WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 18, 2026, by Barbara Paoletti, former U.S. State Department senior policy and program advisor: * * * Cable Danger: Look Beyond the Sea to the Shore After multiple attacks on Baltic Sea cables, NATO governments are increasing protection of undersea infrastructure. They should pay more attention to risks on land. * At 3:00 a.m., operators at a cable landing station lose visibility. Minutes later, backup generators fail. Traffic reroutes, crea more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 20 (TNSjou) -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * SoReMo Puts Student Research into Action The SoReMo Initiative at Illinois Tech invited 11 student fellows to conduct six semester-long research projects during the 2025-26 academic year by using data science to solve real-world problems in public spaces, optimization, and public policy. SoReMo allows Illinois Tech students to apply their technical knowhow to unlock burdens to exploring their passions by directing their own re more PR

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Oil Market Winners and Losers Due to the Iran Conflict * Key Takeaways 1 The conflict in Iran is prompting countries to place greater emphasis on supply security. 2 Asia has been particularly hard-hit because of its heavy reliance on Middle Eastern oil and petroleum products, although China is better insulated by its huge domestic strategic reserves. 3 The United States, Brazil, and Russia are exporting higher volumes of oil  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 20 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Los Angeles Business Journal Recognizes Morgan Lewis Partner Yardena Zwang-Weissman LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Morgan Lewis partner Yardena Zwang-Weissman to its 2026 Women of Influence list, which recognizes leaders who are shaping the business and legal landscape of Southern California. A Los Angeles native, Yardena serves as co-deputy leader of Morgan Lewis's global litigation prac more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills. A New Study Looks at How Bad It Could Get New research suggests electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining is likely to increase power costs in some parts of the country by up to 57% by 2030, with a national average increase of 6%-29%. Electricity demand related to data centers is also likely to increase CO2 emissions by up to 28% by 2030, relative to a future with no data ce more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 20 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Polytechnic Institute issued the following news: * * * New Research by Dr. Juan-Felipe Henao Explores Reducing Energy Poverty Through Biomass SUNY Poly's Juan-Felipe Henao, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management Science, has co-authored new research in Energy Policy, a world-leading journal in the field. The paper, "From Diesel to Biomass: A Strategic Policy Shift for Reducing Energy Poverty in Off-Grid Colombia," was written with Dr. Carlos A. Diaz Gonzalez of Universid more PR

KOLN, Germany, May 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release: * * * Links discovered between mitochondrial lipid deficiency and inflammation of the gut Researchers from the CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research found that the lipid known as cardiolipin is crucial for keeping the immune response in the gut under control. These findings offer a new perspective on inflammation and may shed light on why diseases progress very differently in different patients * Inflammatory bowel diseases occur when t more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, May 18 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * What we now know about how smoking stiffens lungs * For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study directed by UC Riverside mechanical engineer Mona Eskandari, examines human lung parenchyma, which is the soft, spongy tissue that makes up the bulk of the lung organ. The researchers found tha more PR