HAMILTON, Ontario, March 25 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * Deadly bat fungus is more widespread in Western Canada than previously known, research suggests The findings have spurred a call for wider use of methods that detect the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome earlier and more accurately. By Michelle Donovan McMaster scientists have uncovered new evidence that the fungus causing white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease affecting bats, may be more widesp more PR

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, March 25 -- Swarthmore College posted the following news: * * * Physics Major Hannah Poon '27 Co-Authors Biology Education Activity * When Hannah Poon '27 first encountered a 1905 paper by zoologist George Wagner, she wasn't looking for her next publication. She was captivated by a series of meticulous, hand-drawn diagrams documenting the behaviors of Hydra -tiny, 1-millimeter freshwater polyps that cling to rocks in riverbeds. In those sketches, she saw not just ca more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 26 (TNSjou) -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * Study Identifies Pollutant Exposure as Gap in Human Biology Research By Michael Parker Pollutants can harm human health and enter the body through the air people breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Yet even as evidence of widespread exposure has been found in populations around the world, researchers have not consistently accounted for these exposures in studies of human biology more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, March 25 -- The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Three Consecutive Years of Torchbearers for the Herbert College of Agriculture * Food Science Student Named Among UT's Top Spring Graduates KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, leadership surprised senior food science student Alice-Grace Beavers last week with the 2026 Torchbearer Award, the highest honor for a UT student. From Athens, Tenness more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, March 24 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * Urban stormwater ponds support rich bird life: U of T study * Urban stormwater ponds provide important habitats for birds including both resident and migrating species, according to a new University of Toronto study published in the journal Urban Ecosystems. For the study, researchers placed audio recorders at 16 stormwater ponds in Brampton, Ont., and used AI-based sound identification software to ide more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, March 25 -- The Baylor College of Medicine posted the following news: * * * ZR fusion protein sways normal brain cell development toward cancer growth * A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that drives the development of pediatric supratentorial ependymoma (EPN), the third most common pediatric brain tumor. The findings more PR