LONDON, England, June 15 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Museums Association posted the following news: * * * 'We are perpetually in awe of the art he created': Museums pay tribute to David Hockney * Museums and galleries across the UK have posted tributes to the celebrated British artist David Hockney, following the news that he died peacefully at home last week, just one month short of his 89th birthday. Hockney was born in Bradford in July 1937 and enjoyed a seven-decade career, still producing works right up until his death on 11 Jun more PR

BARCELONA, Spain, June 15 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * A gene therapy prolongs health span and preserves the function of organs in mice during aging * A research team from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) has shown that a one-time administration of a gene therapy expressing the metabolic factor FGF21 can prolong health span in old mice. The 27-month pharmacology study, published in Molecular Therapy, shows sustained beneficial effects across multiple endpoints associated with aging an more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report by Brendan Duke, senior director for Federal Budget Policy: * * * A Framework to Evaluate Affordability Proposals Answers to Two Key Questions to Help Set Priorities - U.S. families are grappling with increased costs for many necessities: groceries, housing, health care, utilities, gasoline, and more. Although Donald Trump pledged as President that he would improve affordability, he has failed on that mark. Instead, he is championing policies that more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 15 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * CLAS research team creates light-powered material that harvests water from the air * Why it matters Access to clean water is a growing global challenge, with billions projected to face shortages in the coming decades. This study shows it may be possible to use sunlight to trigger chemical materials that capture and store water from the air. If scaled, such systems could offer a new, energy-efficient way to collect, stor more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 15 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * CLAS researchers analyze dynamics of Mars' magnetotail * University of Iowa physicists have identified a possible driving force behind massive disturbances in the magnetic environment of Mars. In a new study, the researchers analyzed the constituents of Mars' magnetotail -magnetic plume that extends outward from the planet for more than 1,500 miles. The magnetotail forms when a powerful jet of energy from the sun, calle more PR

SHATIN, Hong Kong, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The Chinese University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * CUHK develops all-optical signal processor to break AI data centre transmission bottleneck Delivering 1.6 Tb/s throughput and sub-60-picosecond latency to enable green AI supercomputing - A research team led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a novel integrated all-optical signal processor (OSP) to address the massive data transmission demands of next-generation AI systems, particularly for high-speed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Michiganders Have Tom Barrett to Thank for Higher Prices and Energy Costs * Tom Barrett promised Michiganders he'd lower prices. Instead, he's voted to make everything more expensive while working to enrich himself and his special interest allies. Refresher on Barrett's true record: * Voting to kill energy tax credits and raise electricity prices on Michiganders, so he could give a handout instead to his Big Oil don more PR

NEW YORK, June 15 [Category: Media] -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release: * * * ProPublica Hires Caroline O'Donovan, Ben Foldy and Kendall Taggart to Expand Business Coverage * ProPublica has hired three reporters -Caroline O'Donovan, Ben Foldy and Kendall Taggart -to join the new business desk. The team, led by Assistant Managing Editor Jesse Eisinger and Senior Editor Jake Swearingen, will pursue accountability journalism focused on corporate power, fina more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 10 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Robert Poole, director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust transportation fellow: * * * Fixing FAA's air traffic control safety conflict There must be separation between aviation safety regulation and the provision of services like air traffic control. - The Federal Aviation Administration has two main functions: to operate and manage the U.S. air traffic control system and to regulate all aspects of aviation safety. Both functions ar more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 15 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * TRACERS uses speedy electrons to trace solar energy's path to Earth * Physicists led by the University of Iowa have documented in the finest detail to date how energy from the sun interacts with Earth's magnetic field, which could yield greater insights into solar effects on Earth that drive space weather. In a new study, the researchers measured the velocities and concentrations of electrons in low-Earth orbit at locat more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, June 15 -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus posted the following news: * * * UL Lafayette biologist's research hooks a whale of a story * Weighing up to 165 tons, blue whales are the largest animals in Earth's history, more than double the size of Titanosaurs, its biggest dinosaurs. A study by Dr. Craig McClain, a professor in the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences' School of Biological Sciences, and Stanford University researchers indicates why blue whales grow so large. Study results, which were publi more PR

GAINESVILLE, Florida, June 15 -- The University of Florida posted the following news: * * * Young frogs "play it safe" when disease strikes, UF researchers find * For a frog no bigger than a fingernail, survival depends on how it spends every bit of energy. New research from the University of Florida shows that young frogs prioritize growing quickly even when infected with a deadly pathogen, shifting energy toward immune defense only when infections become severe. The findings, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, reveal how early- more PR