WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The American Astronomical Society issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: The American Astronomical Society (AAS), a major international organization of professional astronomers, today announced the recipients of some of its 2025 prizes for outstanding achievements in research and education. The 2025 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Marcia Rieke (University of Arizona) for her fundamental co  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Jan. 18 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys represent Rapides Parish School Board in suit against federal rule changes jeopardizing student privacy, safety * * * ALEXANDRIA, La. - On behalf of a Louisiana school board serving more than 20,000 students, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the Biden administration for an unlawful and sweeping rewrite of five federal laws and polici  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law issued the following news: * * * ASU conference probes role of AI, algorithmic decision-making in access to civil and criminal justice * * * By Dolores Tropiano "Science and innovation have always been an important part of ASU Law," said Stacy Leeds, dean of Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. "So when Stanford University Law School and Georgetown (University Law Ce  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes, enormous amounts of energy are released, making active galactic nuclei, or AGN, one of the most energetic phenomena that can be observed in space. University of Arizona astronomers have now produced the sharpest direct images ever taken of an AGN in the infrared, using the   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Experimental, three-drug chemotherapy regimen didn't improve survival rates for patients, but treatment might still prove helpful for a small subset of patients. * * * The results of a clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that chemotherapy combining three different types of   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has obtained the most detailed images of a small galaxy and its surroundings, revealing features typically associated with much larger galaxies. The observations provide a rare, elusive glimpse into how small galaxies form and evolve, suggesting that the mechanisms fueling galaxy growth may be more universal than previo  more