EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 21 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * First fast radio burst traced to old, dead, elliptical galaxy * Link to: Northwestern Now Story EMBARGOED UNTIL 11 A.M. EST (U.S.) ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 * Astronomers previously thought all FRBs were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young, massive stars * Astronomers pinpoint new FRB to the outskirts of 11.3-billion-year-old galaxy without young, active s  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 22 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have just been installed at Rochester Institute of Technology's music performance theater, currently under construction. About 240 feet of galvanized steel piping that will take air from the organ's blower to its chambers was installed in December by Carlton Smith, a professional theater pipe organ restorer   more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 21 -- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, a peer-reviewed journal that says it deals with the theory, design and applications of neural networks and learning systems from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 36, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Novel Public Sentiment Analysis Method Based on an Isomerism Learning Model via Multi  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 21 -- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Computer Society, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 47, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Adaptive Learning for Dynamic Features and Noisy Labels * Anti-Forgetting Adaptation for Unsupervised Person Re-Identification * Competing for Pixels: A Self-Play Algorithm for Weakly-Supervised Se  more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: * * * January 21 Update from the President The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on January 21, 2025. * * * Dear Bryn Mawr College Community, Welcome to the (chilly) spring semester. This month has been quiet without students, and I look forward to all we will learn together in the coming weeks! As classes start, please remember that the new Testing Center is open, as are new classrooms  more

ROLLA, Missouri, Jan. 22 (TNSjou) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Greg Edwards Almost five years ago, much of the world went quiet for several weeks due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. It went so quiet, in fact, that scholars published a 2024 article in a Royal Astronomical Society publication claiming the lack of human activity likely led to the Moon's surface temperatures cooling down in April and May of 2020. But researchers from Missouri S&T and t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: * * * New stamps feature images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Two new Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps went on sale today at the Big Sky, MT, Post Office.  Customers and collectors can purchase the stamps, get a special commemorative first-day-of-issue postmark and see large display images of the stamps in the Post Office retail lobby. The two new stamps celebrate America's continued ex  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 21 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Three Caltech Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Awards On January 14, 2025, President Biden honored nearly 400 junior faculty members from across the country with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Among the honorees are three Caltech professors: Katherine Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Connie Braesch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications Typically, summer internships are about gaining work experience and networking. But for Midshipman Olivia Rae Achenbach, her summer internship at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) helped reveal surprising properties of our distant galaxies. Her research outlined in a NASA news release (https://science.nasa.gov/missio  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's College of Engineering issued the following news: Alan and Alicia Sirkin, esteemed philanthropists and longtime supporters of the University of Miami, have donated $1.25 million to the College of Engineering to name the Alan and Alicia Sirkin Chemical and Materials Characterization Facility. Their generosity has been instrumental in advancing the college's mission to provide cutting-edge research facilities and educational opp  more