LANCASTER, England, Feb. 14 -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * "Game Changing" release of Type Ia Supernovae data may hold key to the history of the Universe A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe. Dr Mathew Smith and Dr Georgios Dimitriadis from Lancaster University are both members of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a wide-field sky astronomical survey using a new cam  more

OLD ELVET, England, Feb. 14 -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * Bacteria evolved to help neighbouring cells after death, new research reveals Researchers have made the surprising discovery that a type of gut bacteria has evolved to use one of their enzymes to perform an important function after death. Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce. Because of this, death is often seen as a   more

MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 15 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Michael J. Attisha, Ph.D. Presents at FusionXInvest:Global BOSTON -Feb. 14, 2025 -- Michael J. Attisha, Ph.D., an Intellectual Property & Technology attorney in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Boston office, participated in a panel at the FusionXInvest:Global event Feb. 12-13 in Mountain View, California. The panel, "Supply-Chain: Mitigating Risk & C  more

LANCASTER, England, Feb. 14 -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * Negative refraction of light using atoms instead of metamaterials For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays - without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light in ways that appear to defy the laws of Nature. Negative refraction - a phenomenon where light bends in the opposite directio  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Feb. 15 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * New technology enhances gravitational-Wave detection In a paper published earlier this month in Physical Review Letters, a team of physicists led by Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside, showcases how new optical technology can extend the detection range of gravitational-wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 13 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * A cosmic love story * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * In stellar clusters, binary black holes can collide with massive stars * According to new simulations, these collisions influence the spins of black holes * As the black holes move closer together, their spins align with the binary orbit * Researcher: 'This discovery challenges the common belief that black hole binaries formed in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Space Weather, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it features space weather, interactions of solar processes with the Earth environment and their impacts on telecommunications, electric power and satellite navigation, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 23, Issue 2): * A Novel Short-Term Prediction Model for Regional Equatorial Plasma Bubble Irregularities in East and Southeast Asia * C  more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 15 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB professor Li named Cottrell Scholar for lightning-inspired green ammonia reactor $120K grant will support Li's research on producing ammonia to feed the world without carbon footprint BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chris Li, a University at Buffalo chemist developing a reactor for green ammonia synthesis, has received a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for   more