RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 26 -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: "Congratulations to NASA on the successful return of its first asteroid sample to Earth! We were thrilled watching the OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) t  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: The Center for Biological Diversity will host an environmental and reproductive health film and webinar series every Thursday this fall beginning Oct. 5. The featured films are A Silent Transformation, Children of the Vine, We the Guinea Pigs and Climate Baby Dilemma. Watch each film for free and then join the webinars on Thursdays for live discussions and Q&As with people from the film  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: Local Arizona officials are praising U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani's (AZ-06) latest bill to stiffen federal penalties for smugglers involved in high-speed car chases with law enforcement. The proposed legislation would classify failure to yield as a felony and could lead to life sentences for smugglers if an officer is killed during such pursuits. You can find more information about the effort here  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Biomedical implants, such as breast implants and pacemakers, improve patient health and quality of life but may be rejected as foreign bodies. Suppressing production of an immune protein could reduce this risk. * * * To learn more about what causes the body to reject biomedical implants, a team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson identified a protei  more