CARDIFF, Wales, Dec. 19 -- Cardiff University issued the following news: A Cardiff University-led initiative to increase uptake of international languages at GCSE is marking a decade of inspiring learners. Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Mentoring is a Welsh Government-funded project, based at Cardiff University, which trains university students to work with secondary school language learners in Wales to promote the benefits of continuing their language journey at GCSE. MFL Mentoring is a share  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Data, a peer-reviewed journal on data in science with the aim of enhancing transparency and reusability, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 11): * Article - Data Hub for Life Cycle Assessment of Climate Change Solutions--Hydrogen Case Study * Article - Enhancing Access Across Europe for Documents Published According to Freedom of Information Act: Applying Woogle Design and Technique to Estonian Public I  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy has extended the University of California's contract to manage and operate Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for another five years, effective June 1, 2025. The contract extension continues an incredibly productive Berkeley Lab-UC partnership that has led to 16 Nobel Prizes, 17 National Medals, and hundreds of scientific breakt  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * The Carlsberg Foundation is awarding DKK 613 million to 188 scientific activities that will generate fundamental insights and discoveries in the coming years. * * * The grants are awarded to researchers at all career stages and within different fields. Of the DKK 613 million awarded for new research activities, just under DKK 287 million is going to humanities and social science   more

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: * * * About 30 years ago an 'ideas guy' and a team builder joined forces to search for the invisible bulk of existence. In this Q&A, SLAC's Thomas Shutt and Daniel Akerib discuss the challenges of their field and how future generations of dark matter experiments will narrow down the chase. * * * By Ali Sundermier Over a decade ago, dark matter experts Daniel Akerib and Tho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 49). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function * Spin Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Perovskites - Effect of Dynamical and Permanent Symmetry  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2024: How do you find and measure nuclear particles, like antineutrinos, that travel near the speed of light? Antineutrinos are the antimatter partner of a neutrino, one of nature's most elusive and least understood subatomic particles. They are commonly observed near nuclear reactors, which emit copious amounts of antineutrinos, but they also ar  more

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- Leiden University issued the following news: Three fundamental research projects at Leiden in physics, chemistry and medical science have received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They involve research on magnetic fields in the universe, the role of myeloid cells in cancer immunotherapy and the evolution of ancient proteins. The research grants have been awarded within the NWO's Open Competition ENW-XL and ENW-M programmes. The funding  more

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news: R. Keith Dennis, professor emeritus of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Dec. 12 following a prolonged battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 80. A renowned mathematician, Dennis made significant contributions to algebraic K-theory and group theory, publishing 25 papers. His graduate textbook, "Noncommutative Algebra," co-written with Benson Farb '89, remains a standard reference in the field  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers report using a terahert  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects. * * * By Ariana Tantillo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible was about an hour-and-a-half into its two-hour descent to the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean when it lost contact with its support ship. This cease in communicat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (TNSfact) -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Advance U.S. Science and Technology Leadership in Cislunar Space Under President Biden and Vice President Harris' leadership, the U.S. government has made historic investments in federal research and development that position the United States for the future in space exploration, science, and techn  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Dec. 18 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Fitness trackers and smartwatch bands are the latest consumer products found to contain per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. In a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters on Wednesday, researchers tested 22 watch bands purchased in the U.S. from various brands and at a range of price points. Many of the bands were manufa  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Quiet quitting isn't just for burned out employees. Atoms carrying information inside quantum computers, known as qubits, sometimes vanish silently from their posts. This problematic phenomenon, called atom loss, corrupts data and spoils calculations. But Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have for the first time demonstrated a pr  more

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * LCLS X-rays allowed researchers to connect the molecular dynamics of supercritical carbon dioxide, which is used in industrial and environmental applications, with its unique properties. * * * By Chris Patrick It's a liquid! It's a gas! No, it's a supercritical fluid! Neither gas nor liquid, supercritical fluids exhibit a unique mashup of the properties of both and   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive Key takeaways * Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite some of the fundamental laws of physics  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following Year in Review: By Amy Farnum-Patronis Florida State University experienced another outstanding year in 2024, making unprecedented progress in several key areas. The university set records for four-year and six-year graduation rates, recorded research expenditures of nearly $455 million and posted its second-best fundraising year in FSU's history. FSU also began construction on the FSU Health academic heal  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Amanda Morris Journal: Astrophysical Journal Letters EMBARGOED UNTIL 4 A.M. EST (U.S.) ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2024 EVANSTON, Ill. - Just as some children physically resemble their parents, many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them. But, in a new study, a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists discovered   more