NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 11 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * A Rescue Dog Inspires OU Engineering Students * NORMAN, OKLA. - A dog named Duck may someday get a new prosthetic leg thanks to engineering freshmen at the University of Oklahoma. Over four weeks this summer, teams of incoming engineering students designed mobility devices for Duck, a young rescue dog born without a front leg. Students in OU's Engineering Summer Bridge program designed and prototyped mobility devices tailored to Duck's needs, using CAD more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 10 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * As Trump Travels To Ohio His Economic Policies Are Devastating Families - And Ohio Republicans Are Having To Own It * COLUMBUS, OH - When President Donald Trump comes to Ohio tomorrow, he'll be greeted by a state where families are struggling under the weight of his broken promises to lower costs on "day one." He'll also see a state where Republican candidates up and down the ballot are being forced to own his disastrous economic policies that are raising  more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Aug. 10 -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus posted the following news: * * * But is it natural? How our affinity for 'naturalness' can save or sink new climate solutions * From nuclear energy to lab-grown meat, the list of effective but unpopular climate solutions is long. A new CU Boulder study sheds light on why people reject or accept some proposed sustainability technologies: If it doesn't seem natural, they won't go for it. "We found that naturalness predicts support over and above a lot of other things y more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Aug. 11 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * High electricity prices could slow UK industry's move away from fossil fuels - study warns * The study, involving researchers from Loughborough University and Nottingham Trent University, examined how different UK industrial sectors changed their gas and electricity consumption in response to shifting energy costs and levels of economic activity between 1990 and 2020. It found that industrial demand for electricity was generally more sensitiv more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 12 -- ifo Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2026: * * * Companies in Germany Doing Little to Protect Against Technical Dependence on the U.S. A good fifth of companies in Germany consider their reliance on digital products and services from US providers to be risky, but have no plans to take any countermeasures, according to a recent survey by the ifo Institute. "Companies know very well where they stand, but take hardly any appropriate action," says Klaus Wohlrabe, Head of Surveys at ifo. "Reasons more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Scientists Simulate Ant Swarms, Find a Single Ant Can Set the Colony in Motion Written by: Mindy Weisberger In ant colonies, a single ant can be the catalyst for a wave of mob activity, launching brief bursts of coordinated movement involving hundreds or even thousands of swarming workers, according to new simulations from New Jersey Institute of Technology. About three decades ago, biologists discovered that acorn ants in the s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds that AI Boosts Fossil Fuels More than Renewables * WASHINGTON, D.C. -A new peer-reviewed study in npj Climate Action, a Nature Portfolio journal, finds that when AI is applied to accelerate progress in the fossil fuel and renewable energy sectors, respectively, its fossil fuel applications enable more emissions than its renewable energy applications avoid. These additional emissions, which the study terms "enabl more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Researchers stack RGB gratings to create bright color displays for AR glasses * 11 August 2026 # New approach improves the brightness and power efficiency of near-eye display, supporting more compact, lightweight designs WASHINGTON -Researchers have developed a full-color near-eye display that uses three stacked holographic gratings, each engineered to direct red, green or blue light. The new design could help advance more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 11 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * UK symposium brings national researchers together to advance the future of the bioeconomy * The University of Kentucky Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment welcomed faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and industry collaborators across the country for the 2026 S1075 Symposium. Held in the new Martin-Gatton Agricultural Sciences Building, the sympo more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 12 -- The University of St. Thomas Houston campus issued the following news: * * * University of St. Thomas 2025-26 faculty awards The University of St. Thomas is proud to announce its 2025-26 faculty award recipients. St. Thomas Aquinas Excellence in Teaching Award: * Dr. Dan Hu Dr. Dan Hu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of St. Thomas, where she has taught since 2022. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration-Finance from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a Master of Science in Financi more PR