WASHINGTON, March 27 -- ALLIANCE MEDICAL PHYSICS, Alpharetta, Georgia, won a federal contract award for $405,230 from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Hampton, Virginia, for scientific and technical consulting services. Contract Award Number: 36C24624D0026; ueiSAM: EETNNM76VEX8; NAICS Code: 541690; Product Service Code (PSC): Q301; Solicitation Number: 36C24624Q0023; SBA - Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, March 26 (TNSres) -- Henry Ford College issued the following news release: HFC physics and astronomy instructor Jesse Mason's student research group - alias the Dead Stars Society (DSS) - was recently awarded a $20,000 grant through the LSST Discovery Alliance. The funds will allow them to be one of the lead groups to work with data from a brand-new Chilean telescope, among other uses. "This grant affirms the value our students have been contributing to the astrophysics com  more

LAUREL, Maryland, March 27 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: James Adams, a senior advisor at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, was named to the 2023 Federal 100. For more than 30 years, Nextgov/FCW magazine has released a list of the 100 most outstanding individuals working at the intersection of government and industry technology. Adams joined a cohort GovExec noted includes "representatives fro  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Journal of Environmental Engineering, a journal that says it features environmental engineering science, systems engineering and sanitation from the American Society of Civil Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 150, Issue 4): State-of-the-Art Reviews: * Comprehensive Insights into Harmful Algal Blooms: A Review of Chemical, Physical, Biological, and Climatological Influencers with Predictive Modeling Approa  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, a journal that disseminates information on the development of new hydrologic methods, theories and applications to current engineering problems from the American Society of Civil Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 29, Issue 2): Technical Papers: * Time-Varying Evaluation of Compound Drought and Hot Extremes in Machine Learning-Predicted Ensemble CMIP5 Future Climate: A Mu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Journal of Physical Oceanography, a journal that says it features physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 54, Issue 4): ARTICLES: * Evolution of Internal Gravity Waves in a Mesoscale Eddy Simulated Using a Novel Model * The Upwelling Source Depth Distribution and Its Response to Wind Stress and Stratific  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, a journal that says it features physics, dynamics and chemistry of the atmosphere of Earth and other planets from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 81, Issue 3): ARTICLES: * A New Pathway for Tornadogenesis Exposed by Numerical Simulations of Supercells in Turbulent Environments * Diurnally Varying Ekman Layer in a Rossby Wave * A  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article on March 26, 2024: * * * A nanoscale look at how shells and coral form revealed a mineral that, until now, had never been seen in living organisms - and indicates that biomineralization is more complex than we imagined * * * By Lauren Biron Exactly how does coral make its skeleton, a sea urchin grow a spine, or an abalone form the mother-of-pearl in its shell?   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 26 -- VISUAL PHYSICS, LLC, Alpharetta, Georgia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11938748 B2, initially filed March 14, 2022) developed by three inventors Samuel M. Cape, Woodstock, Georgia; Benjamin E. Bleiman, Cumming, Georgia; and Jonathan D. Gosnell, Cumming, Georgia, for "Micro-optic security device with interactive dynamic security features."  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 26 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Each spring, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. These awards highlight many of the University's faculty and staff who go above and beyond in their work at Penn State. This year's honorees will be recognized at an invitation-only awards ceremony at noon on Thursday, March 28, in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conferenc  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 26 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Nationally recognized solar eclipse and solar power experts from Rice University are available to discuss the April 8 eclipse, which will be the last total solar eclipse in the U.S. for 20 years. Photo credit: 123rf.comThe path of totality will cross 15 states from Texas to Maine, including slivers of Tennessee and Michigan. The solar eclipse will begin in totality around 1:31 p.m. Central Standard Time and last 4  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 26 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Sian Wilkerson On April 8, Richmond will experience its first partial solar eclipse in nearly seven years. Though the city is about 400 miles east of the eclipse's path of totality - a narrow corridor stretching from Texas to Maine in which the moon's shadow will completely obscure the sun - local astronomy enthusiasts can still get a pretty good view right from their own backyard. In addition to ma  more