ITHACA, New York, Oct. 28 -- Cornell University issued the following news: On what would have been astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan's 90th birthday, Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute will celebrate his legacy in an interdisciplinary day of science, music and more as part of the College of Arts and Sciences' Arts Unplugged series. Sagan's longtime collaborator and widow Ann Druyan, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer, producer and director, will open the event. Druyan co-wrote th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- 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 Oct. 24, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 42): Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function * Quasi-Diabatization Based on Minimizing Derivative Couplings in a Limited Configuration Space: Elimination of Boundary Condition   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 28 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Carlos Taboada, assistant professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University. (The David and Lucile Packard Foundation) For Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Carlos Taboada, the fascination with wildlife and biology began when he was a kid. But what firmly decided his future career path were two key moments: an opportunity to conduct fieldwork on polka-dot treefrogs in Argentina and reading Sonke   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 28 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Yuval Grossman, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the American Physical Society (APS). The fellowship program recognizes physicists who have made exceptional contributions in physics research; important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics; or significant contributions to physics education. Grossman works in the field of high-energy physics phenomenolo  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release: * * * 14 Faculty Members Selected from SUNY's Four University Centers SUNY, IBM Have Partnered Since 2019 to Advance AI Research and Innovation * * * State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced the 2024 SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance grant recipients. Fourteen outstanding researchers from SUNY's four university centers have been awarded grants this year for   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The largest spacecraft to ever explore the solar system blasted into the sky above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 14. NASA's Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and make 49 planned flybys of its moon Europa to study the moon's icy shell and help researchers better understand what lies beneath. Scientists at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab, which has  more