CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on June 17, 2024: * * * Statement by Edwin Lyman, Nuclear Power Safety Director, Union of Concerned Scientists The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act (ADVANCE Act) as part of legislation to reauthorize federal firefighter programs this week. The bill, already approved by the House, would then go to the president for   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 18 (TNSres) -- The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: * * * Franklin Templeton, Vanguard, Ellevest, NB Private Wealth all contribute important ideas on not just the "why" but the "how" of helping clients make use of alts * * * The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the global professional body for the alternative investment industry, is today releasing its newest report: Crossing   more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release: The National Fire Protection Association(R) (NFPA(R)) announced that the article "Recurrent Convolutional Deep Neural Networks for Modeling Time-Resolved Wildfire Spread Behavior" was awarded the 2024 Harry C. Bigglestone Award. This prestigious award is given annually to the paper appearing in the journal Fire Technology that best represents excellence in communicating fire protection   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 18 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: * * * UCS Experts Available to Discuss Connection to Climate Change, Policy Solutions * * * A prolonged heatwave that began in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest is slated to continue to spread East this week and could endure through the end of June over much of the country. This expansive heat dome will affect people in most of the lower 48 states and Puerto Rico at some point over   more

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 18 -- Massachusetts Association of Realtors issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Association of Realtors(R) (MAR) has released its housing statistics for May 2024. Massachusetts saw a 26.3% increase in closed sales and a 25.2% increase in new listings for single-family homes from April to May. MAR data provided the following key indicators for May: * The median sale price for single-family homes increased by 7.3% to $660,000 and by 4.4% to $569,  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, June 18 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Things aren't always as they seem. Take pancreatic cancer, for example. In up to one in 10 cases, researchers have documented a peculiar characteristic. Some of the pancreatic cells appear to have lost their identity. It's as if they forget what they are. Former Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) postdoc Diogo Maia-Silva, now at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains: * "This is v  more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release: The National Fire Protection Association(R) (NFPA(R)) announced that the project on Validating Cleaning Procedures for Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was awarded the 2024 Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal. This prestigious award recognizes a project completed in the previous year that best exemplifies the Research Foundation's fire safety mission, commitment to   more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release: The National Fire Protection Association(R) (NFPA(R)) announced that William E. Peterson, senior vice president at Strategic Government Resources, was awarded the 2024 Standards Medal. This prestigious award recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to fire safety and the development of NFPA codes and standards. It is the most distinguished award given by the NFPA Standards Counci  more