ITHACA, New York, Feb. 12 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Awards and honors: Newcomb prize, arts fellows and more * Cornell psychology researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand have won the 2026 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their 2024 article about using AI to combat conspiracy theories. The association's oldest award, the prize is given to the authors of an outstanding research article published in the jo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Feb. 10, 2026, by Olga Prokopieva, executive director of Russie-Libertes in Paris, France: * * * Militarization or Resistance -- The Choice for Young Russians Some young people resist Kremlin pressure to create a generation of Putin-supporting nationalists. The West must recognize and support them. * "Wars are not won by generals, but by schoolteachers," President Vladimir Putin said in 2023, i  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 12 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Class Action Litigation Team Joins Ballard Spahr, Firm Opens San Francisco Office * For media inquiries, please contact Will Ashenmacher at 612.371.5792. Ballard Spahr has opened an office in San Francisco -its 19th location-with the addition of a four-member litigation team led by Partners Stephanie A. Sheridan and Meegan Brooks. The group-which joins from   more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Hamm Institute for American Energy names Ewing a Distinguished Fellow * Media Contact: Dara McBee | Hamm Institute for American Energy | 580-350-7248 | dara.mcbee@hamminstitute.org Leading energy economist from Texas Tech University joins institute's growing network of scholars advancing American energy security The Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University recently announced  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Light-based sensor detects early molecular signs of cancer in the blood * Sensor combines DNA technology and quantum dots to detect ultra-low biomarker levels; potential applications in early cancer diagnosis, disease monitoring and virus detection WASHINGTON -Researchers have developed a highly sensitive light-based sensor that can detect extremely low concentrations of  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Feb. 11 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Samford Students Earn Multiple Awards at Southeast Journalism Conference * Samford University student media once again earned regional recognition at the Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC), with students bringing home multiple honors from the conference's annual "Best of the South" Awards this February. Samford students accepted five awards during the competition. The top individual finish for S  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 13 (TNSjou) -- Springer Nature, a research, educational and professional publisher, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2026: * * * Springer Nature responds to community feedback with its new journal series Nature Progress Supported by Nature Portfolio's in-house editorial expertise, Nature Progress journals will expand access to high impact publishing to more researchers. * Springer Nature today announced the launch of Nature Progress, a new Nature-branded j  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Feb. 12 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Study: Demographic forms can undermine sense of belonging in Latino Americans * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -The way Latino Americans' identity is represented on demographic forms can undermine their fundamental sense of belonging in the U.S., says new research by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign psychology professor who studies how people navigate exclusion and discrimination.   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Alcohol warning labels may not be reaching US adults, new research suggests Only about one in four adult alcohol consumers in the United States has read the federal alcohol health warning in the past month -- and even fewer remember what it says, according to new research led by Marissa Hall, PhD, associate professor of health behavior at t  more