HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 23 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Did Two Historical New York and New Jersey Hurricanes Trigger Tsunamis Stevens Scientists Unravel a Mystery and Future Threat of Flooding As hurricane season starts, the findings bear important safety implications for millions of residents in the densely populated urban shorelines, because flooding can happen hours after storms subside - Drawing on historical storm and flooding records, combined with computer simulations, Stevens resea more PR

VILNIUS, Lithuania, June 30 -- Electronic Information for Libraries issued the following news: * * * Three more projects advancing no-fee OA journals in Africa Results of projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of no-fee open access publishing in Africa - Reports from projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee open access (OA) publishing are continuing to come in, and we take pleasure in sharing results from three projects, in Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. The projects are a more PR

MIAMI, Florida, June 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Orange County Expands Litigation Practice, Adds Andrew Gray Gray is a past president of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers  IRVINE, Calif. -- Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Litigation Practice, adding leading securities and commercial litigator Andrew Gray as a shareholder in Orange County. He joins Greenberg Traurig from Latham & Watkins L more PR

HONG KONG, June 28 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Research Reveals Unintended Climate Trade-off: Clean Air Policies Intensify Urban Heat Island in Humid Cities * Researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: while essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are unintentionally intensifying warm-season surface urban heat islands (UHI) in humid climates. Published in the prestig more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Justice Department to Rename Division as Energy and Natural Resources Division The Justice Department will rename one of its divisions the Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). The announcement was originally made yesterday by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of ENRD in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. "Energy security is national security. Iran's rec more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 29 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * NASA's New Horizons research team extends key observations of interstellar material slowing the solar wind * June 29, 2026 -A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered fascinating insights into why the solar wind gradually slows as it moves toward the edge of the solar system and the boundary with interstellar space. New Horizons is currently roughly 6 more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, June 29 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice President DesRoches elected to National Academy of Construction * The National Academy of Construction has elected Rice University President Reginald DesRoches as one of 45 new members in its Class of 2026. DesRoches is one of only 18 members to hold the triple honor being a member of the National Academy of Construction, National Academy of Engineering and a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Founded in 1999, the NAC is  more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, June 29 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Streams Critical to Des Moines' Drinking Water No Longer Protected by the Clean Water Act - New Research * DES MOINES, Ia. - More than a third - 36% - of the water in the Raccoon River comes from smaller streams that are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act. In the Des Moines River, these newly-unprotected streams provide 26% of the total flow, according to new research from Yale and the University of Mass more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Study: Tick-borne diseases reported every month of the year and in every Illinois county * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -A new analysis of state health department data reveals that more than 6,400 Illinois residents were diagnosed with tickborne diseases from 2004-2022. The most commonly reported infections in the state are Lyme disease, occurring across Illinois but at higher rates in northern counties; anaplasmosis, reported mos more PR

LA JOLLA, California, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Scientists Identify Houston Power Plant as Dominant Source of Cloud-Forming Aerosols Power plant particles are also the size frequently associated with respiratory illnesses Author: Robert Monroe Research by atmospheric scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues pinpointed an individual coal-fired power plant in Houston, Texas, as the main source of parti more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Mapping trade-offs to help build better EV batteries Working with car companies, battery developers and policy makers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a framework to help stakeholders navigate toward a future with better, more affordable and more sustainable electric vehicles. "I think of it as a break-out story. How do we break out of this complex puzzle where we're trying to benefit the environment, to help the industry c more PR