WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on March 3, 2026, by Marija Golubeva, distinguished fellow with the Democratic Resilience Program: * * * A Joint Cyber Defense for Europe? The cyber abilities of the EU's 27 member states are variable, but the best-prepared can benefit from helping the laggards. * One year has passed since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered US Cyber Command to halt all offensive cyber operations and planning a more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 4 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Microbial assembly line makes plastic upcycling programmable * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products. The findings are detailed in the journal Nature Sustainability. The team engineered the bacterium Pseudomonas putida to convert pol more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 4 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Shrinking the carbon footprint of chemical manufacturing with lasers, solar radiation * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Researchers have found a way to use solar energy to power a key chemical reaction that drives many manufacturing industries. This new method can significantly reduce the energy required to run these operations, eliminate harsh oxidizing byproducts and minimize carbon emissio more PR

LONDON, Canada, March 4 (TNSjou) -- Western University issued the following news: * * * New Western research reveals how rainfall shapes bird populations Biology professor Alice Boyle studies fallout of changing climate on bird reproduction By Jeff Renaud Scientists have long focused on rising temperatures to understand how climate change is reshaping the natural world. But there's a critical blind spot in that picture: rain. A new global study reveals precipitation has been largely overloo more PR