PASADENA, California, Dec. 2 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Dana Murphy's Foremother Love is Published by Duke University Press * Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism, published by Duke University Press in July 2025 and authored by Dana Murphy, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and English, honors the writing of Phillis Wheatley (Peters)a Black woman who lived in colonial North America/New England in the latter half of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news: * * * Motor Fuel Prices - November 2025 * BTS 75-25 Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released monthly motor fuels prices for November 2025. In November 2025, the average price for regular motor gasoline was $3.05 per gallon; down 0.3% from October 2025 and down 0.1% from November 2024. By region, the average price for regular motor gasoline in N  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation posted the following news release: * * * NFWF Announces Nearly $12 Million in Grants from Long Island Sound Futures Fund * Connecticut (December 2, 2025) - The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and partners today announced nearly $12 million in grants to organizations and local governments to improve the health of Long Island Sound and its wildlife populations. The grants will leverage more than $8 million in matching  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Dec. 2 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2025: * * * RAPID + TCT 2026 to Make Boston Debut, Showcase the Future of Additive Manufacturing BOSTON -- RAPID + TCT, North America's largest additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial 3D printing event, heads to New England's April 13-16, 2026 at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center. With this flagship industry event, co-produced by SME and TCT Group, RAPID +   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Striped Bass are Struggling; UMass Amherst Biologists Know How to Help Reducing air exposure, fight times, water temps, as well as increasing angler education, are key to a sustainable fishery * While there are only four official seasons in the year, anglers in the Northeast recognize a fifth: striper season, the months from May to November when striped bass, which can grow up to 100  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Dec. 3 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * An Uncommon Collaboration: UConn Researchers Help CT Prepare for Wildfires 'No wildland fire in Connecticut should be a surprise at this point, given what we know' By Elaina Hancock Late in October of 2024, hundreds of fires were scattered across Connecticut, including the Hawthorne Drive Fire, which engulfed about 130 acres of land in Berlin and Meriden. As a result, the governor declared a state   more

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Queensland issued the following news: * * * Researchers build new antibody to target cancer cells Key points * Researchers engineered 'super natural killer' cells to help destroy hard-to-treat tumours such as triple-negative breast cancer. * The new antibody helps the immune system kill cancer more effectively while aiming to spare healthy tissue. * This approach could improve survival and quality of life by shrinking tumours with f  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Wakefield Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring * BOSTON - A Wakefield man pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. Daniel Loughman, a/k/a "Swiss," 40, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of methamphetamine and one count of conspirac  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 3 -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2025: * * * WPI Researcher Receives $542,500 Award to Identify What Makes Lyme Disease Tick Jeffrey Bourgeois will study role of human genes in inflammatory responses caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria * Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Jeffrey Bourgeois has been awarded a $542,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to identify genetic factors that inf  more