WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSRes) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: Pattern Energy, an independent renewable energy company, entered into an agreement to fund extensive new research by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies to study birds associated with pinon-juniper woodlands in New Mexico. Pattern Energy's $80,000 contribution will support scientific monitoring of the potential impacts from management activities on the pinyon jay and other declining birds associated with pinon-juni  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 2 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: A novel computer algorithm that could create a broadly reactive influenza vaccine for swine flu also offers a path toward a pan-influenza vaccine and possibly a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. "This work takes us a step closer to a pan-swine flu virus vaccine," said Bette Korber, a computation  more

SEATTLE, Washington, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, issued the following news on March 2, 2021: The Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean is the largest oceanic freshwater reservoir in the Northern Hemisphere. It has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. The fate of the excess freshwater and how and where this water will flow into the Atlantic Ocean is important for local and glo  more

ROCHESTER, New York, March 6 (TNSAwa) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: A Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation award to conduct fundamental physics research on complex materials in solid oxide fuel cells. Assistant Professor Pratik Dholabhai from RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award and grant for his five-year project. Dholabhai  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 (TNSRes) -- Rush University Medical Center issued the following news release on March 4, 2021: When children and young adults are diagnosed with rare diseases, they and their families often aren't sure where to turn for answers. The treatments that could be helpful might not come until years later, making a diagnosis in the here and now even more grim. For years, patients diagnosed with fibrolamellar cancer faced a long road of searching -- hoping the next treatment   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: Texas A&M University researchers have recently shown superior performance of a new oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy they developed for use in both fission and fusion reactors. Dr. Lin Shao, professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, worked alongside research scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Hokkaido University to create the next   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 2 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Collaborative research entitled, "An Integrated Approach for Managing Microgrids with Uncertain Renewable Sources, Demand Response and Energy Markets", has been chosen for a 2020-2021 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Collaborative Program Award in the category of research projects. Dr. Natarajan Gautam, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has partnered with LAN  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 3 (TNSRes) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: A Texas A&M University researcher's collaborative study titled, "An Integrated Approach for Managing Microgrids with Uncertain Renewable Sources, Demand Response and Energy Markets," has been chosen for a 2020-21 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Collaborative Program Award in the category of research projects. Dr. Natarajan Gautam, professor in the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Dep  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 4 (TNSPer) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news on March 3, 2021: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today named Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the sole finalist for the position of president of Texas A&M University. "This is a tremendous honor," Banks said. "The core values of Texas A&M, its rich traditions, unique culture and commitment to the greater good is the very foundation of this great university   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 4 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today named Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University. "This is a tremendous honor," Banks said. "The core values of Texas A&M, its rich traditions, unique culture and commitment to the greater good is the very foundation of this great university and resonates deeply with me. I hope to buil  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 4 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on March 3, 2021: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today named Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the sole finalist for the position of president of Texas A&M University. "This is a tremendous honor," Banks said. "The core values of Texas A&M, its rich traditions, unique culture and commitment to the greater good is the very foundation of this great university and resonate  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 5 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news on March 4, 2021: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents today named Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the sole finalist for the position of President of Texas A&M University. "This is a tremendous honor," Banks said. "The core values of Texas A&M, its rich traditions, unique culture and commitment to the greater good is the very foundation of this great university and resonates deeply with me. I hope to build   more

NEW YORK, March 5 (TNSRes) -- Weill Cornell Medical College issued the following news: As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, scientists are urgently investigating ways to detect signs of the SARS-CoV-2 virus before an outbreak emerges. Now, supported by a multi-institutional grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Program, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Miami will study ways to use wastewater as an ear  more