ITHACA, New York, April 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery * To save money, Rachel Fordyce parked her car for free at Ithaca's East Hill Plaza and walked through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab on Cornell's campus. One spring day in 2022, she walked in to work with a jar full of bees. "These are all over the cemetery," she told her boss, Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology in  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 13, 2026, by senior resident fellow Elly Rostoum: * * * The New National Security Risk: Biotech Both the US and Europe are embedding biotech data into national security policy. * In December 2025, the US Congress passed the BIOSECURE Act, reclassifying human biological data as a strategic asset and a national security priority. That same month, the European Commission proposed the EU Bio  more

WURZBURG, Germany, April 13 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * Global warming is changing the hatching of bees and wasps * Most wild bees hibernate as pupated larvae in their cocoons in the ground, in wood or in other protected places. Species emerging early in spring hibernate as fully developed adults in the cocoon, while species emerging later in summer will still need to finish development during spring. Climate change is altering the timing of insec  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou researchers building 'green' protection for fragile enzymes The new water-based process -- an example of green chemistry -- could reduce or eliminate toxic organic solvents from the manufacturing of medicines, biofuels and food. * Enzymes are nature's tiny powerhouses, helping with everything from digesting food to making it quicker and safer to produce medicines, food and ren  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State students publish paper validating optimal caffeine dosage for newborns with heart disease * BOZEMAN -Montana State University students published a paper alongside Duke University researchers in the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics this spring, validating a study on the optimal caffeine dosage for newborn babies with congenital heart disease. External validation means the   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 13 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * New research sheds light on the path of neurodegenerative diseases * The mechanics of the onset of cancer or neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease or ALS remain a mystery. Scientists associate these diseases with an increase in unstable molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells, but they don't fully know why they form or why these molecules might pose a problem. T  more

LONDON, England, April 14 -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Scientists identify a potential new treatment option for lobular breast cancer A drug currently being tested in clinical trials for a rare blood cancer could also be used to treat lobular breast cancer, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Research. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found that the drug - a LOX inhibitor - can slow the growth and spread of lobul  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * Smithsonian Research Associate Discovers Ants Assemble To Be Picked Clean by 'Cleaner' Ants, a Novel Insect Behavior The Interaction, Which Resembles How Cleaner Fish Pick at Other Species of Marine Fish, Was Observed in the Arizona Desert * In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the ne  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 13 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Showing the math for Earth's first - and sudden - spark of life Inspired by a Yale undergraduate science class, a new study uses math to suggest that the spark of life on Earth happened quickly - once the conditions were right. By Jim Shelton Isolating the first spark of life on Earth is a matter of biology, geology, and chemistry - but it's also an amazing math problem. At least, that's how Varu  more