Physics Tipoffs from TNS
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President Adam F. Falk Named President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society
BRONX, New York, Feb. 19 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release:
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President Adam F. Falk Named President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has named Adam F. Falk as its next President and CEO. He will begin in the role at WCS on July 1.
Falk has served since 2018 as President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which makes grants to support research in the sciences and social sc
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Annual Highlights of Results 2024: Key Takeaways, Introduction, and Bibliometric Analyses
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- NASA issued the following news release:
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Annual Highlights of Results 2024: Key Takeaways, Introduction, and Bibliometric Analyses
Rodent Research-28 fluorescein angiogram of the microvascular circulation of the mouse retina.courtesy: Oculogenex Inc.
Key Takeaways
* A total of 361 publications were collected in FY-24. These publications include peer-reviewed scientific studies or other literature such as books and patents published recently or years prior. Mor
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Cadence Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results
SAN JOSE, California, Feb. 19 -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2025:
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Cadence Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results
Record Backlog of $6.8 Billion
Exceeded Q4 and 2024 Outlook for Revenue and EPS
Click here for the Q4 2024 Financial Schedules.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced results for the fo
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Clearing the Way for Faster and More Cost-Effective Separations
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 19 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release:
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Clearing the way for faster and more cost-effective separations
Trial-and-error separations could be replaced by quantitative and predictive molecular methods, CWRU researchers find
The process of separating useful molecules from mixtures of other substances accounts for 15% of the nation's energy, emits 100 million tons of carbon dioxide and costs $4 billion annually.
Commercial manufacture
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CNU Earns Top Carnegie Research Designation
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 19 -- Christopher Newport University issued the following news:
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CNU Earns Top Carnegie Research Designation
Faculty conduct world-class research alongside students.
By Jim Hanchett
Christopher Newport University has been newly designated as one of the top research universities of its type in the country, according to the American Council on Education's Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
CNU was included among Carnegie's "Research
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Congressional Research Service: 'Energy & Water Development Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities - In Brief'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48423) on Feb. 13, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities: In Brief" by Defense Policy analyst Anya L. Fink.
Here are excerpts:
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Contents
Introduction ... 1
NNSA's Weapons Activities Account ... 1
Selected Major Programs ... 2
Stockpile Management ... 4
Production Modernization ... 6
Stockpile Research, Technology, and Enginee
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Cosmic Radiation From Supernova Altered Virus Evolution in Africa, Study Proposes
SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb. 19 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa, study proposes
Recent undergraduate student led research linking explosions of a star and of viruses on Earth
By Mark DeGraff
Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. Over 400 miles long, it is the continent's deepest lake and accounts for 16% of the world's available freshwater. Bet
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Eclipses to Auroras: Eclipse Ambassadors Experience Winter Field School in Alaska
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- NASA issued the following news release:
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Eclipses to Auroras: Eclipse Ambassadors Experience Winter Field School in Alaska
In 2023 and 2024, two eclipses crossed the United States, and the NASA Science Activation program's Eclipse Ambassadors Off the Path project invited undergraduate students and amateur astronomers to join them as "NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassadors". This opportunity to partner with NASA, provide solar viewing glasses, and share eclipse knowledge
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Eric Isaacs Named Next RCSA President
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 19 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news:
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Eric Isaacs Named Next RCSA President
Eric D. Isaacs, president of the Carnegie Institute for Science from 2018 to 2024, has been selected as the next president and CEO of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement following a nearly year-long national search process.
Isaacs will assume his new role on July 1 upon the retirement of Daniel Linzer, the former provost of Northwestern
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Five Columbia Faculty Members Named Sloan Research Fellows
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 -- Columbia University issued the following news:
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Five Columbia Faculty Members Named Sloan Research Fellows
They were recognized for contributions to chemistry, computer science, economics, neuroscience, and physics.
Five Columbia faculty members have won 2025 Sloan Research fellowships, one of the most prestigious awards available to early-career scholars. The fellowships recognize "exceptional researchers at US and Canadian educational institutions, whose creativit
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Flickers and flares: Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 18 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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Flickers and flares: Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
* Link to: Northwestern Now Story
EMBARGOED UNTIL 11 A.M. EST (U.S.) ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025
* Astrophysicists used the JWST to observe central supermassive black hole for 48 hours total across one year
* They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest
* Shorter,
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Four From Penn Named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:
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Four from Penn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Jason Altschuler, Cesar de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zhang have been honored as early-career researchers and scholars for their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.
The University of Pennsylvania's Jason Altschuler, Cesar de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zh
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GA-ASI and CAE Sign Long-Term Agreement MQ-9B SkyGuardian Mission Trainer
SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 19 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release:
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GA-ASI and CAE Sign Long-Term Agreement MQ-9B SkyGuardian Mission Trainer
SAN DIEGO - 18 February 2025 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE are pleased to announce a long-term agreement for the development and production of the next-generation mission trainer for GA-ASI's MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS). The contract with GA-ASI includes a f
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Method and System for Training an Artificial Neural Network Utilizing Physics Based Knowledge
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico has been assigned a patent (No. US 12229934 B1, initially filed Jan. 19, 2022) developed by James Derek Tucker, Edgewood, New Mexico, and Matthew Thomas Martinez, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for "Method and system for training an artificial neural network utilizing physics based knowledge."
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NanoExplorers Summer Science Academy Offers High School Students Opportunity to Explore Chemistry and Physics
LAWTON, Oklahoma, Feb. 19 -- Cameron University issued the following news release:
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NanoExplorers Summer Science Academy offers high school students opportunity to explore chemistry and physics
High school students with an interest in chemistry and/or physics and who aspire to a career in a STEM field are invited to apply for NanoExplorers Summer Science Academy. The residential, summer science academy will take place from June 15-20 and 22-27.
The program is limited to 24 participants
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Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 17 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Office of Faculty Affairs has named 10 distinguished professors for 2025.
The distinguished professor or distinguished librarian title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University. This special academic title is bestowed upon a limited number of professors who are leaders in t
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Ph.D. student shares love of science with the next generation
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news:
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Ph.D. student shares love of science with the next generation
More stories from the College of Engineering
Who remembers the elementary school egg drop challenge?
For a kid, participating in the classic physics-based experiment meant setting textbooks aside and getting up from your desk to design and build a custom vessel for your egg. The classroom was filled with excitement, creativity and teamwork - all lea
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Researchers Record Ultrafast Chorus Dance of Electrons on Super-Small Particle
MENLO PARK, California, Feb. 19 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release:
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Researchers record ultrafast chorus dance of electrons on super-small particle
The measurement breaks the "nanometer barrier," allowing researchers to observe ultrafast collective electronic motion on a new class of ultra-small particles, valued for their ability to trap and manipulate light.
It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded.
As reported in Scienc
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Six UChicago Scientists Awarded Prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 19 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:
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Six UChicago scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships in 2025
Early-career scholars recognized for pioneering work in statistics, physics, chemistry, astrophysics and computer science
Six University of Chicago scholars have earned prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize early-career scholars' potential to make substantial contributions to their fields.
Awarded since 1955 to the
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Station Science Top News: Feb. 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- NASA issued the following news release:
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Station Science Top News: Feb. 14, 2025
Modeling properties of thunderstorm discharges
Researchers report detailed physical properties of different types of corona discharges, including single- and multi-pulse blue discharges linked to powerful but short-lived electrical bursts near the tops of clouds. These details provide a reference for further investigation into the physical mechanisms behind these discharges and their
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Trio of Caltech Professors Named Sloan Fellows
PASADENA, California, Feb. 18 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Trio of Caltech Professors Named Sloan Fellows
Three Caltech faculty members have been selected to receive Sloan Research Fellowships in 2025: Scott Cushing, assistant professor of chemistry; Ryan Hadt, assistant professor of chemistry; and Kareem El-Badry, assistant professor of astronomy.
The fellowships, awarded annually since 1955, "honor exceptional researchers at US and Canadian ed
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Two early-career faculty win 2025 Sloan Research awards
ITHACA, New York, Feb. 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Two early-career faculty win 2025 Sloan Research awards
Assistant professors Allison Koenecke and Wen Sun are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Koenecke is in the Department of Information Science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science; Sun is in the Department of Computer S
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Two Michigan Engineering researchers named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 18 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news:
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Two Michigan Engineering researchers named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to two computer engineers from the University of Michigan's College of Engineering: Thatchaphol Saranurak and Andrew Owens.
They are among 126 early-career researchers selected from institutions in the United States and Canada because their creativity, innovatio
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Two UC San Diego Scientists Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
LA JOLLA, California, Feb. 19 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:
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Two UC San Diego Scientists Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
Vashan Wright and Xiaolong Wang recognized among exceptional cohort of early-career researchers
Story by:
Brittany Hook - bhook@ucsd.edu
Liezel Labios - llabios@ucsd.edu
UC San Diego faculty members Vashan Wright and Xiaolong Wang have been selected to receive 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships, a prestigiou
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Zhongwen Zhan (PhD '14) Begins Five-year Term as Caltech Seismo Lab Director
PASADENA, California, Feb. 18 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Zhongwen Zhan (PhD '14) Begins Five-year Term as Caltech Seismo Lab Director
When an earthquake happens in the Southern California region, all eyes turn toward Caltech's Seismological Laboratory, or Seismo Lab for short.
For over 100 years, the Seismo Lab has pioneered geology and geophysics research, and provided information on earthquakes to the general public--where they occur, how st
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