WASHINGTON, April 14 -- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Provo, Utah, won a federal contract award for $100,754 from the U.S. Navy, Newport, Rhode Island, for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology). The document states about the contract: research project physics of high speed water entry. Contract Award Number: N6660424P0306; ueiSAM: JWSYC7RUMJD1; NAICS Code: 541715; Product Service Code (PSC): B529; Solicitation Number: N666  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 13 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University engineer is designing building blocks for reconfigurable structures that can change shape from one configuration to another without human intervention. Raj Kumar Pal, assistant professor in the Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, has received a more than $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Air Force Office of Scientific Research through t  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 13 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time * Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB * The team also looked for signatures of heavy elements like gold and platinum in the supernova * They found no evidence of such elements, deepening the mystery of their origins * * * In Oct  more