ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, April 30 -- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * 'Nose Noticeability' Affects Facial Attractiveness, Reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Eye-tracking study highlights need for holistic facial assessment in rhinoplasty * Attractiveness of the nose affects how people view the face - with attractive noses actually drawing less attention than unattractive noses, reports a study in the May issue of Plastic and Recon  more

SWINDON, England, April 29 [Category: Business] -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news: * * * Air pollution exposure in the womb linked to slower development Babies exposed to high amounts of air pollution in the womb show worse signs of language and motor skills at 18 months than those exposed to lower levels.  The King's College London study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is the first to investigate pollution exposure and development in Greater London.  more

SWINDON, England, April 29 [Category: Medical] -- The Medical Research Council, a part of UK Research and Innovation, posted the following news: * * * Air pollution exposure in the womb linked to slower development * Babies exposed to high amounts of air pollution in the womb show worse signs of language and motor skills at 18 months than those exposed to lower levels. The King's College London study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), is the first to investigate pollution expos  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Berger Montague, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Berger Montague Minneapolis Team Featured for their Pro Bono Work on Behalf of ICE Detainees Almost All of Whom Have Been Released * MINNEAPOLIS, MN -Berger Montague, a leading national plaintiff law firm, represented more than 40 individuals detained during the ICE surge in the Twin Cities pro bono with habeas corpus petitions and filed a class action habeas case U.  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker Introduces Legislation to Review and Unwind Anticompetitive Corporate Mergers Approved Under Second Trump Administration U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, has introduced legislation to restore integrity and independence to federal antitrust enforcement. The Correcting Lapsed Enforcement  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 29, 2026, by President Anatoly Motkin and Regional Director Hanna Myshko, both of the StrategEast Center for a New Economy, and Jason Israel, senior fellow for the Defense Technology Initiative: * * * Blurred Borders: NATO Needs Answers to Hybrid Attacks An exercise testing NATO responses to hybrid attacks revealed a need for the West to be more nimble, and willing to mimic enemy tactics t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 28 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news: * * * Exploring the Forces Shaping Youth Sports In the latest episode of More Than Play: A Discussion with Professor Dionne Koller About Youth Sports, Professor Dionne Koller joins hosts Dr. Brian Feeley and Dr. Nirav Pandya to examine how law, policy, and politics influence the national youth sports landscape. Drawing on her recent book, More Than Play, Professor Koller offers insight into the structura  more

GOLD COAST, Australia, April 29 (TNSjou) -- Griffith University issued the following news: * * * Calls to improve drowning prevention efforts for portable pools A portable swimming pool can often be found in an Australian backyard, but new Griffith University research, conducted in partnership with UNSW Sydney, has discovered many parents and caregivers are unaware of safety requirements when it comes to portable pools, in particular legal obligations around fencing. Professor Kyra Hamilto  more

RARITAN, New Jersey, April 30 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Johnson & Johnson ushers in the next wave of innovation in cancer care with more than 20 clinical and real-world studies at ASCO 2026 * Late-breaking Phase 3 PROTEUS data for ERLEADA(R) (apalutamide) selected to open the ASCO plenary, signaling a potential paradigm shift for high-risk prostate cancer in patients receiving curative-intent surgical treatment * Results from MajesTEC  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, April 29 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Paper: Autonomous AI-based drug prescribing rife with potential problems A first-of-its-kind pilot program in Utah developed by a health-technology startup company uses artificial intelligence to automatically renew certain prescriptions for patients with chronic conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. But according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Ur  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Social media promotion, ease of access increase risk of adolescent inhalant misuse Two new studies offer insight into the factors that coincide with adolescent inhalant use in the U.S., a dangerous pastime that can have lifelong -or life-ending -consequences. The first report, described in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, found that millions of Americans w  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, April 29 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Stealthing survivors grapple with a "gray area" of sexual violation * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Nonconsensual condom removal by an intimate partner falls into a gray area of sexual violence, a traumatic experience that exposes survivors to health risks but one they often are expected to manage alone without medical assistance or legal recourse, a new study says. Study author Shaimaa Kh  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study: Faced with a hotter future, America needs better data and response plans A new paper from researchers at the University of Kansas looks at extreme heat events in the United States, arguing a combination of inadequate data and unclear delineation of responsibility among government agencies leaves the nation unprepared for a hotter climate. "We examined extreme heat events, such as heat wave  more