WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Fund for American Studies issued the following news: * * * Beyond the Campus: Student Journalists Bridge the Gap to National Newsrooms Representing 24 schools from across the country, more than 45 aspiring journalists recently met in Dallas for the inaugural TFAS Student Journalism Honors Conference. The TFAS Student Journalism Association--a program of the TFAS Center for Excellence in Journalism--presented young conservative, libertarian and independent journalists   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 7 -- Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: * * * Introducing Ecotech, Nature's Innovation Accelerator The field unites principles in biology, engineering and earth sciences to develop scalable solutions to urgent environmental, social and economic challenges. * An international research team has developed a roadmap for an emerging field of technology called ecotech, which draws inspiration from nature to create scalable sol  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * How trees in urban areas are key to cooling down a warmer world * Planting new forests may be a low-cost way to combat warming temperatures in urban areas, suggests a new study. In a large-scale field experiment, researchers planted 640 tree saplings across 20 parks in Dayton, Ohio, and implemented varying irrigation methods. After monitoring sapling survival, growth and health in response to their irrigation m  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, May 6 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * More structural protein can make tumors softer, the inverse of how lab tumors are made, study finds Higher levels of the structural proteins collagen and fibrin around a tumor counterintuitively make the tissue softer -the opposite of conventional thinking, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that the interplay of these proteins can   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Carey Coleman * "Emilia Sykes serves Northeast Ohio with one goal: delivering real results for the community she calls home. Meanwhile, Carey Coleman is running on dangerous policies hurting everyday Ohioans. An extremist through and through, Coleman would rubber-stamp Donald Trump's toxic agenda that's gutting health care and raising costs on hardworking families. C  more

LONDON, England, May 6 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Second huge tsunami caused by climate change in two years The side of a mountain slid into an Alaskan fjord last August, producing a tsunami 481 metres high, the second highest ever recorded, according to a new study involving a UCL researcher. The tsunami occurred in the Tracy Arm fjord in southeastern Alaska, a popular spot for cruise ships, but no ships were caught in the wave and no one was   more

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, May 7 -- West Liberty University issued the following news: * * * West Liberty University Faculty and Students Participate in 100th Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science West Liberty University faculty and students participated in the 100th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science, held April 18 at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, West Virginia. The annual meeting, which marked a historic centennial for the organization, brought together facul  more