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'Three-Way Collision': How Genes, Mold and Vaccines Might Lead to Autism (10)
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:
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'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
A Native California Wildflower Isn't Keeping Up with Climate Change (10)
DAVIS, California, July 21 -- The University of California Davis posted the following news:
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A Native California Wildflower Isn't Keeping Up with Climate Change
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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
Bile Acid Buildup Drives Spread of Breast Cancer, Research Reveals (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 20 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release:
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Bile Acid Buildup Drives Spread of Breast Cancer, Research Reveals
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A buildup of bile acids caused by an unhealthy gut can drive breast cancer to other parts of the body, new University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center research reveals. The findings could open the door to new ways to prevent breast cancer metastasis (spread), improve patient outcomes and save lives.
The research from UVA's Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, and collea more PR
Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: False Choice Between Europe and Asia (10)
WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 21, 2026, by senior fellow David M. Cattler:
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The False Choice Between Europe and Asia
Simple geographic binaries cannot address the threats the US faces, especially as its enemies pursue a broad alliance across the globe.
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For much of the past decade, American strategic debate has been dominated by a single proposition. The United States is told it must choose between theaters of conflict. China is described as the pacing threat, a more PR
Diffuse puffs of "missing" matter surround most galaxies (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Diffuse puffs of "missing" matter surround most galaxies
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Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe's ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more.
Physicists have good estimates of how much matter was present in the early universe. Shortly after the Big Bang, roughly 83 percent of all matter in the universe was composed of invisible dark matter, more PR
Georgia State University Issues Q&A on Managing Antimicrobial Resistance and Rethinking Our Relationship With Microbes (10)
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:
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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
Keynote That Brought Fielding Graduate University to Its Feet (10)
SANTA BARBARA, California, July 22 -- Fielding Graduate University issued the following news:
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The Keynote that Brought Fielding to Its Feet
By Catherine Ryan
Ivory A. Toldson's stirring keynote at Fielding's June 29 commencement ceremony connected sacred ground, scholar-practitioner purpose, and the transformative work awaiting graduates.
Beneath sunny skies overlooking the Pacific, Fielding Graduate University celebrated its largest graduation ceremony ever on June 29 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The idyllic outdoo more PR
NetSuite Next Rollout Begins: Ask Oracle & New AI Capabilities Added to NetSuite (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 21 [Category: Business] -- The Business Technology Association posted the following news:
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NetSuite Next Rollout Begins: Ask Oracle & New AI Capabilities Added to NetSuite
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As part of NetSuite release 2026.2, Oracle NetSuite is beginning the North America rollout of NetSuite Next, the next generation of NetSuite with AI built into its core. It will first be available to customers in the United States and Canada, with other countries planned to follow shortly after.
NetSuite Next introduces Ask Oracle, a c more PR
River sand mining outstrips nature's supply: Study (10)
SINGAPORE, July 21 -- Nanyang Technological University posted the following news:
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River sand mining outstrips nature's supply: Study
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Image: Researchers analysing river-depth and flow data on board a survey boat on the Tien River near Long Khanh Island, Vietnam, on Dec 5, 2025. The team used acoustic and bathymetric survey tools to map the riverbed and assess changes linked to sand extraction. From left: Dr Sonu Kumar, Research Fellow; Associate Professor Edward Park; Mr Abhishek Kurmi, PhD student; Dr Dung Duc Tran, Research Fellow; more PR
Six UNM faculty promoted to distinguished professors (10)
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 21 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news:
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Six UNM faculty promoted to distinguished professors
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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
TSU Alumna Steffanie Rivers Launches Groundbreaking National HBCU Drone and Aviation Initiative (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 21 -- Tennessee State University posted the following news:
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TSU Alumna Steffanie Rivers Launches Groundbreaking National HBCU Drone and Aviation Initiative
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( TSU News Service ) - When Steffanie Rivers walked across the graduation stage at Tennessee State University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in mass communications, she viewed the world through the lens of a traditional storyteller. Decades later, she is looking at the world from an entirely different angle - hundreds of feet in the a more PR
University of East Anglia: Supportive Workplaces Inspire Employees to Take Bigger Climate Actions (10)
NORWICH, England, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news:
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Supportive workplaces inspire employees to take bigger climate actions
Employees are more likely to take meaningful action on sustainability when they feel supported by their employer and managers, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study, which surveyed more than 400 workers in the UK and US, found that positive workplace relationships play a key role in encouraging environmentally friendly behaviour on th more PR
University of Hawaii Manoa: $500K Endowed Professorship Advances Asia-Pacific Finance Research at Shidler (10)
MANOA, Hawaii, July 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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$500K endowed professorship advances Asia-Pacific finance research at Shidler
A new $500,000 endowed professorship at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Shidler College of Business will strengthen the university's role as a global leader in Asia-Pacific finance research. The transformational gift comes from distinguished finance scholars and Shidler faculty members S. Ghon Rhee and Rosita P. Chang.
The Dr. S. Ghon Rhee and Dr. more PR
Yale School of the Environment Issues Q&A on Extended Producer Responsibility (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 22 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following Q&A on July 21, 2026, involving Reid Lifset, research scholar at the Center for Industrial Ecology:
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What Happens When Producers Are Responsible for Recycling Their Products and Packaging?
YSE research scholar Reid Lifset, who has tracked a policy designed to flip product waste responsibilities from consumers to manufacturers, has built an open reference database to help policymakers and companies understand its costs and benefits.
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Who should pay when more PR
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