PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 26 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in physics and cosmology. Though it can't be seen directly, scientists suspect it's what holds galaxies together and makes up about 85% of all mass in the universe. A global team of over 250 scientists and engineers from 38 institutions led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and including students, postdoctoral researchers and fa  more

ALFRED, New York, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Alfred University is recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of nearly $350,000, which will be used to acquire equipment that will enhance multi-disciplinary research and education programs in the Inamori School of Engineering. Myungkoo Kang, assistant professor of ceramic engineering is principal investigator in the program, "MRI: Acquisition of an In-Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsome  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Aug. 27 -- Applied Physics Letters, a journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 125, Issue 9): PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS * Sensitivity and heat penalty in all-optical quantum thermometry with Germanium-vacancy color centers in diamond MAGNETICS AND SPINTRONICS * Room temperature skyrmions in Pt/Co/Gd multilayers and their non-volatile electric-field creation in multiferro  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 26 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Syracuse University's BioInspired Institute has been awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship Program for the creation of an interdisciplinary training program for doctoral students in emergent intelligence. The program, NRT-URoL: Emergent Intelligence Research for Graduate Excellence in Biological and Bio-Inspired Systems (EmIRGE-Bio), will support the integrati  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Ilana Valenzuela has eagerly awaited her chance to pursue a University of Arizona education. So much so that she took every opportunity to start early, earning college credit in high school and in the university's Engineering Blast Off summer program. "The problem with me is that I want to learn everything," said the incoming College of Engineering and W.A. Franke Honors College student. "I genuinely wish   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The nature of dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up most of the mass in our universe, is one of the greatest mysteries in physics. Using new results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), an international collaboration that includes Penn State researchers has narrowed down the possible properties of one of the leading candidate  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 26 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Katherine de Kleer, assistant professor of planetary science and astronomy, and Hufstedler Family Scholar, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Harold C. Urey Prize, given by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The prize recognizes outstanding achievements in planetary science by an early career scientist. De Kleer's award citation notes her "creative and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector put the best-ever limits on particles called WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe's invisible mass. Key Takeaways * With 280 days of data, the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) collaboration has made a world-leading search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in areas no experiment has pro  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia collaboration combines integrated photonics and light-wave frequency for novel quantum information processing * * * Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University, two research powerhouses, are collaborating to push the boundaries of quantum technology and transform large-scale optical systems into compact integrated microsystems. Nils O  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 26 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Researchers sit between two outer layers of LZ during construction. Scott Haselschwardt of U-M is the fourth person from the right. The clear inner tank was later filled with a special liquid scintillator; photomultipliers on the outer wall collect light from background particle interactions. credit: Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility One of the greatest puzzles in the universe is figuring o  more

CAMARILLO, California, Aug. 27 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) students majoring in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) field have a chance to shadow NASA planetary scientists, thanks to a $375,000 grant procured by Assistant Professor of Physics Kevin Hayakawa. All CSUCI undergraduates are eligible to apply, but should submit their application by Aug. 30 at tinyurl.com/H2O-App. Studen  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Aug. 26 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Nobel laureate Michael Levitt, a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, will be awarded the Rev. Joseph Carrier, C.S.C. Science Medal by the University of Notre Dame's College of Science on Sept. 9 (Monday). Levitt won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2013, shared with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel, for developing the first method to calculate chemical reactions using computers while integr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected David B. Berkowitz as assistant director for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), starting September 9, 2024. Berkowitz will manage the NSF MPS team and oversee the investment portfolios for the divisions of Astronomical Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Materials Research, Physics and the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI), wit  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell researchers have demonstrated that acoustic sound waves can be used to control the motion of an electron as it orbits a lattice defect in a diamond, a technique that can potentially improve the sensitivity of quantum sensors and be used in other quantum devices. Advances in quantum information technology require finding new ways to control electrons and other microscopic particles. In "Coherent Acoustic Control   more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * Four Civilians on SpaceX Flight Will Live in 'High Radiation' Belt, Expert Says * * * Weather permitting, a four-person SpaceX civilian astronaut team will begin their journey to one of the most inhospitable regions of space high above Earth Tuesday. Traveling to the Earth's radiation belts, the crew will investigate the impact of the harsh space environment on ma  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 27 -- The University of California issued the following news release: Researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and their colleagues have received a one-year, $1 million grant as part of a new National Science Foundation program aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of quantum technologies for the benefit of society. The Quantum Sensing and Imaging Lab, or Q-SAIL, which will be led by UCLA quantum physicist David Leibrandt  more