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Newswise: Expert: 4 Ways Americans Can Keep Their Vote Secure and Accurate
Released: 28-Oct-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Expert: 4 Ways Americans Can Keep Their Vote Secure and Accurate
University of Michigan

J. Alex Halderman, one of the nation's foremost election security experts and a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan, has spent much of the last two years debunking false claims of fraud that followed the 2020 election.

Released: 27-Oct-2022 7:35 PM EDT
Nostalgia — a Rhetorical Tool for Populists and the Radical Right
University of Gothenburg

Nostalgic rhetoric is used by parties and political movements on both the right and the left, as they imagine and make use of different versions of the past.

24-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
How do Canadians feel about new law that assumes consent for deceased organ donation?
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

In 2019, two Canadian provinces passed deemed consent legislation, where adults are automatically presumed to consent to organ donation upon their death unless they registered to opt out.

Newswise: Updated Policy Regarding Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Released: 26-Oct-2022 11:20 AM EDT
Updated Policy Regarding Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have issued an updated policy, regarding the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, is corresponding author on the statement published today in both Clinical Cancer Research and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

24-Oct-2022 12:05 AM EDT
Global Collaboration Saved Countries $67 Billion in Solar Panel Production Costs
George Washington University

New study published in Nature quantifies for the first time the historical and future cost savings to the solar industry from globalized supply chains

Released: 25-Oct-2022 1:15 PM EDT
Majority of public don’t want use of their personal data to result in harm or corporate profit
University of Sheffield

The way that personal data is used needs to change, to eliminate harms and ensure uses are in the public interest, according to a new report

Newswise: Emperor penguins granted protections under Endangered Species Act
Released: 25-Oct-2022 9:40 AM EDT
Emperor penguins granted protections under Endangered Species Act
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that emperor penguins have been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several decades. This listing comes more than one year after a USFWS proposal to list the species, and confirms that the animal is at risk of becoming an endangered species--in danger of extinction--in the foreseeable future if its habitat continues to be destroyed or adversely changed.

Newswise: The Future of the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Law Professor Richard W. Garnett
Released: 24-Oct-2022 4:05 PM EDT
The Future of the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Law Professor Richard W. Garnett
University of Notre Dame

Richard W. Garnett is the University of Notre Dame’s Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law, director of the Law School’s Program on Church, State & Society and a concurrent professor of political science. Garnett discusses the future of the Supreme Court.

Newswise: $2.6 Million Federal Grant to Expand Unique Su Elder Fraud Investigation and Education Partnership
Released: 21-Oct-2022 3:20 PM EDT
$2.6 Million Federal Grant to Expand Unique Su Elder Fraud Investigation and Education Partnership
Salisbury University

Elder financial and high-tech fraud costs seniors over $3 billion each year. Salisbury University hopes a $2.6 million federal grant to expand its law enforcement partnership will curb that number while helping students enter the forensic accounting profession and saving costs.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:10 PM EDT
Disadvantaged Children Missing Out on Meals in Childcare
University of Queensland

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found children in disadvantaged communities often go hungry when they attend early education and childcare centres.

   
Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
War in Ukraine widens global divide in public attitudes toward US, China and Russia – report
University of Cambridge

Around the world, public attitudes toward international politics are coalescing into two opposing blocks: liberal democracies favouring the United States (US) and citizens of more authoritarian nations who back China and Russia – a process accelerated by the war in Ukraine.



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