OXFORD, Ohio, April 23 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * Acton, Mancini, Soulliard, and Sutton receive Junior Faculty Scholar Awards * Miami Junior Faculty Scholar Awards for 2026 have been presented to Riley Acton, assistant professor of Economics; Rock Mancini, assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Zachary Soulliard, assistant professor of Psychology; and Jazma Sutton, assistant professor of History. University Junior Scholar Awards honor faculty members w  more

LIVERPOOL, England, April 23 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Atomic-level snapshots reveal how a key copper enzyme powers nature's chemistry * Researchers from the University of Liverpool, Japan, and Argentina have captured atomic-resolution images of an important copper-containing enzyme using advanced X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) technology at SACLA in Japan. XFEL technology generates ultra-bright, ultra-short X-ray pulses, enabling atomic-scal  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 23 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * Extra sets of chromosomes may help aggressive tumor cells spread, study finds * One of the biggest challenges in cancer research is understanding why some tumor cells become especially aggressive, invasive and resistant to treatment. Scientists have increasingly linked these dangerous traits to polyploid cancer cells -cells with extra sets of chromosomes -but exactly how those extra chromosomes hel  more

WURZBURG, Germany, April 23 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * How papayas benefit cocoa cultivation * Cocoa cultivation in so-called agroforestry systems is widespread in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. There, cocoa plants grow alongside other trees in the same area. The problem is that leaf-cutter ants also like to build their nests there. Cocoa farmers often consider these insects pests because they cut off leaves, flowers and fruits, thereby reducing c  more

PLYMOUTH, England, April 23 -- The University of Plymouth posted the following news: * * * Scientists explore whether plastic particles could be linked to significant rises in liver disease * There is considerable evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in the livers of humans and wild animal populations on land and in the ocean. Now experts in environmental and human health are investigating whether the presence of these tiny plastic particles in the liver is driving dise  more

ROHNERT PARK, California, April 24 (TNSjou) -- California State University Sonoma State University issued the following news: * * * As oceans change, gray whales enter riskier waters A Sonoma State graduate student is studying how climate-driven shifts are bringing gray whales into San Francisco Bay -- and into danger from vessel strikes * Josephine Slaathaug grew up in South Dakota, one of the most landlocked states in the country, where her early experience with animals came on a cattle r  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news: * * * Elusive seabird ID paves way for more citizen-backed discoveries A growing archive of photos, videos and recordings shared by the public is transforming conservation science. We know almost nothing about the subspecies of White-faced Storm Petrels living on a remote islet off the coast of New Zealand, except that they're extremely rare. Often referred to as Kermadec Storm Petrels, thei  more

PORTSMOUTH, England, April 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * The inconvenient truth about Chernobyl: "Humans are the real threat to nature" Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the nuclear disaster (April 26), a scientist who has spent 36 years unlocking Chernobyl's secrets shares his stories from the Exclusion Zone * Professor Jim Smith was a Green Party member at university, broadly anti-nuclear, when a reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine in April 19  more