CANBERRA, Australia, May 3 -- The Australian Academy of Science issued the following news release: The Academy welcomes the package of health and medical research initiatives announced today by the Federal Government, including the powerful Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) research missions that will be delivered through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Academy President, Professor Chennupati Jagadish, said the package recognises the power of science, expertise and   more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following Statement on May 2, 2024, by Vice President of Programs Anupama Joshi: * * * Statement of CSPI Vice President of Programs Anupama Joshi Historically, lawmakers have worked on a bipartisan basis to craft a Farm Bill that supports both consumers and farmers. A bipartisan bill can be a win-win for Republicans and Democrats alike. The detailed Farm Bill framework released today by Senate Agriculture Committee  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Women's health is often talked about in terms of major, life-altering events like pregnancy and menopause. A new study from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) underscores the importance of considering everyday occurrences' impact on women's well-being. CSHL researchers have made a surprising discovery involving urinary tract infections (UTIs). The scientists found that UTIs in mice ca  more

LAUREL, Maryland, May 3 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Two distinguished military leaders and strategists -- Gen. (retired) David Berger and Adm. (retired) Charles "Chas" Richard -- have joined the team of Senior Fellows at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Berger, the 38th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and Richard, former commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), bring decades o  more

MUNICH, Germany, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so far it has never been known that animals treat their wounds with healing plants. Now, biologists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany and Universitas Nasional, Indonesia have observed this in a male Sumatran orangutan who sustained a facial wound. He ate and repeatedly applied sap from a climbing plant with an  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: The Council of Institutions (COI) of Universities Space Research Association, which comprises representatives from each of USRA's 120 member institutions, elected new leadership, bringing together esteemed professionals from diverse academic backgrounds to further advance the organization's mission. Dr. Joan Ramage, hailing from Lehigh University, assumes the role of Chair of the Council of Insti  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 3 -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: The California Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce that Curator of Birds and Mammals Jack Dumbacher, PhD, has been appointed as one of five Patterson Scholars in Science and Sustainability. The honor recognizes Dumbacher's many scientific contributions, including documenting and studying rare poisonous birds; multiyear research on biodiversity's impact on Sierra forest wildfire resil  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 3 (TNSres) -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: Three distinguished institutions--the University of Notre Dame, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the University of Padua, Italy--recently joined the ranks of the prestigious Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Following their election by USRA's existing university members, these institutions were formally inducted into the Association on March 22, 2024, bol  more