SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb. 19 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Brain organoids can be trained to solve a goal-directed task * * Researchers used brain organoids to solve the cart-pole balancing problem, showing they can process information in real time and learn to respond. * Coaching organoids to improve their performance increased success at the cart-pole problem from a 4.5% success rate for random training to a 46% success rate when usi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * The Cook Political Report: Georgia GOP Primary a "Toss-Up" Between Two Megarich MAGA Candidates New reporting from The Cook Political Report details how billionaire Rick Jackson's entrance into Georgia's gubernatorial primary has turned the primary into a "toss-up" with two MAGA-aligned candidates spending millions on air to align themselves with Donald Trump. Both Trump-endorsed Burt more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Feb. 20 -- Duke University issued the following news: * * * How to Ensure Ocean Projects Are Fair A scorecard asseses how ocean projects and policies recognize relevant stakeholders and include them in decision-making * Let's say an energy company is developing an offshore wind farm near a small First Nations fishing village. How can this company ensure that it respects Indigenous rights? A flexible new tool called the Ocean Equity Index could help. It's a scorecard more PR

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Feb. 19 (TNSjou) -- Heidelberg University issued the following news release: * * * Machine Learning Helps Solve Central Problem of Quantum Chemistry Orbital-free approach enables precise, stable, and physically meaningful calculation of molecular energies and electron densities * By applying new methods of machine learning in quantum chemistry research, Heidelberg University scientists have made significant strides in computational chemistry. They achieved a major break more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Feb. 19 -- The State University of New York Stony Brook University posted the following news: * * * New Oral Vaccine Strategy Could Help Combat Colorectal Cancer * Stony Brook-led published research centers on use of a bacterium to trigger immune system response STONY BROOK, NY, February 19, 2026 - A research team investigating the use of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes against colorectal cancer has discovered a way to build a modified version of Listeria as an  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen and Colleagues Question EPA's "Irrational" Decision Not to Value Health Effects When Calculating Impact of Pollutants, Demand Answers on Decision-Making Process * U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senate colleagues in a letter to Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin following the agency's irrational decision to no longer count health benefits more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Gallego, Colleagues Push Fed Vice Chair Bowman on Troubling Leadership of Fed's Supervision and Regulation Division "This is a toxic mix of actions that leaves our banking system vulnerable to more bailouts and financial crashes, which will harm American families already struggling in President Trump's econom more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 19 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Witnessing service workers being treated poorly inspires bigger tips, study finds * LAWRENCE -An adage called the "waiter rule" states you can tell an individual's true character by the way they treat service workers. "It's a situation where you're not obligated legally to tip them or treat them well," said Jonathan Beck, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Kansas. "But how you treat th more PR