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 29 -- The University of Southampton posted the following news: * * * Fossilised plankton study gives long-term hope for oxygen depleted oceans * A new study suggests the world's oxygen depleted seas may have a chance of returning to higher oxygen concentrations in the centuries to come, despite our increasingly warming climate. Researchers at the University of Southampton (UK) and Rutgers University (USA) examined fossilised plankton from the Arabian Sea and foun more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Jan. 29 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * Moral people should support 'lab-grown' meat, even if they reject conventional meat - new ethics research suggests * In a new paper, philosopher Dr Josh Milburn, of Loughborough University, argues that while a morally virtuous person would likely abstain from meat produced through conventional farming, they could still reasonably support or even eat "cultivated meat" - real meat grown from anim more PR

PERTH, Australia, Jan. 29 -- Murdoch University posted the following news: * * * Western ringtail possums are feeling the heat * Extreme heat is forcing Western Australia's critically endangered western ringtail possum (Ngwayir) to cut back on vital activity and feeding, new research shows. The study, a collaboration between the Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia and Biota Environmental  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 29 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Muscle stem cells build resilience but lose regenerative power with age * Key takeaways * UCLA researchers studying mice discovered that stem cells in aged muscle accumulate a protective protein called NDRG1 that slows their ability to repair tissue but helps the cells survive longer -revealing that aging may involve a fundamental trade-off between function and resilience. * When s more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * New app to detect social interactions after stroke may help improve treatment, recovery * Research Highlights: * A smartwatch used a machine learning algorithm to detect social interactions through sounds in the environment. This technology was able to measure how much social interaction occurred among stroke survivors in the hospital. * Social interaction is known to s more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 29 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Plastic Pollution Promotes Hazardous Water Conditions, New Study Finds * Researchers in UC San Diego's Department of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (School of Biological Sciences) and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (School of Physical Sciences) conducted a three-month study comparing the environmental effects of conventional fossil fuel-based polyurethane plastic and rec more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Older Adults Who are Afraid of Falls Use Protective Strategies When Turning to Keep Their Balance They may appear to move slower or hesitantly, but new research shows it's a smart adaption to keep steady * About one in three older adults fall each year, which often leads to broken bones, hip fractures and other injuries, that can contribute to a marked decline in their quality of life a more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Stroke survivors may be less lonely, have better recovery if they can share their feelings * Research Highlights: * Stroke survivors who felt they could not talk about their feelings or fears about their health with close friends or family reported feeling lonelier and had worse physical and mental recovery when assessed one year after the stroke. * Difficulty sharing t more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Muscle stem cells build resilience but lose regenerative power with age UCLA researchers find certain molecular changes may be protective rather than detrimental in mice * Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury -- a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A new UCLA study conducted in mice reveals an unexpected cause: Stem cells in aged muscle accumulate higher levels of a  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * Air frying fatty food better for air quality than alternatives - if you clean it, study says New research tests cooking variety of foods shows air frying producing least air pollution of volatile organic compounds and ultra-fine particles * Cooking even very fatty food in an air fryer produces fewer airborne particles than other forms of frying, according to a new study from the University more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 29 -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * City REDI at 10: What a Decade of Place Based Research Means for the UK's Evidence System Professor Anne Green writes about how research centre City-REDI shows how universities can influence the evolving infrastructure for evidence-based policy * The UK's research and innovation system is increasingly defined by the need for clearer regional intelligence, stronger civic engagement and more direct l more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * In developing immunity to allergens, a little 'dirty' goes a long way New Yale research finds that microbe-diverse environments build protective immune memory that helps prevent allergies. By Karen Guzman Conventional wisdom has held for some time that children who grow up in environments rich with biodiversity -- farms, homes with pets, rural settings in general -- are less likely to have allergie more PR