LONDON, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: By Hayley Dunning, Corinne Farrell The different atmospheric conditions of the 'morning' and 'evening' sides of a distant planet have been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. The atmospheres of exoplanets - those outside our Solar System - have been measured using powerful telescopes for some time. However, the atmosphere has always been treated as being the same all over the planet. The new analy  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: A breakthrough in high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum chemistry, powered by the world's fastest supercomputer and leading technology, is set to revolutionise drug discovery and unlock new ways to target a range of diseases. Led by University of Melbourne theoretician and HPC expert Associate Professor Giuseppe Barca, a research team has achieved the first quantum simulation of biological s  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Bernardo Picao, a graduate student in physics, has turned to MIT Open Learning's resources throughout his educational journey. * * * By Lauren Rebecca Thacker, MIT Open Learning Bernardo Picao has been interested in online learning since the early days of YouTube, when his father showed him a TED Talk. But it was with MIT Open Learning that he realized just how transformational   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Anikeeva, who conducts research at the intersection of materials science, electronics, and neurobiology, succeeds Caroline Ross. * * * By Mary Beth Gallagher, School of Engineering Polina Anikeeva PhD '09, the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor at MIT, has been named the new head of MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), effective July 1. "Professor Anikeeva's   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A trailblazer in electron microscopy, Vander Sande is remembered for his dedication to teaching, service, and global collaboration. * * * By Jason Sparapani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT Professor Emeritus John B. Vander Sande, a pioneer in electron microscopy and beloved educator and advisor known for his warmth and empathetic instruction, died Ju  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 16 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following remarks on July 15, 2024, by Director Vice Adm. Frank "Trey" Whitworth at the Esri International User Conference Senior Executive Summit entitled "GIS - Uniting Our World": * * * Thanks so much for that kind introduction, Jack [Dangermon, Esri President], and for the invitation to speak here at the Senior Executive Summit this morning, on behalf of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Fo  more

EXETER, England, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: Pioneering new research has revealed that places where the eternal sunrise and sunset occur on a distant world have different atmospheric properties. An international team of researchers, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has shown that there is a temperature difference between the west and east side of WASP-39b -- an exoplanet located 700 light-years away from Earth. WASP-39b is a gas gian  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Emily Cerf In the pursuit of materials with properties that don't exist in nature, UC Santa Cruz researchers devised a new method for materials engineering that incorporates novel mathematical and deep learning techniques. This unique approach earned the researchers, including Ph.D. student Iman Nodozi in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and his advisor App  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 16 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The citizen Soldiers of the U.S. Army National Guard and Army Reserve are leaders both in the military and within their communities. This dual commitment is exemplified by 1st Lt. Will Flanagan, who is wrapping up a six-year tenure with the Texas Army National Guard and transitioning to the U.S. Army Reserve. "I am fulfilled to serve in multiple contexts, as a medical officer and  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 15 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology (VAST) has made final additions to its staff ahead of launching the Fast Track to Semiconductor Careers certificate training program. The training program is one of four initiatives as part of VAST's mission to reskill and upskill adult learners in different aspects of the semiconductor industry to provide internship opportunities that create a pathway to employment. St  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, July 12 (TNSres) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Project debuts with July 26-27 workshop, welcoming students from diverse backgrounds * * * By Mike Pena As AI weaves itself into more areas of life, scientists and engineers at UC Santa Cruz have come together to develop a better component that serves as the "neuron" in brain-inspired computing. The imperative to make such processing much more energy efficient, and fas  more

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, July 17 (TNSres) -- Westminster College issued the following news release: Two Westminster College students presented their undergraduate research at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting at Fairmont State University in West Virginia in the spring. Asia Morgenstern, a mathematics and computer science double major, presented her research, "Leaky Power Domination: Solving the 1-Leaky Tree." "Attending the MAA Allegheny Mou  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: After the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium closed for three weeks due to technical issues, the venue has reopened and will pick up its July schedule. Additionally, the planetarium will have a limited run of programs in early August before it closes for previously planned renovations. "We are excited to announce that our technical issues have been resolved, and we are getting ready to re  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nearly 25 educators representing the University of Wyoming, some of the state's community colleges and one Wyoming high school recently attended a symposium in Cheyenne to further nurture relationships through a UW-led program. The Wyoming Inclusive Excellence Initiative aims to strengthen relationships between community colleges and UW to create STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) lea  more

RIVERSIDE, California, July 11 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information * * * By Iqbal Pittalwala Quantum computing, which uses the laws of quantum mechanics, can solve pressing problems in a broad range of fields, from medicine to machine learning, that are too complex for classical computers. Quantum simulators are devices made of interacting quantum un  more