BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Wearable fingertip sensor identifies physical patterns linked to stress and anxiety * Wearable device uses light to measure changes in blood flow and tissue activity * Machine learning identified patterns associated with self-reported mental health symptoms * Technology could eventually support non-invasive mental health monitoring, but further clinical research is needed - Researchers have shown that measurements taken from a person's fingertip cou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on July 31, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams." The report is written by natural resources policy specialists Anna E. Normand, and Pervaze A. Sheikh, and research planning coordinator Erin H. Ward. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has repeatedly debated how to operate and allocate resources from federal water resources projects - such as multipurpose federal dams - more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Creating chemical reactions that run on oxygen, produce only water as waste * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Oxygen provides the driving force for many vital chemical reactions. Two well-known examples include respiration, the process that allows living things to break down food to release its energy, and combustion, reactions that produce heat and light. But oxygen has an unusual electronic configuration that tends to slow reactions with organic  more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 7 -- Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the following news release: * * * Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing Members' Biographies * W.L. (Vic) Adamowicz Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences University of Alberta Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, former Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), and Special Ad more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * 'Pathfinder molecules' open new route to targeting an underexploited family of potential therapeutic cancer targets Researchers have taken a major step towards opening up an entirely new class of cancer drug targets by creating the first potent small-molecule inhibitors of the enzyme DHX8. This protein is involved in pre-mRNA splicing - a fundamental process in all human cells. Splicing takes place once the DNA code has been copied into mes more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa released the following written testimony by Asher Fredman, executive director of the Misgav Institute for National Security, and a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the Abraham Accords": * * * Chairman Lawler, Ranking Member Sherman, and honorable members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the critical role o more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Physicists watch a material's electrons assemble, and reassemble, into coexisting phases The study could help scientists understand how superconductivity and other more complex phenomena emerge in quantum materials. - A tall glass of ice water isn't just a thirst quencher; it's also an everyday example of coexisting phases. Water's molecular makeup can exist simultaneously in both a liquid and solid phase. And as it turns out, th more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 6 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Nevada Democrats Plan to Lower Costs as Lombardo and Trump Double Down on Helping Their "Billionaire Friends" at Las Vegas Rally * Yesterday, Donald Trump came to town to spew more broken promises while Nevada Republicans gobbled it up and completely ignored the harsh reality that working families are living in the GOP-manufactured affordability crisis. Joe Lombardo doubled-down on Trump's spin, going so far as to claim that his top priority is more PR