WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by Brian Williamson, a partner at the London-based Communications Chambers consultancy: * * * Avoiding a European AI Dark Age Europe suffers from low growth compared to the US. Artificial intelligence can help close the gap - provided copyright rules remain welcoming. - Over the past three decades, American output per hour increased by 85% versus 29% in Europe, reversing much of the post-World War II convergence. AI offers a win more PR

SHATIN, Hong Kong, July 28 -- The Chinese University of Hong Kong posted the following news release: * * * CUHK-led breakthrough rewrites evolutionary biology to pave way for pollution-neutral agriculture Discovery published in PNAS reveals free-living soil bacteria's nitrogen-fixing mechanism, offering eco-friendly biofertiliser alternative for global staple crops to reduce chemical fertiliser pollution * A collaborative research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Heriot-Watt University issued the following news: * * * Ocean microplastics carry a "memory" of their journey, mathematics reveals Researchers have discovered that microplastic particles retain a "memory" of their previous movement, influencing how they travel through the world's oceans and paving the way for more accurate predictions of where marine plastic pollution ends up. Rather than responding only to the waves around them at any given moment, the earlier motion of larger microplastic particles more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, July 28 -- Bentley University posted the following news: * * * How a Bentley Education and a Nantucket Childhood Shaped This Entrepreneur * Within a year of graduating from Bentley in 2020, Renee Hopkins founded Blue Seven Studio, a full-service marketing company, and went on to earn two industry awards for entrepreneurship. Then in May 2026, her company was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest-growing private firms in Massachusetts. Hopkins credits her success to a childhood surrounded by more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 28 -- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Renowned scholar Pratim Biswas named to lead Vanderbilt Engineering initiatives at West Palm Beach campus * Pratim Biswas, a leading academic leader, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a renowned aerosol scientist whose work has applications in energy and environmental nanotechnology, solar energy, air quality, medicine, and numerous other fields, has been named the inaugural Executive Director of the Institute for E more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel released the following testimony by Micah Lansford, owner of Roden-Smith Pharmacy, Clovis, New Mexico, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "The TRICARE Pharmacy Program": * * * Chairman Tuberville, Ranking Member Warren, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify regarding the TRICARE Pharmacy Program managed by Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI). My name is Dr. Micah Lansford. I am a pharmacist and the owner of Roden-Smith Pharmacy in Clovi more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * U-M researcher discovers new ant behavior that could help protect coffee from pests For the first time, ants were observed using the homes of pests known as coffee berry borers to rear their own young - Ants are known allies in the fight against coffee pests known as coffee berry borers. Now, a discovery made by Jonathan "Jonno" Morris while he was a University of Michigan graduate student has revealed there may be a new dimension to this p more PR