MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 11 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * New book from history professor explores radio history, cultural conflict and international rivalries Kansas State University's Michael Krysko, associate professor of history, has published a new book that explores radio's propensity to traverse political and cultural borders. "Contested Airwaves: American Radio at Home and Abroad, 1914-1946," published by the University of Illinois Press, spans a  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 11 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Northwestern experts on SCOTUS ordering Trump administration to return wrongfully deported Maryland man CHICAGO --- The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place an order by a federal judge in Maryland that instructed the Trump administration to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully sent to a El Salvadoran maximum-security prison, to the United States after the administ  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 12 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Novel Approach Improves Protein Characterization in Human Tissue Scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a novel, robust proteomics technique that can more accurately identify and spatially characterize thousands of proteins in single cells within human tissue samples, as detailed i  more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, April 12 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * SIU photojournalism students' talents featured in book highlighting Alto Pass, Cobden CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The work by Southern Illinois University Carbondale photojournalism students who used an April 2024 weekend workshop to chronicle the people and events in Cobden and Alto Pass is now available. The 86-page soft-cover book "Weekend Workshop 2024: Alto Pass and Cobden, Illinois" is the c  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 12 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago researchers work to improve batteries by looking at textures By Paul Dailing Innovative study investigates overlooked attribute to improve performance To create the new batteries needed for EVs, mobile devices and renewable energy storage, researchers have explored new materials, new designs, new configurations and new chemistry. But one aspect - the texture of the metals used - has been hist  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 11 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Watch a live catalytic event in real time * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * SMART-EM technology can capture the atomic motion of reactions frame-by-frame * Researchers applied the technology to record a live catalytic reaction for the first time * Viewing the process revealed several short-lived intermediate molecules and a previously hidden reaction pathway * By watching reactions   more