ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * $50 Million in Governor's Budget Proposal Would Mean Cleaner Pennsylvania Rivers and Streams HARRISBURG--The $50 million for the Clean Streams Fund (CSF) included in the Governor Josh Shapiro's $51.5 billion General Fund budget proposal for fiscal year 2025-26 unveiled today would mean Pennsylvania farms have more projects on the ground that reduce pollution to local rivers and streams. The  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release: * * * ASTM to Advance Additive Manufacturing Sustainability ASTM International has been awarded funding from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering's Manufact  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Could an Earth-like alien civilization detect us? UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with Earth-like technology, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect and from how far away? A new study by a team that includes Penn State astronomers and alumni used a theoretical, modeling-based method to investigat  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Electrical engineering student awarded fellowship from international society UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently awarded Mohammadreza Abbasi, an electrical engineering doctoral student in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship. Abba  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South America that is nearly identical to what is seen today on those trees' living relatives in Australi  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Gov. Shapiro proposes $60M in new funding for state-related universities UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed $60 million in new funding for Penn State and its fellow state-related universities -- to be distributed through a soon-to-be-developed performance-based funding model -- during his 2025-26 budget address, delivered Feb. 4 in the Pennsylvania House Chamber  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Heard on Campus: Lukas Muechler on quantum materials UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- "Quantum materials has emerged as a field recently as current devices are approaching their quantum limit," said Lukas Muechler, assistant professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State. Muechler recently spoke at Ashtekar Frontiers of Science, an annual public lecture series held by the Penn State Eberly College  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * International reaccreditation for stem cell transplantation at Cancer Institute HERSHEY, Pa. -- Penn State Cancer Institute has once again earned accreditation for stem cell transplantation from the international Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), enabling patients in central Pennsylvania to receive lifesaving cancer treatment. Accreditation is required to perfor  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Inuit leaders to discuss climate-changed Arctic in panel, movie premiere UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Climate Consortium's February Climate Conversations Cafe will feature Inuit leaders who will discuss the challenges of a rapidly changing Arctic. The event is titled "Adapting to the New Arctic: A Conversation with Inuit Leaders from Inukjuak in Northern Quebec." It will take plac  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * New ABA Video Series, Supported by APPC, Highlights Civics for Armed Forces The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics (LAIC) at the Annenberg Public Policy Center has expanded its civics education mission to reach members of the U.S. armed forces through a new video series on civics produced by the American Bar Association (ABA). The series, "Strengthening Democracy: A Civics Ed  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 5 [Category: Medical] -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, posted the following news: * * * New Breast Imaging Legislation to Help Thousands Across Pennsylvania Susan G. Komen (r) Applauds Bill Introduction, Urges Quick Passage HARRISBURG - Susan G. Komen (r), the world's leading breast cancer organization commends Representative Gina Curry (D-D  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 6 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: * * * New Initiative Aims to Propel Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Across Multiple States By Kelsey Jones Contact: Kelsey Jones, kjones@naseo.org WASHINGTON (February 5, 2025) - The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) launched the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative (Initiative) today. The Initiative, directed by State Energy Offices, is led by the state co-c  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Online gambling participation increases in Pennsylvania again, report finds UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Online gambling in Pennsylvania continues to increase in Pennsylvania, according to the 2024 Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report. The assessment was authored by researchers in Penn State's Criminal Justice Research Center and developed under contract with the Pe  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release: * * * Papers Invited for ASTM Symposium on Sustainable Pesticide Formulation Papers are invited for ASTM International's 44th Symposium on Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems: Charting t  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release: * * * Papers Invited for ASTM Workshop on PFAS, Chrome, and Cadmium Plating Properties Papers are invited for ASTM International's Workshop on Workshop on Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl (PF  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State Harrisburg announces the Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Penn State Harrisburg announced the launch of the Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research (PaCLR), a center within the college's Institute of State and Regional Affairs (ISRA). This initiative focuses on empowering communities and driving interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle key issues across  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Penn State students urged to consider mental health impacts of sports betting UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As sports betting becomes increasingly accessible nationwide, counselors at Penn State's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) are warning of the potential risks for college students, including financial strain, academic challenges, and impacts on mental health and well-being. A 20  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Spinal Cord Stimulation Restores Neural Function, Targets Key Feature of Progressive Neurodegenerative Disease PITTSBURGH - A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease. An intervention, which involves electrical stimulation of the sensory spi  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * TC Energy Corp. awards grant to Penn College Pennsylvania College of Technology recently received a $75,000 grant from a major North American energy company. TC Energy Corp. , through its Build Strong program, awarded the grant in support of mechatronics education and the college's dual-enrollment efforts. The grant will fund the purchase of equipment and technology for the college's  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * The Medical Minute: Can you have a heart attack and not know it? HERSHEY, Pa. -- When a character on a TV show or movie has a heart attack, they clutch their chest or slump to the ground. "In real life, heart attacks can be much more subtle than they look on TV," said Dr. Patrick Fitzsimmons, a cardiologist at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center. Sometimes, heart attack symptoms are   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Understanding aging requires more than counting birthdays UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate people's biological age, but whether they use oral tissue or blood to make the measurement matters, according to a new study led by researcher  more