STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A Mississippi State engineering study could shape the future of tilt-wing plane design thanks to a $600,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant and a one-of-a-kind wind tunnel. The grant, from the defense department's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, is funding research to better understand the challenges of transitioning propeller-based aircraft from vertical to horizontal f  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 14 -- Algorithms, an open access journal from the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology that says it provides an advanced forum for studies related to algorithms and their applications, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 9): * Article - A Comparative Study of Maze Generation Algorithms in a Game-Based Mobile Learning Application for Learning Basic Programming Concepts * Article - A Machine Learnin  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 14 -- Atmospheres, an international open access journal of scientific studies related to the atmosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 15, Issue 9): * Article - A Deep Forest Algorithm Based on TropOMI Satellite Data to Estimate Near-Ground Ozone Concentration * Article - A Multi-Scale Analysis of the Extreme Precipitation in Southern Brazil in April/May 2024 * Article - A New Method Proposed for the Estimation  more

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Dallas issued the following news release: Mary Mumbach, BA '70 PhD '77, has been named the 2024-25 Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the Donald and Louise Cowan Center of the University of Dallas. After receiving her undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Dallas, the latter under the direction of Louise Cowan, PhD, Mumbach went on to co-found the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts and the Honors Program of Magdalen College. Her  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 15 -- Drones, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it focuses on design and applications of drones, including unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aircraft systems and remotely piloted aircraft systems, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 8): * Article - A Distributed Task Allocation Method for Multi-UAV Systems in Communication-Constrained Environments * Article - A General Method for Pre-Flight Preparati  more

BAVARIA, Germany, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat issued the following news: * * * In order to reach their target, for instance a tumor, immune cells have to leave the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and migrate through connective tissue. Until now, scientists presumed that immune cells migrated through tissue by constantly changing their shape and therefore squeezing through the smallest pores and openings. * * * FAU researchers use new method to measure cellular fo  more

NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi issued the following news release: New Delhi: Bhathwari Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (BTPL), Surat, a leading company in the area of synthesis of diamonds using Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) technique, has signed an MoU with IIT Delhi for the development of diamond-based deep ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors for the first time in India. The deep UV photodetectors find applications in the area of UV imaging, secure commu  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Oct. 15 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Racing against a backdrop of a bright blue sky in the midday Sun, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft climbed into the sky atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 14. Lifting off at 12:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Europa Clipper's successful launch marks the first step in the mission's 5.5-year journey to   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2024: Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter's moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sights are set on Jupiter's ice-encased moon Euro  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of these "gravity assists," Europa Clipper will achieve the velocity ne  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2024: The massive spacecraft heads for Europa to search for signs of whether the ocean thought to exist beneath the moon's icy shell could support life. NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT Monday   more

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 15 -- The Cherenkov Telescope Array issued the following news release: Zeuthen, Germany - On October 14, the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), along with hosting partners and shareholders Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, celebrated the official inauguration of the Science Data Management Centre (SDMC) on the DESY campus in Zeuthen. The ceremony, chaired by Prof. Christian Stegmann, Head of DESY Zeuthen, was opened by Mario Brandenburg, Parliamentary   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 14 -- Cornell University issued the following news: An outer ice shell marked by "chaos terrain," a vast ocean, cryovolcanoes, misty plumes, gravitational tides and intense radiation. Jupiter's moon Europa may have them all and potentially conditions that could support life. To find out, NASA has launched its next flagship science mission, Europa Clipper the space agency's first dedicated spacecraft mission to study an ocean world beyond Earth and Cornell scientists will  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Bill Wellock Florida State University's second annual Discovery Days was a weeklong celebration of the impactful work happening across campus. With initiatives for improving pediatric rare disease treatment, nurturing entrepreneurs and startup companies and building partnerships to expand the impact of research, FSU had much to celebrate. "Discovery Days provided an incredible opportunity to cele  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 14 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Graduate students from the Experimental Neutrino Physics group with Syracuse-area high school students who took part in the Syracuse University Physics Emerging Research Technologies Summer High School Internship Program in summer 2024. It takes sophisticated technology to study the behavior of invisible particles like neutrinos and cosmic rays, which pass through our bodies every second before zooming back off into   more

SWINDON, England, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news: * * * New research in quantum entanglement could vastly improve disease detection, such as for cancer and Alzheimer's disease. * * * Groundbreaking research by scientists at the University of York could lead to significant improvements in position emission tomography (PET) scans, widely used in diagnosing cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STF  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 15 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: Dr Rebecca Dewey has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Physics Phillips Award in recognition of her contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion, including promoting, updating, and improving the accessibility of the I am a Physicist Girlguiding Badge, and engaging with British Sign Language users. Dr Dewey is a researcher at the University of Nottingham working across the Schools of Physics a  more

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: A University of Otago quantum physicist is among the first group of international researchers globally to receive a new grant from Google. Associate Professor Harald Schwefel, of the Department of Physics and Te Whai Ao - Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, has received a Google Academic Research Award worth US$50,000 (NZ$81,835) to further his work in quantum technologies.  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Queensland issued the following news: The University of Queensland will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) will collaborate on the project which has received almost $430,000 as part of the Queensland Government's Quantum 2032 Challenge. Professor Warwick Bowen, Director of UQ's   more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * National Science Foundation grant paves the way for space physics B.S. degree track * * * From the internet and cellphones to weather radar and navigation tools, satellite technology is used every minute of every day. Satellites help collect and transmit the data we need to predict the weather, plan our driving routes, text a friend and pay for an item with a credit card. And as soc  more