PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 12 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University physics professor Brad Marston has been elected to the presidential line of the American Physical Society. The nonprofit professional society represents more than 50,000 physicists in academia, national laboratories and industry in the U.S. and around the globe. Marston will serve as its vice president in 2024, president-elect in 2025 and president in 2026. He will be the second Brown fac  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Genomic surveillance by a Brown-led team of scientists has revealed mutations in malaria-causing parasites that will complicate efforts to eradicate the disease in Africa. * * * Scientists have detected new strains of malaria-causing parasites in Ethiopia that are both resistant to current treatments and escape detection by common diagnostic tests -- a development that could increase case  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A study led by Brown University scientists begins to address a longstanding question in condensed matter physics on whether disorder mimics or destroys the quantum liquid state in a prominent compound. * * * Quantum spin liquids are difficult to explain and even harder to understand. To start, they have nothing to do with everyday liquids, like water or juice, but everything to do with s  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The same blood biomarker that signifies Alzheimer's disease is also a driver of the life-threatening pregnancy condition of preeclampsia, a finding that has important implications for diagnosis and treatment. * * * A protein in cerebrospinal fluid associated with Alzheimer's disease is also a driver of the pregnancy condition of preeclampsia, and it can influence diagnosis and treatment o  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: National Governors Association Chair Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu welcomed governors, national experts and students to New Hampshire for the first in a series of bipartisan events to help address toxic polarization in America - the aim of Gov. Cox's 2023-24 NGA Chair's Initiative: Disagree Better. The bipartisan event was also attended by Maine Gov. Janet Mills, M  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office has joined the Maine Public Advocate, the Connecticut Office of the Consumer Counsel, the New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate and the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, collectively known as the Consumer Advocates of New England (CANE), in sending a letter to ISO New England (ISO-NE) ex  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 13 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Students from the University of Rhode Island, Community College of Rhode Island and the state's high schools will have the opportunity Sept. 29 to learn about sea service missions, career paths, as well as career opportunities through URI's maritime degree programs. Those connections, as well as informational exhibits and a speaking program, will be part of URI's first Sea Services Symposium Friday, S  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Brown community members offer expertise and insights into a wide array of subjects, from climate change and international economies to pop culture and religion, through more than two dozen podcasts. * * * In 2017, as podcasts continued their march toward widespread adoption, Brown professor Mark Blyth saw the potential to harness the format to share perspectives on political news in an ac  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Governor Dan McKee today announced that the Independent Man and the cupola atop the Rhode Island State House dome will undergo an important, historic repair and preservation effort which will include the Independent Man temporarily moving from atop the dome for the first time since 1975 and for only the second time in the state's history. "The Independent Man is an i  more

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2023: Governor Dan McKee was joined by state, federal and local leaders today to ceremoniously sign legislation dedicating three state bridges in South Kingstown in honor of three local Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. The bill signing was part of the Town of South Kingstown's 300th anniversary celebration to acknowledge the town's history and pay tribute to th  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * URI professors Jing Jian Xiao and Nilton Porto win 'Best Paper' award in leading consumer science journal * * * Consumers with high financial capability are more likely to achieve economic success and financial well-being in their lives. But how consumers attain that capability is a question on which researchers and financial educators have differed. It is the subject of an award-win  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- CVS Health issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: CVS Health(R) (NYSE: CVS) today announced that the updated COVID-19 vaccine recently authorized by the FDA and recommended by the CDC is now available at its CVS Pharmacy(R) locations. Pharmacies and retail medical clinics will begin receiving the new vaccine today and will continue to receive inventory on a rolling basis throughout the week. All CVS Pharmacy locations are expected to   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The research can help unlock answers around how cells assemble themselves during embryonic development and what happens when this fundamental process goes awry. * * * The fact that humans and other living organisms can develop and grow from a single cell relies on a process called embryonic development. For healthy tissue to form, cells in the embryo have to organize themselves in the rig  more