WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * 45 Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: IPS Packaging and Automation (Greenville, South Carolina) -- Ex more PR

GUILFORD, England, Aug. 26 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Benefits of bird song reduced due to traffic noise * Traffic noise disrupts recognised benefits of bird song and other sounds from nature, a new study from the University of Surrey reports. Credit: Andyworks via GETTY During this study, Surrey researchers investigated the acoustic characteristics of natural soundscapes containing birds on psychological wellbeing and whether these wellbeing benefits would be impacted by traffic noise. Natura more PR

NOTTINGHAM, England, Aug. 26 -- The British Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * BGS research into drought-exposed soils wins award * The summer drought experienced by the UK in 2022 produced significant speculation about how it may affect the country's soil resource. This event highlighted knowledge gaps regarding the wider impacts of drought on soil properties and functions in temperate soils. In 2024, BGS scientists, in collaboration with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, published a review that pulled togeth more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- The George Mason University College of Public Health posted the following news: * * * Childhood adversity may put women at higher risk for postpartum depression years later * George Mason study suggests current depression screening misses some women at greatest risk. The effects of childhood trauma may persist for decades, resurfacing during one of life's most demanding transitions: becoming a mother. A George Mason-led study found that women who had experienced multiple forms of adverse childhood experiences more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 26 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Concrete helps fight carbon emissions from cement production, just not as well as hoped * Key takeaways * A massive carbon footprint. Cement production accounts for roughly 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions. * Concrete can't keep up. Concrete naturally absorbs CO2, but the the process offsets less than 10% of the cement industry's annual emissions. * Cut emissions up front. Researchers say the most effective solutions are te more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article: * * * Repo Markets and the Fed's Balance Sheet: Implications for Monetary Policy Implementation By Sriya Anbil, Alyssa Anderson, Lucy Cordes, and Romina Ruprecht/1 1. Introduction As the Federal Reserve (Fed) navigates periods of balance sheet expansion and reduction, it has become increasingly important to understand how changes in the size and composition of Fed assets affect short-term funding markets. The overnight Treasury repo market is central to this more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 27 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * Gardiner Lecture presented by nutrition researcher Yanni Papanikolaou Nutrition researcher will explore what large-scale data can--and cannot--tell us about protein, dietary patterns and long-term health By Kelsey Stremel, College of Agriculture Spend enough time reading nutrition headlines, and nearly every food eventually becomes either a hero or a villain. Eggs are in, then out. Carbohydrates are essential, then suspect. Animal and plant proteins are more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- King's College London issued the following news: * * * Researchers map the development and behaviour of B cells in melanoma Researchers have created one of the most detailed maps to date of how white blood cells called B cells develop and behave inside melanoma tumours, a type of skin cancer. The study, led by King's College London and published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, provides new insights into how B cells develop, organise and interact within the melanoma tumour micro more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Tool Uses AI to Help Undergraduates Think Critically About Research An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed and demonstrated a step-by-step framework called Socratic Challenger that uses artificial intelligence to help undergraduate students cultivate critical thinking skills. Specifically, the framework uses AI as a collaborator to develop research questions that can be pursued in laboratory or classroom s more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Outside Days 2026 Generates Record-Breaking $42.15 Million Economic Impact for Colorado * DENVER - Colorado-based Outside Days, the nation's premier outdoor recreation conference and festival by Outside Interactive Inc., contributed $42.15 million to Colorado's economy in 2026, a 17% increase over 2025 and 163% cumulative growth since the inaugural event in 2024. Over just three years, Outside Days has contributed close to $100 million to Col more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 27 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Princeton summer programs help high school, community college, veteran, transfer and other students to thrive in college and beyond By Emily Aronson, Office of Communications and Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications Vincent Zeferino, a first-generation college student from Elizabeth, New Jersey, attended his first college-access summer program on Princeton's campus last year as a community college student. This summer he returned for a second prog more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 26 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Some assembly required, with machine learning * Machine learning doesn't replace human intelligence, but it can outlast human endurance, which makes it a very helpful tool for chemistry and material discovery. Scientists know the machine learning models can make predictions based on the vast reams of data it is trained on, but can it take it a step further and massively scale up testing out those predictions? "We already see that AI is power more PR

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Aug. 26 -- The Technical University of Denmark posted the following news: * * * Tides can be mapped much more locally using a new method based on satellite images * A new study with contributions from DTU Space could pave the way for more localized tidal models and better forecasts. The method could provide us with a better understanding of remote areas such as Greenland. Morten Garly Andersen Simon Koefoed Toft When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire  more PR