RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 26 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * "Disappear[ing] From His Bio": Michael Whatley Keeps Lying About His Resume * As NBC News exposes DC insider Michael Whatley for lying to North Carolinians about "growing up" in North Carolina, there's a clear pattern of key information "disappear[ing] from [Whatley's] bio" as he introduces himself to voters with lies. * Whatley frequently lied to North Carolinians that he "grew up" in Blowing Rock and is a "son of Western North Carol more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 24, 2026, by Maciej Bukowski, head of Energy and Resilience Program at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation in Warsaw, Poland, and Jack Galloway, program assistant with the Tech Policy Program: * * * Data Center Energy Challenge: Can the US and Europe Deliver? Artificial intelligence ambitions are colliding not just with the limits of semiconductors or algorithms. They face electricity and environmental bottlenecks. - It's a common European and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article: * * * Recent Developments in Foreign Direct Investment into the U.S. By Cody Kallen In 2025, U.S. tariffs rose sharply, contributing to record-high trade and economic policy uncertainty. Part of the motivation for the tariffs announced in April 2025 reflects a desire to spur foreign direct investment (FDI) into the United States. However, elevated policy uncertainty could work against this goal, as firms may delay investments amid ambiguity over the duration  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 26 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: * * * How 3 Loyola professors are taking on climate change in their research * What do databases, ChatGPT, and solar panels have in common? They all play a role in Loyola University Chicago research into climate change. Tofigh Maboudi, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, is working to create a global climate policy database. Urooj Raja, an assistant professor of public communication and advocacy in the School of Commun more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * How data centers can better manage energy use A new study suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs. - The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers -and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online? A n more PR

LUBBOCK, Texas, June 26 -- Texas Tech University posted the following news: * * * Texas Tech Researchers Probe Interstellar Explosions, Unlock Knowledge * Physics & Astronomy professor and student take data from deep-space novae and use sound to expand details around their evolution. Above: artistic impression of a nova explosion showing multiple ejections traveling in different directions. Photo credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA). Researchers in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas Tech Universit more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, June 27 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Norman Hord New Director of School of Human Environmental Sciences Norman G. Hord, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Oklahoma State University, has been named director of the U of A's School of Human Environmental Sciences. He begins July 1. HESC is housed in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. The school's undergraduate programs include apparel merchandising and product development; food, nutriti more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 27 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Engineering the next generation of semiconductor materials, one layer at a time As silicon approaches its physical limits, Ph.D. student Sengunthar Karthikeyan is helping explore what comes next for semiconductors. By Niki Hazuda Silicon is an essential element for creating semiconductors, the building blocks of all modern-day computing technologies. However, as devices continue to shrink, engineers are approaching the limits of what silicon can achie more PR