WORCESTER, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Century-old Economic Geography sees jump in citation rankings * Clark's century-old, internationally recognized scholarly journal Economic Geography achieved a nearly 24 percent increase in citation rankings for 2025, confirming its reputation as the leading publication the field, according to Editor-in-Chief Siobhan McGrath. "These results have been achieved principally by outgoing editor-in-chief Jim Murphy, the outgoing editors, and the continuing ef more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Elizabeth Ginexi, health research scientist and former scientific program official at the National Institutes of Health, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * Chairman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49031) on July 14, 2026, entitled "Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Funded by the CHIPS Act: Project Status and Considerations for Congress" by Yong W. Kwon, industrial organization and business policy analyst: * * * SUMMARY Integrated circuits on silicon semiconductors - commonly called semiconductor microchips or "chips" - are components in electronic devices that perform functions such as data processing and storage. These chips are e more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 16 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Two hours of sleep restored: UK researchers make Alzheimer's breakthrough * There's a small fire isolated in your kitchen. If you had the right tool, you might be able to put it out. But before you can, the sprinklers turn on and flood your entire house. An automatic response to an issue has now damaged everything you own. That's akin to what happens in the brains of people with Alzheimer's: amyloid plaques, sticky protein clumps that build up in t more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Edinburgh issued the following news: * * * Elusive planet found after years of hide-and-seek Astronomers have discovered a third exoplanet orbiting a young star known as Beta Pictoris - located around 63 light years away from Earth - a study reveals. - The newly discovered planet, called Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b - the first planet to be discovered in the system. Researchers also found that the newcomer has a much wider orbit than its planetary fr more PR

HOBART, Australia, July 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news: * * * Portable system cuts PFAS testing time to hours For communities worried about PFAS contamination, waiting for test results can mean days of uncertainty. A University of Tasmania trial has used a mobile laboratory equipped with portable liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) technology to test soil and water on site and provide an early indication of PFAS contamination within six hours. Standard laboratory testing for PFAS can take up more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Consumer Bankers Association posted the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Lawmakers, Subject Matter Experts, and the Media Agree - Now is the Time to Enact Meaningful CFPB Reforms * At this week's U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing in which Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Russ Vought testified as part of the Bureau's semi-annual report to Congress, Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.) also unveiled a draft comprehensive CFPB reform  more PR