OXFORD, Ohio, July 15 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * 'Figuring things out': Miamians excel with recent research publication * Zachary Abrahms knew he had big shoes to fill. Mohammad Majdi, a postdoctoral scholar, had just left the lab of Andrew Jones in April 2024, creating a void in a psilocybin research project. Enter Abrahms, then a Miami University senior, Astronaut Scholar, and Biology major with a Premedical and Pre-Health Studies co-major. The challenge, Abrahms said, was "daunting." "It was really inten more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 14, 2026, by Lucinda Creighton, non-resident senior fellow with the Digital Innovation Initiative: * * * Ireland's Digital Tightrope: Balancing EU Sovereignty Against US Tech Wrath As Dublin assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU, it must reconcile American tech investment and European tech regulation. It's a challenging task. - Ireland took over the rotating chair of Council, which houses member states' governments, and with it  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 15, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Sergiy Makogon: * * * Ukraine Strikes Russia's Central Nervous System Only pain can convince Russia to reconsider its war of aggression. Ukraine may have found a way. - For most of the full-scale war, Russia enjoyed a dangerous strategic asymmetry. It could destroy Ukraine's power plants, refineries, heating systems, and civilian infrastructure, while much of Russia's own war economy remained far be more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 14 -- Michigan State University College of Natural Science posted the following news: * * * How supermassive black holes feed themselves * Astronomers are closer to solving the mystery of how supermassive black holes feed themselves thanks to new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST. The images provide the clearest view ever seen of gaseous filaments connecting a galaxy's hot atmosphere to the rotating disk of gas that feeds its central supermassive black hole. Michigan State University helped more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, July 15 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news: * * * Mines researcher helps put "silly sprinklers" in reverse to unravel decades-old physics puzzle * Each summer, lawns are marked by a familiar addition: "silly sprinklers," whose loops and spirals spew water in creative ways. While seemingly frivolous in their construction, a team of mathematicians from Colorado School of Mines and New York University has used their design to address a long-standing mystery surrounding the laws of physics. For decades sci more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, July 14 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T named core partner in $160 million NSF Critical Materials Crossroads Engine * Missouri S&T will serve as a core partner in the Critical Materials Crossroads Engine, an initiative selected today for up to $160 million through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines program. Initiated by the University of Missouri System in 2022 and led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Critical Materia more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 16 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Extend the Limits of Twistronics. Literally. Researchers have shown it is possible to expand the field of twistronics - literally. The researchers have demonstrated a technique allowing them to fabricate oxide twistronic materials at much larger sizes, while also controlling the twist angles between materials that dictate their structural and electronic properties. The field of twistronics examines how the angle  more PR

LONDON, England, July 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Radical reform of resident doctor training required to reduce prescribing errors, UK parliamentarians told * Taylor & Francis news 15th July 2026 Taylor & Francis policy briefing at Sense about Science Evidence Week highlights positive impact of feedback in education programs Professor Rakesh Patel (left) briefs Baroness Grey-Thompson on his research.credit: Sense about Science A cost-effective trai more PR

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, July 15 -- South Carolina State University posted the following news: * * * SC State research in solar-hydrogen technology gains national recognition * Faculty and students advance renewable energy solutions while preparing tomorrow's engineering workforce ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Researchers at South Carolina State University are advancing solar-hydrogen knowledge while preparing the next generation of engineers for careers in renewable energy, work that recently earned national recognition at one of the country's  more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 14 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * UK researcher helps solve longstanding black hole mystery * A decades-old mystery about supermassive black holes may finally have an answer. University of Kentucky astronomer Gary Ferland, Ph.D., is part of an international team that has uncovered new evidence explaining how supermassive black holes continue to grow despite releasing enormous amounts of energy. Using observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Ferland and his team more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Study debunks misleading women's exercise advice Women should ignore most of the exercise advice they see on social media, University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue. Published in the journal Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, researchers looked at four claims commonly seen online about fasted training, hydration requirements, carbohydrates, and protein timing and reviewed the research behind them. Co-author Profe more PR