NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Astrophysicist Marla Geha's new Yale Online course about rocket science is, ahem, skyrocketing in popularity. * * * By Jim Shelton Yale astrophysicist Marla Geha was visiting U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, appropriately enough, when she realized she needed to take her rocket science class global. Geha, a professor of astronomy and of physics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was tourin  more

ROLLA, Missouri, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Velvet Hasner A total of 67 current and former faculty of Missouri S&T are among the top researchers in their field as measured by their career research records, and 54 current or former Missouri S&T researchers were among the best in their fields in 2023, according to a recent analysis of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier Data Repository published by Stanford Universi  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Oct. 10 -- The American Institute of Physics issued the following news release: * * * Nobel committee honors work on protein structure prediction and design. * * * The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded with one half to David Baker "for computational protein design" and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper "for protein structure prediction." "The relationship between protein sequence, structure, and function is a long-standing problem th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 9 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Dr. David Baker. He was honored for his work in computational protein design. Baker joins scientists Dr. Victor Ambros and Dr. Gary Ruvkun, who were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on the discovery of microRNA, a molecule that governs how cells in the body function. They join 50 other investigat  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 9 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield, Princeton University, and Geoffrey E. Hinton, University of Toronto, "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." "This year's two Nobel Laureates in Physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 -- Asian American Scholar Forum, an organization that says it promotes academic belonging, openness, freedom and equality for all, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: The Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) today issued a strong statement of support for the open letter sent by Stanford University faculty to Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Democratic Leader Jeffries. We commend Stanford faculty for working to educate Congre  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, Oct. 10 -- Colby College issued the following news: * * * The Colby dual-degree program means students don't have to choose between a liberal arts experience and an engineering degree * * * By Kayla Voigt Leaving Mayflower Hill to study abroad is a rite of passage for many juniors. Each year, a small group of students takes the leap to venture into foreign territory--not to another country, but to engineering school. They're part of Colby's dual-degree program, which par  more

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 9 -- The Cherenkov Telescope Array issued the following news release: On 14 October 2024, more than 250 guests from around the world will gather in Zeuthen, Germany, to celebrate the inauguration of the CTAO Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) building, one of the Observatory's four core facilities (https://www.ctao.org/organisation/facilities/). Located on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY campus, near Berlin, the CTAO SDMC serves as the scientific gateway   more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 9 -- EBSCO Information Services, a division of EBSCO Industries, issued the following news release: * * * ~ Leading Scientific and Technical Literature Database Now Available in Full Text ~ * * * IPSWICH, Mass. -- October 8, 2024 -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released Inspec with Full Text, a premier resource for the world's scientific and technical literature. Produced in collaboration with experts at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (The I  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have demonstrated a novel approach for applying machine learning to predict microstructures produced by a widely used additive manufacturing technique. Their approach promises to dramatically reduce the time and cost of developing materials with tailored physical properties and wil  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 9 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Physicists like to measure things, and they like those measurements to be as precise as possible. That means working at unfathomably small scales, where distances are much smaller than even the diameters of subatomic particles. Researchers also want to measure time down to a precision of less than one second per tens of billions of years. The quest for these ultraprecise measurements in physics is   more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Inga Kiderra British-Canadian scientist Geoffrey Hinton, widely called the "godfather of AI" who is also one of the technology's most vocal critics, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence. Hinton, who shares the prize with Princeton University's John Hopfield, was cited for foundational work that powers current AI sy  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In September, Peabody Global Initiatives welcomed visitors from institutions in Ukraine, Morocco, and China to deepen connections and explore opportunities for future collaborations. Peabody Global Initiatives is a new initiative of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development to support faculty to pursue international research and disseminate knowledge, as well as to develop impactful partnerships  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 10 -- Quantum Beam Science, an open access journals that says it focuses on the application of quantum beams for the study and characterization of materials in their widest sense, as well as developments of quantum beam sources, instrumentation and facilities, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 3): *Article - Coulomb Spike Model of Radiation Damage in Wide Band-Gap Insulators *Article - Multi-Technique Chara  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Society for Neuroscience issued the following news release: Professor John J. Hopfield at Princeton University and Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton at the University of Toronto, Canada, were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. Hopfield was the recipient of the 2012 SfN Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience. John Hopfield invented a netw  more

IRVINE, California, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Live field experiments in Sierra Nevada mountains are first of their kind * * * In the chaos of a wildfire, heat, wind, flames and fuel interact to produce embers that are lofted into surrounding areas, starting new spot fires and spreading destruction and property loss in California's wildland-urban interface. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have co  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: Neuroscientist, entrepreneur and artificial intelligence pioneer Sir Demis Hassabis, a UCL alumnus who has retained close connections to the university, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shares the prize with his colleague at Google DeepMind, John M. Jumper, for using artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins, the building blocks of life. He is   more

LONDON, England, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton, who founded the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at UCL, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work that enabled artificial intelligence used today. Professor Hinton, who is currently based at the University of Toronto, was awarded the prize alongside Professor John J. Hopfield "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 9 -- Universities Canada (formerly the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada) issued the following news release: On behalf of its members, Universities Canada would like to recognize Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics today, together with John Hopfield, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, for their foundational discoveries and inventions on neural networks that   more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Annual symposium will honor one faculty member by inviting researchers from their field to campus * * * The Colleges of Arts and Sciences is the University at Buffalo's largest and most diverse academic unit, boasting faculty from a wide range of disciplines who are internationally recognized experts and generate millions of dollars in annual research expen  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: * * * A U of T University Professor Emeritus, Hinton shared the honour with Princeton University's John J. Hopfield for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks * * * By Rahul Kalvapalle Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Widely regarded as the "godfat  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington's School of Medicine issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * By harnessing the power of computing, Baker has transformed biological research. [Editor's note: A press conference with Nobel Laureate David Baker is planned for 10:30 a.m. Pacific time today at the University of Washington in Seattle. Access the live stream of the press conference on UW Medicine's YouTube channel.] * * * Computational biologis  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Study links between neonatal ultrasound and nutrition, between Atlantic Ocean water circulation and Arctic warming, and between regions of the brain. * * * This month, the autumn wind delivers news about connections -- between regions of the brain, between environmental patterns that affect global warming, and between neonatal ultrasound technology and the ability to provide the best neonatal nutritio  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: We have grown accustomed to seeing many aspects of our everyday world depicted using computer graphics, but some phenomena remain difficult for even the most experienced animators. Hair, specifically the highly coiled hair that is most common to Black characters, remains a notoriously difficult digital challenge. Part of this problem is the lack of algorithms. Scores of technical papers have been written ove  more