ARGONNE, Illinois, July 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New large language model can provide high-accuracy forecasts from even low-resolution data * * * Being able to create accurate weather models for weather forecasting is essential for every aspect of the American economy, from aviation to shipping. To date, weather models have been primarily based on equations related to thermodynamics and fluid dynamics   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 10 -- The Institute of Food Technologists issued the following news release: The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, is pleased to announce that Carmen I. Moraru, PhD, Professor at Cornell University, has been awarded IFT's Collaborative Research Grant in honor of Marcel Loncin, which provides research funding for a scientist or engineer co  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Silicon computer chips have served us well for more than half a century. The tiniest features on chips currently sold are approximately 3 nanometers -- a startlingly small size given that a human hair is roughly 80,000 nanometers wide. Reducing the size of features on chips will help us meet our endless need for more memory and processing power in the palm of our hand.   more

CLINTON, South Carolina, July 10 -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: Looking back on his four years as a student at Presbyterian College, Dr. Ricardo Hernandez '20 says that PC helped him grow to limits that he never could have imagined. Hernandez was the first computational biology student at Presbyterian College to pursue--and ultimately achieve--his Ph.D. As an undergrad, he completed SCINBRE research that studied the fractal properties of the genome as a novel way to identi  more

OLD ELVET, England, July 10 -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * Durham University alumni and supporters will help to shape the future of UK politics following the country's recent General Election. * * * Several graduates and a current member of University staff have been elected to the House of Commons as new Members of Parliament (MPs). Two of our alumni will take up seats in the House of Lords. Appointments to the House of Lords Durham alumnus James Timpson, OBE, Chief  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 9 -- Brown University issued the following news: Brown University faculty members received numerous accolades over the past several months for outstanding research, service and leadership with many awards, fellowships and other honors. The scholars, whose fields range from music to geophysics to psychiatry and human behavior, earned both national and international recognition and support for their work. Among such distinctions are the following honors: Hip Hop   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following testimony by retired U.S. Navy Capt. James E. Fanell from a June 26, 2024, hearing entitled "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare, Part II": * * * Introduction Chair Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, and distinguished members of this Committee, thank you for the privilege and honor of inviting me to testify today. I am honored to assist this Committee's responsibility t  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 10 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: In partnership with NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Space Force GPS III Program Office has delivered two laser retroflector arrays to Lockheed Martin. On May 6, the LRAs were delivered under a directed program to rapidly integrate hosted payloads on GPS satellites ahead of launch call up. The LRAs will be installed onto two GPS III satellites, SV9 and SV10, in preparation for a 2025  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- Monthly Weather Review, a journal that says it features analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 152, Issue 7): ARTICLES: * Investigating Arctic Cyclone-Tropopause Polar Vortex Interactions with Idealized Observing System Simulation Experiments * Improving the Representation of Moisture and Convective Ins  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * Canceling "Expensive, Dangerous, and Unnecessary" Sentinel Would Save $100 Billion * * * As the Pentagon certified the continuation of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile (ICBM) today, 716 scientists, including ten Nobel laureates and 23 members of the National Academies, are calling for the program to be cancelled. In a letter to Pre  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Researchers at Rice University are making strides in understanding how chromosome structures change throughout the cell's life cycle. Their study on motorized processes that actively influence the organization of chromosomes was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Researchers at Rice University are making strides in understanding how chromosome structures change throughout the cell's lif  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, July 9 (TNSres) -- Indiana University South Bend campus issued the following news release: The excitement was palpable at the Mishawaka Pilots Club airport in Elkhart County. A small group of students, professors and interested observers gathered to launch a balloon into the sky with a variety of scientific devices attached. It was the culmination of a QuarkNet project involving the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University South Bend, and area high schools. QuarkNet is  more

MOBILE, Alabama, July 10 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: The University of South Alabama has been awarded a NASA 'Living With a Star' grant worth $635,000 over four years. The 'Living With A Star' program targets specific aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect life and society. The grant is for a project combining physics modeling and artificial intelligence for better detection and understanding of substorms, which are geomagnetic events in the eart  more

REGINA, Saskatchewan, July 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Regina issued the following news release: In 1831, a politician's inquiry into the practical applications of Michael Faraday's newly discovered "electricity" was met with Faraday's prescient yet humble response: "I do not know, but I bet that one day your government will tax it." This exchange underscores the often-unpredictable nature of fundamental research--a sentiment shared by University of Regina PhD candidate Alicia Postuma (she  more

ALBANY, New York, July 10 -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news: By Michael Parker For UAlbany rising junior Abby Greco, trying to explain Albert Einstein's theory of relativity to a group of 9-year-olds was not at the top of her summer plans this year. But getting the opportunity to teach children how to build rockets amid a Saturn V or showing off the Apollo 16 space capsule is another story entirely. Greco is spending her UAlbany summer workin  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 9 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Motor neurone disease, menopause and nutrition are just some of the subjects being covered by women scientists who are taking over Speakers' Corner in Nottingham to share their knowledge with a series of exciting talks and debate. Women academics from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University are bringing Soapbox Science back to Speakers' Corner on Saturday 13th Jul  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Seven multidisciplinary teams receive one-year awards to facilitate research * * * The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded seven Interdisciplinary Research Program (IRP) grants totaling nearly $140,000 to foster collaboration between groups that do not typically work together. This represents an increa  more