ROLLA, Missouri, Feb. 3 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * 29 Missouri S&T researchers rank among world's top 0.05% of scholars * Researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the top 0.05% cited scholars in their specialty areas, recognized either for their lifetime of work or for research over the past five years, according to the 2025 Highly Ranked Scholars list developed by ScholarGPS. For lifetime rankings, Dr. Sajal Das, S&T's Danie  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Korea Rivals Taiwan in Chip Prowess Korea holds key positions in cutting-edge memory chips crucial for powering artificial intelligence, smartphones, and data centers. By Christopher Cytera Although Taiwan's Silicon Shield dominates global semiconductor manufacturing, South Korea is catching up and becoming equally indispensable. The key Korean advantage centers on high-per  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * The Start of the End? The End of New START We are passing an ominous milestone in global efforts to reduce nuclear weapons, writes Lynn Rusten, part of earlier US nuclear arms control negotiating teams. By Lynn Rusten It is a historic moment, and not in a good way -- on February 5, the last remaining bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia limiting strategic nuc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2026: * * * Economy Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Introduction The U.S. economy remains resilient. While the picture of economic activity last quarter is somewhat obscured by the shutdown-related delay of official government statistics - as well as some missing data for October - economic data received through January 30, 2026 suggest that growth remained solid in 4Q2  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 3 -- Lewis and Clark College posted the following news: * * * Liberal Arts Thinking Meets Entrepreneurial Action * Winterim sparked a wave of entrepreneurial energy as students gathered for Lewis & Clark's annual workshop and pitch competition, hosted by the Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership. Twenty-one students cut their winter break short to spend an intensive week on campus, diving into lectures, hands-on workshops, and team-based collaboration that t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy on Trump's Secret Deal with the UAE: The White House is a Non-Stop Corruption Machine * WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to demand accountability following new reporting that a firm controlled by the U.A.E.'s National Security Advisor secretly purchased a 49% stake in the Trump family's crypto venture, World Liberty Financial. The d  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 3 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska in the national news: January 2026 * University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty offered expertise on California's drought recovery and U.S. trade policy for national news stories in January. The stories were among 30-plus featuring Husker faculty, staff, administrators, students, centers and programs during the month. * Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the university's National Drought Mitigatio  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 3 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Scientists uncover why some brain cells resist Alzheimer's disease * Key takeaways * Tau is the most common protein that aggregates in neurodegeneration diseases. However, researchers had not determined why some types of neurons are affected more than others. * The work identified a protein complex called CRL5SOCS4 that marks tau for degradation. The findings suggest that strengthen  more