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Journals Environment Newsletter for 2026-03-27 ( 18 items )  
15 U-M Faculty Named as 2025 AAAS Fellows (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 27 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * 15 U-M faculty named as 2025 AAAS fellows Fifteen University of Michigan faculty members earned election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2025. The AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society, announced 449 members of the 2025 class, elected for their "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, or its applications, are scientifically or socially distinguish more PR

AI system learns to keep warehouse robot traffic running smoothly (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * AI system learns to keep warehouse robot traffic running smoothly * Inside a giant autonomous warehouse, hundreds of robots dart down aisles as they collect and distribute items to fulfill a steady stream of customer orders. In this busy environment, even small traffic jams or minor collisions can snowball into massive slowdowns. To avoid such an avalanche of inefficiencies, res more PR

Bayes Research Lauded in UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Ranking (10)
LONDON, England, March 26 -- City St George's, University of London issued the following news: * * * Bayes research lauded in UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Ranking Business school named 3rd in the UK for research output over the last five years. * Bayes Business School's research has been ranked 3rd in the UK, 8th in Europe and 73rd in the world in the University of Texas at Dallas' (UTD) latest Top 100 Business School Research Ranking, The ranking, published by UTD's Naveen Jindal Sch more PR

BMJ Group: Preparing a Home Cooked Meal at Least Once a Week May Cut Older People's Dementia Risk by 30% (10)
LONDON, England, March 26 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: * * * Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people's dementia risk by 30% This risk may be 70% lower in novice cooks with few culinary skills, study suggests * Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people's risk of dementia by 30%, suggests research (https://jech.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/jech-2025-225139) p more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Russia's Gray Man Makes His Move (10)
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on March 25, 2026, by visiting research fellow Andrei Yakovlev: * * * Russia's Gray Man Makes His Move Putin's defense minister is confounding his critics and winning greater power in Russia's murky despotism. * A recent surge in high-level repression alongside ongoing asset nationalization and redistribution points to intensifying infighting within Russia's elite, as rival groups compete for con more PR

Earthjustice: Trump Administration's Border Plan Is A 'Ticking Time Bomb' According to New Analysis (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 (TNSrpt) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration's Border Plan Is A "Ticking Time Bomb" According to New Analysis Border wall and water buoys pose an inevitable and irreversible threat to human life, property, and the environment * Laredo, TX -- A new report by Mark R. Tompkins, PhD, and the Rio Grande International Study Center (RGISC), finds the border wall and buoys in Texas pose a threat to human life and property more PR

From Simulation to Strategy: Climate Modeling Motivates Action at the Top (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * From Simulation to Strategy: Climate Modeling Motivates Action at the Top * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 26, 2026 -New research by MIT Sloan School of Management finds that global leaders who participate in facilitated engagements using an interactive climate policy simulator, En-ROADS, demonstrated a stronger understanding of climate solutions, felt  more PR

Green thumbs up: Project combines YouTube and AI to boost biosecurity (10)
DARWIN, Australia, March 27 -- Charles Darwin University posted the following news: * * * Green thumbs up: Project combines YouTube and AI to boost biosecurity * Gardening videos attract millions of views on YouTube each year, but an innovative research project has showed how this content could be critical in protecting Australia's biosecurity. The project by Charles Darwin University (CDU), supported through the Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy, combined YouTube gardening content a more PR

Gupta selected for prestigious CIMB Travel Award (10)
AUGUSTA, Georgia, March 26 -- Augusta University posted the following news release: * * * Gupta selected for prestigious CIMB Travel Award * Kunj Bihari Gupta, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow and member of the Bal Lokeshwar, PhD lab at the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, has been named a recipient of the CIMB Travel Award. This internationally competitive program was established by the journal Current Issues in Molecular Biology to support the work of exceptional early-career resear more PR

Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections * Most diabetes patients must carefully monitor their blood sugar levels and inject insulin multiple times per day, to help keep their blood sugar from getting too high. As a possible alternative to those injections, MIT researchers are developing an implantable device that contains insulin-producing cells more PR

MIT engineers design proteins by their motion, not just their shape (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT engineers design proteins by their motion, not just their shape * Proteins are far more than nutrients we track on a food label. Present in every cell of our bodies, they work like nature's molecular machines. They walk, stretch, bend, and flex to do their jobs, pumping blood, fighting disease, building tissue, and many other jobs too small for the eye to see. Their power does more PR

Nitrile and Latex Gloves May Cause Overestimation of Microplastics, U-M Study Reveals (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics, U-M study reveals Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny pollutants, according to a University of Michigan study. The study found that gloves may unintentionally contaminate lab equipment scientists use to measure microplastics i more PR

NMSU astronomy student's research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting (10)
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 26 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU astronomy student's research on coronal holes improves space weather forecasting * Fast solar winds originating from the sun can have direct impacts on Earth - disrupting systems like GPS, aviation, electrical grids and satellite and radio communications. A new paper by New Mexico State University astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal examines the connection between coronal ho more PR

SUNY Poly Students Present at International Physics Conference (10)
ALBANY, New York, March 27 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute issued the following news: * * * SUNY Poly Students Present at International Physics Conference Two SUNY Poly students, Seth Walther (majoring in ECE and Applied Mathematics, with a minor in Physics) and Henry Yerdon (majoring in ECE and Computer Science, with a minor in Physics), delivered oral presentations at the Physics Global Summit (PGS) 2026 in Denver, CO. Organized by the American Physical  more PR

Two Notre Dame engineers elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (10)
NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 26 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Two Notre Dame engineers elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science * On Thursday, March 26, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced its class of 2025 AAAS Fellows, including two faculty from the University of Notre Dame's College of Engineering. The 2025 class comprises nearly 500 scientists, engineers and innovators across two  more PR

University of Nevada: Women Advancing Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNR Med (10)
RENO, Nevada, March 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * Women advancing research in obstetrics and gynecology at UNR Med During Women's History Month, faculty achievements and a new residency program highlight momentum in women's health * In observance of Women's History Month, the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) recognizes the leadership and impact of women advancing the field of obstetrics and gynecology, improving access to car more PR

Urban Bush Women residency: Cultivating care, creativity, and community (10)
NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, March 26 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * Urban Bush Women residency: Cultivating care, creativity, and community * * * * * * In Studio 1 of the Center for Art and Dance, a group of dancers are hard at work-not dancing, but scribbling in notebooks. Facilitators from the Urban Bush Women (UBW) dance company have given them a writing prompt and five minutes to reflect and journal. After writing, the students pick random phrases from their entri more PR

Warren Seeks Answers From Trump's Fed Chair Nominee Warsh on His Record Prioritizing Wall Street Over American Families (10)
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Warren Seeks Answers from Trump's Fed Chair Nominee Warsh on His Record Prioritizing Wall Street Over American Families "Your record as a Governor should disqualify you from a promotion, but President Donald Trump has vowed that 'anybody that disagrees with' him 'will never be the Fed Chairman' - a more PR