PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 29 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release: * * * AACR Names Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, FAACR, as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Cancer Discovery * PHILADELPHIA - The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced the appointment of Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, Fellow of the AACR Academy (FAACR), as editor-in-chief of Cancer Discovery, one of the 10 highly esteemed journals published by AACR. Vander Heiden will serve as ed more PR

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 29 -- Air Force Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * AFIT Announces Distinguished Alumni Winners The Air Force Institute of Technology and the AFIT Foundation and Association of Graduates selected five graduates to receive recognition for their outstanding career achievements in a ceremony June 19. Lt. Gen. Linda S. Hurry, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and AFIT alumnus, was the featured speaker and noted the impacts of AFIT education on developing Department of the Air Force lea more PR

SHATIN, Hong Kong, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The Chinese University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * CUHK pioneers the all-in-one PGT-Plus screening solution Overcoming conventional 'blind spots' in hidden genetic abnormalities and reducing miscarriage and abnormal pregnancy risks in assisted reproductive treatment - The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has clinically validated that PGT-Plus, a newly integrated preimplantation genetic testing approach, can detect hidden genetic abnor more PR

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

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 30 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Efzimfotase alfa demonstrated improvements in bone health in treatment-naIve pediatric patients with hypophosphatasia achieving median difference of 1.67 vs placebo in RGI-C Score at week 25 in MULBERRY Phase III trial Efzimfotase alfa demonstrated favorable safety profile and tolerability in treatment -naive patients and those switching from STRENSIQ(R) across largest Phase III clinical program in HPP including MULBERRY, CHEST 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

DALLAS, Texas, June 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Global experts update heart failure definition to improve prevention, diagnosis and care A new international expert consensus document refines and updates how heart failure is identified and classified, aiming to improve prevention, diagnosis and management of heart failure worldwide. According to estimates from global health data, more than 64 million adults globally currently have heart failure. Heart failure continues  more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, June 29 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * In Print: 'Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects' * Publication title Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects: Practices, Concepts, and Key Events for Designing, Managing, and Prototyping Successful Products Purdue author Alejandra J. Magana Publisher World Scientific Publishing Publication date March 2026 About the book (from the publisher) "Lecture Notes on Collaborative Software Projects: Practices, Concept more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, a new study finds * The ordinary graphite in pencil lead is proving to be surprisingly multifaceted at the microscale. In a study appearing today in the journal Nature, MIT researchers report that a certain microscopic structure found in natural graphite can host multiple superconducting states. Superconductivity is an electronic state of matter in which electrons pair up an 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

SINGAPORE, June 29 -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: * * * NUS breakthrough for aquaculture: Oral vaccine protects fish from fatal nervous necrosis virus * Novel oral vaccine, that can be mixed into fish feed, provides an effective, practical and cost-effective method to protect fish from the highly deadly virus Disease management is a significant aspect of aquaculture which is a vital industry that is a significant food source. One of the most serious threats is a disease caused by the nervous nec more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 29 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Official newspaper of China has reduced foreign news coverage during President Xi Jinping's administration, study finds * LAWRENCE -As the largest newspaper in China, the People's Daily remains one of the most influential tools for the Chinese Communist Party. "It's the newspaper of record in China, so you can imagine the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post rolled up into one audience. And because it's a newspaper, it both serves an  more PR

LONDON, England, June 29 -- London Business School posted the following news: * * * Professor Anna Pavlova receives JFE Best Paper Award and honorary doctorate * London Business School is celebrating two prestigious honours awarded to Professor Anna Pavlova, recognising her outstanding contributions to finance research and academia. The Professor of Finance received the Journal of Financial Economics' Best Paper Award for the global impact of her research, alongside an Honorary Doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in recognition of h more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family released the following testimony by Joshua Jones, CEO of QuantHub, Birmingham, Alabama, from a June 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Rochester, members of the Subcommittee -- thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I'm Joshua Jones, CEO of QuantHub, an Alabama-based company that builds AI and data literacy curricu more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 28 -- The University of North Carolina Charlotte campus posted the following news release: * * * Remembering economic professor and forecaster of North Carolina's economy John Connaughton * On June 24, UNC Charlotte and the Belk College of Business lost a longtime colleague and respected mainstay of North Carolina economics with the death of John Connaughton. Not long after Connaughton -who this spring was the University's longest-serving faculty member -arrived in 1978 as a lecturer in the Department of Ec more PR

FARGO, North Dakota, June 29 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Research milestone: Raj Bridgelall surpasses 100 peer-reviewed journal publications * Raj Bridgelall, associate professor in the NDSU College of Business and researcher and SMARTSe Program Director with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, has reached a significant career milestone, surpassing 100 peer-reviewed journal publications. "Publishing more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles is an exceptional achievement that reflects D 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

LOGAN, Utah, June 29 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Shingo Institute Recognizes Research Advancing Understanding of Behavior in Continuous Improvement * LOGAN, Utah -The Shingo Institute, part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has announced that "When Yes Is a No: Navigating the Facade of Conformity in Continuous Improvement," published in the Journal of Operations Management and authored by Vijaya Sunder M and Kevin Linderman, has been awarded the Shingo Research Award. This reco more PR

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, June 29 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: * * * St. Olaf announces a new neuroscience major for incoming students * From understanding how memories are formed to exploring the biological basis of behavior, neuroscience seeks to answer some of the most fascinating questions about what makes us human. As discoveries in neuroscience continue to transform medicine, technology, education, and mental health, interest in the field has grown rapidly among St. Olaf College students. Starting in the fall of 2026, 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

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Georgetown University Medical Center issued the following news: * * * Two Longtime Georgetown Faculty Leaders Move to Emeritus Roles Two longtime Georgetown University Medical Center faculty leaders -- Phyllis R. Magrab, PhD, and Richard Schlegel, MD, PhD -- are moving to emeritus roles after careers that have left an outsized imprint on the institution and the world. Together, they have contributed nearly 100 years to Georgetown, training generations of researchers and clinicians and producing scholarship with re 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

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * UCLA team uses 3D printing to develop zinc-ion hybrid battery with 7 times more energy * Key takeaways * Banking renewable energy for electricity requires technology with high power output, fast recharging, long overall life and low cost. * Aiming to check all of those boxes, a UCLA-led research team has unveiled a hybrid zinc-ion battery that uses 3D printing to store over seven times more energy than current devices like it.  more PR