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Amid Heated Debate, New Study Finds Common Ground on Lead Ammunition Risks

Embargoed for release until December 10, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C. December 10, 2025 – Lead is a well-known neurotoxin banned in products like paint and gasoline, yet most U.S. gun hunters continue to use lead-based ammunition despite scientific evidence of harm to wildlife and […]

Gen Z Views World as “Scary Place” with Growing Cynicism About Ability to Create Change

New Research Reveals Heightened Anxiety and Declining Optimism Among Young Americans  Embargoed for release until December 10, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 10, 2025 – Washington, D.C. December 10, 2025 – Gen Z views the world as a scary place, according to new research […]

GeoFlame VISION: Using AI and Satellite Imagery to Predict Future Wildfire Risk

A new computer model produces a dynamic wildfire risk map, starting with the state of California Embargoed for release until December 9, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 9, 2025 – Wildfires pose a significant threat across the southwestern United States, due to the region’s […]

Oyster Larvae on Drugs Move Slowly and Are Stressed

Study finds that exposure to addictive drugs like fentanyl and ketamine affect the behavior and survival rates of oyster larvae  Embargoed for release until December 9, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 9, 2025 – The discharge and prevalence of psychoactive drugs in surface waters […]

Nationwide Study Suggests that Water Treatment Methods May Impact the Risk of Legionnaires’ Disease

Higher rates of disease are seen in zip codes served by water treatment plants that use chlorine as the primary disinfectant  Embargoed for release until December 9, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 9, 2025 – Preliminary results of a nationwide study suggest that the […]

Research Sheds Light on Why the National Flood Insurance Program Is $22 billion in Debt – and How It Could Be Reformed

Study finds that hurricane-driven “hyperclustered” flood events in the last two decades account for more than half of NFIP claims to date  Embargoed for release until December 9, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 9, 2025 –  The United States faces a growing disaster insurance crisis, […]

Study Finds Most People Trust Doctors More than AI But See Its Potential for Cancer Diagnosis

Nationally representative surveys measure public attitudes toward AI in healthcare  Embargoed for release until December 8, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025– New research on public attitudes toward AI indicates that most people are reluctant to let ChatGPT and other AI tools diagnose […]

Research Aims to Strengthen the Security of In-Person Voting Machines

New study on election security evaluates potential vulnerabilities in widely used Precinct Count Optical Scanners  Embargoed for release until December 8, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025 – About 70% of Americans voted in person in the 2024 presidential election, their ballots counted by […]

Missed Signals: Virginia’s Septic Strategies Overlook Critical Timing, Study Warns

Embargoed for release until December 8, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025 –  A new study from the University of Maryland’s Jerin Tasnim, reveals that Virginia’s current approach to managing septic system failures misses a critical factor: the time-varying relationship between hydrological stressors […]

New Study Exposes Hidden Alzheimer’s “Hot Spots” in Rural Maryland and What They Reveal About America’s Growing Healthcare Divide

New research shows that where a person lives can determine whether they receive timely diagnosis and care or whether they fall through the cracks.  Embargoed for release until December 8, 2025 For media Inquiries regarding the study, please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott Washington, D.C., December 8, 2025 –   A new statewide spatial analysis of […]