WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Wideman Pools (Festus  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology released the following testimony by Susan Helper, Carlton professor of economics at the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Robots Made in America: Advancing U.S. Leadership in Manufacturing and Automation": * * * Chairman Obernolte, Ranking Member Stevens, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the op  more

BOULDER, Colorado, May 1 (TNSjou) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Phase of El Nino-Southern Oscillation foreshadows U.S. wildfire activity up to a year in advance New CIRES and NOAA research shows a link between cool La Nina phases and increased wildfires * The Pacific Ocean's El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is arguably the most influential climate driver on Earth. Its cycles of warm and cool waters in the central and   more

COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Ursinus College issued the following news: * * * Environmental partner and visionary philanthropist honored * Each year, the Philadelphia Business Journal spotlights impactful charitable collaborations through its Partners in Philanthropy Awards. The program expanded last year with the introduction of a Faces of Philanthropy category, honoring individuals who help drive these efforts forward. In 2026, the publication recognized 26 partnerships and 10 i  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, May 1 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FAU Study Reveals How Camels 'Beat the Heat' at the Cellular Level Study Snapshot: Living organisms must constantly adjust to changes in their environment, and temperature is one of the most important stressors they face. Even small shifts in heat can disrupt cellular balance and alter how genes function. As climate variability and extreme  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 30 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Forecasting with Fins: Sharks can improve ocean temperature predictions, new study finds * Research demonstrates how animal-borne sensors can work in tandem with traditional tools to improve ocean predictions. Woods Hole, Mass. - A new study, " Improved seasonal climate forecasting using shark-borne sensor data in a dynamic ocean " published in the jo  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 30 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health posted the following news: * * * Gillings School honors 7 faculty members for teaching innovation * Students at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health voted last month to select the School's most innovative classroom teachers. First presented in February 2012, the Teaching Innovation Awards honor faculty members who students feel "improve the learning environment at th  more

LONDON, England, April 24 (TNSjou) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Mice with respiratory infections could offer insights to help stop cancer spreading By Samantha Rey Studying how mice respond to infection by respiratory viruses may hold the answers to inhibiting the spread of metastatic breast cancer, according to a new study. Metastatic cancer is when the disease has spread from the area it started to other areas of the body. The lungs are one of the most commo  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on April 30, 2026, by non-resident fellow Christopher Nye in its China Brief: * * * State-Driven Nuclear Expansion is Winning Energy Race Executive Summary: * The People's Republic of China (PRC) now commands the world's largest overall nuclear construction pipeline, placing Beijing on a credible path to surpass the United States in operable nuclear capacity before 2030. * Policy continuity--including the 2024 En  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, April 30 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * Northumbria nursing lecturer named Nurse Educator of the Year at prestigious national awards * A Northumbria University academic has been named Nurse Educator of the Year at the British Journal of Nursing Awards 2026 -one of the most prestigious honours in UK nursing. Dominic Simpson, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Northumbria's School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences, received th  more

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, April 30 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Senior Completes First-of-Its-Kind Exercise Science Internship in Spain * by Elisabeth Coon, Student Public Relations Writer As careers in health, fitness and sports performance continue to grow, Cedarville University senior Cassi Shields is gaining the kind of hands-on experience many students hope for -in another country, another language and a completely new culture. What began as a desire to combine   more

KOLN, Germany, April 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release: * * * Fungi utilize ancient antimicrobial proteins to attack hosts and their microbiomes A team of plant researchers at the University of Cologne decodes a key infection strategy of fungal pathogens. Significant findings for disease control, plant protection and food security as well as for medicine * An international research team led by Cologne-based plant scientist Professor Dr Bart Thomma f  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * In mice, viruses gain virulence in some individuals, depending on genetics and sex Influenza virus appears to gain virulence more quickly as it evolves through female hosts, according to research led by U biologists. * During the early stages of a pandemic, viruses tend to evolve in ways that enhance their ability to reproduce and spread, rather than to evade the host's immune syst  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 1 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Update on FDA Advisory Committee vote on camizestrant in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor for advanced HR-positive breast cancer The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) did not reach a majority vote in favor of the benefit risk profile of AstraZeneca's camizestrant in combination with a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor (p  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 30 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Jennifer Gandhi named Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Faculty Development in FAS Gandhi, a political scientist, will serve as the FAS dean of faculty development for a five-year term. Jennifer Gandhi, a scholar of comparative politics and political economy and deputy dean of Yale's Jackson School of Global Affairs, has been named the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Faculty Development in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sc  more