CEDARVILLE, Ohio, March 23 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Abigail Foster Combines Faith and Hospitality at Walt Disney World By Charis Marshal, Student Public Relations Writer  In the lobby at Disney's Pop Century Resort, Cedarville University junior Abigail Foster helps families check in, solve travel problems and find small ways to make a big trip feel personal. Foster, an accounting major from Orlando, Florida, has combined her creativity, leadership and passi  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 23 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Anderson Professor and UNM recognized in Information Systems Journal Rankings * UNM Anderson Distinguished Professor, Xin (Robert) Luo, Ph.D., was recently ranked No. 1 globally for his publications across the 11 Association for Information Systems (AIS) premier journals for 2023-2025 by AIS Research Rankings. Additionally, UNM was also ranked no. 6 by AIS Research Rankings for publications in   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Biosensor detects early fungal outbreaks, advances plant biotechnology * A new biosensor developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory detects the emerging presence of fungus on plants at the molecular level, paving the way for next-generation crop protection and the development of stress-tolerant plants. The innovation advances tech  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary by democracy fellow Elena Davlikanova: * * * Ukraine's World-Beating Combat Library Opens for Business After more than a decade of war, Ukraine has unparalleled data on modern warfare, which it is making available for military AI development. * Ukraine's friends will be allowed to train artificial intelligence systems on real battlefield datasets gathered during the war with Russia, the Ministry   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on March 23, 2026, by Enrique Dans, senior fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * The War of the Algorithm Artificial intelligence makes it possible to target an enemy's leaders and conduct mass surveillance. * The war in the Middle East represents a new model of conflict: the priority objective is no longer to destroy military units or conquer territory, but to identify, locate, and elimina  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSbrep) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: * * * EWG's 2026 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce finds widespread PFAS pesticide residue on non-organic fruits and vegetables Nearly 60% of Clean Fifteen produce samples had no detectable pesticide residues compared to 96% of Dirty Dozen samples * The Environmental Working Group today released its 2026 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, finding ongoing widespread pesticide re  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 23 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Faculty Focus: Prasit Bhattachayra, College of Arts and Sciences * Prasit Bhattacharya joined the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences in August 2022 as an assistant professor, after serving as a post-doctoral fellow at Notre Dame. Originally from India, Bhattacharya was drawn to New Mexico State University due to its high-intensity research environment which supp  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch said in a letter to attorney general Richard Hermer that the UK government should clarify what safeguards are in place to ensure compliance with international law in relation to US military strikes on Iran launched from British bases. The organization raised concerns about potential UK responsibility under international humanitarian law and state responsibility rules if its support contributes to unlawful attacks or civilian ha  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 23 -- Emory University posted the following news release: * * * New research led by Emory reveals major person-to-person differences in release of infectious virus into the air * A new study published in the scientific journal Cell provides the clearest evidence to date that people infected with influenza actively expel infectious virus into the air and that the amount released varies enormously between individuals. Using a newly developed air-sampling system in a con  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * PFAS--'forever chemicals'--directly shown to alter thyroid structure and function * Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are used across industries, and are present in waterproof clothing, makeup, carpets, upholstery, cookware, fast-food containers, and myriad other items we encounter in our daily lives. PFAS are known for their confirmed and potentially detrimental hea  more

LONDON, England, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Landmark trial on whole blood transfusion published in NEJM The results of a landmark clinical trial on the use of whole blood transfusions in pre-hospital trauma care have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. * Major trauma kills more than 5,400 people every year in the UK (NHS, 2024). Early blood transfusion at the scene is known to improve survival, but until now, ther  more

ITHACA, New York, March 23 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Scientists engineer E. coli to monitor arsenic * Cornell scientists have engineered E. coli to act as a sensitive biosensor for monitoring environmental arsenic, a toxic pollutant most notably found in rice paddies in Southeast Asia. A new study provides a proof of principle for a potentially cheap living sensor that can record even transient arsenic exposure under anaerobic conditions, preserve this informat  more

BATH, England, March 23 -- The University of Bath posted the following news: * * * Volunteer UK and US fighters in Ukraine face hidden health crises - new study * Former soldiers who have served as volunteer fighters in Ukraine experience high levels of mental and physical health difficulties yet are rarely able to access the healthcare they need, either during or after deployment, a new study finds. The research, which was led by Dr Victoria Williamson from the Department of Psychology at  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 24 (TNSjou) -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * Diamonds are not a geoengineer's best friend WashU researchers find that diamond dust is not ideal for strategic stratospheric aerosol injection By Leah Shaffer The field of solar geoengineering revolves around the idea of cooling the globe via the injection of aerosols to reflect sunlight or to thin clouds. One such strategy, stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), aims to mimic the  more