BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 29 -- The Uniformed Services University posted the following news: * * * Award-Winning Research: Dr. Sara Young-Baird's Breakout Year * When the notification for the National Institutes of Health grant arrived, the reaction in Sara Young-Baird's lab was immediate. It was not the quiet contemplation typically associated with basic science, but a moment of collective triumph. "I'm pretty sure our hooting and hollering could be heard down the hall," says Young-Baird,  more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Bowling Green State University issued the following news: * * * BGSU sees largest spring enrollment in nearly 20 years, with record number of students continuing their education at the University Overall Spring 2026 enrollment at BGSU stands at 19,484 students, with a record-breaking 93% retention rate among first-year students * Known and recognized nationally for its student experience and learning opportunities, Bowling Green State University is seeing its more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Jan. 29 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * ECE Department celebrates 2025 successes in research, student achievement By Chris Kocher The spring 2026 semester at Binghamton University has just started, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is excited to share its achievements in education and research over the past year. New ECE chair Professor Indranil Bhattac more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 30 -- The British Natural History Museum issued the following news release: * * * Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species * New to science: Tiny Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue discovered * New species named to honour citizen science group * Discovery is the oldest type of its kind from Portugal and helps us understand ecosystem at the feet of dinosaurs * Tiny and often overlooked bones have allowed researchers to describe a new more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Could learning about happiness improve economics education? * In a bold shift from traditional economics teaching, a group of researchers is calling on universities to bring happiness into the classroom. Ori Heffetz, professor of economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and his coauthors argue that economics students shouldn't foc more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Data analysis finds multiple antiplatelets linked to worse outcomes after a brain bleed * Research Highlights: * Based on an analysis of a decade of hospital stroke registry data, people who had brain bleeds were more likely to die in the hospital if they were taking multiple antiplatelet medications, or medications stronger than aspirin, before the bleed. * People who  more PR

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 29 -- The University of Southampton posted the following news: * * * Data from one billion phones reveals hidden divide in coping with heatwaves * A new study tracking the movements of one billion mobile phone devices has exposed how wealth and age create a hidden divide in people's ability to withstand heatwaves. Scientists analysing data from record-breaking temperatures in 2023 found that common measures to protect people living in cities - such as issuing ale more PR

LONDON, England, Jan. 30 -- Digital Science and Research Solutions, a technology company that says it is working to make research more efficient, issued the following news release: * * * Digital Science and Silverchair partner to bring researcher identity and integrity screening into editorial workflows Digital Science and Silverchair have partnered to further support research integrity for publishers by integrating the Dimensions Author Check API into ScholarOne Manuscripts as part of the Si more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 29 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Immunotherapy reduces plaque in arteries of mice * Scientists have designed an immunotherapy that reduces plaque in the arteries of mice, presenting a possible new treatment strategy against heart disease. The antibody-based therapy could complement traditional methods of managing coronary artery disease that focus on lowering cholesterol through diet or medications such as s 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

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * New risk assessment tool may help predict dementia after a stroke * Research Highlights: * A new risk prediction tool was able to accurately identify stroke survivors with the highest risk for developing dementia within a decade of having a stroke, according to a large study in Canada. * Factors linked with a higher risk of developing dementia after a stroke include more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Older adults' driving habits offer window into brain health, cognitive decline * Research Highlights: * A study of over 200 adults followed for five years found that greater white matter damage in the brain was linked to decreased driving, fewer trips, repetitive routes and having more driving errors, especially in those who later developed dementia. * In contrast, adul more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Four Journals * 29 January 2026 WASHINGTON -Optica Publishing Group is pleased to announce that Peter E. Andersen, Thomas F. Krauss, Curtis R. Menyuk, and Carsten Rockstuhl have been appointed as the new editors-in-chief of Applied Optics, Optica, Advances in Optics and Photonics, and Optics Letters, respectively more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 30 -- The University of Queensland posted the following news: * * * Pleasure and pain: tiny worm reveals secret to protecting skin sensations * A tiny roundworm has helped University of Queensland scientists uncover miniscule structures in skin tissue that may protect the body's ability to feel temperature, touch and pain. The research changes a decade of scientific thinking on the way sensory nerve connections remain strong throughout a lifetime. Dr Sean Coakle more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Protein buildup in brain blood vessels linked with increased 5-year risk of dementia * Research Highlights: * Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a condition caused by the buildup of amyloid (proteins) in brain blood vessels, was associated with increased risk of developing dementia within 5 years, in a study of nearly 2 million adults in the U.S. with health insurance covera more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Q&A: A simpler way to understand syntax * For decades, MIT Professor Ted Gibson has taught the meaning of language to first-year graduate students in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS). A new book, Gibson's first, brings together his years of teaching and research to detail the rules of how words combine. " Syntax: A Cognitive Approach," released by MIT Press on 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: * * * Stimulating the brain with electromagnetic therapy after stroke may help reduce disability * Research Highlights: * Electromagnetic network-targeted field (ENTF) therapy, which targets specific connections in the brain, combined with physical therapy, significantly reduced disability in stroke survivors after 90 days. * An analysis of two small clinical trials suggests  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

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Tear in inner lining of neck artery may not raise stroke risk in first 6 months of diagnosis * Research Highlights: * Adults who had a dissecting aneurysm in the neck artery wall (a cervical artery dissection or CeAD) did not have a higher risk of stroke compared to those with cervical artery dissection without a dissecting aneurysm in the first six months after diagnosi 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 -- 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

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: * * * As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse As the world shifts toward renewable energy sources, some experts warn that a lack of planning for the retirement of fossil fuels could lead to a disorderly and dangerous collapse of existing systems that could prolong the transition to green energy. In a s more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: * * * UVA-led team finds radio signals that reveal a star's last years By Russ Bahorsky, rsb5x@virginia.edu A University of Virginia doctoral student and a team of astronomers have, for the first time, captured radio waves from a rare class of exploding star, giving them an unprecedented look into the final years of a massive star before its death in a powerful stellar explosion cal more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 29 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Eric Burger, Rolando Burgos elevated to IEEE fellows By Michele McDonald and Niki Hazuda Virginia Tech inventors Rolando Burgos and Eric Burger have been elevated to fellows as part of the 2026 class for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), highlighting their excellence in contributions to high-power-density power electronics, stability of electronic power systems, and telecommunication  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Women with stroke history twice as likely to have another during or soon after pregnancy * Research Highlights: * Female stroke survivors were more than twice as likely as their stroke-free counterparts to have another stroke while pregnant and in the six weeks after childbirth, according to an analysis of a large national database of electronic health records. * In add more PR