LA JOLLA, California, March 11 -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Compound found in common herbs inspires potential anti-inflammatory drug for Alzheimer's disease Scripps Research scientists created a stable form of carnosic acid, observing greater memory function and other disease improvements in mice. LA JOLLA, CA--The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance," says Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. So it is fi  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 11 -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release: * * * Drug building blocks pave path to new sepsis treatments New study tested tiny fragments of future drugs and may lead to new therapies to treat this deadly disease The immune system typically can ramp up the body's defenses to clear out an invading threat without issue. Glitches can happen, however, with sepsis occurring when the mustered army of cells also attacks the body's own tissues and orga  more

MILPITAS, California, March 11 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * European Chips Diversity Alliance Hosts Future Proofing Access to Diverse Talent Event to Strengthen Semiconductor Workforce BRUSSELS, Belgium - March 10, 2025 - The European Chips Diversity Alliance (ECDA), a European Union-funded initiative coordinated by SEMI Europe, today announced a full-day event on March 27 dedicated to adv  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * Groups Defending Health and Environment File Appeal Challenging Hell's Kitchen Lithium Project Ruling Comite Civico del Valle and Earthworks filed an appeal on Friday, March 7, 2025, in California's 4th District Court of Appeal, challenging the approval of the Controlled Thermal Resources' Hell's Kitchen Lithium Project. The project, near the Salton Sea in California's Imperial Valley, has both potential benefits and   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 -- Pacific Environment issued the following news release: * * * Pacific Environment announces new California climate policy director Davina Hurt joined the climate team in January 2025 SACRAMENTO -- Pacific Environment welcomes Davina Hurt as its new California Climate Policy Director, effective January 30, 2025. Prior to joining Pacific Environment, Davina Hurt was appointed to the California Air Resources Board by Governor Gavin Newsom in December 2020 an  more

SANTA MONICA, California, March 11 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on March 6, 2025, to Foreign Policy: * * * How U.S.-Russia-China Ties Would Impact the Indo-Pacific By Derek Grossman Improved ties between the United States and its great-power rivals, Russia and China, appear to be imminent. The Trump administration is negotiating directly with the Kremlin in an attempt to end the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. President Donald Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin  more

OAKLAND, California, March 11 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release: * * * Religious Investors Win SEC Fight Over Indigenous Rights Resolution at banks The SEC has sided with an order of New Jersey nuns in a dispute with Wall Street bank Citi, which tried to stop shareholders from voting for a fourth year on their resolution on Indigenous rights. The SEC also re  more