LONDON, England, July 29 -- The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued the following news: * * * Appointments made to the Board of Natural England * Two new appointments have been made to the Board of Natural England. Kunle Barker and Tom Sleigh have been newly appointed to the Board for three-year terms, both of which will commence on 1 August 2026 and run until 31 July 2029. The new appointments have been made on merit, and all appointments have been made in accordance with the Ministerial Governance Code on P more PR

UPTON, New York, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * A Successful, Sustainable Catalyst for Ethanol Dehydrogenation Brookhaven researchers and their U.S. and international collaborators crafted a novel, three-metal catalysis approach to convert ethanol to a critical chemical feedstock - Ethanol is an alcohol used in a huge number of industrial and household applications. When dehydrogenated -- in this case, stripped of some of its hydrogen atoms -- it yie more PR

PASADENA, California, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Ancient Stardust Were Seeds for the Earliest Solids in the Solar System How did the first solids that made up planets, moons, and asteroids form out of the "hot soup" that characterized our solar system's earliest years? New research from Caltech analyzing pieces of a meteorite has found that, in the same way that snowflakes crystallize around grains of dust, ancient stardust grains leftover from long-gone suns may have been the  more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 29 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers find factors that cause respiratory impacts after flooding * Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University's Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response Center have identified how hurricane flooding can impact health long after a storm. In research published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, the researchers identified the factors that are most likely to create hazard more PR

HOMBURG, Germany, July 30 (TNSjou) -- Fresenius Medical Care, a provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure, issued the following news release on July 29, 2026: * * * Fresenius Medical Care announces BEACON-US, generating real-world evidence supporting high-volume hemodiafiltration for U.S. dialysis patients * BEACON-US research initiative is evaluating the clinical outcomes and patient experiences of high-volume hemodiafiltration in routine U.S. clinical practice across diverse patient populations * Fresenius M more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, July 30 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * From coast to coast, top students choose Upstate's SURF program Written by Jeanne Albanese Thirty-five students from all over the country--including Puerto Rico--are participating in Upstate Medical University's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program this summer. Now in its 32nd year, the SURF program is well-known and highly competitive, with hundreds of students competing for admission. The 1 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

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * North American TransBorder Freight Data FAQs * Q.1 Is there one consolidated source for information about U.S. international trade and transportation? Q.2 What types of international trade and transportation data are collected for the United States and what are their sources? Q.3 Specifically, where can I find U.S. international trade and transportation statistics? Q.4 Is there an overall guide to U.S. adminis more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 29 -- 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

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 30 -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Stevens Institute of Technology Selects Brendan Englot as Interim Dean for its New School of Computing The robotics expert, mechanical engineering professor and SIAI director brings a track record of visionary cross-disciplinary leadership to the school's launch and will empower its students and faculty to lead in the era of AI - Stevens Institute of Technology announced today that Brendan Englot, a robotics expert and academic leader, has been more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Most complete skeleton of 30 million-year-old dog discovered For decades, a 30 million-year-old-fossil sat entombed in rock in an Oregon museum collection. When it was first found, paleontologists thought it might be an early relative of sheep, camels and pigs whose fossilized skeletons are, in the researchers' view, abundant. Later, they realized it was an early dog fossil, and now, University of Michigan paleontologist Anne Kort has confir more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * What sheep's teeth can tell us about life in a medieval Kazakhstan town You might not often think about the molars of livestock, but everything from the grass they eat to the water they drink can tell a story about how people lived centuries ago. An international collaboration led by University of Michigan researchers examined herd management in medieval Kazakhstan using isotopes embedded in the enamel of sheep's molars. They found that peop more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 29 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: * * * Deadly Brain Tumors Show Vulnerability to New Sound Wave Approach * In a promising sign for the potential of focused sound waves to improve care for brain tumors, UVA Health researchers have determined that tumors called gliomas may be even more receptive to targeted drug delivery than normal brain tissue. While the research is still in its early stages, the findings help allay concerns that brain tumors might have properties that w 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