BOULDER, Colorado, June 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * First-ever airborne toxin detected in Western Hemisphere A field campaign on an Oklahoma feedlot to measure aerosols in the atmosphere yielded surprising results * Once in a while, scientific research resembles detective work. Researchers head into the field with a hypothesis and high hopes of finding specific results, but sometimes, there's a twist in the  more

ITHACA, New York, June 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * History Center exhibit chronicles excavation at Ithaca's 'Freedom Church' * For four years, nearly 100 Cornell students worked side by side with more than 30 Ithaca school children, guided by Cornell faculty, to unearth the 190-year history of Ithaca's St. James A.M.E. Zion Church one artifact at a time, through a community initiative between the church and the university. An exhibit of their findings, " Sacre  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, June 9 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * History of Art's Sylvia Houghteling Delivers 2025 Tomas Harris Lectures at UCL * Associate Professor of History of Art Sylvia Houghteling held the 2025 Tomas Harris Visiting Professorship at University College London. Each year, the UCL History of Art department invites an emerging scholar who has already made a significant contribution to art history and visual culture to give two public lectures and a s  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA Student Challenge Prepares Future Designers for Lunar Missions By Sumer Loggins, Johnson Space Center Office of Communications At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the next generation of lunar explorers and engineers are already hard at work. Some started with sketchbooks and others worked with computer-aided design files, but all had a vision of how design could thrive in extreme environments. Thanks to NASA's Student   more