DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 6 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release: Haynes Boone is pleased to announce the promotion of 15 lawyers to the firm's partnership ranks, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The 2025 New Partner Class includes: Henson Adams, Labor and Employment, San Antonio Cristina Addy, Real Estate, New York City Errol Brown, Sports Law, Denver Emily Buchanan, Insurance Recovery, Dallas Bryan Diebels, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dallas Carrington Giammittorio, Govern  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 3 -- Advanced Physics Research, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 3, Issue 11): Reviews * Microfluidic Metasurfaces: A New Frontier in Electromagnetic Wave Engineering Research Article * Exploring Green Fluorescent Protein Brownian Motion: Temperature and Concentration Dependencies Through Luminescence Thermometry * Machine Learning for Perovskite Solar Cells: An Open-Source Pipeline The  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: In everyday life, materials that conduct electricity well, like metals, also tend to conduct heat. For instance, a metal spoon left in a hot cup of tea will get hot, while the ceramic mug remains cool. This is because good electrical conductors are usually good heat conductors too. However, researchers at Drexel University and Universite catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium have discovere  more

OLD ELVET, England, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Durham University issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * This week we welcomed Professor Naoto Kobayashi, Director of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) London Office. Professor Kobayashi met with our Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global), Professor Claire O'Malley, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Colin Bain and Executive Dean (Science), Professor Clive Roberts. With our Physics colleagues, Professor Kobayashi learned   more

ELMHURST, Illinois, Dec. 6 -- Elmhurst University issued the following news: Elmhurst University has announced an exciting new partnership with The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI) and its regional corporate members that will expand opportunities for students in the University's engineering physics program, as well as the E-celerator innovation and entrepreneurship program. The collaboration will provide students with access to state-of-the-art concepts, industry ex  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 27, 2024, from Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, California, and RMI: * * * RMI and Carbon Mapper Comments on Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0350 * * * I. Introduction We welcome EPA's request for information regarding additional use cases for  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: The Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics (GGSM) held an alum career panel dinner on October 22nd at the Wyndham Alumnae House. Three alums, one each from the Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics Departments, were present to provide the current GGSM students with wisdom and advice based on their career experiences since graduating with their doctorate degrees from Bryn Mawr College. GGSM Director Bill Malachowski  more

BRISTOL, England, Dec. 5 -- Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment, a peer-reviewed journal from the International School for Advanced Studies that says it covers all aspects of statistical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, No. 10): Review Article * Review section: Interdisciplinary statistical mechanics * Fast unfolding of communities in large networks: 15 years later Papers - Quantum statistical physics, co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The MIT Press issued a 40-page summary report in November 2024 entitled "Access to Science & Scholarship 2024 - Building an Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The following research questions resulted from Access to Science & Scholarship 2024: Building an evidence base to support the future of open research policy, a workshop organized by the MIT Press and funded by the National Science Foundation. Th  more

BRISTOL, England, Dec. 5 -- The New Journal of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal at a forefront of physics from the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 26, No. 11): Topical Reviews * Hot alkali atomic vapor in laser technology development * Known mechanisms that increase nuclear fusion rates in the solid state Fast Track Communication * Pseudo-proper two-dimensional electron gas formation Pap  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, Dec. 6 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Ohio Wesleyan University has been awarded its fourth - and largest - Choose Ohio First grant, receiving $1,199,940 for scholarships for Ohio students pursuing degrees in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. OWU's grant is among the four largest awarded to colleges and universities statewide this cycle. The State of Ohio and Ohio Department of Higher Education announced the Fis  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 5 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Photo courtesy of NASA.NASA's Artemis II mission, the first human mission to the moon in over 50 years, has been delayed again due to an extended investigation into the crew capsule's heat shield. Originally scheduled for late 2025, the mission set to carry three U.S. astronauts and one Canadian astronaut is now expected to launch no earlier than April 2026. Experts from Rice University, a long-standing partner in spa  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 6 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation - as part of its Future of Semiconductors, or FuSe2, program - recently awarded $3.8 million for two projects involving University of Arizona engineers developing solutions for the semiconductor energy dilemma. Energy use in technology with semiconductors - from data centers, computers and smartphones to solar cells, electric vehicles and medical equipment - has doubled ever  more

IRVINE, California, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Findings could spur advancements in quantum computing and electronics * * * Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have uncovered the atomic-scale mechanics that enhance superconductivity in an iron-based material, a finding published recently in Nature. Using advanced spectroscopy instruments housed in the UC Irvine Materials Research Institute, the researc  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * Scientists used to think acids in our bodies were mostly for building things up or breaking things down. But new research from UM-Dearborn faculty Kalyan Kondapalli and Suvranta Tripathy is pointing to a new fundamental role for pH in our cells. * * * Acids, which, technically speaking, are molecules that give off positively charged hydrogen ions when dissolved in water, play   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 5 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Fourteen educators and students from the University of Wyoming participated in the recent 43rd Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, which is among the nation's most renowned conferences centering on the scholarship of teaching and learning. The UW cohort composed of faculty across disciplines as well as two undergraduate learning assistants attended the conference in Oxford, Ohio. UW's contingent  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will feature advanced technologies and research ranging from Earth to space sciences during the 24th Annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9-13. In addition to more than 70 NRL oral presentations and poster  more