MELBOURNE, Australia, March 19 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * Cell-inspired sensor paves way to real-time health * The discovery overcomes one of the biggest barriers in blood testing: that blood quickly clogs most sensors, making accurate instant readings almost impossible over long periods of time. Working in collaboration with CSIRO, the team combined a natural protective coating called lubricin, fast-responding receptors and an ultra-sensitive, light-ba more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, March 18 (TNSxrep) -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Smart phone, bad grades? CMU researchers link excessive phone use with poor academic performance among teens * If you are like most Americans, you'll spend several hours today looking at your cellphone screen -and there's a good chance it isn't making you any smarter. In fact, a new Central Michigan University study shows that excessive use of smartphones may actually decrease acad more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, March 18 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals returns for 17th season April 1-4 * * Sixteen SC Next Top 25 ranked boys and girls teams to participate, including: * * The top nine ranked boys teams in the country * Four girls teams ranked top 10 in the country * 53 boys and girls ESPN ranked players * Twelve games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, including the  more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 18 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Finding Easter eggs in entertainment boosts enjoyment, fan behavior, study finds * LAWRENCE -If you've watched popular movies or television shows in the last decade, there's a good chance you've found an Easter egg or two: not an actual brightly colored egg but a subtle reference to another movie or story in the form of a character in the background or object that also appears in other stories. While fa more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Thomas Keane, assistant secretary for technology policy and national coordinator for health information technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from a March 5, 2026, hearing entitled "Transforming Health Care with Data: Improving Patient Outcomes Through Next-Generation Care": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and distinguished Members of  more PR

HONG KONG, March 18 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Engineers Designed and Fabricated Inch-scale Ultrahard Diamond Wafers with 200 GPa Hardness * A research team co-led by Professor Yang Lu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and Professor Chengming Li from the Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology at University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), has successfully more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 18 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Musk's Twitter takeover highlights danger of owner-dominated social media platforms * Written by: Joe Stafford A new study has suggested that the transformation of Twitter into X under Elon Musk marks the rise of a new, illiberal regime of governing social media platforms, which can be controlled by one person and used to push their own political agenda. Alongside researchers from the WZB more PR

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: BizHospital] (TNSjou) -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Precision Radio Waves May Help Counter Brain Diseases * A new study found that precise application of radio waves can change the activity of brain cells in ways that could counter neurological conditions. Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the work introduces a technique called Transcranial Radio Frequency more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 18 [Category: BizMedia] -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, posted the following news release: * * * PWHL and Scripps Sports team up to bring Walter Cup Finals to national U.S. broadcast for first time ION to telecast Finals in May CINCINNATI and NEW YORK - In another milestone move for women's professional sports, Scripps Sports and the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) will bring the PWHL Walter Cup Finals, presented by Scotiabank, to national line more PR