IRVINE, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: Ten assistant professors at the University of California, Irvine will receive Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by junior faculty. They join an elite group of 85 UCI Society of Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund was established here. The program began in 1995 at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego and has since expanded organica  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its May 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 10): Letters: * Catalysis of the Oxygen-Evolution Reaction in 1.0 M Sulfuric Acid by Manganese Antimonate Films Synthesized via Chemical Vapor Deposition Articles: * Inte  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jenny Cho, of Carlsbad, has been appointed Deputy Director, Division of Financial Assistance, Federal Programs, in the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Cho has been Assistant Deputy Director of Federal Relief and Recovery at the California Department of Housing and Community Development  more

TRIESTE, Italy, June 5 (TNSres) -- The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) issued the following news: Black holes, Einstein's equations, singularities in collapsing Friedmann Universe and in anisotropic Kasner Universe: "Resolving singularities in General Relativity" is the title of the fascinating journey through the Cosmos that theoretical physicist Slava Mukhanov from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich will present in his se  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 6 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: University of Missouri Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Matthew Martens announced today that Marisa Chrysochoou has been named dean of the MU College of Engineering. The appointment is effective Aug. 1. "Dr. Chrysochoou is an accomplished scholar with a track record of leadership and service to the profession of engineering," Martens said. "Following a national search, the Pres  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- George Washington University issued the following news: WASHINGTON (June 5, 2024)-- The Washington Post reported that "A letter signed by current and former OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind employees asked firms to provide greater transparency and whistleblower protections." The letter signed on Tuesday warns that AI poses great threats and risks to humanity. Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to provide context, commentary and analysis  more

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 6 -- Morningside University issued the following news: Morningside University is excited to announce the launch of a new biomedical sciences major that is designed especially for students aiming for advanced degrees in professional healthcare fields that may include medical school, dental school, and physician assistant programs. This program will commence in the 2024-2025 academic year, providing a dedicated pathway for students to rigorously prepare for their future edu  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, June 5 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: The University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in 1969 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. government, the USRA is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology and engineering. The USRA consists of 121 universities that work together to advance space-related educatio  more

PASADENA, California, June 6 -- The Planetary Society issued the following news release: The Planetary Society, the world's largest and most effective space advocacy group, announced the appointment of Dr. Newton Campbell Jr., an internationally recognized leader in the space industry, to its board of directors. Dr. Campbell is the Director of Space Programs at the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) Consortium, overseeing a portfolio of space technology and operations ini  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Patrick Kennedy A thousand miles and more above our heads, satellites form a critical modern infrastructure, aiding global communication, navigation, and weather forecasting. But once a satellite is decommissioned or dies, it doesn't disappear. It stays up there, an orbiting hunk of junk, joining cast-off rocket parts and other space debris. If current trends continue--nearly 12,000 working satellites already enc  more

LONDON, England, June 6 (TNSres) -- The Royal Academy of Engineering issued the following news: The UK is well placed to apply its unique expertise and commercial knowhow in key areas of quantum technology that could boost its future economy, according to a report published today by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Synthetic diamond is just one of several areas highlighted by the review as strategic priorities for future investment, along with silicon photonics, compound semiconductors and sup  more

PASADENA, California, June 5 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: A Q&A with physicist David Politzer about solving the mystery of the strong force more than 50 years ago When David Politzer, Caltech's Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics, was a fourth-year graduate student at Harvard in 1973, he made an astounding discovery that would forever reshape the field of particle physics. He had been mulling over a physics problem and decided to do a l  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 6 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Joint study finds increased particulate air pollution following 2011 diversion of water to San Diego. * * * When desert winds stir up dust from the Salton Sea's exposed lakebed, nearby communities suffer from increased air pollution. The deterioration coincides with reduced flows into California's largest lake, according to a new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics by San  more

TOKYO, Japan, June 6 (TNSres) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Researchers experimentally investigate the impact of introducing high-density calcium on the superconductivity of calcium-intercalated bilayer grapheme * * * Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. They have applications in several fields, including magnetic resonance imaging, particle accele  more

TOKYO, Japan, June 5 (TNSres) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Researchers uncover how the halogen bond can be exploited to direct sequential dynamics in the multi-functional crystals, offering crucial insights for developing ultrafast-response times for multilevel optical storage. Halogen bonds are intermolecular interactions that arise from the attraction between a halogen atom (group 17 elements in the periodic table) and another atom with lone pairs, more  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: The high-resolution ELT instrument ANDES (formerly known as HIRES), will allow astronomers to study astronomical objects that require highly sensitive observations. It will be used to search for signs of life in Earth-like exoplanets, find the first stars born in the Universe, test for possible variations of the fundamental constants of physics, and measure the acceleration of the Universe's expansion. Image cr  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Adaptive Client Steering in an Access Point Using a Monitoring Radio ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12003308 B2, initially filed July 27, 2021) developed by four inventors Sivadeep R. Kalavakuru, Akron, Ohio; Ardalan Alizadeh, Milpitas, California; Fred J. Anderson, Lakeville, Ohio; and John M. Blosco, Norton, O  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Safe Package ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- An inventor from Windermere, Florida, Hassan Abderrazak has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1030182 S1, initially filed March 28, 2022) for "Safe package." *** Multi-Tier Resource, Subsystem, and Load Orchestration ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- C/HCA, INC., Nashville, Tennessee has been assigned a patent (No. US 12003426 B1, initially fil  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Utah. *** Precursor Compositions for a Protective Article, Protective Articles Comprising a Reaction Product of the Precursor Composition, Related Aerospace Structures, and Related Methods ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11999834 B2, initially filed June 19, 2019) developed by six inventors Cameron Hilton, Pleasan  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: New research has given the clearest ever picture of young children's developing brains, using a wearable brain scanner to map electrical brain activity. The work opens up new possibilities for tracking how critical developmental milestones, like walking and talking, are underpinned by changing brain function, and how neurodevelopmental conditions like autism emerge. The research team, led by  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 5 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: Getting into graduate school to become a doctor or a dentist is difficult. By some estimates, only about 37% to 42% of students who apply to medical or dental school are accepted. To help pre-medical and -dental students achieve their dreams, UT Arlington created a program called the Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC). The odds of graduate school admission for students participatin  more