WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 6, 2024, from Timothy P. Szczykutowicz, associate professor of the Departments of Radiology, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services RE: regulation no. CMS-1807-P (physician) and regulati  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Nov. 20 -- Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, a peer-reviewed archival journal that says it fosters the development and application of computing paradigms and technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 39, Issue 22): * A generative adversarial network approach for removing motion blur in the automatic detection of pavement cracks * A non-contact identification method of overweight vehicles based o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation released the following written testimony by Tim Gallaudet, CEO of Ocean STL Consulting LLC, from a Nov. 13, 2024, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs entitled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth": * * * Chairwoman Mace, Chairman Grothman, Ranking Members Connolly and Garcia, and Membe  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Nov. 20 -- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society that says it features computational intelligence, computer vision, neural networks, genetic algorithms, machine learning, fuzzy systems, cognitive systems, decision making and robotic, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 54, Issue 11): * A Physics-Informed Neural Network Approach to Augmented Dynamics V  more

RESTON, Virginia, Nov. 21 -- The Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society of Civil Engineers that says it features planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of transportation systems and infrastructure, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 150, Issue 12): Technical Papers * Lateral Control Strategy of Autonomous Trucks Allowing for the Durability of Bridge Deck Pavem  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Matthew Schehl Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution's new atomic fountain online - the largest of its kind in the world - for applications to quantum sensing experiments in precise navigation and timekeeping. Using a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award bestowed last year and plenty of elbow grease, Dr. Frank Narducci, Chair of the NPS Dep  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 19 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Observations made with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument line up with predictions from Einstein's theory of general relativity DESI observes the sky from the Mayall Telescope, shown here during the 2023 Geminid meteor shower. credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences in the amount of matter present in the early universe into  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 21 -- Nonlinear Dynamics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it encompasses all nonlinear dynamic phenomena associated with mechanical, structural, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical and control systems, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 112, Issue 24): * A probabilistic distance-based stability quantifier for complex dynamical systems * Affine connection approach to the realization of nonholonomic constraints by   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A small sample from the Frontier simulations reveals the evolution of the expanding universe in a region containing a massive cluster of galaxies from billions of years ago to present day (left). Red areas show hotter gasses, with temperatures reaching 100 million Kelvin or more. Zooming in (right), star tracer particles track the formation of galaxies and their move  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Nov. 21 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * RIT's partnership with the thriving continent continues to grow * * * Destiny Amenyedzi is using science and machine learning to solve a global problem. The native Ghanaian and Ph.D. student at the University of Rwanda is using AudioMoths (highly sensitive microphones) to monitor sounds within farms. He is specifically studying bird sounds to distinguish which birds are helpful, which  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: The air we breathe is a direct result of the dirt under our feet. Trillions upon trillions of soil bacteria break down organic matter, releasing carbon dioxide and other potent greenhouse gases; photosynthetic microbes do the opposite, pulling CO2 out of the air and releasing oxygen. This delicate balance kept Earth's atmosphere stable for eons--until human activities sent it into a tailspin. Now, without a better u  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * The research sheds new light on fundamental phenomena that can be harnessed to advance applications in quantum science, including in long-distance quantum networks * * * A research team led by Dominik Schneble, PhD, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has uncovered a novel regime, or set of conditions within a system, for cooperative   more

MENLO PARK, California, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: * * * This is the first of a two-part series exploring a sampling of ways artificial intelligence helps researchers from around the world perform cutting-edge science with the lab's state-of-the-art facilities and instruments. * * * By Carol Tseng Every day, researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory tackle some of the biggest questions   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Soil plays a crucial role in regulating Earth's carbon cycle. As the largest terrestrial carbon sink, soil has the potential to either mitigate or exacerbate climate change, depending on how it is managed. The Department of Energy has awarded the University of Arizona $610,166 as part of the department's $8 million initiative to support research to improve climate models. The U of A project, one o  more

FORT DAVIS, Texas, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Today, astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of Texas at Austin announced the discovery the youngest planet ever found using the transit method. With this method, a planet is detected when it passes between its host star and the observer. The planet, named TIDYE-1b, is roughly the size of Jupiter and is an  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: It's been said that we know more about the surface of the moon than the floor of Earth's oceans. For more than two decades, Virginia Tech's Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics has been developing robots that can find what lies beneath the sea surface with the support of the Office of Naval Research. Bringing together faculty and students from the College of Engineering and the Virginia Tech National Security Institut  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- Westmont College issued the following news: By Scott Craig Westmont students Josef Bingener '25 and Ethan Camp '27 have participated in a novel nuclear physics experiment with Professor Robert Haring-Kaye. They traveled to Florida State University (FSU) to study the structural properties of an exotic isotope of gallium (72Ga) that survives for only a few hours before decaying to a different isotope. "We're interested in studying this nucleus sinc  more