PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 8 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even communicate across vast distances instantaneously. These behaviors may seem impossible, but in the quantum realm, scientists are exploring an array properties once thought impossible.In a new  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 8 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Over the past several months, Brown University faculty members received numerous accolades for outstanding research, service and leadership, with many awards, fellowships and other honors. The scholars, whose fields range from engineering to epidemiology to economics to history, earned both national and international recognition and support for their work. Among such distinctions   more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 9 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell chemists and nanofabrication experts have joined forces to create a 2 millimeter-wide, wireless, light-activated device to simplify electrochemistry for broad use. Essentially a miniature version of a rooftop solar panel, the device called SPECS (Small Photoelectronics for ElectroChemical Synthesis) can be dropped into high-throughput experiment plates commonly found in academic and industry laboratories to spark  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, issued the following news release: Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis announced Chrystopher Guevara, Stephanie Reinozo, Jaylynn Perez, and Victoria Sanchez from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn are the winners of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge for New York's 11th Congressional District for developing the "Makers of Tomorrow(link is external)" app. The 11th grade students created the "Makers of Tomorrow(link is external)"   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Scientists have presented a new way to detect permanent distortions in the fabric of space-time predicted to be caused by certain supernovae explosions. The proposed strategy could allow researchers to study these deformations or "scars" in space-time within the Milky Way galaxy using a network of existing gravitational wave detectors, including the U.S. National Science Foundation Laser Interferom  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Society for Science, an organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Regeneron Science Talent Search Sees Record Number of Applicants; $1.2 Million to be Awarded to Nation's Most Promising Young Scientists and Their Schools * * * Society for Science (the Society) today announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Se  more