BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 8 -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Aston University professors named as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences * Two Professors from Aston University named amongst 74 new fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences * Selection is through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact * The Fellowship reflects excellence in their respective fields and their substantial contributions to social science for public benefit. - Two professors from Aston University have be more PR

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Tozorakimab demonstrated statistically significant and highly clinically meaningful reduction in COPD exacerbations in OBERON and TITANIA Phase III trials Tozorakimab showed clinically meaningful benefits across blood eosinophil thresholds Full results published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2026 Tozorakimab Biologics License Application accepted un more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 7 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Dissecting the Argument: A New Book Teaches Critical Reading Skills for Science * Reading has been on the decline for decades. Researchers have documented falling rates of college students completing assigned reading since the early 1980s -well before smartphones, and long before an AI chatbot could summarize a journal article faster than you can microwave a burrito. Yet, when STEM majors begin research and advanced courses, they  more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Sept. 8 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Eat like me to look like me * Bodyand Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW) runs from 7-13 September Healthy eating content on social media may be promoting more than wellbeing, with new Flinders University research finding popular wellness posts often reflect attitudes and behaviours linked to orthorexia nervosa, an unhealthy obsession with eating foods considered healthy or pure. Analysing 300 popular TikTok and Instagram posts tagged #healthylife more PR

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, Sept. 8 -- Indiana State University posted the following news: * * * Indiana State University Announces 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees * Indiana State University is proud to recognize Joe Evelo, Rachel Leslie, and Steve Zink as the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. Honored for their professional achievements and commitment to their communities, this year's recipients will also lead the Blue and White Homecoming Parade as Grand Marshals. "Joe Evelo, Rachel Leslie, and Steve Zink exemplify the very b more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, Sept. 9 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: * * * Crull receives inaugural Curators' Outstanding Staff Award Author By Hasner, Velvet Publication date September 8, 2026 Kimber Crull, manager of internal and executive communications for Missouri University of Science and Technology, was one of six employees named a 2026 recipient of the inaugural Curators' Outstanding Staff Award. University of Missouri Board of Curators recognized six employees from across the UM System with this n more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Method Estimates Sea Surface Temps Quickly and Accurately Researchers have developed a method for extrapolating sea surface temperatures from sparse data that is significantly more accurate than other commonly used computational methods and slightly more accurate than the best-performing AI model, while taking a fraction of the time to train. The work has implications for both short-term weather forecasting and longer-ter more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education issued the following news: * * * Penn GSE Faculty Publications: Summer 2026 A look at some of the books, articles, and chapters published by Penn GSE faculty and researchers this summer. - How do Chinese mothers' visions for their children's futures shape how they parent today? What role can parents play in improving adolescent sleep? How do middle school teachers learn to coach their peers in history instruction? New publications from Penn G more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Soft and stretchy or rock solid? New modeling study sheds light on how the Earth got its moon * For its size and location in the solar system, Earth has a surprisingly large moon. But how exactly the blue planet got its companion has vexed researchers for a long time. Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute and the University of Arizona used state-of-the-art computational techniques that revealed fundamental differences in how the moon may more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Study finds that far-out solar system objects 'remember' their past * What can distant, tiny objects in space tell us about how our solar system formed? As it turns out, quite a lot. A pair of new studies, one of which was led by NAU Ph.D. candidate Anastasia Morgan, examined Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)-some of the most far-flung bodies in the solar system-in an effort to better understand how the system formed and how it has evolved. The studies more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Study predicts large disparities in access to food, water, and energy in 2050 * How will global access to food, water, and energy evolve in coming decades? A new study co-authored by MIT researchers suggests the answers could be very different depending on region, resource, and income. Based on extensive modeling of many different resource scenarios, the study finds that in some regions, lower-income people could be spending roug more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 8 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI simulations indicate large impacts may limit ocean formation in icy moons * September 8, 2026 -Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists provided simulations to understand the role disruptive impacts play on icy moons with subsurface oceans in our solar system. A recent paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy concludes that disruptive impacts can affect the presence and persistence of subsurface oceans  more PR

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 8 -- The University of Southern Mississippi posted the following news: * * * University Forum to Explore Religion, Politics, Literature and Music This Fall * Insights into Christianity and politics, ideas from a celebrated Mississippi author and screenwriter, and an iconic 20th-century rock band promise a thoughtful, rhythmic tone for the fall 2026 University Forum series at The University of Southern Mississippi. Presented by the Southern Miss Honors College with support from the Office of the President, t more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Research collaborations, Arthropodium success propel CAREMI forward By Tiffany Lee, Research and Innovation Arthropods are small, but they could play an outsized role in tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. That's the idea behind the Community for Arthropod Research, Education, and Materials Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Led by Husker researchers Eileen Hebets and Angela Pannier, CAREMI is built around the idea that ar more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: * * * Q&A: Could this discovery lead to a cure for glaucoma? By Zeina Mohammed, spr2jm@virginia.edu Researchers at the University of Virginia and Northwestern University have created a tool that could help cure glaucoma. Evan Scott, the director of UVA's Institute for Nanoscale Scientific and Technological Advanced Research, worked with collaborators to develop tiny particles that help drain fluid from the eye, reducing the pressu more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Upskilling for library workers * CHICAGO -Many of today's libraries and their workers are facing a skills crisis. By some estimates, an employee's current skills are only relevant for a maximum of five years, but other estimates put the longevity of current skills at only 18 months. Though it's crucial that library workers continuously upskill and reskill to keep up with technological changes, including those brought more PR

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 8 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * UToledo Researchers Develop AI Tool to Detect Osteoporosis Risk Using Existing CT Scans * Osteoporosis is often considered a silent disease, and for good reason. Most people who have it don't know until a bone breaks. That's the problem a University of Toledo research team is working to solve. Dr. A. Champa Jayasuriya, professor of orthopaedic surgery and bioengineering and director of orthopaedic research at UToledo, has spent years studying bone disease.  more PR

HAMPTON, Virginia, Sept. 9 -- Virginia Peninsula Community College issued the following news: * * * VPCC Math Professor's Article Featured in Prestigious Publication By: Belinda Baker Dr. S. H. Sathish Indika, a mathematics professor at Virginia Peninsula Community College, recently added another publication to his impressive scholarly resume. Indika and his longtime collaborator, Dr. Lawrence Leemis of William & Mary, published "Rational Function Horizontal Asymptote Crossings" in The Mathematical Gazette. The open-access manuscript becam more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Where anthropology meets disease * History not only lives in books. It can be found in the physical traces people leave behind, including their bones. A class at NAU teaches students how disease outbreaks can be understood through an anthropological lens, focusing on what human remains and historical accounts reveal about the spread of disease and the impact of epidemics. In ANT 105: Plagues, Bones and History, students study the relationship humans more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Xiaohong Chen named the Koopmans Professor of Economics Chen, who has made fundamental contributions to econometric methods, joined the Yale faculty in 2007. - Xiaohong Chen, a renowned scholar who has made fundamental contributions to econometric methods, has been named the Tjalling C. Koopmans Professor of Economics, effective July 1. She is a member of the Department of Economics in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and has an appointment at Yale Sch more PR