AMES, Iowa, April 7 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Future-proofing livestock vaccines by anticipating viruses' next moves The wave-shaped chart Ratul Chowdhury pulls up on a computer monitor in his office captures the evolutionary cat-and-mouse game his research lab is up against. The undulating curves track variants of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus, which causes a swine disease that annually costs the global pork industry m  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Eleven faculty earn professorships * Eleven University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors have been awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. Of the 11 awarded, two faculty members received University Professorships, which recognize those who have shown an extraordinary level of scholarly or creative achievement and clear potential for continuing accomplishments: * Joy Ca  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 7 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI pharmacy professor part of major federal microplastics effort * KINGSTON, R.I. -April 7, 2026 -University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and George and Anne Ryan Institute of Neuroscience Assistant Professor Jaime Ross is taking her extensive research into the scourge of microplastics to the nation's capital after being invited to join a nationwide $144 million program "to create the d  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 7 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * Wild Cam: Conserving mangy camelids in the Andes High in Peru's southern Andes, Alynn Martin was up early in the morning with the locals to round up vicunas from the surrounding arid plateau for haircuts. With a cup of tea made from coca leaves - the same plant used to produce cocaine--to treat altitude sickness, Martin watched the locals spread out in a line that stretc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Split shift: A surprising twist in the biology of aging A new Yale study of roundworms, a species with the unique ability to "regenerate," reveals that disruptions in the body's internal "map" of cellular organization may play a part in age-related decline. By Karen Guzman Andrew Verdesca has been studying the aging process since he was an undergraduate. As one of the "few universal human experien  more