WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Eddie Morris as its new resident inspector at the Joseph M. Farley nuclear power plant near Dothan, Alabama. The plant is operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. He joins Senior Resident Inspector Sarah Temple at Farley. Morris rejoined the NRC in July 2024 after a decade at Idaho National Laboratory, where he held increasingly senior oversight and manag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Optics Express, a peer-reviewed journal from the Optical Society that emphasizes scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 32, Issue 22): Research Articles - Atomic and Molecular Physics * Measurement of microwave polarization using two polarization orthogonal local microwave electric fields in a Rydberg atom-based mixer - Fourier Optics, Image an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * An innovative all-of-computing approach offers the potential for sustainable cloud computing applications to address urgent energy needs * * * RICHLAND, Wash.--Some computing challenges are so big that it's necessary to go all in. That's the approach a diverse team of scientists and computing experts led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National   more

LONDON, England, Oct. 22 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 40): * From weak to strong interactions between halogen and noble gas atoms in halonium complexes * The indanone N-H type excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT); the observati  more

BRISTOL, England, Oct. 22 -- Physics in Medicine and Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine that says it features developments and applications of physics to medicine, physiology and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 69, No. 20): * A comparative study on automatic treatment planning for online adaptive proton therapy of esophageal cancer: which combination of deformable registratio  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Name: Sahana Datar Class Year: 2026 Major: Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO Internship Organization: MD Anderson Cancer Center Internship Title: Summer Research Intern Location: Houston, TX The Hyperpolarizer which takes liquids and makes them hyperpolarized What's happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing! I am a research intern  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: By Hayley Dunning Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. From a potential new space mission, to two new chunks of funding to study our changing climate, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Space probe proposal A proposal for a new astrophysics mission, involving Imperial researchers, has been selected for further study by NASA. The Probe far-Infrared Mission f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: This week, Director Sethuraman Panchanathan underscored the progress and accomplishments that NSF investments are having on innovation and research. The director traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, to attend the 28th NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) National Conference hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Panchanathan met with University of Nebraska System  more

DECATUR, Illinois, Oct. 22 -- Millikin University issued the following news: * * * The award is given by Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. * * * By Matthew Flaten Millikin University College of Arts & Science faculty members Dr. Jennifer Schroeder and Dr. Kyle Knust recently received 2024 Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Awards. The Love of Learning Award is designed to help fund post-baccalaureate pro  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: LepageFest, a two-day event honoring the career of Peter Lepage, Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, was held Oct. 14-15 in the Physical Sciences Building. The conference primarily focused on the current status and future of heavy quark physics while highlighting the science Lepage has done throughout his career.During that more than 50-year career  more

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2024: Researchers at the Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC) of the University of California San Diego are part of two cutting-edge Energy Innovation Hub teams that have collectively been awarded $125 million in funding over the next five years by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The aim: to accelerate the development of the next generation of energy storage t  more

MERCED, California, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Lorena Anderson A group of faculty members at UC Merced has been awarded a $1 million seed grant from the National Science Foundation to form a research collaborative to expand participation and access to materials, research-focused facilities, education, training and careers. The Venture for Innovation in Self-assembly and Integration of Optoelectronic Nanostructures (VISION) at UC Merce  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: A pioneering historian of the late-ancient world at the University of Nottingham, has been awarded a 2024 Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research. Dr George Woudhuysen in the Department of Classics and Archaeology has received one of the Leverhulme Trust's prizes in recognition of his research, which uses investigation of manuscripts to revolutionise understanding of the late-Roman histori  more

WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 22 -- University of Windsor issued the following news: As a biomedical science student, Priya Chana is grateful for the exposure to physics she gained through the Outstanding Scholars program, which she says has broadened her academic experience. "I work with MRI machines now, and I'm actually able to operate them independently -- something many students at other universities don't get the chance to do," Chana said. "I've also learned about coding and the inner workings   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 21 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Meridith Joyce, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Astronomy and Physics, was part of a research team that studied the brightening and dimming of a star known as Betelgeuse (pictured) and found the pulsing starlight potentially comes from a companion star, dubbed "Betelbuddy." The research was accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. (ALMA Telescope Photo) Th  more