LOS ANGELES, California, May 20 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Are birds scared of women? The study that's taken flight on social media * Key takeaways * An international study of how human behavior affects urban birds' anti-predator reactions found that men can get about three feet closer than women before birds flee. * The study is the latest to find animals recognize differences between men and women, suggesting studies with all-male or all-female experimenters could obtain biased results.  more PR

SINGAPORE, May 20 -- Nanyang Technological University posted the following news: * * * Blood-based markers may help predict psychosis in Asian youths: IMH-NTU study * A new study by researchers from NHG Health's Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and NTU Singapore Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) has identified blood-based proteomic biomarkers that may help predict who among the at-risk group is at increased risk of developing psychosis. These biomarkers refer to specific patterns of proteins circulating in blood plasma, which  more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 20 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Celebrating the Seton Hall University Class of 2026 * In the second installment of this year's graduate profile series, meet 16 Pirate graduates who reflected on their time at Seton Hall University as the Class of 2026 moves into the world ready to lead with intention and impact. Read Part One of "Celebrating the Class of 2026"> Graduates, show us how you're celebrating! Share your most memorable moments or commencement photos using #SetonHall2026 on more PR

WURZBURG, Germany, May 20 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * New tool decodes the structures and motifs of RNA * Modern biology now looks deeper into the cells of living organisms than ever before. Researchers from the Chairs of Bioinformatics at the University of Wurzburg have now made further technological progress in the analysis of ribonucleic acids (RNA). The groups led by the Professors Thomas Dandekar and Kathi Zarnack have further developed a computer-based tool to enable even better investigati more PR

LONDON, England, May 20 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Innovation paves way to make 'clean' chemicals, plastics and food using solar energy Integrated solar reactor uses sunlight, water, CO2 and engineered bacteria to grow biomass in a single beaker * A new study led by Dr Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) are grown directly inside the more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Single-molecule tracker illuminates workings of cancer-related proteins * Using a powerful single-molecule imaging method they developed, a research team from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has unveiled a dynamic view of how some cancer-related proteins interact in living cells. The technique relies on highly stable nanoparticle probes that brightly illuminate individual molecules for long periods of time. The researchers more PR

NEW YORK, May 19 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Study Reveals "Bet-Hedging" Strategy That Helps Gut Bacteria Survive and Recover * Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have discovered that many gut bacteria use a flexible survival strategy to withstand disruptions such as antibiotics and diet changes. Published in the May 19 online issue of Cell Host & Microbe (DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2026.04.019),the study shows microbes can switch between f more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, May 20 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * UConn Hartford Students Apply Organic Chemistry to Public Health * This spring, UConn Hartford students gathered for presentations on public health issues affecting college-age adults, including vaping, Adderall misuse, and the effects of social media on the brain. But the speakers were not outside experts or public health professionals. They were fellow students, using what they had learned in an organic chemistry lab to help their peers better  more PR

HOBART, Australia, May 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news: * * * Meet the four gentoos: new research rewrites penguin family tree Gentoo penguins have long been treated as a single widespread species across the Southern Ocean, but scientists have discovered they are four distinct species. And in the age of avian influenza and climate change, accounting for the differences between those species can influence conservation success. The new study published in Nature's Communications Biology journal provides deta more PR