NEW YORK, June 26 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: Columbia Journalism School in partnership with the Pulitzer Center is proud to announce the graduates from the Class of 2024 who have been selected for fellowships to pursue in-depth projects on underreported issues of global importance. This is the fifth year of the partnership, which provides funding and mentorship from an advisor associated with the Pulitzer Center. Fellows and advisors  more

LONDON, England, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Royal Academy of Engineering issued the following news on June 24, 2024: Engineer, author and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara is to receive one of the Royal Academy of Engineering's top awards next month for her exceptional efforts in promoting engineering to the public. Shini will receive the Rooke Award - named after the former industrial titan Sir Denis Rooke - at the Academy Awards dinner in London on 9 July. Shini was recently announced as the present  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 26 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: * * * Ansys is developing thermal management technology for the Intel 18A silicon process to enable HPC, graphics, and AI products supporting U.S. national security applications * * * Key Highlights * Ansys joins the Intel Foundry Accelerator United States Military, Aerospace, and Government (USMAG) Alliance to deliver secure design methodologies a  more

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 25 (TNSres) -- The University of St. Andrews issued the following news: Astronomers have discovered three potential "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a relatively nearby orange dwarf star, marking an important development in the search for habital planets. This groundbreaking discovery was made by an international team of researchers, including Dr Ancy Anna John, a post-doctoral researcher from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews. Th  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, June 26 (TNSres) -- The British Antarctic Survey issued the following news release: A new and worrying way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterised by scientists for the first time. The research focuses on how relatively warm seawater can lap at the underside of ground-based ice, which can accelerate the movement of the ice into the ocean. This process is currently not included in models that predict sea level rise, so the new results could offer a more accurat  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce a new round of ExpandAI awards dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion within the artificial intelligence research community. In collaboration with the departments of Homeland Security, Agriculture, Defense and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NSF is awarding grants to seven innovative projects aimed at enhancing  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: * * * Synthesis methods can dramatically alter the internal structure of calcite crystals and affect the mineral's chemical reactivity * * * When looking at calcite under a microscope, a scientist would immediately recognize the crystalline form of calcium carbonate by its rhombohedral appearance. That is, calcite is shaped like a distorted cu  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, June 26 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Purdue University research reactor serves as test bed for optimizing performance of small modular reactors * * * o expand the availability of electricity generated from nuclear power, several countries have started developing designs for small modular reactors (SMRs), which could take less time and money to construct compared to existing reactors. Toward this effort, a study conducted at   more

EXETER, England, June 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: Astronomers have discovered three potential "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a relatively nearby orange dwarf star. This groundbreaking find was made by an international team of researchers led by Dr Shweta Dalal from the University of Exeter. The exoplanets are orbiting Star HD 48498, located approximately 55 light-years from Earth. These planets revolve around their host star in 7, 38, and 151 Earth day  more

NEW YORK, June 25 -- Foundations of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it is devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 54, Issue 2): * A No-Go Result on Observing Quantum Superpositions * Spatio-temporally Graded Causality: A Model * A Stochastic Model of Mathematics and Science * Stern-Gerlach, EPRB and Bell Inequalities: An Analysis Using the Quantum Hamilton Equati  more

NEW YORK, June 25 -- Foundations of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it is devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 54, Issue 3): * A Case Study for Leibnizian Ideas in Wolfram Model * On the Growing Universe of Causal Set Theory-An Order-Type Approach * Has the Problem of the Motion of a Heavy Symmetric Top been Solved in Quadratures? * A de Broglie-Bohm Model of P  more

ITHACA, New York, June 25 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Outside Gates Hall as spring classes ended, Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse juggled a flurry of white balls - five, if you could keep track - hands occasionally crisscrossing, at times juggling entirely behind his back or above his head. Suddenly launching several balls skyward, the doctoral student in applied math pirouetted twice before calmly receiving the plummeting projectiles and lofting them back to lower altitudes. "  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 25, 2024, entitled "Harvard University et al.; Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments." The notice was issued by Gregory W. Campbell, Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance. * * * Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 25 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A team of scientists led by Qimiao Si predicts the existence of flat electronic bands at the Fermi level. Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University. In a study published in Nature Communications June 19, a team of scientists led by Rice University's Qimiao Si predicts the existence of flat electronic bands at the Fermi level, a finding that could enable new forms of quantum computing and electronic devices. Quantum ma  more

SAN DIEGO, California, June 26 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Engineers from San Diego State University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln collaborate on federally funded research to advance the medical field * * * By Taylor Slane Computer simulations at San Diego State University seek to advance the possible use of microbubbles to deliver drugs into patients, seen as a future treatment for conditions in the brain, heart and other hard-to-reach areas  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 26 -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research issued the following news release: Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a physics competition run by CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, open to secondary school pupils from all around the world. Participants are invited to prepare a proposal for a physics experiment that can be undertaken at the beamline of a particle accelerator, either at CERN or at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germ  more

DAYTON, Ohio, June 25 -- Sinclair Community College issued the following news release: Sinclair Community College is giving high school students exciting hands-on exposure to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs and careers through a special two-week summer academy. This year's academy was held from June 3-14, 2024, and immersed the students in a variety of activities aimed at making them feel comfortable on college campuses and engaged them in hands-on STEM experie  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, June 26 (TNSres) -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * It is Jupiter's most recognisable feature - a storm that has been raging for hundreds of years - but up until now little has been known about how activity at the gas giant's Great Red Spot affects its surroundings overhead. * * * Thanks to images taken by the world's largest deep-space telescope, scientists have now been able to reveal fascinating new details about the effect the  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, June 25 (TNSres) -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Funded by a Department of Energy grant, the inaugural edition of the AI4Fusion summer school benefitted from the synergy between nuclear physicists and data scientists. * * * By Antonella Di Marzio, Senior Research Writer On the last day of the inaugural AI4Fusion Summer School at William & Mary, Jim Slone '26 felt confident that commercial nuclear fusion energy could really be 30 years away this t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 25 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: From nanoscale to expanding musical creativity, 13 innovative projects across seven colleges and schools have been selected for the spring 2024 Seeding Success internal grants, which highlight Vanderbilt's commitment to advancing scientific discovery and technological innovation. Seeding Success Grants, which began in 2022, support new work or research directions with strong potential for impact and external fund  more