WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The Los Alamos Medal is the Laboratory's highest honor * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded its highest honor, the Los Alamos Medal, to two of its premier staff members for their contributions to science. Alan Bishop, cofounder of the Lab's Center for Nonlinear Studies, was recognized for his broad impact on the Laboratory, and Brad Meyer, of the Gas Transfer Sy  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Sept. 25 -- Applied Physics Letters, a journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 125, Issue 13): ADVANCED MATERIALS * Reconstructive metal-semiconductor phase transition between nonlayered and layered tungsten dinitride SEMICONDUCTORS * Degradation of electrical properties of subcells in multi-junction solar cells under neutron irradiation PHONONIC, ACOUSTIC, AND THERMAL PR  more

FULLERTON, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- California State University Fullerton campus issued the following news release: * * * Class of 2025 Grad Estrella Bonilla Receives CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement * * * In Disney's "Big Hero 6," Hiro Hamada designs micro-sized robots to fight villainy alongside the lovable Baymax. In Marvel's "Iron Man," Tony Stark builds his iconic armored suit to protect the world from evil. For Estrella Bonilla, these aren't just fictional char  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 23 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: On Monday, September 23, Caltech marked the beginning of the academic year with its annual Convocation ceremony held in Beckman Auditorium. The event brought together faculty, staff, and students to welcome the Institute's incoming cohort of 221 undergraduate students, 251 graduate students, and 99 postdoctoral scholars. Several days of welcome activities are also helping new students and postdo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the House Ranking Member of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today called for allowing NATO-supplied weapons to be used by Ukraine within Russia during a commission hearing on "Russia's Shadow War on NATO." In his opening remarks, Congressman Cohen said that, now more than ever, Vladimir Putin "wants to weaken and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Q&A by Clayton Swope, deputy director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program: * * * Can NASA Win the Mars Space Race? In early September 2024, China announced (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/) that it planned to launch a mission to collect and return samples from  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: By Raphael Rosen Emily Carter, senior strategic advisor and associate laboratory director for applied materials and sustainability sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won the 2024 Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry. Awarded each year by the American Chemica  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 25 -- Environment and Planning D-Society and Space, a journal that says it examines the relations between the social and spatial, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 special issue (Vol. 42, Issue 4) entitled Digital Transformations in Global Land, Housing, and Property: Introduction * Beyond the hype: Digital transformations in global land, housing, and property Articles * The work of landlord technology: The fictions of frictionless   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing today titled, "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare, Part III." During the hearing, experts detailed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has successfully waged an influence and infiltration campaign targeting critical U.S. indu  more

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 24 -- Cornell University issued the following news: John A. Nation, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, whose research on high-power microwave generation helped drive Cornell's role in advancing plasma studies and fusion energy, died on Sept. 3 in Rye, New Hampshire. He was 89. Nation joined the Cornell faculty in 1965 and served as associate director of the Laboratory for Plasma Studies before serving as director of the School of Electrical and C  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: As the Department of Defense aims to accelerate delivery of autonomous systems to the warfighter, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are lending their insights and expertise to rapidly integrate, test and assess low-cost, uncrewed maritime systems under a comprehensive Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineer  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, a journal that focus on quantum mechanics, density functional theory, design and properties of new materials, surface science, Monte Carlo simulations, solvation models, quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations, biomolecular structure prediction and molecular dynamics from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 24, 2024, edition (Vol. 20, Issue 18): Dynamics  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Library of Congress Copyright Office issued the following news: The Library of Congress announced today the new membership of the Copyright Public Modernization Committee, which has been renewed for a second three-year term. The CPMC was established to enhance communication with stakeholders and provide a public forum for the technology-related aspects of U.S. Copyright Office modernization. The first CPMC meeting of the new term will be hosted by the Library on Oct  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: With NASA's Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success. What does it take to build a massive spacecraft that will seek to determine if a mysterious moon has the right ingredients for life? Find out in a new video series called "Behind the Spacecraft," which offers behind-the-sce  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 25 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service issued the following news: The Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) onboard NOAA's GOES-19 satellite, which launched on June 25, 2024, are powered on, performing well, and observing the sun. EXIS measures light from the sun in extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray (lower energy) wavelengths and identifies the magnitude and loc  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Sept. 24 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Abraham Nussbaum, Postbac '99, is the author of Progress Notes: One Year in the Future of Medicine. Published this fall by Johns Hopkins Press, the book follows a group of medical students who train by following patients instead of physicians in a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) model at Denver Health, where Nussbaum is the Chief Educational Officer. Accompanying them to primary care appointments, emerge  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * PPPL researchers find overoptimism in journal articles using machine learning to solve fluid-related partial differential equations * * * By Rachel Kremen The hype surrounding machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, can make it seem like it is only a matter of time before such techniques are used to solve all scientific problems. While impressive  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The White House posted the following U.S.-United Arab Emirates joint leaders' statement on dynamic strategic partnership on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met today at the White House during an official visit of His Highness President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed to the United States. The visit is the first-ever by a President of the United Arab Emirates to Washi  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 25 -- William and Mary issued the following news: William & Mary has been a transformational leader in higher education for more than 300 years, innovating with excellence in teaching, research and career preparation. That excellence is evident in the enduring success of its 110,000 alumni, who thrive in a wide range of fields and make a lasting impact as global citizens. Their success begins with the liberal arts and sciences education they receive at W&M. "Wil  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Westmont College issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: By Scott Craig Nearly 40 students will present their summer research findings at the annual Celebration of Summer Research on Friday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Winter Hall Atrium. The Celebration of Summer Research, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, is free and open to the public. Students will present 19 posters representing the natural and behavioral sciences division (b  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * In a new study, Yale researchers find three patterns of brain activity shared across hundreds of people. * * * By Mallory Locklear A key challenge in the effort to link brain activity with behavior is that brain activity, measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), for instance, is extraordinarily complex. That complexity can make it difficult to find recurring activity patterns acros  more