PASADENA, California, Oct. 16 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Each year the American Physical Society (APS) gives the LeRoy Apker Award to two individuals to provide "encouragement to students who have demonstrated great potential for future scientific accomplishment." This year, Jin Ming Koh (BS '23) has received the Apker Award "for the first experimental realization of a measurement-induced entanglement phase transition on a superconducting quantum proces  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 16 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: On Oct. 4, Oklahoma State University's College of Arts and Sciences recognized 30 alumni at its annual Hall of Fame event, including chemist Dr. Chih-duen Tse and actor Rex Linn. Other honorees of the night included 25 Distinguished Alumni and three Rising Stars, representing all 24 of the college's departments and schools. "The College of Arts and Sciences is a fantastic place to be," CAS Dean Melinda Cro  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Ferroelectric material adapts to light stimuli by reorganizing atomic connectivity on the nanoscale * * * Researchers have revealed an adaptive response with a ferroelectric device, which responds to light pulses in a way that resembles the plasticity of neural networks. This behavior could find application in energy-efficient microelectronics. "Today's  more

OLD ELVET, England, Oct. 16 -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * An international team of scientists, including those from our Department of Physics, are involved in a major space mission that has released five unprecedented new images of the Universe. * * * Durham University is a key partner of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid space telescope, which is on a six-year mission to map the dark Universe - trying to understand why it looks as it does today. Mapping the U  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has issued a grant notice involving Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applied to Nuclear Science and Technology. * * * Description: The DOE SC program in Nuclear Physics (NP) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research and development (R&D) efforts directed at artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for autonomous optimization and control of accelerators and detectors of re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 23, 2024, entitled "Global Variability Of The Composition And Temperature At The 410-Km Discontinuity From Receiver Function Analysis Of Dense Arrays". The article was written by Margaret Elizabeth Glasgow, Hankui K. Zhang, Brandon Schmandt, Wen-Yi Zhou and Jinchi Zhang. * * * Seismic boundaries caused by phase transitions between olivine polymorphs in Earth  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of robots navigates through the rubble-strewn scene of a remote natural disaster, looking for survivors. From a distance, another team provides situational awareness, alerting the first team to evolving hazards. As the search continues, the two teams dynamically swap roles to keep up with the emerging situation, with one team serving as lookout while the other   more

KENNESAW, Georgia, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: Progressing toward its goal of accelerating research innovation and impact, Kennesaw State University on Monday unveiled a newly renovated Crawford Lab Building on the Marietta Campus. Originally constructed in 1962, the 31,000-square-foot Crawford Lab underwent a robust renovation in which it modernized classroom space, upgraded research facilities, and integrated cutting-edge tools that will b  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In December 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) created a "mini sun" deep inside the National Ignition Facility (NIF), ushering in a new realm in scientific discovery. Lasting just a fraction of a second, this historic experiment marked the first time that a controlled fusion experiment achieved ignition. In the next two episodes of the Big Ideas L  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named five researchers as ORNL Corporate Fellows in recognition of their significant career accomplishments and continued leadership. Corporate Fellow is the highest recognition for members of ORNL research staff. Larry Baylor, Craig Blue, Bob Hettich, Mark Lumsden and Jun Qu have been recognized by the la  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Oct. 17 -- The Disney Cruise Lines issued the following news release: * * * A family arcade reinvented into a dynamic gaming lounge, with entertainment options, interactive games, and Baymax meet-and-greets * * * SINGAPORE (Oct. 16, 2024) - Inspired by the eclectic world of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Big Hero 6," San Fransokyo Street - a fictional mash-up of San Francisco and Tokyo - will be a family entertainment area on the Disney Adventure. Here, a sprawling thoroug  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: For decades, Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility has harnessed the power of the sun to expose aerospace materials to intense heat, replicating the harsh conditions of faster-than-sound flight and atmospheric reentry to ensure the materials' ability to protect the rest of the vehicle. The most recent of these tests is in support of two  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following written testimony by Alex Kotran, co-founder and CEO at aiEDU, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Reading the Room: Preparing Workers for AI": * * * Good morning, Chairman Hickenlooper, Ranking Member Braun, and distinguished members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the critical topic of artificial intelligence i  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 16 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: To optimize power, efficiency and freedom to maneuver, engineers aim to demonstrate new technologies for power generation, electric propulsion and chemical rockets The H9 Hall thruster, developed at U-M, pushed the boundaries of how much power a thruster of this size could use before a steep drop-off in efficiency. The $35M SPAR institute, funded by the U.S. Space Force, aims to provide the energy for high-po  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Two Southwest Research Institute instruments were launched aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on Oct. 14 from the agency's Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is designed to conduct a detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa, investigating whether it could hold conditions suitable for life. The SwRI-developed MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX) and Ultraviolet   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 16 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Growing up in remote and beautiful Indian Valley, just a short drive outside of Radford, Deirdre Hand '08, '12 never really imagined impacting lives well beyond the periphery of Southwest Virginia. She earned a degree in history from Virginia Tech and only pursued that because of her love of the subject. She never planned on becoming a teacher, and in general, was unclear on a career path. But a volunteer experience at   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. *** Systems and Methods for Determining User Engagement With Electronic Devices ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- YAHOO AD TECH LLC, New York, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12117918 B2, initially filed Nov. 11, 2021) developed by eight inventors Osnat Benari, New York, New York; Ruiheng Wang, Jersey City, New Jersey; Sasinda Rukshan Premarathna, New York, New York; Cheng Li, Jersey Ci  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * New study led by UC Santa Cruz also advances understanding of tectonic-plate dynamics * * * By Mike Pena Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase, "not if, but when." This precarious reality is now a bit more predictable thanks to researchers at UC Santa Cruz and The University of Texas at Austin, who f  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * The Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science and director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media will begin his new appointment on Nov. 1. * * * Michael Mann has been named the University of Pennsylvania's inaugural vice provost for climate science, policy, and action, effective Nov. 1. Mann  more