NEW YORK, April 30 -- ACM Computing Surveys, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for Computing Machinery, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 56, Issue 5): Survey: * A Review of Stability in Topic Modeling: Metrics for Assessing and Techniques for Improving Stability * Co-Located Human-Human Interaction Analysis Using Nonverbal Cues: A Survey * Evaluation of XR Applications: A Tertiary Review * A Systematic Review of IoT Security: Rese  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Amid the challenges that the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility faced in assembling and launching the world's first exascale-class (more than a quintillion calculations per second) supercomputer, Frontier, one key component was hitch-free. Integral to Frontier's functionality is its ability to store the vast amounts of data it produces   more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, April 30 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: "Numerical Processes for Appoximating Solutions of Nonlinear Equations," a research paper co-authored by CU faculty member Dr. Ioannis K. Argyros, CU alumni Samundra Regmi and Christopher I. Argyros and Dr. Santhosh George has been honored with the 2024 Best Paper Award by Axioms, an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of mathematics, mathematical logic and mathematical physics. Ioannis K. Argyros  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Lycoming College announced that graduating senior, Hiyori Iai, was named the recipient of the 2024 Chieftain Award during the College's annual Honors Convocation ceremony on Sunday, April 21, at Williamsport's Community Arts Center, to an audience of students and their families, as well as faculty and staff. Iai was recognized for her dedication to academic excellence, community service, cocurricular activities,  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) was an influential American chemist most renowned for discovering plutonium in 1940. He also helped produce and isolate several additional synthetic transuranium elements and defined the actinide series. Seaborg received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951, had an element named after him (Seaborgium), and chaired the Atomic Energy Commission.  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, April 30 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Civil engineering is like Converse sneakers--its popularity has ebbed and flowed over the decades. The profession received a boost in the U.S. in the 1930s, for example, after the New Deal: The massive investment sparked plans to build the Hoover and Chickamauga Dams, workers began to carve out the Lincoln Tunnel, and the new Bay Bridge, once completed, spanned more than eight miles of wa  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 30 -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Following an international open call launched in collaboration with Copenhagen Contemporary in January, Arts at CERN announced today that the artist Alice Bucknell is the recipient of the second Collide Copenhagen residency award. Established in 2012, Collide is Arts at CERN's international residency award, where the residency is a unique opportunity for artists   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kathleen Haughney Florida State University has recognized eight outstanding faculty members with the Developing Scholar Award, which recognizes the research and creative contributions of associate professors. The recognition comes with a one-time award of $10,000 to be used to promote the awardee's program of research and creativity during the academic year subsequent to the award's presentation. "We hav  more

YORK, England, April 30 -- The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine issued the following news: The winners of the Advancing Healthcare Awards have been announced. IPEM sponsored the award for the 'Best collaboration across clinical, academia and industry', which aims to celebrate effective collaborative working across clinical settings, the academic world and industry to develop new services or streamline existing processes for the benefit of patient care. The award was won by Pau  more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 30 (TNSres) -- Khalifa University issued the following news: * * * Collaborative Research Reveals Fool's Gold as a Promising Solar Material * * * Iron pyrite (FeS2), commonly referred to as fool's gold due to its striking resemblance, has captured scientists' imaginations due to its abundance and low cost, making it suitable for harnessing the sun's energy. Reality has fallen short of expectations, with iron pyrite's conversion efficiency remaining low,  more

BRISTOL, England, April 30 -- 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 May 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 69, No. 9): Papers: * CT respiratory motion synthesis using joint supervised and adversarial learning * Generative adversarial network-based synthesis of contrast-enh  more

BRISBANE, Australia, April 30 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: A QUT-led team of international researchers has made a breakthrough in the development of a type of battery that is much safer and cheaper than the batteries currently charging our smart devices. The research, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society, has demonstrated a way of improving the voltage of aqueous zinc-ion batteries, which are a type of rechargea  more

ROCHESTER, New York, April 30 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Many RIT students are discovering research opportunities on the path to a diploma. For everyone from first years to master's students, these independent projects can help cultivate critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Whether it's late nights spent in a RIT lab or a field study in the mountains, research experiences can be a cutting-edge way for students to prepare for  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 30 -- The European Union Single Resolution Board issued the following news release: The SRB welcomes the appointment of Karen Braun-Munzinger as Member of the Board and Director of Resolution Policy Development and Coordination, as approved by the European Parliament on 23 April and adopted by the Council of the European Union on 29 April 2024. She will take up her duties on 13 May 2024. Ms Braun-Munzinger, a German national, joins the SRB from the Deutsche Bundesbank,  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 29 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Three Syracuse University students have been awarded prestigious graduate research fellowships through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), and two students have been recognized with honorable mentions. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the U.S. The five-year fellowship in  more

IRVINE, California, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * The tests addressed the elusive matter's existence despite it never having been observed * * * Computer simulations by astronomers support the idea that dark matter - matter that no one has yet directly detected but which many physicists think must be there to explain several aspects of the observable universe - exists, according to the researchers, who include those a  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 29 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: As Commencement approaches, vice president and chief campus facilities officer Pete Sala and the team at Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) are preparing the University community for the summer construction projects. Sala and staff at CPDC will host a virtual information session on Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. The meeting can be accessed via Zoom. For those unable to attend, the following summary is prov  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Bryan Luhn Science is taking a huge step forward in the quest for superconductors that will not require ultra-high pressure to function thanks to multinational research led by Xiaojia Chen at the University of Houston. "It has long been superconductivity researchers' goal to ease or even eliminate the critical controls currently required regarding temperature and pressure," said Chen, the M.D. Anders  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news: A team of University of Louisiana at Lafayette students designed and built a flower-shaped structure that's caught the eye of NASA. The reason? Its potential to enhance scientific observation of planets outside Earth's solar system. The five-member team's small-scale starshade - coupled with extensive documentation about its construction and capabilities - placed third in NASA's  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, April 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news: The Universities of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved a lease for Mayo Clinic Health System to occupy integrated research workspace in the new Science and Health Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Regents on Monday approved the 30-year lease of 10,000 square feet of research, instructional, office and meeting space in the building to be occupied by   more

EL PASO, Texas, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: Seven current students and recent graduates from The University of Texas at El Paso have received two of the most highly competitive national scholarships for research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) -- the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). The Goldwater Scholarship is awarded to soph  more