STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 19 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University faculty members are leading a statewide effort to advance science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in rural school districts with the support of a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The team will focus on preparing STEM majors for careers in education, particularly in underserved areas. The N  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 18 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) project proposal led by Rice University's Naomi Halas won $7.5 million over five years from the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Naomi Halas (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)MURIs are some of the most competitive and sought-after academic research grants in the U.S. The awards support multidiscipl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: AGU has awarded journalists Nadia Drake and Zack Savitsky for their reporting on the Earth and space sciences. (Browse all AGU 2024 honorees here (https://www.agu.org/honors/announcement).) Nadia Drake, a freelance journalist, is honored with the 2023 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Writing - Features for her feature story in National Geographic on using environments on Earth as analogs fo  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 -- The British Ministry of Defence issued the following news: From: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Ministry of Defence Dstl Chief Science and Technology Officer Prof Andy Bell congratulates Laura Jones on her fellowship to the Royal Academy of Engineering . Laura, who joined the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in 2008 after 13 years in industry, is a national authority on advanced, critical and hazardous materials. Her work has shaped  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * 'Soft robots may one day worm their way through the human body to assist with the diagnoses of illness and the delivery of medicines.' * * * By Jim Keogh Some people look at worms and see fish bait. Sohum Kapadia sees the future. Working in the laboratory of Arshad Kudrolli, professor and chair of the Physics Department, the Ph.D. candidate conducts experiments detailing how California blackwo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 17, 2024, entitled "State University of New York at Stony Brook University, et al.; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments." This is a decision pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat.  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 18 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back. "This pair is not just the size of a solar system, or a Milky Way; we are talking about 140 Milky Way diameters in total," says Martijn Oei, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar and lead author of a new Nature paper  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: By Jacklin Kwan The Royal Society Career Development Fellowship is a new initiative designed to support early career researchers from Black-heritage backgrounds. This four-year fellowship provides recipients with the funding and mentorship necessary to establish their research careers in the UK. The scheme was developed with significant input from Dr Mark Richards, Senior Teaching Fellow at the Departmen  more

NOTTINGHAM, England, Sept. 18 -- The International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 55, Issue 9 edition: * A learning sequence for developing technology tasks that support students' mathematical thinking: a replication study * An empirical study of mathematical creativity and students' opinions on multiple solution tasks * Contrasting cases of college calculus instructors: their preferences and potentia  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 19 -- The Journal of Plasma Physics, a journal that says it features laboratory plasmas, space physics and plasma astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 90, Issue 4): * Available energy of plasmas with small fluctuations * Correlations between X-rays, visible light and drive-beam energy loss observed in plasma wakefield acceleration experiments at FACET-II * Encoding of linear kinetic plasma problems in quan  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * The American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Meteorological Association has cited three scientists. * * * Three scientists at the Columbia Climate School's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have been honored by major scientific organizations. The American Geophysical Union has recognized Kerstin Lehnert with the Edward A. Flinn   more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 18 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration. Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation, the highly competitive grant will establish the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI, pronounced "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: From the early telescopes made hundreds of years ago by Galileo to the sophisticated astronomical observatories of today, people have built increasingly innovative tools to probe and measure the cosmos. Soon, researchers at two new institutes funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation will build a new breed of astronomical tools by harnessing the uniquely powerful ab  more

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 19 -- Nuclear Fusion, a peer-reviewed journal of the International Atomic Energy Agency that says it features thermonuclear fusion, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 64, No. 10): Review Article * Quasilinear theory and modelling of gyrokinetic turbulent transport in tokamaks Letters * Integrated modelling of tungsten accumulation control with wave heating: validation in ASDEX Upgrade and predictions for ITER * The mu  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 36): Review Article * Fluorescence and lasing of neutral nitrogen molecules inside femtosecond laser filaments in air: mechanism and applications * Kinetic understanding of lithium metal  more

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Sept. 19 -- PM&R, a peer reviewed journal from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 9): Original Article * Ultrasound versus palpation-guided corticosteroid injection for de Quervain disease: A randomized controlled trial * Factors associated with medial meniscal extrusion in non-osteoarthritic knees with medial meniscus tears: A cross-sectional study   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: A team of researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation has developed a new method of tracking the ultra-fast heat progression in warm, dense matter plasmas the type of matter created when metals are struck with high-powered lasers. Published in Nature Communications, the results of this study will help researchers better understand not only how plasma forms when metal is heated b  more

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Bacteria as a role model: Conversion of chemical energy into rotational energy at the supramolecular level for the first time * * * Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an artificial motor at the supramolecular level that can develop impressive power. This wind-up motor is a tiny ribbon made of special molecules. When energy is applied, this ribbon align  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today released two Notices of Intent (NOIs) to issue funding to support research and development of groundbreaking electric grid technologies. Later this year, OE intends to issue two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) totaling $13 million to promote a more reliable, resilient, s  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: * * * Vice Provost Doris Savron, Associate Dean Jacquelyn Kelly, and Director of Faculty Training and Development C. Tahnja Wilson join proceedings focused on innovation in higher education * * * By Michele Mitchum University of Phoenix is pleased to share that Vice Provost Doris Savron, MBA, Associate Dean Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., and Director of Faculty Training and Devlopment C. Tahnja Wils  more

LAMPETER, Wales, Sept. 19 -- The University of Wales Trinity Saint David issued the following news: Researchers at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) and TWI Technology Centre (Wales) have won two prestigious awards at the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT)'s 61st Annual Conference, held at The Telford Conference Centre earlier this month. The research teams were awarded the John Grimwade Medal 2023 and the Ron Halmshaw Award 2023 in recognition of the outsta  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Helping out the quad muscles kept study participants lifting safely despite fatigue, with an algorithm that smoothly shifts between lifting and carrying tasks Emily Keller, a doctoral student in robotics at the Locomotor Control Systems Lab, University of Michigan, demonstrates the knee exoskeletons on the steps outside of the Ford Robotics Building at U-M. credit: Jose Montes-Perez, Robotics, University of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The Catholic University of America issued the following news: The Catholic University of America's Vitreous State Laboratory (VSL) recently received a $31 million four-year contract to help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with one of the largest nuclear cleanup efforts in the world: the Hanford site in Washington state that supplied the Manhattan Project with plutonium. The principal investigator for the project is Ian Pegg, VSL director and professor of phy  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- Western Connecticut State University issued the following news release: The recent unprecedented flooding in Connecticut sent residents in search of a weather forecaster they could rely upon and trust. During the onslaught of rain that ultimately resulted in deaths and property damage, Western Connecticut State University Meteorology alumnus Jack Drake quickly stood out as a local weather source who provided not only data and information, but a voice of compass  more