PASADENA, California, Aug. 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Solving a decades-old problem, a multidisciplinary team of Caltech researchers has figured out a method to noninvasively and continually measure blood pressure anywhere on the body with next to no disruption to the patient. A device based on the new technique holds the promise to enable better vital-sign monitoring at home, in hospitals, and possibly even in remote locations where resources are lim  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48148) on Aug. 5, 2024, entitled "Coastal Blue Carbon as a Carbon Dioxide Removal Approach: Selected Issues for Congress" by natural resource policy specialists Caitlin Keating-Bitonti and Eva Lipiec. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Recent Congresses and Administrations have shown increased interest in the ability of certain coastal and marine ecosystems to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Aug. 1, 2024, from Exodigo: * * * To: Dr. Robert Hampshire Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology & Chief Science Officer United States Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: Docket No. DOT-OST-2024-0049 * * * Dear Dr. Hampshire: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the United States Department of Trans  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, a journal that reports industrial and academic research in the fields of applied chemistry and chemical engineering with special focus on fundamentals, processes and products from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 63, Issue 31): Reviews: * Modeling of Liquid-Vapor Phase Equilibria of Pyrolysis Bio-oils: A Review * Insights into Ionic Liquids   more

LAUREL, Maryland, Aug. 8 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Seven teams receiving funding under the Johns Hopkins University's 2024 Discovery Awards tap into the technical expertise of scientists and engineers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) launched the Discovery Awards program in 2015 to encourage cross-university collaborations that lead to impactful work.   more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: A team of international scientists led by researchers at Newcastle University, have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to reveal a hidden veil of dust in a galaxy 70 million light years away. This research has shown that, unexpectedly, the energy that heats the dust comes from collisions of gas flowing close to the speed of light (shocks), rather than by radiation from the supermassive bla  more

BATHURST, Australia, Aug. 7 -- The Charles Sturt University issued the following news: Charles Sturt has developed a new course - the Bachelor of Nuclear Science and Safety - to fill workforce shortages and create nuclear capable workforces. * Charles Sturt to offer new Bachelor of Nuclear Science and Safety in 2025 * The course will be delivered online and is now available for enrolment * National Science Week is from Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 August Charles Sturt University has developed a  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 8 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 31). Communication: * Electrostatic modulation of multiple binding events between loquacious-PD and double-stranded RNA * On the importance of low-frequency modes in predicting pressure-ind  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: There's an important dividing line in the history of recent Texas earthquakes - those occurring before and after 2017, when the establishment of the Texas Seismological Network (TexNet) introduced the ability to monitor seismic events to much lower magnitude. A new study by SMU seismologists reexamines earthquakes in the Permian Basin that occurred before 2017 against the real-time data collected from e  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Hampshire. *** System and Methods for Updating High Definition Maps ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 6 -- NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12055412 B2, initially filed April 19, 2021) developed by six inventors Amir Akbarzadeh, San Jose, California; Ruchita Bhargava, Redmond, Washington; Bhaven Dedhia, Nashua, New Hampshire; Rambod Jacoby, San Jose, California; Jef  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: * * * Atom-scale measurements of diamond lead to new equation related to quantum sensors Scientists map atomic vibrations in diamond, linking them with the behavior of the quantum system embedded within. The work advances quantum sensors, which will be significantly more precise than today's detection tools. * * * When it comes to materials for quantum   more