MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Winners in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 14th annual Cool Science Contest span a wide range of perception from molecules interacting in the membranes of individual cells to the stretchy insides of a delicious cheese puff to a sky full of colors made by the strongest solar storm in decades. A panel of experienced artists, scientists and science communicators chose 10 winning still imag  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- ACS Nano, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 24, 2024, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 38): Reviews * Recent Advances in Perovskite-Based Flexible Electroluminescent Devices * Heteroatom Immobilization Engineering toward High-Performance Metal Anodes Articles * Mappin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * The region's unique geology, not only warming and permafrost thaw, caused the methane explosions * * * Mysterious craters that first appeared in the Siberian permafrost a decade ago were caused by climate change-driven pressure changes that explosively released methane frozen underground, a new study reports. The research offers a fresh take on the origins of the craters first sighted on   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Applied Polymer Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to applications of polymers, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 18): * A Highly Stretchable, Ultrastable, and Antifatigue Ionic Organogel as an Environment-Tolerant Flexible Sensor and Sensitive Capacitive Pen * A Shape Memory Polyurethane with Extende  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Sept. 25 -- Ballad Health, a community health improvement organization, issued the following news release: * * * Major capital investment by Ballad Health underscores health system's commitment to expanding access to advanced technology to patients and regional healthcare professionals * * * Ballad Health is taking an unprecedented step forward in local cancer care, unveiling a new, 10-year capital investment and collaboration with Varian, a Siemens Healthineers comp  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Itamar Kimchi and Sourabh Saha each received $875,000 for their pioneering work in quantum materials and fusion energy. * * * Two Georgia Tech assistant professors are among the recipients of this year's Early Career Research Program (ECRP) grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Itamar Kimchi, in the School of Physics, and Sourabh Saha, in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechani  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 6, 2024, from Commonwealth Fusion Systems: * * * To: Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Request For Information Proposed fusion energy Public-Private Consortium Framework (89 FR 48605) On behalf of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), we write to share our views regarding the proposed Department of Energy (DOE), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) Public-Private Consor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 6, 2024, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge: * * * DOE Fusion Energy Science Request for Information on Public Private Consortium Frameworks Accelerating the Deployment of University-Based Midscale FS&T PPCFs Zachary S. Hartwig, Johan Frenje, Theodore Golfinopoulos, Maria Gatu Johnson, Andrew Seltzman, R. Alexander Tinguely, Stephen J. Wukitch MIT Plasma Sc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 5, 2024, from the Pacific Coalition for Advancing Research, Education, Science, and Technology for Fusion Energy: * * * The Pacific Coalition for Advancing Research, Education, Science, and Technology for Fusion Energy (Pacific CREST Fusion) Unified and Collective Response of Several Organizations to Questions on Public-Private Consortium Framework for Fusion Technology In Respons  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 26 -- Foundations of Chemistry, a journal that says it features chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 special issue (Vol. 26, Issue 2) entitled Acidity Workshop and Varia: * "Sharp of taste": the concept of acidity in the Greek system of natural explanation * Are acids natural kinds? * Clashing perspectives: Kantian epistemology   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Peter Ludwig, co-founder and chief technology officer of Applied Intuition, from a Sept. 16, 2024, hearing entitled "Fielding Technology and Innovation: Industry Views on Department of Defense Acquisition": * * * Introduction Thank you Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and the distinguished Members of this Committee for holding this important hearing, and thank you for the opportunity to testi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following written testimony by Brandon Tseng, president and a co-founder of Shield AI, from a Sept. 16, 2024, hearing entitled "Fielding Technology and Innovation: Industry Views on Department of Defense Acquisition": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and HASC members: Intro and Background Thank you for hosting this fielding hearing on acquisition. The legislative work you are doing is vital, and I appreciate   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 26 -- The Journal for General Philosophy of Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the philosophy of physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences and economics, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 special issue (Vol. 55, Issue 2) entitled Philosophy of Anjan Chakravartty: * Can Science Escape Metaphysics? On Chakravartty's Scientific Ontology * Disagreement About Scientific Ontology * Dispositional Realism, Conflicting  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 38): Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function * Probing the Roles of Temperature and Cooperative Effects in Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: Photoelectron Spin Polarization  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 26, 2024, entitled "Ballard Marine Construction Lower Olentangy Tunnel Project; Grant of Permanent Variance." SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA grants a permanent variance to Ballard Marine Construction (Ballard) related to work in compressed air environments. DATES: The permanent variance specified by this notice becomes effective on   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Library of Congress 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 Copyright Public Modernization Committee 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 Copyright Public Modernization Committee meet  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT researchers speed up a novel AI-based estimator for medication manufacturing by 60 times. * * * By Anne Wilson, Department of Mechanical Engineering The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry has long struggled with the issue of monitoring the characteristics of a drying mixture, a critical step in producing medication and chemical compounds. At present, there are tw  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's groundbreaking achievement of fusion ignition is often described as "historic" -- and for good reason. The scientific breakthrough came after over 60 years of dogged persistence. But what were the pivotal events and daily challenges that filled those years, from before the invention of the laser to ignition on the National   more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Climate change is rapidly reshaping a region of the world that's home to millions of people. * * * In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA's sea level change science team. This amount of rise will occur regardless of whether greenhouse gas emis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The National Science Foundation has issued a grant notice involving Atmosphere Cluster. * * * Description: The Atmosphere Cluster (AC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental studies of atmospheric processes from the Earth's surface to the stratosphere, and from timescales of nanoseconds to millennia. Core areas of research include the chemical, physical, and dynamical processes in the atmosphere that impact clouds, weather, clima  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The National Science Foundation has issued a grant notice involving Geospace Cluster. * * * Description: The Geospace Cluster (GC) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) supports fundamental and solutions-oriented research, technology development and education related to the Earth's near-space environment (including the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, exosphere, magnetosphere and radiation belts) and the inner heliosphere and solar atmosphere.   more

ROCHESTER, New York, Sept. 26 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Inaugural NSTC grant will prepare a diverse group of students for careers in the semiconductor field * * * Rochester Institute of Technology received funding from the National Semiconductor Technology Center's Workforce Partner Alliance for BRIDGE--the Broadening Research and Inter-Disciplinary Graduate Education for Microelectronics program. The award of nearly $1.5 million will be us  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * The research center will focus on advancing space power and propulsion * * * RIT has been selected to lead the United States Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 (SSTI) research regarding advanced space power and propulsion, which includes $9.9 million in funding. The research is in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and wil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Science Advances, an open access online journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on advances on the frontiers of science, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 10, Issue 39): Neuroscience * Contrastive learning explains the emergence and function of visual category-selective regions * Kappa opioids inhibit spinal output neurons to suppress itch Earth, Environmental, Ecological,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- SYNTEK TECHNOLOGIES, Fairfax, Virginia, won a federal contract award for $18,089,923 from the U.S. Navy for plasma science research in support of the nrl plasma physics division. Contract Award Number: N00173-24-C-2013; ueiSAM: DGKHQAGH9CF5; NAICS Code: 541715; Product Service Code (PSC): Aj12; Solicitation Number: N00173-24-C-2013  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 26 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Undergrad Scholarships Aug 22, 2024 Diane Krieger Saren, Patill, and George Daghlian Three siblings. All recent Caltech alumni. All current doctoral students. Yes, you read that right. In the fall, Patill Daghlian (BS '24) begins her first year in the physics PhD program. Intrigued by experimental particle physics, she'll pursue the quest for stable light dark matter in David Hitlin's lab  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 26 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release: * * * Ansys AI technology improves 3D-IC design productivity, while the broader collaboration advances innovative 3D-IC thermal, mechanical stress, and photonic solutions for AI, HPC, and high-speed data communication semiconductors * * * Key Highlights * Ansys artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions demonstrate higher productivity when designing components   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Michigan. *** Systems and Methods for Intelligently Calibrating Infrastructure Devices Using Onboard Sensors of an Autonomous Agent ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- MAY MOBILITY, INC., Ann Arbor, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12099140 B2, initially filed Nov. 8, 2022) developed by four inventors Tom Voorheis, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Rob Goeddel, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Steve Vozar, Ann Arbor, Mich  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: Researchers from the University of Glasgow have played a vital role in the very first observation of an ultra-rare particle decay process. The finding - the first experimental observation of the ultra-rare decay of the charged kaon into a charged pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair - will open a new path to find physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The observation was announced by   more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * Research by geologists at Idaho State University is yielding new insights into the interplay between two of nature's strongest forces: volcanoes and wind. * * * Using state-of-the-art computer modeling, the scientists sought to determine how wind affects volcanic plumes-the mix of rock, ash, and gases ejected into the atmosphere-during an eruption. "We hypothesized that, under the right condition  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Sept. 27 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: MACOMB/MOLINE, IL - Western Illinois University continues to strengthen its reputation as a leading educational institution through innovative programs designed to enhance student success. One such initiative is the Learning Assistant Program (LA Program), introduced in 2017 as a peer-based model to enhance active and collaborative learning in the classroom. Over the years, the program has produced impr  more