ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * Setting up house for brain-based computing * * * In a groundbreaking stride toward the future of computing, early this year Sandia National Laboratories researchers welcomed the arrival of an extraordinary brain-based computing system called Hala Point. Packed with a staggering 1.15 billion artificial neurons -- believed to be the bigges  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- ACS Nanoscience Au, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its April 17, 2024, edition (Vol. 4, Issue 2): Reviews: * Nanocomposites Based on Magnetic Nanoparticles and Metal-Organic Frameworks for Therapy, Diagnosis, and Theragnostics * Air-Stable, Large-Area 2D Metals and Semiconductors Letters:   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The Partnership honors the memory of George Crabtree, a noted researcher and leader in superconducting and clean energy * * * The George Crabtree Institute for Discovery and Sustainability, a new hub for scientific innovation and education, launched on April 17 in Chicago. The collaboration between the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and the U.S. D  more

ITHACA, New York, April 17 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability are pleased to announce that architect and educator Billie Faircloth, FAIA, will join Cornell's faculty in January 2025. She will take on the role of Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture as well as a Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.   more

BAKERSFIELD, California, April 18 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation awarded nearly $2.5 million for scholarships and student support services to California State University, Bakersfield's School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. "S-STEM: Providing Aid for STEM Success," or PASS, is a six-year grant that aims to improve retention and degree completion of STEM majors by providing scholarships   more

DENVER, Colorado, April 17 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news: By Alex DeWind At CU Denver, students often experience a range of firsts. They attend their first class and meet their first professor. They get their first passing grade, or realize they need academic help for the first time. They complete their first research project in a lab. They may even be the first in their family to walk across stage at commencement. All these moments contribute to a student's success   more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Many of us would love the superpower to fly, and for good reason: Flight offers a crucial evolutionary advantage. Flying enables an animal to travel large distances quickly, in search of food and new habitats, while expending far less energy than walking. Through flight, insects colonized the planet and fostered the massive diversification of flowering plants by acting as efficient pollinators. T  more

LONDON, England, April 18 (TNSres) -- Imperial College London issued the following news: By Hayley Dunning A new technique allows scientists to see cells in 3D, and determine how different genes affect the shapes they adopt. Cancer cells can change shape to travel around the body and spread (metastasise), but how they know when to do this has remained elusive. Researchers have now used a new technique to identify two genes that control how melanoma skin cancer cells change shape in response   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, a journal that reports industrial and academic research in the fields of applied chemistry and chemical engineering with special focus on fundamentals, processes and products from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 17, 2024, edition (Vol. 63, Issue 15): Reviews: * Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Supply Chains: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities Applied Chemist  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 18 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: NASA has confirmed its revolutionary Dragonfly (https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/) rotorcraft mission to Saturn's organic-rich moon Titan. The decision, announced April 16, allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the spacecraft and its science instruments. "Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad com  more

PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Mikhail Shapiro, the Max Delbruck Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, has been awarded the Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award by the Franco-American Fulbright Commission. The award will support Shapiro's ongoing research and teaching at two institutions in France, ESPCI Paris - PSL and Inserm, during the 2024-25 academic year while he is on sabbatical from Calt  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- George Washington University issued the following news: New research published today in the journal npj Complexity shows that online hate thrives because of a hidden inner web of many small social media platforms - not the few large platforms such as Twitter (X) and Facebook (Meta). The study, led by researchers at the George Washington University, examined two real-world events - the 2021 January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and a 2023 mass shooting in Allen, Texas - t  more

LONDON, England, April 18 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 15): * A comprehensive review of oxygen vacancy modified photocatalysts: synthesis, characterization, and applications * Recent progress in the advanced strategies, rational design, and e  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Abhronil Sengupta, the Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Penn State, was granted a three-year, $360,000 Early Career Program Award from the Army Research Office (ARO). The award supports "early career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research," according to the Army Research L  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 17 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University's Lane Martin was elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) "for seminal contributions to the science of ferroelectric and multiferroic thin film materials." Lane Martin is Rice University's Welch Professor, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering and director of the Rice Advanced Materials Institute. "I am honored to be recognized as MRS Fellow, and I hope that in this c  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: A Shortage Of STEM Teachers In City Schools Has Been Exacerbated By Covid-19; College Of Staten Island (CSI) Will Address The Problem With Fed Funds CSI Aims To Increase Number Of Well-Equipped STEM Teachers In High-Need Middle Schools & High Schools Within NYC Public School System Today U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced a National Science Foundation (NSF) award of $1,0  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Min Jae Kim is pursuing an M.D./Ph.D. in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Zijian (William) Niu is a fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences. University of Pennsylvania students Min Jae Kim and Zijian (William) Niu have each received a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a merit-based program that provides graduate school funding for immigrants a  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 17 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Debra Bass To bolster the success of cutting-edge technologies, the Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a $221 million allocation towards basic defense-related research projects. UC San Diego researchers and scientists are leading teams or part of teams on four key projects. This significant investment is part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MU  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 18 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: By Laurie Fickman When Pradeep Sharma, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and interim dean of the Cullen College of Engineering, won the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2023 Cozzarelli Prize, it was music to his ears on different octaves. First, his paper is the only winner in the Engineering and Applied Sciences category chosen from  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 17 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By William Lineberry, University College & Honors College Two Virginia Commonwealth University students have been selected as recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious national honor for undergraduate STEM students who plan to pursue research careers. Aditya Kotha and Andy Shar are juniors in the VCU Honors College and the College of Humanities and Sciences. Kotha is majoring in biol  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, April 18 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Western Kentucky University recognized the recipients of this year's Staff Excellence Awards, University Faculty Awards and the President's ONE WKU Awards as well as the newest University Distinguished Professors at the Employee Excellence Dinner on Tuesday (April 16). University Distinguished Professors Each year, the Office of the Provost and Division of Academic Affairs invites nominations to recogn  more