MUNICH, Germany, April 7 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * "Better design instead of blanket bans" * Digital safety for children and youths US courts have ruled against platform providers for failing to protect children, and the debate over age restrictions for social media has gained momentum. An international group of experts from academia, children's rights organizations and non-profit institutions is convinced that bans would be the wrong approach.   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Rachel U. Greszler, senior research fellow in workforce and economics at Advancing American Freedom, and a visiting fellow in workforce at the Economic Policy Innovation Center, from a March 25, 2026, hearing entitled "Experience Matters: Seniors and the Workforce": * * * My name is Rachel Greszler. I am a senior research fellow in workforce and economics at Advancing American Freedom and a visitin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 (TNSxrep) -- Circana, a company that says it is a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, issued the following news release: * * * Demand Signals Report: Unlock CPG, Consumer Behavior Insights Monitoring the impact of macroeconomic factors, including tariffs, on volume, price, and supply in U.S. CPG. * Circana's Demand Signals report provides a comprehensive picture of how shifting consumer behavior impacts the U.S. consumer packaged goods sector.   more

LONDON, England, April 9 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Exdensur (depemokimab) approved in China for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) * Exdensur is the first and only ultra-long-acting biologic in China for CRSwNP * Approval based on ANCHOR trials showing clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in nasal polyp size and nasal obstruction * Patients with CRSwNP   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 9 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * A night of two national titles for U-M, as scientists and basketball players both triumph Team from Frankel Cardiovascular Center wins the STAT Madness virtual tournament for their work to understand and prevent deadly aortic aneurysms * Just hours after the University of Michigan men's basketball team won their national tournament,   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Molten salt chemistry converts consumer polymer into fuel * Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method to convert a commonly discarded hydrocarbon polymer into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels. The team has applied for a patent for the discovery, which treats polyethylene -the stuff of white cutting boards and s  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Senate Special Committee on Aging released the following testimony by Jason J. Fichtner, senior fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance, and a senior policy fellow of the Center for Social Development at the Washington University in St. Louis Brown School, from a March 25, 2026, hearing entitled "Experience Matters: Seniors and the Workforce": * * * Good morning, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand, and members of the committee. Thank you for invitin  more

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * NBC Sports' 2025-26 NBA Regular Season in Review: Innovations, Nostalgia, and Milestones With the conclusion of its regular-season schedule and with the 2026 NBA Playoffs beginning next week, NBC Sports is looking back at some of the innovations, nostalgia, and milestones of its first NBA regular season since the 2001-2002 season. Below is a recap of NBC Sports' 2025-26 NBA regu  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 8 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Penguin 'toxicologists' find forever chemicals in remote Patagonia * Two Magellanic penguins stand in a nest. Magellanic penguins at nest at in Patagonia. Researchers from the University of California, Davis attached silicone sensors to the penguins' legs, which were later analyzed by University at Buffalo researchers. Photo: Ralph Vanstreels/UC Davis Study from  more

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * Researchers urge stronger safeguards for health and medical science information * Editorial calls for greater responsibility in protecting the quality and integrity of scientific information amid rising technological and political pressures New York, NY | April 8, 2026: Editors of 20 medical, scientific, and health journals have published a joint   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- The University of Tennessee posted the following news: * * * UT Names New Governor's Chair for Quantum Devices * The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomes Deep Jariwala, a leading scholar in quantum materials and next-generation electronic devices, as the UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair for Quantum Devices. Jariwala, who will hold a joint appointment in UT's Tickle College of Engineering and at ORNL, will officially join both institut  more