ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 4 -- CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS, FINE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Changchun, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12241739 B1, initially filed Sept. 25, 2024) developed by five inventors Wenhao Li, Changchun, China; Wenyuan Zhou, Changchun, China; Zhaowu Liu, Changchun, China; Yujia Sun, Changchun, China; and Lin Liu, Changchun, China, for "Bidirectional Littrow two-degree-of-freedom grating interference measurement device based on doub  more

LAUREL, Maryland, March 3 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Generative AI Wargaming Promises to Accelerate Mission Analysis A team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is creating an artificial intelligence-driven capability that automates much of the work that goes into designing, setting up, developing and running wargames. The effort holds promise to dramatically ampl  more

LONDON, England, March 5 -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Gravity from entropy: A radical new approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity In a new study published in Physical Review D, Professor Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London, proposes a groundbreaking new framework that could revolutionise our understanding of gravity and its relationship with quantum mechanics. The study, titled Gra  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award Materials scientist is honored for his academic leadership and innovative research that bridge engineering and nature. By Stephanie Martinovich, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT Professor Markus J. Buehler has been named the recipient of the 2025 Washington Award, one of the nation's oldest and most esteemed engine  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 3, 2025: * * * Personalized heart implant wins MIT Sloan health care prize Spheric Bio's implants are designed to grow in a channel of the heart to better fit the patient's anatomy and prevent strokes. By Zach Winn, MIT News An MIT startup's personalized heart implants, designed to help prevent strokes, won this year's MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize (SHIP) on Thursday. S  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 4 -- The Iowa Department of Education issued the following news release on March 3, 2025: * * * Six Iowa teachers announced as regional 2025 Iowa STEM Teacher Award recipients DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council today announced six teachers as the 2025 Iowa STEM Teacher Award recipients during a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol. Each awardee represents one of Iowa's six STEM regions. "The Governor's STEM Advis  more

MACAU, China, March 5 -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM delegation visits several UK universities to promote cooperation To deepen cooperation and exchanges with higher education institutions in English-speaking countries, Rui Martins, vice rector of the University of Macau (UM), led a delegation to visit several top universities in the Midlands and North West England from 26 to 28 February 2025. The aim of the visit is to promote cooperation in areas such  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 4 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Virginia Tech Meteorology Club steals thunder at national conference A dozen Virginia Tech students and members of the student-run Meteorology Club attended the American Meteorological Society's annual conference held in mid-January in New Orleans, and after five days of weather-related discussions, this group was on cloud nine. Once again, the club was showered with compliments as its members won two national a  more