BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 6 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * AI and 'Ramanomics' could eliminate a major obstacle to studying living cells * Figure 1 shows how fluorescent labels help identify cell structures while collecting biochemical data, creating the examples needed to train the AI model. Figure 3 shows how AI distinguishes cell structures using their natural biochemical signatures alone. Credit: University at Buffalo. UB-led researchers develop a label-free method tha more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 6 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrap up: * * * The ASAM Weekly for August 4, 2026 Is there anything better than a brand-new federal dataset? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released findings from the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and they do not disappoint. From fresh figures for our slides to encouraging drops in conditions such as alcohol use disorder (AUD) rates, this report give more PR

PASADENA, California, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New Quantum Microscopy Trick Quadruples Microscope Resolution Three years after a team of Caltech scientists showed that pairs of entangled photons could double the resolution of a light microscope, the same lab has figured out a way to double down on that improvement. They have now achieved a fourfold resolution boost compared to a classical microscope, using a new optical design that sends one of the entangled photons through th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Aug. 6, 2026, by Chairman Brendan Carr: * * * Chairman Carr Announces New Legal Advisor Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of Keelin Ferris as Legal Advisor in the Office of the Chairman. Following Callie Coker's move into the private sector earlier this summer, Ms. Ferris will join the Office to focus on matters before the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, and Consumer and Governm more PR

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 7 -- Iona University issued the following news: * * * Iona Student Recognized Among Nation's Top Accounting Scholars The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board named rising senior Nana Yeboah '27 a 2026-27 PCAOB Scholar, recognizing academic excellence, leadership and commitment to a career in accounting. - For Nana Yeboah '27, accounting is more than balancing ledgers or analyzing financial statements. It serves as a medium for helping people make informed decisions, strengthening organizations and creating more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 6 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * Deadly flowers have big medical potential * Two plants that cause neurotoxicity and paralysis in the tiniest doses are also known to counter pain, malaria, cancer and pests. For the first time, researchers discovered a way to recreate these powerful compounds in the lab, helping lead the way to improved, naturally-sourced therapeutics. Centered on the plants wolfsbane and larkspur, the discovery comes about through a collaboration between scientist more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: * * * Reimagining Legal Education in an AI Era Long before artificial intelligence became a defining topic in legal education, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor Emerson Tiller was asking a broader question: How should law schools prepare students for a profession that is rapidly changing? During more than two decades at Northwestern Pritzker Law, that question has shaped his work. Tiller serves as the J. Landis Marti more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Researchers generate quantum entanglement using sunlight Using natural light to produce entangled photons offers potential route toward more energy-efficient quantum technologies - Today's quantum technologies rely on energy-intensive lasers, raising concerns that scaling them up could further increase energy demands. In new work, researchers have demonstrated that quantum entanglement between photons can be generated di more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 5 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release: * * * Optimizing software: Computing professor's 'egg' downsizes programs to make them more nimble * Reposted from College of Engineering. Many software tools, including compilers, optimizers and synthesizers, have a common task at their cores. They must transform long and complicated programs into simplified equivalents. These sized-down programs run faster and on a wider range of hardware, but must deliver the same results as their original versions more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 5 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * Researchers use AI to develop metal alloys that perform better under extreme conditions * A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered a new set of metal alloys that retain their strength under extreme conditions. The materials, discovered using artificial intelligence, are well-suited to 3D metal printing and could lead to enhanced, custom-made parts for the aerospace and power generation industries, among others. "There's enormo more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news: * * * Science Spotlight: Fighting a Scourge * Biology Ph.D. student Zubaida Marufee Islam has devoted her dissertation research to diminishing the threat of a common and lethal virus, the mere mention of which makes most people squeamish. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in young children. Although a vaccine is available, the contagious virus still kills about 200,000 people a year worldwide, and is most lethal in less developed  more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 6 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release: * * * Scientists identify mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations * People in communities thousands of miles apart have described the same strange experience after eating a mysterious mushroom: vivid visions of tiny humans moving through and interacting with the physical world around them. Known as Lilliputian hallucinations-a reference to the 6-inch-tall inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels"-the phenomenon has long been thought to stem from cultura more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Aug. 6 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Scorching summers and heatwaves linked to poorer mental health in children * As record-breaking heat grips communities worldwide and Australia prepares for an intense El Nino summer, new research provides the first global review linking high temperatures and heatwaves to poorer mental health in children and young people. Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the findings show that adverse mental health outcomes increase by almost 1% fo more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Study finds severe snow drought more frequent in western U.S. due to climate change * BOZEMAN - A team including a Montana State University snow scientist has published research showing that a severe snow drought, like the one that affected the western U.S. in 2026, would occur four times less frequently during the preindustrial period than in the current era of climate change. The findings were published July 20 by the journal Proceedings of the National more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Delaware issued the following research news: * * * Targeting antibiotic resistance UD researchers identify molecular switch that could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria Article by Amy Cherry If you ask Vijay Parashar, associate professor of medical and molecular sciences (MMSC) at the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences, human bodies are bags of bacteria. "It sounds gross, but not all bacteria are bad; most of them are good. The trouble start more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Harvesting rainwater from rooftops could help cities stay cool and cut the number of heatwave days AI-assisted simulations show that roof-based rainwater cooling could reduce energy demand, lower urban temperatures and help cities adapt as they face more frequent and intense heatwaves. - Collecting rainwater from rooftops and using it to spray buildings during hot weather could help cities cut air conditioning use, lower urban temp more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following Q&A on Aug. 6, 2026, involving professor of statistics Ambuj Tewari: * * * Sniffing out machine learning for undergraduates How a U-M researcher is using the study of smell to teach students machine learning - Artificial intelligence has changed our lives in myriad ways. Give it a budget, and ChatGPT gives you a grocery list and a week's worth of meal plans. People use large language models and generative AI for everything from writing an email to scre more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Contributes to New Study on North America Bison History Genetic material from bison bones collected at Wyoming archaeological sites -- and housed at the University of Wyoming -- played a key role in a sweeping new study about the history of the iconic species in North America. The study -- which involved researchers from more than 30 institutions and organizations, including Wyoming State Archaeologist Spencer Pelton at UW -- appears today in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media released the following written testimony by Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of USTelecom - The Broadband Association, from a July 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Intelligent Networks: Powering Artificial Intelligence and Transforming Communications": * * * Chairman Fischer, Ranking Member Lujan, and members of the subcommittee: thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am Jonathan Spalter, President and CEO of U more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Essential vitamin B12 mined from exploded gut bacteria, according to new research By Kelly Izlar Vitamin B12 is biological gold. All living organisms need a little bit of it to form red blood cells and DNA, as well as to build and support brain and nerve cells. But it's hard to come by: Humans don't make it. Animals don't make it. Plants don't make it. In fact, this essential nutrient is made exclusively by certain bacteria and archaea. But we've got more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: * * * Using salt to fight difficult-to-treat biofilms A Yale study shows that salt can help deliver drugs to some bacteria-filled biofilms, and possibly deform the biofilm itself - Biofilms--bacterial communities encased in a sticky, polymer-rich matrix--can be difficult to treat because that matrix slows antibiotics and drug-carrying particles. With help from salt, though, Yale researchers have found a way to steer thes more PR