CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 13 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * "I have yet to meet a professor that cares more for their students" * Since joining the faculty of MIT's Department of Political Science in 2012, F. Daniel Hidalgo, known to many as "Danny," has built a reputation as both a meticulous quantitative scholar and one of the department's most generous and steadfast mentors. A member of the 2025-27 Committed to Caring cohort, Hidalgo is  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 14 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * How does pregnancy affect myasthenia gravis? For female participants with myasthenia gravis, pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of serious flare-ups of the disease, or new or worsening symptoms, according to a study published May 13, 2026, in Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For a small percentage of people, the postpartum  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 13 (TNSjou) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Young children have long-lasting memories of vegetable smells experienced in the womb * A new study, including Aston University's Professor Jacqueline Blissett, examined the facial reactions of three-year-olds to the smell of kale and carrot * Those who had been exposed to kale in the womb were less likely to show negative facial expressions * Exposure to flavours in late pregnancy can result in long-l  more

LONDON, England, May 14 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about British Journal of Sports Medicine: * * * Combined exercise and HIIT linked to significant falls in blood pressure over 24 H But aerobic exercise most consistently linked to drop in high blood pressure at any time Evidence for non-conventional training such as recreational sport or pilates is more limited, pooled data analysis shows * Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval t  more

LONDON, England, May 15 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about The BMJ: * * * New drug approval pathway benefits industry over patients, argues expert Approval mechanisms must be grounded in patient need and population health * A new UK drug approval pathway, designed to speed up the availability of new medicines, benefits industry over patients and the NHS, argues an expert in The BMJ today. The pathway aligns regulatory review by the Medicines and Healthcare produc  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 14, 2026, by Alicia Chavy, vice president at Beacon Global Strategies, a national security fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and a board member of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum: * * * The Quantum Horse Race is Underway, With No Clear Favorite Quantum computing is often discussed as if it were a single technology charging toward a single finish line. In reality, it resemble  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, May 14 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * CLAS researchers' hearing care study named "Trial of the Year" by leading medical journal * A University of Iowa study on hearing care has been named Editor's Choice: Clinical Trial of the Year for 2025 by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Professor Yu-Hsiang Wu and Research Audiologist Elizabeth Stangl in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following information collection: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for rev  more

INDIANA, Pennsylvania, May 15 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * IUP Computer Science and Cybersecurity Program Ranked 8th in Nation Indiana University of Pennsylvania's computer science with cybersecurity emphasis program has been ranked eighth in the nation by Programs.com. IUP's program, the only program at a Pennsylvania public university selected in the top 10 programs in the nation, was recognized for both excellence and affordability. Programs.com   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Leiter honored with top law libraries association award * The American Association of Law Libraries announced that Richard A. Leiter, director of the Marvin & Virginia Schmid Law Library and the Marvin & Virginia Schmid Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, is the 2026 recipient of the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award -the Association's highest honor.  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 15 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * Health science faculty share how AI is re-shaping today's health care Through research and a speaker series, faculty keep Lipscomb abreast of the latest AI use in healthcare. Janel Shoun-Smith, 615-966-7078 Artificial intelligence has already transformed the healthcare world in ways both big and small, and Lipscomb's health science professionals of the future will be prepared to navigate that world thanks t  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * Melbourne's outer suburbs face stark healthcare access gap without a car, new study finds Melburnians who rely on public transport face poorer and unequal access to hospital care than those who travel by car, according to new research from The University of Melbourne. Published in the Journal of Transport & Health, the study finds that while hospital access by private car is relatively even   more

OXFORD, Ohio, May 14 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * Mike Crowder and Tom Poetter awarded the Benjamin Harrison Medallion * Miami University has honored two professors -Mike Crowder and Tom Poetter -with its most prestigious career faculty award, the Benjamin Harrison Medallion. The medallion is awarded annually for extraordinary and sustained contributions related to teaching, research, and service over the course of a career at the university. Crowder, associate pr  more

SINGAPORE, May 14 -- Nanyang Technological University posted the following news: * * * Near-invisible ultrathin solar cells that could turn windows into power generators * Imagine a car whose windows and sunroof can help top up its battery while parked under the sun, or a pair of smart glasses whose lenses can harvest light to power built-in electronics. Such applications could become more feasible with a new type of ultrathin transparent solar cell developed by scientists from Nanyang Tec  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, May 14 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * New study provides rule of thumb to estimate land sustainability in river deltas * As densely populated coastal communities struggle to keep up with rising sea levels, new research reveals a way to predict how river deltas build land and protect coastal regions from encroaching oceans. This insight will help engineers and policymakers estimate how much new land can be created or  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Kelly Morrison, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * OB-GYN and U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Leads Colleagues in Recognizing American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 75th Anniversary * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative and OB-GYN for more than 20 years Kelly Morrison (MN-03) led the U.S. House of Representatives in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Over the last  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 15 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: * * * ORISE Health Studies helping to resolve the "radiation risk debate" A recent article in Science, one of the world's most influential scientific journals, has reignited a long-running debate in radiation science: How much radiation protection is enough? The article, titled "Resolving the Radiation Risk Debate [science.org] (https://www.science  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 14 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Prior heart attack linked to faster declines in thinking and memory skills * Research Highlights: * People who survived a heart attack had 5% higher odds each year of developing cognitive impairment compared to people who have not had a heart attack. * Maintaining better cardiovascular health plays an important role in preserving normal brain function long term. DALLAS,  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 14 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Researchers help solve mystery of clockwork-like earthquake system deep beneath the Pacific * Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, a fault line on the seafloor has been generating magnitude 6 earthquakes with almost clocklike regularity for at least three decades. The earthquakes strike every five to six year  more

PLYMOUTH, England, May 14 -- The University of Plymouth posted the following news: * * * Study provides detailed assessment of shifts in toxin-producing phytoplankton abundance * Researchers in the UK have shown how the distributions of two phytoplankton groups - known to produce natural toxins that can halt shellfish harvesting - have changed in the North East Atlantic over the last six decades. Phytoplankton are single-celled microscopic algae that play an important role in the marine ec  more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 15 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * SUNY honors three at Upstate with Distinguished Faculty Rank Three Upstate faculty--Gregory Conners, MD, MPH, MBA; Stewart Loh, PhD, and Sherard Tatum, MD--have been named SUNY Distinguished Faculty by the SUNY Board of Trustees. The three will be recognized and honored at the Upstate Convocation Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 4 p.m. in Weiskotten Hall. The campus communit  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the following testimony by David Wiseman, president of Synechion Inc., Dallas, Texas, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals": * * * Distinguished Chairman, Ranking Member, and Committee Members. I am honored to discuss critical limitations in statistical safety s  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 14 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Synthetic biology leads to recyclable textiles * Your browser doesn't support the video tag. The textile industry produces a substantial portion of the world's waste. Only about 12% of fiber materials are recycled. Textiles also account for much of the microplastics in oceans. During every wash cycle, synthetic fibers shed microplastics that are flushed down the drain and eventually enter a  more

BRISBANE, Australia, May 15 -- The University of Queensland posted the following news: * * * Targeted therapeutics show promise in fighting off drug-resistant bacteria * Key points * Mitochondrial fission is a critical process in which mitochondria within cells split into smaller units to help the body to fight off invading bacteria. * Some bacteria have evolved strategies to stop activation of mitochondrial fission, allowing infections to persist. * Researchers found an experimenta  more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, May 14 -- California Polytechnic State University issued the following news: * * * Tiny Ocean Life Helps Scientists Estimate Whale Prevalence Off the California Coast * Top image caption: Humpback whales launch out of the water to feed on large schools of anchovies off the California coast near the Oceano Dunes. Photo by Joe Johnston A new approach to better assessing whale population data has emerged, led by a research team of marine biologists from Scripps Ins  more

LONDON, England, May 15 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Coal pollution is cutting solar power output Pollution from coal-fired power plants is significantly reducing the energy output of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) installations, particularly where these are expanding side by side, according to new research led by UCL and the University of Oxford. The new study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, mapped and assessed more than 140,000   more

LONDON, England, May 14 -- Wellcome, a charitable foundation, posted the following news release: * * * Wellcome launches world's largest global prize for mental health science * * The prize, in partnership with Nature, will celebrate breakthroughs in mental health science. It aims to accelerate translation, influence policy and transform lives * This award champions new pharmacological, psychological, social and digital interventions from around the world * The overall winner will rec  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, May 15 -- Yavapai College issued the following news: * * * Yavapai College Professor Nichole Guzzo Wins Dissertation Award Michael Grady Psychology Professor Nichole Guzzo earned her doctorate this year - and then some. Last Wednesday, the Arizona School Administrators (ASA) notified Dr. Guzzo's dissertation chair that her thesis was selected as the Top Dissertation from Arizona's universities in 2026. Dr. Guzzo wrote "The Interaction between Course Duration and Disciplin  more