NORTHRIDGE, California, April 21 -- California State University Northridge issued the following news release: * * * 'California Holly's' Climate-Change Resiliency Offers Insight for Its Impact on Chaparral, CSUN Prof Says * Media Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler, carmen.chandler@csun.edu, (818) 677-2130 With the help of their own TARDIS, California State University, Northridge environmental biologists have been studying climate change's impact on the state's iconic toyon plants -popularly known as "Christmas Berry" or "California Holly" -to more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 20 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * 70th Annual Research Lectureship Honoree: UNM Distinguished Professor Edl Schamiloglu * Distinguished Professor Edl Schamiloglu has been an exemplar of research excellence at The University of New Mexico for nearly four decades, serving not only as a dedicated faculty member and researcher but also as a mentor to countless students, postdocs, and research faculty. Therefore, it is only fitting that the UNM community honor his contributions as  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 21 (TNSjou) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Aston University researcher helps solve a decades-old ultrafast lasers puzzle * Ultrafast lasers emit pulses which can be regular or change over time, but the two behaviours needed different mathematical models * Aston University's Dr Sonia Boscolo was part of a team which has shown the two behaviours are two sides of the same coin, with just one model * By understanding laser behaviours better, scientists will be able to make lasers more reliable a more PR

STANFORD, California, April 21 -- Stanford University School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Behind the science: Why it pays to fight a virus on the home turf * Wanted: a cheap, multipotent treatment for viral infections. Must be able to handle new or unfamiliar strains, or (even better) a broad range of viruses -whatever comes along, in other words. Must be impervious to viral attempts to evolve resistance to it. Whether COVID-19 began with a spillover from infected wildlife or a spill from a test tube onto a lab tech's shoe  more PR

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, April 21 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * Blugold published in national journal, continues to improve patient care * One of the first projects he was assigned to recently celebrated a major milestone, as a peer-reviewed manuscript on Colon-Pilot, an artificial intelligence tool for automated colonoscopy surveillance, was accepted for publication in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Mau's name appears second on the author list alongside several respected physicia more PR

CAMBRIDGE, England, April 22 (TNSjou) -- The British Antarctic Survey issued the following news release: * * * Not all icebergs are equal - and that matters for the climate, new study finds As the world's largest and most famous icebergs break up and melt in Antarctica, new research shows what impact they have on the ocean and its ecosystems. * A new study, led by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), compared the first water samples from the famous giant icebergs A23a and A76a as they travelled north through Antarctic waters. Th more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 22 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Case Western Reserve researchers using AI at hair-width scale to reveal Renaissance master's hidden hand Technique could transform art authentication, detect sophisticated forgeries * Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and physics at the width of a single hair to peer into the surface of Renaissance paintings, offering new clues about how masterpieces were made--and by whom. Researchers--from more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, April 21 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Cedarville Graduate Wins Best in Show at Cleveland Gaming Classic * by Cara Ramer, Student Public Relations Writer In an industry where indie developers spend years building a single game, a Cedarville University graduate and his team earned a major payoff. Their game, "The Violets of Amicus," won Best in Show at the 2025 Cleveland Gaming Classic. Dan Jewett Leads Award-Winning Indie Game Team Dan Jewett, a 2011 graduate, was lead developer of the win more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 21, 2026, by program assistant Jack Galloway and nonresident senior fellow William Echikson, both with the Tech Policy Program. Echikson is also the editor of the online tech policy journal Bandwidth. * * * Is the Brussels Effect Losing Steam? Europe's Digital Markets Act was designed to lead a global antitrust crackdown on tech. But the Act's impact has been limited and few countries are following. * A year ago, European regulators s more PR

DENVER, Colorado, April 20 -- The University of Colorado posted the following news: * * * Honoring Impact at the 2026 Regent Awards Ceremony * Every year, the CU Denver Regent Awards showcase individuals who-through their contributions to the CU community, state, nation, and world-help support the university as a place where students can meet their moments. This year, two individuals earned honors at a ceremony on Thursday, April 16, hosted by CU Denver at The Slate Hotel in downtown Denver. Leaders from the CU system and CU Denver, inclu more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 21 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children's lives * The mortality rate for sepsis among children in Kumasi, Ghana, is much higher than in higher-resource settings, and researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the University of Pennsylvania, and Ghana identified lack of training as a key barrier to administering critical medical services in time. To train Ghanian providers on how to recognize and m more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 21 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth's most catastrophic extinction event * Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive. Researchers from the University of Nottingham are part of a study led by the University of Leeds that has revealed how lycophytes - a type of ancient plant - not only survived a mass extinction 25 more PR

BRISTOL, England, April 21 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Lack of robust regulation and information about contaminated industrial sites in India poses public health risk demanding urgent reform, study claims * The study, led by the University of Bristol, calls for the introduction of a more effective and joined-up policy framework, including stricter monitoring, to help manage polluted sites and make them safer. Lead author environmental scientist Dr Jagannath Biswakarma, from the University of Brist more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 21 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska scientist proposes bold new definition of what counts as soil * How should soil and the field that studies it be defined? Experts disagree on what should be called soil, reflecting the tension between long-standing traditions and the field's changing frontiers. "Soil science has enormous, untapped potential," Nebraska's Aaron Lee M. Daigh said. "If we define our subject too narrowly, we artificially limit our science." "I propose to redef more PR

CLAREMONT, California, April 22 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Charles Brainin '27 and Ryan Mooney '27 Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship Pomona College juniors Charles Brainin '27 and Ryan Mooney '27 have been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for the 2026-27 academic year. The classmates were among 454 college students recognized this spring by the Goldwater Foundation as the nation's next generation of researchers in science, engineering and mathematics. The Goldwater Scholarship is the preeminent u more PR

CLINTON, South Carolina, April 21 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news: * * * Presbyterian College celebrates scholarship, leadership at 2026 Honors Day Convocation * Hallie Cohen named Outstanding Senior; Dr. Austin Shull '11 earns Professor of the Year as campus celebrates research, discovery Presbyterian College celebrated a year of academic achievement, research, and discovery April 9 during its annual Honors Day Convocation, the capstone to a day that also featured the Honors Day Symposium for the College of Arts and Sci more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 22 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Scientists at Stevens Institute of Technology Reveal That Time Can Go Quantum in Ion Clock Experiments Physicists show that atomic clocks can probe time ticking both faster and slower simultaneously, revealing how time itself unfolds in quantum superposition * Few concepts in physics are as familiar, yet as enigmatic, as time. In Einstein's theory of relativity, time is not absolute: its passage depends on motion and gravity. But when more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 21 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Seton Hall Enters Nature Index Through Global Collaboration * The work of Fanli Jia, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Seton Hall University's College of Arts and Sciences, has achieved a significant milestone for the University. His participation in the SCORE Project has resulted in a collaborative publication in Nature, the world's most influential scientific journal, marking Seton Hall University's inclusion as an inde more PR

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York, April 22 -- Skidmore College issued the following news: * * * Credible news, credible information: A recipe for credibility in your love and civic life By Christopher Mann Let's start with a hack to be seen as sexier, smarter, nicer, and more trustworthy: Your dating app profile should say you are interested in politics, but that you want to make informed decisions and don't like partisanship. Unlike most dating advice, this advice is backed by rigorous behavioral science research. Whereas 86% of Americans say  more PR

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news: * * * Understanding Earth to Protect Its Future * To mark Earth Day, we highlight recent work by Graduate Center researchers to address environmental challenges. From clean energy and ocean science to urban wildlife, their research advances understanding and informs policy. Professor Gang He (GC/Baruch College, Earth and Environmental Sciences /Public Affairs) won a $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to examine how policies and more PR

BRISTOL, England, April 21 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * A single stab wound kills at least two school-aged children every month * The research, published in Emergency Medicine and Frontiers in Sociology [20 April], reveal a concerning rise in knife-related fatalities among children under 17, from 21 deaths in 2019/20 to 36 in 2023/24, and highlight the social and environmental factors that put young people at risk. In the Emergency Medicine Journal study, researchers from Bristol Medical School exa more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 21 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Why voting 'neither' could harm American democracy * If you were to ask democracy scholars what they consider the greatest threat to American democracy, you might assume it is voters who support undemocratic practices or policies. But the real answer may surprise you: These voters are not the main problem. According to a recent study from the University of Notre Dame, voters who are comfortable living in the middle -neither agreeing nor disagreei more PR