WURZBURG, Germany, July 29 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * A small mutation, a big impact: New findings on rare heart diseases * Cardiomyopathies are a group of mostly hereditary, rare heart diseases in which the structure of the heart muscle tissue is impaired. This limits the heart's pumping capacity, leading to shortness of breath, reduced physical capacity and other typical symptoms of heart failure. In some affected individuals, the RBM20 protein is mutated; they are currently treated in the same more PR

AALTO, Finland, July 29 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: * * * The company established by three anthropologists relied on strong research expertise Etnografinen tutkimustoimisto Kenno Oy was established in 2014 when its three founders were finalising their master's degree studies at the University of Helsinki and wanted to create an interesting job for themselves. Kenno originated from Elina Reponen, Anna Martela and Viola Strandberg's strong belief that the methods of applied research used by anthropologists and ethno more PR

COVENTRY, England, July 29 -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release: * * * Advanced mass spectrometry technique breaks free from specialist hardware * Researchers at the University of Warwick and spin-out company Verdel Instruments have successfully demonstrated two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2DMS) on a benchtop instrument, making this powerful technique practical and affordable for everyday laboratory use. Modern mass spectrometry workflows are built to reduce complexity before measurement: chromatography separat more PR

PERTH, Australia, July 29 -- Curtin University issued the following news release: * * * Ancient shipwreck cargo reveals surprising global trade secrets of the 1600s * Using cargo recovered from one of Australia's most infamous shipwrecks, new Curtin University-led research has revealed how surprisingly sophisticated global supply chains helped source and transport construction materials in the 17th century. The study analysed stone blocks, bricks and ballast from the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, which wrecked off the coast of Wes more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 29 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Better recording of prisoner inequalities could help prevent deaths in custody, new study finds * A lack of data on prisoner characteristics is providing an incomplete picture of who dies in prison and why, which may be contributing to preventable deaths in custody, according to a new report. In the new report - 'How recording inequalities can reduce prisoner deaths' - published here, a team of experts from the University of Nottingham hig more PR

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, July 29 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * Building bridges between science and Westminster: a Northumbria researcher's view from Parliament * The impact of research and technical expertise at Northumbria University has been highlighted on a national stage, after a scientist's placement in Parliament led an MP to showcase his work as a flagship example of excellence in technical skills. Dr Cecil Cherian Lukose, Scientific Officer for Thin Film Laboratories at Northumbria, was se more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, July 29 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * Can social care ever really be fixed? Experts react to the latest in a long line of promises * The Big Conversation on Care is the latest attempt to fix England's broken social care system. Getting a handle on this issue has been attempted no fewer than 22 times since the 1990s - but Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed that this time they'll find the right answers. But what might these be - and will the tough choices on how to pay for it los more PR

LONDON, England, July 29 -- The City University London Bayes Business School issued the following news: * * * The truth is out there: explaining weird market events Professor Giovanni Cespa of Bayes Business School summarises his new research paper which concludes that seemingly inexplicable market oscillations happen when key data is shrouded in a dense fog. By Chris Mahony Financial markets can look deceptively healthy - liquid, orderly and deep - right up until the moment they don't. The 2010 'Flash Crash' briefly wiped nearly a trill more PR

PERTH, Australia, July 29 -- Curtin University issued the following news release: * * * Curtin researchers win $6.4 million to improve health worldwide * Curtin University researchers will tackle global issues such as child and youth wellbeing, infectious diseases, mental health and long-term disease prevention, after being awarded significant funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) 2026 Investigator Grants scheme. The program supports research aiming to improve health outcomes in Australia and around the more PR

DUNDALK, Ireland, July 29 -- Dundalk Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * DkIT Researchers Present at international tourism conference in Leeds DkIT researchers Ben McCabe and Leandro Pessina recently presented at the ATLAS 2026 Conference hosted by the University of Leeds. The Conference Theme was Community, Collaboration and Co-creation in a Time of Crisis, which resonated with ongoing research in the Creative Arts Research Centre at DkIT that engages with transdisciplinary enquiry that critically considers creative art more PR

DUNDALK, Ireland, July 29 -- Dundalk Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * DkIT's Dr Ronan Bree Honoured with EDEN Fellow Award at Porto Conference Dundalk Institute of Technology is delighted to announce that Dr Ronan Bree, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at DkIT, has been awarded an EDEN Fellow by EDEN Digital Learning Europe at the organisation's annual conference in Porto, Portugal, held from June 14-16. The EDEN Fellow award recognises outstanding contributions to the field of op more PR

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, July 29 -- The University of New Brunswick issued the following news release: * * * Faculty of Business at UNB's Saint John campus launches Atlantic Sales Performance Hub The University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Business on the Saint John campus has launched the Atlantic Sales Performance Hub--a new collaborative forum connecting sales leaders with evidence-based research, professional education, and opportunities to address the region's sales challenges. The first initiative of its kind in Atlantic Canada, t more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 29 -- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada issued the following news: * * * Fakih IVF Fertility Center in Abu Dhabi achieves Royal College Recognized Program status Fakih IVF Fertility Center in Abu Dhabi has achieved Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) Recognized Program status for its Reproductive Medicine Fellowship Program, marking a significant milestone for one of the region's leading infertility, gynecology, obstetrics, genetics and IVF centres. The status demonst more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, July 29 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Funding success powers research improving health, equity and care * Flinders University projects ranging from chronic pain to cancer will share in almost $4 million of research funding, thanks to the National Health and Medical Research Council's Investigator Grants for 2026. Flinders researchers were awarded a total of $3,971,215 across three successfully funded projects that will investigate new ways to prevent infections linked to medical implants,  more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 28 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * Genetic adaptation to living in warmer waters causes fish to be obese * Fish that have adapted to living in warmer waters show clear physical and genetic differences to fish of the same species living at cooler temperatures. New research, led by the University of Glasgow and published in Nature Communications, reveals that adaptation to warmer waters causes fish to display a range of behaviour and biological differences including obesity, overeating, a more PR

GOLD COAST, Australia, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Griffith University issued the following news: * * * Gum disease worsens systemic bone loss in osteoporosis patients via gut bacteria Chronic gum disease (periodontitis) may worsen bone deterioration in people with osteoporosis by disrupting the microorganisms that support gut health, according to collaborative research between Griffith University and Nanjing University in China. The study reveals the biological mechanism linking oral inflammation to whole-body bone loss, highlighting the importa more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Heriot-Watt University issued the following news: * * * Ancient Hebridean salt marsh reveals 2,500 years of sea-level change Scientists searching for evidence of one of Europe's most dramatic prehistoric tsunamis have instead uncovered one of the longest continuous records of sea-level change found in northwest Scotland. - Heriot-Watt and University of Dundee researchers investigating a salt marsh on the Isle of Lewis had hoped to find deposits left by the Storegga tsunami, a massive wave triggered  more PR

STAFFORDSHIRE, England, July 29 -- Keele University posted the following news: * * * High blood pressure treatment could prevent 200,000 deaths over next decade in USA * Offering high blood pressure treatment to more people could prevent around 200,000 deaths over the next decade in the USA, Keele researchers have said, after their study revealed that not everyone who is eligible is accessing treatment. An international research team led by Dr Mustafa Al-Jarshawi, an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Cardiology at Keele, found that despite  more PR

STAFFORDSHIRE, England, July 29 -- Keele University posted the following news: * * * High blood pressure treatment could prevent 200,000 deaths over next decade in USA * Offering high blood pressure treatment to more people could prevent around 200,000 deaths over the next decade in the USA, Keele researchers have said, after their study revealed that not everyone who is eligible is accessing treatment. An international research team led by Dr Mustafa Al-Jarshawi, an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Cardiology at Keele, found that despite  more PR

REGINA, Saskatchewan, July 29 -- The University of Regina issued the following news release: * * * Hill Levene School of Business at the University of Regina Earns AACSB International Accreditation AACSB International (AACSB) announces that the University of Regina has earned business accreditation. Founded in 1916, AACSB is the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools and the largest business education network connecting learners, educators, and businesses worldwide. "AACSB accreditation recognizes institutions that ha more PR

HONG KONG, July 29 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU excels in RGC's latest funding exercise * The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is delighted to announce its success in securing significant funding from the Research Grants Council's (RGC) Areas of Excellence (AoE) Scheme, the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) and the Strategic Topics Grant for 2026/27. Five HKU Scholars receive funding for three Collaborative Research Projects: Areas of Excellence Scheme Principal Coordinator: Professor Ed X. Wu more PR

LONDON, England, July 29 -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Imperial launches UK's first master's degree focused on AI's economic and policy impact By Louisa Lee, Laura Singleton Imperial Business School has launched the UK's first master's degree to combine technical AI training with economics, law and governance in a single curriculum, addressing the growing demand for graduates with skills in these areas. The MSc AI, Economics and Policy, delivered jointly by Imperial Business School and Imperial's Department of more PR

KYOTO, Japan, July 29 -- Kyoto University issued the following news: * * * KU-STAR Program for India 2026 concludes successfully The Division of Graduate Studies has concluded the Kyoto University Short-Term Academic Research (KU-STAR) Program for India 2026, which ran from 19 May to 10 July. The KU-STAR Program is a short-term research internship initiative aimed at increasing the number of international graduate students at the University. This was the third year the program welcomed students from India. The 2026 cohort comprised 21 outst more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * La Trobe awarded over $7m in NHMRC grants La Trobe University researchers have secured more than $7 million through the highly competitive National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grant scheme, for research into issues including childhood dementia and women's knee injuries. Professor Kay Crossley, from the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre (LASEM), secured more than $3 million to further her research into more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 (TNSjou) -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * AI tool helps predict bowel cancer relapse risk A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by La Trobe University researchers could help predict which stage-two bowel cancer patients are at risk of relapse, in an advance that could ultimately lead to thousands getting life-saving treatment earlier. Published in the journal Gastroenterology, the research documents the creation of SEMIL (Semantically-Enhanced Multiple Instance Learnin more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, July 29 -- The University of Queensland posted the following news: * * * The lightbulb moment behind a potential antiviral breakthrough * An unexpected observation by a University of Queensland researcher could lead to a new treatment for deadly infectious diseases including COVID-19, pneumonia in infants and children, or viral infections caused by Ebola and hantavirus. UQ neuroscientist and biochemist Dr Merja Joensuu, said the idea came while working on unrelated research. "We were studying how certain processes w more PR

LONDON, Canada, July 29 -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Long-term safety of nuclear waste storage examined in Western field research Chemistry student studying corrosion resistance in samples from Canada's proposed deep geological repository By Colleen MacDonald While many research projects look decades into the future, a Western University chemistry student contributed to field research with a million-year outlook. PhD student Jessie McDonald is part of a team investigating corrosion resistance to ensure safe nucle more PR

PERTH, Australia, July 29 -- Murdoch University posted the following news: * * * Miyawaki Forest Program named Eureka Science Prize finalist for innovation in citizen science * Murdoch University ecologist Dr Grey Coupland has been recognised as a finalist in the 2026 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for her transformative Miyawaki Forest Program. Murdoch University ecologist Dr Grey Coupland has been recognised as a finalist in the 2026 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for her transformative Miyawaki Forest Program. Dr Coupland has been no more PR

SACKVILLE, New Brunswick, July 29 -- Mount Allison University issued the following news: * * * Mount Allison and Dalhousie sign partnership for pathway to engineering degree Agreement allows eligible Mount Allison students to transfer into Dalhousie University's Bachelor of Engineering program with advanced standing - Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University have signed a new agreement that will create a more direct pathway for Mount Allison students pursuing an engineering degree. Through the five-year articulation agreement, st more PR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 29 -- The University of the Witwatersrand posted the following news: * * * mRNA vaccine technology is key to Africa's public health independence * Sustained vaccine expertise, I.P, and manufacturing capacity required for vaccine sovereignty in Africa. Scientists at Wits University say that for Africa to achieve vaccine sovereignty, the continent must build and sustain its own vaccine expertise, intellectual property and manufacturing capacity to reduce its dependence on technologies and supplies from elsew more PR

CALLAGHAN, Australia, July 29 -- The University of Newcastle posted the following news: * * * National digital asthma trial helping adults to breathe easier * Asthma Australia and the University of Newcastle are inviting adults with asthma to take part in a national digital trial designed to make day-to-day asthma management easier. The trial will test a new digital support system made up of tools, telehealth services and personalised resources to help people better self-manage their asthma, no matter where they live. One in nine Australi more PR

GUILFORD, England, July 29 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * National Space Lab-lead brings her mission-delivery capability to Surrey Space Institute * Dr Sarah Beardsley, Director of RAL Space, the UK's National Space Laboratory, is set to join the Surrey Space Institute at the University of Surrey as Deputy Director. Adding Dr Beardsley's national lab leadership and experience of delivering missions at scale will contribute to rapid delivery of the new Institute's ambitions. Dr Beardsley's appointment c more PR

SINGAPORE, July 29 -- Nanyang Technological University posted the following news: * * * New weak spot linked to DNA repair in aggressive, drug-resistant cancers * Researchers led by NTU Singapore have found a new mechanism that enables hard-to-treat cancer cells avoid being killed by anti-cancer drugs known as PARP inhibitors. By blocking the activity of an enzyme called PARP1, PARP inhibitors prevent cancer cells from repairing DNA damage, which causes the cells to die. However, some patients' tumours develop resistance to these drugs.  more PR

KOWLOON, Hong Kong, July 29 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU ranks among leading universities in multiple RGC funding schemes, underscoring distinctive research leadership Four research projects of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have received support from the Research Grants Council's (RGC) funding exercises in 2026/27, amassing total funding of over HK$124 million. PolyU ranks high among local universities in terms of the number of funded projects: two interdisciplinary art more PR

HONG KONG, July 29 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU ranks among leading universities in multiple RGC funding schemes, underscoring distinctive research leadership * Four research projects of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have received support from the Research Grants Council's (RGC) funding exercises in 2026/27, amassing total funding of over HK$124 million. PolyU ranks high among local universities in terms of the number of funded projects: two interdisciplinary artificia more PR

LONDON, England, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Under pressure: when tension builds up, the nucleus escapes Researchers at Queen Mary University and IBEC have discovered that epithelial tissues adapt to prolonged stretching by slowly reorganising their keratin cytoskeleton into large multicellular networks. - Using advanced live imaging, engineered tissue models and computational simulations, the team found that this process eventually pushes the cell nucleus out of its surrounding ker more PR

RED DEER, Alberta, July 29 -- Red Deer Polytechnic issued the following news: * * * RDP & the National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture & Food Sign MOU Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) and the National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) have formalized a new collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that strengthens their shared commitment to advancing Indigenous agriculture, food sovereignty and community-driven education and research. The agreement establishes a long-term partnership designed to support Indigen more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, July 29 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * Researchers develop AI to predict wildfire spread from the skies * As wildfires spread faster and hit more communities across Canada, researchers at the University of Toronto are developing new technology that could give first responders a critical advantage: the ability to predict how a fire will evolve in the hours ahead. Steven Waslander, a professor at the U of T Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineerin more PR

BRISTOL, England, July 29 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals how realistic volcanic eruptions are on the silver screen * To find out how inaccurate ideas about volcanoes have shaped public perceptions, researchers from Bristol's School of Earth Sciences evaluated how accurately volcanic eruptions are shown in Hollywood films. Assessing 20 films from 1942's Superman vs Volcano, to 1997's Dante's Peak, and more recently 2014's Pompeii, the volcanologists found that these films usually misrepre more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, July 28 -- McGill University posted the following news release: * * * Supporters of losing political parties express less trust in fellow citizens, study says * Supporters of losing parties express more distrust of their fellow citizens after elections than do supporters of winning parties, a new study has found, with voters who more strongly disliked rival parties showing even greater distrust. "Social trust is one of the most important ingredients in a well-functioning society. This paper suggests that electoral competi more PR

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, July 29 -- The Technical University of Denmark posted the following news: * * * The length of your upper leg could help detect diabetes * A new home test can detect type 2 diabetes or prediabetes with high accuracy. The test has been developed using artificial intelligence and large amounts of health data - and surprisingly, one of the steps involves measuring the length of your thigh. According to The Danish Diabetes Association, around 100,000 Danes are unaware that they have type 2 diabetes, and approximately ha more PR

HAIFA, Israel, July 29 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Technion Ranked No. 1 in Israel for AI Production Capacity * The Technion has been ranked No. 1 in Israel, fourth in Europe, and 25th worldwide in a new index measuring universities' ability to develop talent, research, and entrepreneurship in artificial intelligence. The report also ranks the Technion eighth in the world for the number of university graduates who go on to found AI companies. Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan said, "De more PR

SHATIN, Hong Kong, July 29 -- The Chinese University of Hong Kong posted the following news release: * * * Two CUHK projects receive over HK$105 million from RGC Theme-based Research Scheme 2026/27 Combating cancer and ageing-related bone diseases using AI and biotechnology * Two pioneering research projects led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been awarded funding totalling over HK$105 million from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the University Grants Committee (UGC) under the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2026/2 more PR

MACAU, China, July 29 -- The University of Macau posted the following news: * * * UM hosts Dr Stanley Ho Memorial Lecture on personalising vaccines for cancer prevention * In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the University of Macau (UM), the UM Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), in collaboration with the Dr Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation (SHMDF), the Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) and St Anne's College of the University of Oxford, hosted the 2026 Dr Stanley Ho Memorial Lecture. The event featured Tim Elliott, Kidani  more PR

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 29 -- The University of Auckland issued the following news: * * * Reaching for the stars: Alumni secure $1.5m for start-up Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland alumni have raised $1.5 million to grow their AI tech start-up Hyades. When Associate Professor Nick Rattenbury mentioned the Hyades star cluster during a lecture, physics student Ashin Alex quickly registered the domain name. Just a few years later, Hyades has raised $1.5 million to accelerate its AI technology and expand its business. Led by As more PR

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 29 -- The University of Auckland issued the following news: * * * Researching the world's most linguistically diverse nation - Vanuatu Pacific nation has shaped research fellow's career. - A quest for doctoral study brought Dr Guy Lavender Forsyth halfway around the world to Aotearoa New Zealand. It also introduced him to a Pacific nation that would capture his imagination and shape his career. When Guy Lavender Forsyth left his hometown in southern England to pursue a PhD, he never expected Vanuatu would becom more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 29 -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * Another ITSEE doctoral research success Congratulations to Duane McCrory, who has qualified for the award of his doctorate on the Arabic translations of Romans, - Congratulations to Duane McCrory, who recently defended his doctoral thesis, "A Text-Critical Analysis of the Arabic Traditions of the Epistle to the Romans". Duane has been working on his doctorate over the last six years as a part-time distance-learning student at Birmingham's Institut more PR

KOLN, Germany, July 29 -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release: * * * Astronomers capture the best evidence yet of a long-suspected companion orbiting Betelgeuse The red supergiant, that some feared might explode, turns out to be sharing its life with a companion - An international team of astronomers, using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, has obtained the most convincing evidence to date that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most-watched stars in the night sky, is not al more PR

DUNDEE, Scotland, July 29 -- The University of Dundee issued the following news release: * * * New research project: how vapes are impacting the science of quitting Are vapes changing the science of quitting? That's the question one University of Dundee psychology researcher is looking to answer - Having spent years researching the science of quitting smoking cigarettes, Dr Blair Saunders, from the University's Faculty of Health, is turning his attention towards vaping. With more than 5.5 million people using vapes in the UK alone, and 60 more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Edinburgh issued the following news: * * * Hidden sleep crisis among workers over 50, study suggests Sleep disturbances are far more common among workers in mid-later life than previously believed, according to a study that links work-related stress to a range of wellbeing issues. - Researchers found that nearly 70 per cent of participants experienced persistent, clinically significant sleep problems, despite having no known history of sleep disorders. Even more concerning, almost  more PR

HELSINKI, Finland, July 29 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * An ancient civilization of millions once flourished in the Amazon For nearly 1,500 years, the Aquiry civilization shaped southwestern Amazonia, and new research reveals it was far more populous than previously thought. Aerial laser scanning uncovered hundreds of ceremonial centers and the road systems. The civilization's impact is still visible in the Amazon's vegetation today. * New research conducted using airborne laser scanning reveals tha more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, July 29 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Researchers develop targeted approach to kill antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea * Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford have developed a promising new way to kill antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhoea, using a targeted therapy that is activated at the bacterial surface while minimising damage to human cells. The study, published in PNAS, describes a novel antibody-drug conj more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 (TNSxrep) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * University of Melbourne releases its first Research Integrity Report The University of Melbourne has released its inaugural Research Integrity Report, reflecting its commitment to transparency in sharing the practices, standards and processes that support research excellence. The report, which covers 1 January to 31 December 2025, supports the University's aspiration to lead with integrity and openness as articulated in its strategy Advan more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * Conference explores trust, community partnerships and public value More than 250 leaders and representatives from universities, community organisations, government, industry and the student sector have met for the 2026 Engagement Australia Conference, exploring how universities can work with communities to address shared social and economic challenges. Titled Universities Engaging All of Us: Committing to Trust, Purpose and Impact, the conference e more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 29 (TNSjou) - The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Antarctica storms becoming more frequent and intense Winters in Antarctica's Ross Sea have become stormier in recent decades, impacting sea-ice conditions and field operations, new University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka research shows. Published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers used weather station data on air pressure and temperature to monitor storm behaviour from 1964 to 2024. They found winter storms in  more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, July 29 -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * UTS scientists at the double for national prizes A marine biochemist and team of forensic scientists have been named finalists from UTS in the 2026 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, the nation's highest profile science awards. Research to enhance disaster victim identification on the shortlist for award for excellence in forensic science and Dr Jen Matthews for outstanding early career researcher. UTS scientists are finalists in two categories more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 29 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * University project wins prestigious archaeology award for inspiring young people through Viking heritage * The Vikings for Scouts project, a pioneering collaboration between the University of Nottingham's Centre for the Study of the Viking Age (CSVA) and Derbyshire Scout Archaeology (DSA), has been awarded a prestigious 2026 Marsh Charitable Trust Award for its outstanding contribution to community engagement and heritage education. The Co more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29 -- Victoria University issued the following news release: * * * More green space alone won't beat urban heat New Victoria University (VU) research reveals the solution to reducing the impact of extreme heat in urban areas cannot be solved by simply adding more green spaces - what's needed is a different approach to urban planning. As parts of Australia knows all too well, unlike other natural disasters, heatwaves often arrive silently, without dramatic visual clues and often persist for consecutive days, affect more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, July 29 -- Macquarie University issued the following news release: * * * What do ice hockey and motor neurone disease have in common? * That's because just before Christmas 2025, Kylie's mother was diagnosed with MND. Kylie Boyd working in an operating theatre. Photo: Supplied Kylie has spent the past nine years volunteering with the Ice Dogs, working her way from checking tickets at the front door to managing a two-time Goodall Cup-winning club team. Her youngest son Hayden introduced the family to the Ice Dogs commun more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, July 29 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Why the Hepatitis E Virus Cannot Infect Mice * Mouse liver cells are not a suitable host for hepatitis E viruses. The Virology department in Bochum has discovered why. Many viruses can infect both humans and animals, including hepatitis E virus. This virus is often transmitted to humans via contaminated meat products, such as when ingesting raw or undercooked pork or wild game. However, while mice have been believed to be resistant to infection, t more PR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 29 -- The University of the Witwatersrand posted the following news: * * * Wits VIDA globally advances maternal vaccine to protect newborns from GBS * Wits VIDA plays central role in global effort to help protect newborns from sepsis due to Group B Streptococcus (GBS). Researchers from the Wits Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics (Wits VIDA) Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have played a leading role in a landmark international phase 1 / 2 clinical trial demonstrating the s more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, July 29 -- York University issued the following news release: * * * York University's Connected Minds and CIGI partner to strengthen global AI and neurotechnology governance York University's Connected Minds: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) are launching a 16-month pilot partnership to design and build new governance frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) and neurotechnology. The initiative combines Connected Minds' university-based i more PR