LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 200 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this fall. Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $3,600 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Watching for changes in the Red Planet's orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes -- an idea first proposed in the 1970s -- then these gravitational dwarfs should zoom through our so  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 21 -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * * Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence held its official academic launch event on 13 September * More than 100 biologists, chemists, physicists and engineers gathered at Aston University to learn about the research and its potential impacts * There were talks on biomimetic membranes, Alzheimer's disease and sustainable polymers. * * * Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) hosted its official acad  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 20 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell Engineering-led projects designed to accelerate research into quantum and communications leap-ahead technologies innovations that enable significant advances over current systems received significant support from the U.S. Department of Defense, officials with the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) recently announced. NORDTECH is a regional consortium of government labs, defense companies, acad  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * New research uncovers a hydrogen-centered mechanism that triggers degradation in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles * * * Argonne's Advanced Photon Source allows scientists to view the battery's inner working at a molecular level. While the lithium-ion battery could help save the planet, it is in some ways like any  more

BERKELEY, California, Sept. 21 -- The University of California issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: The University of California Board of Regents today approved the appointment of Dr. June Yu as the next vice president of UC National Laboratories (UCNL). An accomplished physicist and a seasoned University leader, Yu spent much of her career in various roles at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and UCNL. She has been serving as interim vice president during the se  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: An artist's rendering of what's called an active galactic nucleus at the center of NGC 4151. The galaxy's black hole sits at the center, immediately surrounded by an accretion disk shown in blue. credit: JAXA Some of the first data from an international space mission is confirming decades worth of speculation about the galactic neighborhoods of supermassive black holes. More exciting than the data, though,   more

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 21 -- The Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical, a journal of theoretical physics reporting research on the mathematical structures, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 18, 2024, edition (Vol. 57, No. 39): Topical Review * Asymptotic methods applied to integrals occurring in strong-laser-field processes Papers - Statistical physics * Fluctuating hydrodynamics of active particles interacting via taxis and quorum sensing: static   more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Khalifa University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Linda Zou Finds New Solutions to Clean Up the Wastewater * * * Researchers at Khalifa University have found the membranes with specially-engineered nanomaterial additives are effective in removing a range of contaminants in industrial wastewater due to their synergistic adsorptive-catalytic as well as separation properties. The research team led by Dr. Linda Zou, Professor, Civil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 20, 2024: By Jeanne Jackson DeVoe Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) research physicist Lan Gao has received a 2024 Early Career Research Program (ECRP) award (https://science.osti.gov/early-career) from the U.S. Department of Energy (https://www.energy.gov/) (DOE) to develop the next generation of diagnostic tools that will provide precise measurement  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Lycoming College's annual James and Emily Douthat lecture series will host Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Ph.D., associate professor of astrophysical sciences and technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, for a talk entitled "Exploring the Cosmic Frontier with James Webb Space Telescope." The talk, slated for Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m., will take place in the Trogner Presentation Room in the Krapf Gateway Center. T  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * With the help of MIT's online resources, Doga Kurkcuoglu, now a staff scientist at Fermilab, was able to pursue his passion for physics. * * * By Lauren Rebecca Thacker, MIT Open Learning From a young age, Doga Kurkcuoglu heard his father, a math teacher, say that learning should be about understanding and real-world applications rather than memorization. But it wasn't   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 21 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: * * * Students began taking classes in the new, 108,000-square foot building this fall * * * This afternoon at Montgomery College's (MC) Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, MC President Jermaine F. Williams, County Executive Marc Elrich, along with state and county leaders including Senator Ben Cardin, marked the grand opening of the Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building, a state-of-the-art f  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Nikita Rajkumar witnessed multiple layers of cybersecurity diversity at summer camp. "Hearing from all these women who work around cybersecurity is encouraging because there isn't just one way to do it," said Rajkumar, an eighth grader. Rajkumar was one of 20 middle and high school girls who attended the first CyberGirls @ Virginia Tech summer camp, hosted by the Virginia Tech National Security Institute in collaborat  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 21 -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: By Ambreen Ali Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the Co-Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has been honored as a 2024 Clarivate Citation Laureate by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The award, based on the levels of citations of Cu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Project supported by a $3.6 million National Science Foundation grant * * * By Rose Huber A new collaborative research project will provide potential solutions for decarbonizing chemical plants, helping to establish American leadership in "green manufacturing." The project is supported by a $3.6 million grant from the National Science Found  more

TRIESTE, Italy, Sept. 20 -- The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) issued the following news: We are pleased to announce a new fellowship established in collaboration with the Flatiron Institute in New York. This agreement, initiated by Sandro Sorella and recently finalised, aims to provide a unique research opportunity for one PhD student from SISSA's Condensed Matter group every two years. The selected student will spend two years at   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 20 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Peabody College builds community through education, whether by collaborating with partners a mile or thousands of miles away from our campus. We may work with local Nashville students and teachers to support literacy and inspire future scientists, or with school systems in other countries to help foster education equity, or even with people impacted by the carceral system who seek a brighter future through STEM e  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: Bradley Dirks, James H. Simons Instructor in the Department of Mathematics, and Yichul Choi, PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, were awarded fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Dirks will complete his fellowship in the School of Mathematics for the 2024-2025 academic year and Choi will complete his in the School of Natur  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 21 -- Synthese, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on issues in epistemology, philosophy of science and related fields, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 204, Issue 4): * For values in science: Assessing recent arguments for the ideal of value-free science * Is validity circular? * On testimony in scenarios with Wigner and Friend * Shared emotion without togetherness: the case of shared grief * Staying o  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 21 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College was recently accepted to the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) worldwide scientific collaboration, enabling a new physics faculty member to continue researching ways to optimize the detectors that track gravitational waves and new astrophysical phenomena. Throughout history, humans have mainly relied on different forms of light to observe the universe. Today, scientists have a  more

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 20 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following news release: Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi this week informed the annual Member States gathering of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its expanding efforts to help prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict in Ukraine, saying the IAEA had deployed more than 140 support and assistance missions to the country over the past two years. "As the war in Ukraine has continu  more

EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 21 -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Also earns prestigious NSA cybersecurity designation * * * The University of Texas at El Paso today announced new collaborations with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Security Agency (NSA) that support research and training to strengthen the nation's leadership in semiconductor, or microchips, technology. NSA, the signals intelligence and cybersecu  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: BOARD APPOINTMENTS EDUCATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF VIRGINIA * Kate Hight of Richmond, Director of Business Development, SAIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD ON SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM * Adria Merritt of Newport News, Director of Workforce and Employee Engagement, Virginia Department of Education * Debra Rapone of Fauquier County, Exec  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21 -- Wilkes University issued the following news release: Using forensic evidence to solve a mystery, extracting the DNA from a strawberry and analyzing the SPF of sunscreen are just some of the activities middle and high school students from schools across northeastern Pennsylvania have been able to access due to the Science in Motion (SIM) program hosted by Wilkes University. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, SIM is dedicated to enhancing   more