FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, July 22 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * 'Three-Way Collision': How Genes, Mold and Vaccines Might Lead to Autism Take a genetically susceptible child, expose that child to mold, and then add an immune trigger -- like a vaccine -- that "tips an already-strained system over the edge," and you may create a "three-way collision" that can lead to autism, according to more PR

DAVIS, California, July 21 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news: * * * A Native California Wildflower Isn't Keeping Up with Climate Change * The mountain jewelflower inhabits a wide swath of California and Oregon, from summer-scorched foothills to high mountains where snow falls during winter. But it is already suffering from climate change, with plants in the mountains struggling to survive both summers and winters, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. "Evolutionarily, it isn't keeping more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, July 21 -- Illinois Wesleyan University posted the following news release: * * * Five New Members Join Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees * BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -Five new trustees were elected to the Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees at its May meeting. Joining the Board in 2026 will be Justin Ahrens '94, Jason Dinges '98, Elizabeth Nohren '98, Jim Richter '93 and John Strosahl '89. Justin Ahrens Justin Ahrens earned his BFA in graphic design from Illinois Wesleyan University and founded Rule29 in 2000. As Chi more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 21 -- Georgia State University issued the following Q&A on July 20, 2026, by Noelle Toumey Reetz with Eric Gilbert, associate professor in the Department of Biology: * * * Q&A Outsmarting Superbugs: From Brewing to Biofilms In the race to combat antibiotic-resistant infections, Georgia State biologist Eric Gilbert and his team are exploring new ways to disrupt bacterial biofilms. Interview by Noelle Toumey Reetz Nearly a century ago, antibiotics transformed medicine, making surgeries safer and once-deadly infections  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * In Memoriam: Peter Schuster * SFI External Faculty Fellow Peter Schuster, one of the world's leading theoretical chemists whose work laid the foundation for many research directions at SFI, died on June 14, 2026. He was 85. He is survived by his wife, Inge, and son, Manfred. Based in Austria, Schuster was prominent in European scientific life, serving as the Austrian Academy of Science's Vice President from 2000-2003 and Pre more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 22 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * More than half of U.S. adults now qualify for statins under new guidelines Updated recommendations for cholesterol-lowering therapy mean 21.5 million more people are eligible based on long term risk for heart attack and stroke - More than half of adults between the ages of 30 and 79 -- about 87.5 million people -- in the United States now meet criteria to take cholesterol-lowering d more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 21 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Six UNM faculty promoted to distinguished professors * Each year, The University of New Mexico selects a handful of professors to be honored with the highest faculty title the University bestows -distinguished professor. Announced jointly by the UNM Office of Academic Affairs in collaboration with the Health Sciences Center Office of Faculty Academic Affairs, the title of distinguished professor is reserved for academics who "have demonstrate more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 21 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * University of Nottingham Research Fellow named as rising star in plant sciences * A plant scientist from the University of Nottingham has been recognised for her outstanding research with a rising star award. Dr Poonam Mehra, Principal Research Fellow from the School of Biosciences has been awarded the Rising Stars in Plant Science award 2026.. This annual competition hosted by the journal Molecular Plant and its sister journal, Plant C more PR