ORANGE, California, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Chapman University issued the following news: * * * New Biomaterial Could Improve Tissue Repair and Healing The study, led by undergraduate researchers, explores how synthetic materials can better support healing Nicole Bigley A team of Chapman University researchers - which included several undergraduates - has developed a new biomaterial that mimics the body's natural tissue environment. The work is in its early stages, but the findings point to pote  more

RIVERSIDE, California, June 3 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * How honeybees really crown their queens * For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created through a more elaborate process. Young worker bees construct specialized nursery chambers complete with custom wax, warmer temperatures, and de  more

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- James Cook University issued the following news release: * * * New mantises planking their way to urban dominance A team of JCU scientists have discovered and named three new 'leaf-planking' praying mantis species and recorded another mantis species turning up far from its assumed habitat. JCU PhD candidate Matthew Connors recently discovered and named three new Snake Mantis species from the Kongobatha genus(K.serpens, K.spinosistyla and K.rufilinea)  more

LIVERMORE, California, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL's Forensics Science Center develops a new capability to detect chemical weapons In the aftermath of suspected chemical attacks, investigators from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) step in to collect chemical, environmental and biomedical samples. Thorough forensic laboratory analysis of these samples is essential fo  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 3 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * New Research in the American Journal of Public Health Links Ultra-Processed Food to Chronic Disease, Corporate Influence, and Growing Calls for Government Action * New Research in the American Journal of Public Health Links Ultra-Processed Food to Chronic Disease, Corporate Influence, and Growing Calls for Government Action  Leading academic researchers e  more

NEW YORK, June 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Newfound 'Switchboard' Helps the Brain Form New Memories Without Forgetting Older Ones * T he brain may reuse some cells to store many different memories without mixing them up with or erasing older memories, a new study in mice suggests. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the study revealed that about one in four memor  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Organized microbial 'workforces' keep Earth's underground biosphere running Underground ecosystems consistently assemble into functional microbial guilds * Scientists repeatedly sampled microbes from six sites up to 1.5 kilometers deep across four years inside a former goldmine * Microbial ecosystems appear to be structured around shared functions rather than shared species * Each ecosys  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 3 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Researchers find carcinogenic chromium-6 in Palisades, Altadena fire cleanup zones * A carcinogen with potentially serious impacts on human health was found in neighborhoods in the months after the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires and may have spread to communities as far as 6 to 9 miles downwind of the fire zones, according to newly published work by researchers at UCLA and UC Davis.   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Mariannette Miller-Meeks * "Mariannette Miller-Meeks doesn't represent the people of Iowa, she represents the Washington special interests who cut her campaign checks. At every opportunity, she sides with them over Iowans: falling in line to rubber stamp policies that are raising costs on Iowans while enriching the drug and insurance companies with billions in speci  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Tom Kean Jr. * "Self-serving career politician Tom Kean Jr. has completely betrayed New Jersey by putting himself, Donald Trump, and his D.C. party bosses ahead of his own community. Kean Jr. promised one thing on the campaign trail to get elected, but has instead come to embody the very same Washington corruption that he once swore he'd fight against. New Jersey de  more

IRVINE, California, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine study identifies serious infection risks linked to targeted cancer therapies Proactive monitoring, management of antibody-drug side effects needed * A UC Irvine-led study analyzed 3,511 cancer patients across six UC medical centers to examine infection-related side effects to antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs. * Researchers found some ADC therapies were linked  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Upstate's Andrew Craig, PhD, named incoming editor of flagship behavior analysis journal Written by Jean Albanese Upstate Medical University's Andrew Craig, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, chair and associate professor of behavior analysis studies in the College of Health Professions, whas been named incoming editor for the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behav  more

PULLMAN, Washington, June 2 (TNSjou) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: * * * Can plastic farm mulch be effectively recycled? Cleanliness is key Nearly a billion pounds of plastic film mulch is used in American agriculture each year, and most of it is dumped into landfills. New research from Washington State University shows that recycling could be a feasible alternative, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and keeping plastics out of the waste stream. The resear  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Indiana University issued the following news: * * * We do not have a decider in our brain: An IU cognitive neuroscientist challenges theories of decision-making There is a disconnect, suggests Indiana University Professor Tom James, between what we think happens when we make a decision and what happens in the brain during that process. In both prevailing scientific theories and common-sense views, decisions have long been defined as an intermediate st  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Hydrogel Relieves Pain and Repairs Cartilage in Osteoarthritis By John Ready, MS For millions of people living with osteoarthritis, daily life can involve a frustrating cycle of pain and stiffness. While current treatments like over-the-counter medications or steroid injections can temporarily dull the ache, they do not stop the joint from deteriorating. A Yale study published in the journal Bioacti  more