WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The newly updated U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) University of Wyoming (UW) King Air Research Aircraft (King Air) is set to fly its first research mission in the summer of 2025. The university is hosting an open house on Sept. 24 to celebrate this upcoming milestone, at the Donald L. Veal Research Flight Center. On Friday, Sept. 27, the university will host a public ribbon cutting. "The  more

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 23 [Category: Aerospace] -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics issued the following news release: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2025 Associate Fellows. AIAA will formally honor and induct the class at the AIAA Associate Fellows Induction Ceremony and Dinner, Wednesday, 8 January 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando during the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, 6-10 January 2025, Or  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 23 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for the first dean of Vanderbilt University's new College of Connected Computing. The dean will report to the provost and to Bruce & Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering Krishnendu "Krish" Roy. "This search committee will play a pivotal role in identifying the visionary leader who will shape the   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Free-floating experiments at Z machine provide deflection data * * * The most efficient way to prevent potentially dangerous asteroids from damaging or even obliterating Earth may involve a coordinated nuclear response based on extensive prior data, according to Sandia National Laboratories physicist Nathan Moore. "To most peop  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release: Following a year-long investigation, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) uncovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade has contributed to China's technological a  more

SAINT JOHN, Canada, Sept. 23 -- Laser Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from Astro Limited that says it features laser science, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 21, No. 10): Letters - Quantum optics and quantum information science * Thermal quantum correlations and disorder in a fermionic system described by the extended Fermi-Hubbard-like model * Bidirectional quantum teleportation in continuous variables * Quantum coherence prote  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 23 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Lise Meitner and Vera Rubin were both extraordinary scientists and pioneers as women in the male-dominated field of physics, overcoming many challenges to make major contributions to our understanding of the matter comprising the universe. In the fall 2024 Bethe Lecture, Beate Heinemann, professor at Universitat Hamburg and director for particle physics at DESY (Deutches Elektronen-Synchrotron) in Germany, will share t  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- Medical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 51, Issue 9): SPECIAL REPORT * Review of chemical models and applications in Geant4-DNA: Report from the ESA BioRad III Project MEDICAL PHYSICS DATASET ARTICLE * Open access segmentations of intraoperative brain  more

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, Sept. 24 -- The New York State Department of Design and Construction issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: (Queens, NY - September 23, 2024) Commissioner Thomas Foley of the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott today announced that the new Far Rockaway Library has been named the City's "Best New Building" by the Municipal Art Society of New York in its 2024 MASterworks A  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 23 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Details of combustion--the chemical reactions that take place when, for example, a flame is lit--are fleeting and, therefore, difficult to study. But scientists would like to better understand the complex processes that occur in those billionths of seconds, not only to make engines more efficient but also to shed light on how candle flames, cars, and airplanes produce gases and particles that are  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Heather Athey Florida State University physics professors are welcoming the community into the classroom this fall to learn about atomic particles, stars, and crystals through the annual Saturday Morning Physics program. "Saturday Morning Physics is a free event series in which physicists present fun and interesting topics in easy-to-understand, non-technical terms," said Kevin Fossez, assistant professor  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 23 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A new study by Rice University researchers led by Jason Hafner could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol influences cell membranes and their receptors, paving the way for future research on diseases linked to membrane organization. This research was published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. A new study by Rice researchers led by Jason Hafner could open new pathways for understanding how chole  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Army issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on Sept. 20, 2024. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, Laurel, Maryland, was awarded a $14,442,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (W91WFU-24-D-0001) for operational analysis of architectures and operational scenarios, technology concept exploration, and analysis and performance assessments in multiple warfare domain areas. Work locations and funding will be deter  more

WOLLONGONG, Australia, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * Emerging research could target tumours while preserving healthy cells * * * Alice O'Keefe's fascination with science began with magnets. As a child, she loved experimenting with them, seeing which objects they attracted and which objects they repelled. That fascination has continued throughout her life, and now, the University of Wollongong (UOW) PhD candidate jokes that she has  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * NSF grant to expand undergrad degree pipeline * * * The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant to a University of Texas at Arlington researcher to create undergraduate pipelines to graduate degrees in materials science. Stathis Meletis, chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at UTA, earned $4.2 million in funding through the Partnerships  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Jenny Hoang among eight students to present at annual conference in El Paso * * * A student studying biological chemistry at The University of Texas at Arlington earned a state-wide award for her research on diazo compounds, the building blocks of some medications. Jenny Hoang, a senior, received the third-place award at the 2024 University of Texas System Louis Stokes Al  more