BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed comprehensive reviews of site cleanups at 14 National Priority List Sites (Superfund Sites) in New England, including four federal facilities, by performing required Five-Year Reviews of each site. The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 26 -- The European Journal of Nutrition, a journal that says it features nutritional sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2022 edition: Reviews: * Risk or benefit? Side effects of caffeine supplementation in sport: a systematic review * Effect of curcumin supplementation on exercise-induced muscle damage: a narrative review * Prevalence and novel risk factors for vitamin D insufficiency in elite athletes: systematic review an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: House prices fell nationwide in August, down 0.7 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI(R)). House prices rose 11.9 percent from August 2021 to August 2022. The previously reported 0.6 percent price decline in July 2022 remained unchanged. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly house price changes from July to   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 26 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: A new law sponsored by Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, establishing the Maine Redevelopment Land Bank Authority, has earned three awards for its impact on the revitalization of communities throughout Maine. LD 1694 has received the Outstanding Public Policy Award from GrowSmart Maine and been recognized as Project of the Year by both the Maine Association of Planners and the Northern New England Chapter of   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 -- NEJM Evidence, a peer-reviewed journal from New England Journal of Medicine Group that says it presents clinical trial design and decision-making, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2022 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Five-Year Analysis of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab or Placebo in Stage III Melanoma * Hypothermic versus Normothermic Temperature Control after Cardiac Arrest * Low-Voltage Myocardium-Guided Ablation Trial of Persist  more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: On the first floor of Hitchner Hall, two rooms sit side by side, the air thick with an almost tropical humidity and quietly gurgling with the sound of circulating water. Inside, racks of tanks hold tens of thousands of tiny fish. They are all zebrafish -- an inch-long relative of the minnow native to South Asia -- but a close look reveals their variations: transparent "Casper" zebrafish; fish dyed with   more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 26 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The University of Maine will partner with regional institutions to study climate change resilience of mobile home parks in the Northeast, thanks to funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) program, awarded more than $79,000 to Sean Birkel, Maine state climatolo  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2022: The University of Vermont is part of a new regional collaboration to study the climate-related vulnerabilities of mobile home park communities. With funding announced today from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)'s Climate Adaptation Partnership's program, the project brings together researchers from the Universities of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, as well as  more