OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Prasanna Balaprakash, a national leader in artificial intelligence, or AI, spoke to some of the highest achieving students in the country at the National Science Bowl in Washington D.C. Balaprakash, who serves as director of Artificial Intelligence Programs at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was featured as the plenary speaker for the annua  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 10 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called "criticality," this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is transitioning smoothly from one phase into the next. Now, a new Northwestern University study has discovered that the brain's structural features reside in the vicinity of a similar critical point -- either at or close to a structur  more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, June 11 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: Dr. Susmita Hazra, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering at Cameron University, has been honored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE) with the Oklahoma Online Excellence Award for Teaching. Hazra, an online STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) educator, joined the CU faculty in 2017. During her   more

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, June 11 (TNSres) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Twan Wilting defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Applied Physics and Science Education on June 4th. * * * When you press the two sticky sides of a piece of adhesive tape together at a single point, a loop forms. Try to pull the loop apart, and something odd happens. Instead of instantly springing open, the loop first gets much smaller, until the sticky tape finally rel  more

LOS ALAMITOS, California, June 11 (TNSres) -- The IEEE Computer Society issued the following news on June 10, 2024: * * * General Keynotes Explore R&D in Deep Learning, Human Creativity and AI, and Artificial Biodiversity; Expo Track Keynotes Feature Experts from Amazon Web Services, Getty Images, and Microsoft Research * * * Today, the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference Program Committee announced keynote speakers for this year's event, including leaders from prominen  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 11 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is moving forward on a project to gain new insight into the interactions of electrons. The MOLLER experiment will make an extremely precise measurement of the electron's force field to learn about specific and rare interactions with other subatomic particles. On May 28, the experiment  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The Journal of Climate, a journal from the American Meteorological Society that focuses on a basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on a large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface and cryosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 12): ARTICLES: * North-South Disparity in Impact of Climate Change on "Outdoor Days" * Increases in th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The Journal of Climate, a journal from the American Meteorological Society that focuses on a basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on a large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface and cryosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 13): ARTICLES: * How Much Does Land-Atmosphere Coupling Influence Summertime Temperature Variability in  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, June 11 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: On April 18-19, the Honors College and IDEA Center at Texas State University hosted the 18th annual Undergraduate Research Conference, which provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to share their research and scholarship. More than 80 undergraduate students from across disciplines presented research at the conference, including poster and panel sessions. Faith Swanson, a psychology juni  more

GLOUCESTER POINT, Virginia, June 11 -- William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science issued the following news: By John Wallace William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science didn't just commemorate School of Marine Science (SMS) graduates last month, they also honored nine W&M undergraduates who earned their Minor in Marine Science. On Wednesday, May 15, a celebratory cookout was held at the Keck Environmental Field Laboratory, at which program co-directors Chris Hein and Nic  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, June 11 -- The University of Montreal issued the following news release: Astronomy professor Jonathan Gagne will be part of the Landolt space mission, solving problems caused by errors in astronomical calibrations. A major scientific breakthrough will be taking place soon thanks to NASA's Landolt space mission. The mission, at a cost of $19.5 million, will make it possible to measure stellar luminosities more accurately. Jonathan Gagne, scientific advisor at the Montreal Pla  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, June 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: Lessons learned from efforts to bring wireless communications technologies to remote areas from the Arctic to the Andes could help widen global access to the benefits of the information age. An international team of researchers have published new recommendations on how governments can overcome the multifaceted challenges which are locking out billions of people from regular internet access. In a new Ea  more