ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 25 -- Mercer University posted the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2026 * #Stetson-Hatcher School of Business Astrid Loretta Ayala, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and finance, presented the article "Score-driven Markov-switching models of scale and shape parameters: an application to the Indian stock market" at the International Conference on Empirical Economics at Penn State Altoona held on Aug. 1. The article is co-authored with Szabolcs Blazsek, Ph.D., professor of economics,  more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Researchers Zap Microbe DNA in the Name of Food Safety By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Researchers are gauging the effectiveness of electron beams in the fight against foodborne illness pathogens in poultry. "Impact of Electron Beam (eBeam) Treatment on Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Ground Chicken and Turkey," was published in the August 2026 edition of the journal Poultry Science. At the heart of the s more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Aug. 25 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Up in Smoke: New Research Document Widespread Implications of Smoke After Wildfire * Guttering flames and smoldering trees leave behind obvious marks, but new research shows that the wildfire smoke itself can have far-reaching and long-lasting impacts on natural systems, according to two new studies from Janice Brahney, a biogeochemist from the Department of Water, Earth, & Environmental Sciences and the Ecology Center. Rain can turn smoke particles into fertili more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 25 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release: * * * Wildfires don't just pollute the air, rain may turn its smoke into fertilizer * Wildfire smoke is usually discussed as an airborne pollutant and a threat to human health. But when smoke and rain coincide, nutrients released by burned landscapes rain back down. A new study finds that smoke-rain events can deliver large bursts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium-three nutrients essential to life-across ecosystems in the United States. As wildfi more PR

WAYNE, New Jersey, Aug. 25 -- William Paterson University posted the following news: * * * William Paterson Student Researchers and Biology Professor Kelley Healey Identify Potential Target for Combating Drug-Resistant Fungal Infections * #Their resulting article has been published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum Dr. Kelley Healey works with one of the group's drug susceptibility assays in her lab. Five William Paterson University student researchers working alongside Associate Professor of Biology Kelley Healey have identified a bi more PR