YUMA, Arizona, July 24 (TNSjou) -- Arizona Western College issued the following news: * * * Dr. Hikmet Budak to serve as guest editor for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences Arizona Western College Director of Agriculture Dr. Hikmet Budak has been invited to launch a special issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences as a Guest Editor. "This special issue aims to address critical global food security challenges by transforming vast amounts of biological data into practical solutions for farmers," Dr. Budak said. " more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, July 23 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan Brush * Professor Emeritus Alan H. Brush, 91, of Stonington, an evolutionary biologist who specialized in feather proteins and taught generations of students during 30 years in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, died on July 12 after a brief hospitalization for ischemic stroke. Alan was a creative researcher and lab director in molecular biology whose interest in the evolution of feathers led to 7 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following testimony by Roger A. Mitchell Jr., president of the National Medical Association, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools." DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. * * * To Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, and the members of the Committee on Education and Workforce in the 119th Congress of the United States of America. I bid you greetings on behalf of the National Me more PR

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, July 23 -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: * * * SFA continues dolphin health research through leadership role in PHASM drone development project Stephen F. Austin State University continues its leadership role in drone-based dolphin health research using the Passive Health Assessment in Sea Mammals, or PHASM, platform in Galveston. PHASM is a one-of-a-kind airplane-style drone that can stealthily approach dolphins in the wild and vacuum in breath samples when the animals come up to breathe more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 23 -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Study reveals how networks of switches in DNA, which control gene expression, drive cancer growth * Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and other diseases, but they have yet to fully understand how enhancers work together to control gene expression more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 23 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * The hunt for a natural molecule that can release cellular energy * All cells in the human body - and the motions they enable, from our beating hearts to our wiggling toes - use energy generated by a molecule called ATP. Its energy is thought to be released to fuel cellular processes in only one way: when ATP's decomposition is initiated by enzymes, a specific class of proteins. Those natural enzymes are called ATPases, and their activity's reliance on ATP ma more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 23 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Study uncovers lost 'golden age' of languages A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago. By Mike Cummings A linguistic "golden age" flourished between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago when tens of thousands of languages were spoken throughout the world, according to a new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern that traces trajectories in global  more PR