OTTAWA, Ontario, April 29 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on April 28, 2026: * * * Spring economic update wraps up old ideas as new projects Empowered with a majority government and new resource revenue, the feds are doing more of the same * On April 28, the federal government released its spring economic update, a fiscal update that comes halfway through the year between federal budgets. While economic updates are significantly less detailed t  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 28, 2026, by Christopher Cytera, senior fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * AI Transforms the Chip Industry The old semiconductor licensing model no longer suffices to power AI's ferocious appetite. * Over the past decade, a paradigm ruled the semiconductor industry. Britain's Arm produced the basic designs. American companies led by Apple, NVIDIA, and others designed the chips. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 28, 2026, by Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III distinguished fellow in strategy and statesmanship, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * It's Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran The establishment consensus is hardening. President Trump's war with Iran is the culminating disaster of the most d  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Immune Cells Rewire Themselves to Keep Battling Tumors in Nutrient Poor Environments * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pathology and Laboratory Medicine researchers uncovered how killer T cells - called CD8+ T cells - keep fighting inside tumors, where nutrients are scarce and conditions are harsh. The team found that rather than simply powering dow  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * The UAE Leaves OPEC * Key Takeaways 1 The United Arab Emirates will withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1 and chart its own course with regard to oil production through the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. 2 The UAE has been pursuing higher production, and has invested heavily to achieve a target of around five million barrels per day, but was only producing about 3.4 million   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Smithsonian Institution American Art Museum issued the following news release: * * * Landmark Exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Unites U.S. Bicentennial Photography Surveys for the First Time "Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial" Captures a Portrait of the Nation a Half-Century Ago * "Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together, for th  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * "Regional businesses say Iran war, Trump tariffs are increasing prices, hurting the economy" Businesses and community leaders in Northeast Ohio are sounding the alarm on the devastating impacts of President Trump's reckless war with Iran and his policies like tariffs that are hurting our economy and making life harder for working families and small businesses. Additionally, in this new survey, nonprofit com  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 29 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Scientists measure force of powerful jets streaming from a black hole in the Cygnus system The findings confirm a theory posed by UW-Madison researchers a decade ago.  By Chris Barncard An international team of researchers has measured the power of jets of particles blasted into space by black holes, a first that confirms a prediction made by University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomers a decade ago  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 29 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Study finds warmer streams may weaken river food webs * Rising stream temperatures may be weakening the foundation of river food webs by altering how carbon moves through these watery ecosystems. In a new study published in the journal Ecosphere, researchers from Northern Arizona University found that when water temperatures increase, microbes and aquatic insects process fallen leaves, twigs and bar  more