SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 4 -- The Australian Universities Admissions Centre issued the following news release: TENS of thousands of proactive HSC students have already taken a big step toward their futures, submitting their university applications well before their final exams, according to the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). So far, more than 41,500 Year 12 students from NSW and the ACT have applied through UAC for tertiary studies starting in 2025. And they're not the only ones planning  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and a diverse coalition of 100 civil rights, human rights, press freedom, and legal organizations today sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO) that condemns their recent politically-motivated attempt to pressure the Internal Revenue Service to illegally revoke the tax-  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey New England Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5080) on Sept. 27, 2024, entitled "Estimating Groundwater Level Records Using MOVE.1 and Computing Monthly Percentiles from Estimated Groundwater Records in Massachusetts". The report was written by Elizabeth A. Ahearn and Dee-Ann E. Crozier. * * * The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey New England Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5081) on Sept. 30, 2024, entitled "Evaluation of the Lakes and Impoundments Drought Index for the Massachusetts Drought Management Plan". The report was written by Travis L. Smith. * * * The condition of surface water storage in lakes and impoundments is used as an index of drought in the Massachusetts drought management plan. The U.S. Geol  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey New England Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5090) on Sept. 26, 2024, entitled "Simulated Mean Monthly Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Loads in Watersheds on the North Shore of Long Island Sound, 1993-2022". The report was written by Janet R. Barclay, Madeleine J. Holland and John R. Mullaney. * * * Elevated nitrogen loads are pervasive in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that recei  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news: * * * New Multi-Year Partnership Includes Continued Carriage of NBCUniversal's Broadcast and Cable Networks and Peacock Premium for Spectrum Video Customers at No Additional Cost * * * NBCUniversal and Charter Communications, Inc. announced a holistic content distribution agreement that further transforms the rapidly shifting video landscape by adding NBCUniversal's Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * Event aimed to foster collaboration and learning around the implementation of reproductive health services on college campuses as required by Public Act 23-41 * * * The Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity (CWCSEO) hosted a reproductive health care accessib  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 4 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $425 million in support of a proposal to connect clean, reliable wind energy from Aroostook County to the rest of Maine, as well as the New England electric grid. The project, proposed by Avangrid, must still be selected by the state's Public Utilities Commission, which is conducting a procurement for transmission and wind from northe  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news release: In a recently awarded grant project led by The University of Alabama, researchers will upcycle agricultural and industrial waste into affordable and greener construction materials. The collaborative effort across four universities in three states is designed to also create new revenue sources in each of the participating states. The project, "Transforming Wastes Into Economic Assets for Sustain  more