WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- The American Council on Education issued the following news release: * * * ACE and UCLA Ed&IS Release HERI Report Highlighting Key Trends Among First-Year College Students ACE, in collaboration with the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), today released a new report, Understanding the Entering Class of 2024: Key Insights from The CIRP Freshman Survey 2024, that highlights the growing diversity of first  more

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Black mothers may be more than three times as likely to develop dangerous heart failure Research Highlights: * Non-Hispanic Black women may be more than three times as likely as white women to develop peripartum cardiomyopathy, life-threatening heart failure that occurs in late pregnancy or a few months after delivery. * The analysis of more than 7 million births in   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 26 -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: * * * Judge Issues National Injunction to Block Trump Administration's Devastating Attempt to Halt Funding for Essential Services Preliminary Injunction issued after Democracy Forward filed suit and secured a prior Temporary Restraining Order on behalf of the National Council of Nonprofits, the American Public Health Association, Main Street Alliance, and SAGE Today, the U.S. District   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 26 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Koloa Rum Company challenges Jones Act in court, argues century-old shipping law violates the Constitution's Port Preference Clause Washington, DC; February 25, 2025: The Koloa Rum Company, a leading distillery on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is challenging a century-old federal shipping law that inflates costs, stifles competition, and severely disadvantages American businesses in Hawaii  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area Protected from Industrial Development, Lawsuit Alleges Baton Rouge, La. -- Healthy Gulf filed a lawsuit in the 19 th judicial district court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge alleging state agencies are acting outside their authority when they approved Air Products Blue Energy's plan to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline through the Ma  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: * * * New Study Finds Urbanization and Human-driven Inequities Shape Coyote Behavior in Los Angeles Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences and UC Berkeley unveil research indicating wealth, pollution, and population density are strong predictors of coyote movement and connectivity, challenging previous research prioritizing ecological landsc A new study of coyote m  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 25 -- Project Lead The Way, an organization that says it develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum for use by elementary, middle and high schools, issued the following news: * * * Phillips 66 Expands Middle School STEM Support through Contributions to PLTW Phillips 66 and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced an additional investment of $1 million to support STEM learning for middle school students across the U.S. This continued pa  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2025, to the National Interest: * * * Strategic Imperatives in the U.S.-China Technology Race: Power, Hardware, and Engineering Expertise By Ismael Arciniegas Rueda In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following question: "What are the three  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * What DeepSeek Means for AI Competition: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning By Carter C. Price and Brien Alkire The Chinese firm, DeepSeek's R1 model entered a crowded field of Large Language Models (LLMs) that had been dominated by American firms including Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI. R1 quickly became one of the top AI models when it was released a couple wee  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 26 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * SwRI-led PUNCH spacecraft poised for launch into polar orbit February 25, 2025 -- Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute headquartered in San Antonio, are poised to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California no earlier than Feb. 28. NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, spacecraft is sharing a ride to spac  more