SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Professors Anders Bentien, Walter Gossler, and Gregory Offer are recognized for their work in battery research * * * Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Solutions Innovation Research Awards (SIRA) have been presented to Professor Anders Bentien of Aarhus University, P  more

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Illinois, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Elizabeth Urbaniak In July, the military held a ribbon-cutting for a $60 million Multi-Purpose Load Facility, which was developed by the Air Force and the Army and paid for by the Air Force. The facility will provide world-class explosive loading for the Department of Defense for many years. To get this facility up and running, employees from Army Contracting Command - Rock Island; Stephe  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New MOU establishes framework for U.S.-Republic of Korea collaboration in cutting-edge scientific innovation and technology development * * * Argonne and ETRI, a Republic of Korea national laboratory, will develop silicon sensors for the future Electron-Ion Collider. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the Electronics and Teleco  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- The University of Maryland issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Strategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation * * * Governor Wes Moore today joined University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines and IonQ President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Chapman to announce the "Capital of Quantum" Initiative - a landmark public-private partnership that will cata  more

DECORAH, Iowa, Jan. 13 -- Luther College issued the following news: # Luther College announces presidential transition for beginning of spring semester 2025 Luther College has announced that Provost Brad Chamberlain will begin his new role as the 12th President of Luther College on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, as a part of the start of the college's spring semester. With a career of over two decades at Luther College, Brad Chamberlain began as an instructor in chemistry in 2001, and has risen thro  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Jan. 15 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has named Andrew Merkle as head of its Research and Exploratory Development Department (REDD). In his new role, Merkle will lead REDD in accelerating innovation to develop disruptive technologies that tackle critical national challenges in partnership with APL's sectors and mission areas. REDD conducts re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) oceanographers and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) received a Group Achievement Award from NASA for their collaboration with NASA's Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE). NRL and NAVO provided the NASA science team with gliders and floats and real-time ocean model forecas  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Jan. 15 (TNSjou) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: An international research team, including Newcastle University's Dr Adam Ingram, has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. The results, obtained with ESA's XMM-Newton space X-ray telescope, paint a fascinating picture that defies how we thought matter falls into such black holes, and points to a potential source of gravitatio  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 14 -- Rice University issued the following news release: To describe how matter works at infinitesimal scales, researchers designate collective behaviors with single concepts like calling a group of birds flying in sync a "flock" or "murmuration." Known as quasiparticles, the phenomena these concepts refer to could be the key to next-generation technologies. Shengxi Huang is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and materials science and nanoengine  more

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Jan. 15 -- Southwestern University issued the following news: * * * Southwestern and Texas Tech are teaming up to provide Applied Physics majors from SU with the opportunity to pursue a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at TTU. * * * By Andrew Felts Southwestern University establishes a new academic partnership with Texas Tech University. The collaboration is designed to encourage students to seek education beyond a baccalaureate degree by creating an accelerated   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Distinguished scientist remembered for groundbreaking research, tireless teaching and mentorship * * * Stuart Alan Rice, a longtime professor at the University of Chicago whose pioneering research shaped the field of physical chemistry in the second half of the 20th century, died Dec. 22 at the age of 92. The Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, Rice was  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * The EU aims to create a digital twin of the entire planet to improve climate predictions. DTU will be responsible for modelling the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. * * * Can the Earth's climate be digitized? The EU believes so, with an ambitious goal of having a digital twin of the Earth ready by 2030. A digital twin means creating a digital copy of the Earth that can be   more

MENLO PARK, California, Jan. 15 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just successfully completed a series of full-system tests using an engineering test camera. After ten years of construction, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is less than one year away from the start of its transformational movie of our changing night sky. In preparation for this monumental production, the observatory has just successfully comple  more

BRISTOL, England, Jan. 15 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Dr John Moger Woolley, former Chair of University Council, passed away in December. We offer this tribute to a trusted colleague, friend and Bristol alumnus who led the University Council (now the Board of Trustees) for nine years. * * * Dr John Moger Woolley brought a clear-sighted, well-informed and measured approach to his work as Chair of University Council (1997-2006) - an approach he develop  more

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 15 -- The University of Dayton issued the following news: The Choose Ohio First program awarded the University of Dayton nearly $660,000 to recruit and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. The Ohio Department of Higher Education's scholarship program aims to strengthen the state's economy by building a pipeline of STEM graduates to meet Ohio's workforce needs. "These scholarships help us attract and support talented students who migh  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 15 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Leading industry representatives, academics and students gathered on campus to discuss the future of hypersonic technology. * * * On October 9, the USC Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering partnered with Honeywell Aerospace Technologies to host a major industry event on campus focusing on hypersonics and related technologies. Hy  more

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 15 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * C. Nataraj, PhD, and Turki Haj Mohamad, PhD, Develop Groundbreaking Software Using Physics and AI to Enhance Fault Detection and Maintenance in Electromechanical Systems * * * C. Nataraj, PhD, Moritz Endowed professor of engineered systems at Villanova University's College of Engineering and director of the Villanova Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems, along with Turki Haj Mohamad '21 PhD,   more