WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 2, 2026, by reporter Eanna Mackey: * * * Ireland and the Trade in Death Four years after the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the role of business in neutral Ireland is coming under scrutiny. - Ireland is neutral and proud of it. It's a member of the European Union (EU) but not of NATO. Its defense budget is 0.2% of GDP, the lowest in the 27-member bloc and derisory compared to the alliance target of 5%. That's a legit more PR

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * Climate change may prop up urban plant growth in the face of development -- provided cities build slowly enough Researchers find a "critical speed limit" of urban development for maintaining plant communities amid climate change. Most cities blow right past it. - Worsened drought stress, changing rainfall patterns, flowers and pollinators thrown out of sync: these only scratch the surface of the ways climate change challenges plant life. But warme more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 2 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Dynamic black holes explained by simple thermodynamics? * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Of the known things in the universe, black holes are among the most extreme. They pack huge amounts of mass densely into a small area, producing gravity that is so strong that even light cannot escape. To describe their properties, physicists have relied on complex equations from Einstein's theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics. But in the early 1 more PR

DAVIS, California, July 2 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news: * * * Honeybee Queens Push Pesticides to Eggs to Protect Themselves Over Their Offspring * Worker bees are the first line of defense when it comes to removing contamination in honeybee colonies, but a queen has her ways, too. A honeybee queen facing chronic exposure to pesticides will take up that contamination and pass it along to her eggs, a process researchers call maternal offloading. The findings, which document for the first time the extent  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 3 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Lawdragon Names Six McGuireWoods Partners as 2026 Leading Energy Lawyers McGuireWoods partners David Martin Connelly, Julia English, Katlyn Davis Farrell, Andrew Gann, Vishwa Bhargava Link and Todd Mullins have been named to the 2026 "Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers" guide, which spotlights top U.S. lawyers advising clients on energy regulatory, litigation and transactional matters. Connelly was honored for energy regulation, particularly e more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Aspen Institute posted the following news release: * * * New Speakers Announced for the 2026 Aspen Security Forum * One of the world's premiere national security and foreign policy gatherings, the 2026 Aspen Security Forum takes place July 14-17. Washington, DC, & Aspen, CO, July 1, 2026 - The Aspen Strategy Group today announced new speakers appearing at the 2026 Aspen Security Forum (ASF). From July 14-17, ASF will bring together speakers, including domestic and in more PR

RENO, Nevada, July 1 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news: * * * Richard Goldfarb reflects on his education at the University * Richard Goldfarb '81 M.S. (geohydrology) has a few stories that he said probably shouldn't be told about the hijinks he got into during his master's degree, a time he looks back on fondly. Goldfarb was a master's student at the University of Nevada, Reno and worked on his hydrology degree with the Desert Research Institute (DRI). Today, Goldfarb is a research professor at the Colorado School of M more PR

HAIFA, Israel, July 2 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Technion Researcher Develops Innovative Metamaterials Model - Now Wins Partnership in a $7.5 Million Grant for Its Application * Prof. Gal Shmuel from the Technion's Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is part of a research team that recently won a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), led by Prof. Andrea Alu of the City University of New York. The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program is  more PR

ANGOLA, Indiana, July 2 -- Trine University posted the following news: * * * Trine engineering students present research at international workshop * Four Trine University mechanical engineering students presented their original research at an international conference focusing on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microsystems technologies. The Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, held every two years, took place May 31 through June 4 in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The Trine students work with James Miller,  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Hungry bacteria and a new way to scale up data Yale researchers present novel strategies for creating computer simulations and providing better emergency care, uncover new information about gut bacteria, and moderate a national discussion about science. - This month's "Insights & Outcomes" brings the summer sizzle with news about the adaptability of gut bacteria, a statistics success story, and a Yale professor who led a high-profile discussion on  more PR