BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 7 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * A quarter of surveyed Eastern South Dakota farmers use drones -- but many aren't sure it's paying off * A new study from South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics found that about a quarter of surveyed farmers in Eastern South Dakota have adopted drone technology, despite high upfront costs. The findings, published in the journal Precision Agriculture, come from a 2025 mail survey of farmers growing corn and soybe more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- The American Society for Horticultural Science issued the following news release: * * * New Estimation of Genome Size in the Highly Diverse Genus Begonia Columbus, OH - A new study offers important advances in understanding genome size variation within Begonia, one of the largest and most morphologically diverse genera of flowering plants. The research delivers both new and updated and more accurate genome size estimates, providing a valuable resource for plant scientists,breeders, and conservationist 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:" (Continued from Part 1 of 4) * * * Snake River Salmon and Steelhead Trout Populations Listed Under the ESA The ESA was enacted to conserve species identified as endangered or threatened and their habitats./52 Three species of anadromous fishes listed under the ESA are currently found in the Snake River: Chinook salmon (Oncorhync 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

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

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 6 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State researcher helps rewrite understanding of how primate brain evolved * BOZEMAN - A Montana State University paleobiologist is part of a team whose new analysis of brain evolution overturns a long-held theory about how primates, including humans, came to develop large and sophisticated brains. The research, published this week in the journal Science, was conducted by Chris Organ, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth Sciences in MS more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 7 -- The University of North Texas Health Fort Worth posted the following news: * * * Public Health student reflects on benefits of working at Gibson D. Lewis Library * Darashagam (Dara) Nahal was hired as the library's student peer research mentor in July 2025, when she was a full-time Department of Public Health student. She was frequently the first person you would see as you entered the library offices. This was intentional, says librarian and direct supervisor Melissa Brand. "If a student was sitting in LIB 222 more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * To Realize AI's Promise for Health, Public Health Must Help Shape Its Future *. A new commentary by Debbie Cheng highlights the need for public health leadership to build trustworthy artificial intelligence in health. From disease surveillance to clinical care, artificial intelligence is transforming health. As AI becomes more deeply embedded in decisions affecting population health, a new commentary argues that realizing AI's fu more PR

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Aug. 8 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * Trump Reportedly Weighing Executive Order on Vaccines, Autism The White House is reportedly drafting an executive order addressing the childhood vaccine schedule, autism research, and parental choice. Unnamed sources told Reuters that the order could come as soon as next week. The report comes just weeks after sources told  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 8 -- University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: * * * USC Rossier's Royel Johnson to lead ASHE's flagship research journal starting November 2026 By Ellen Evaristo Royel M. Johnson, USC Rossier associate professor of higher education and faculty member of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, has been appointed editor of The Review of Higher Education, the flagship journal of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). The appointment follow more PR