CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release on March 4, 2026: * * * American College of Surgeons Releases First-Ever Workplace Standards Framework Framework addresses call schedules, fatigue mitigation, patient census limits, and other factors to support a sustainable surgical workforce * The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released the first national framework outlining measurable workplace standards for surgeons, aimed a more PR

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

ITHACA, New York, March 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Microbe exposure may not protect against developing allergic disease * The "hygiene hypothesis" suggests exposure to diverse types of microbes may protect against developing diseases caused by allergens, but a new study in mice reveals that adults' exposure to diverse microbes and allergens may in fact worsen certain allergic conditions. "Our data suggests that it's important to think about how we go through t 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

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria * Plant growth is supported by millions of tiny soil microbes competing and cooperating with each other as they perform important roles at the plant root, including improving access to nutrients and protecting against pathogens. As a byproduct of their metabolism, soil microbes can also produce nitrous oxide, o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Scholten Publishes Article on Federal Water Protections in Harvard Law School Journal of Legislation * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) published (link is external) an article in the Harvard Law School Journal of Legislation on the necessity of strong, bipartisan federal protections for U.S. water resources. The piece, " The Retreat of Cooperative Federalism: more PR

NORWICH, England, March 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * Children's development set back years by Covid lockdowns, study reveals The Covid pandemic disrupted children's ability to self-regulate - according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A new study reveals that the pandemic hampered children's ability to regulate their behaviour, stay focused and adapt to new situations - skills known collectively as executive functions.  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