WASHINGTON, April 23 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 8): Editorials: * Sustainable Materials and Decarbonization Prospects in Battery Technologies Reviews: * Carbon Nitrides in Photoelectrochemistry: State of the Art   more

PASADENA, California, April 22 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Scientists believe the environment immediately surrounding a black hole is tumultuous, featuring hot magnetized gas that spirals in a disk at tremendous speeds and temperatures. Astronomical observations show that within such a disk, mysterious flares occur up to several times a day, temporarily brightening and then fading away. Now a team led by Caltech scientists has used telescope data and an   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 22 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: When some schools are banning ChatGPT, Vanderbilt is embracing generative AI technology to unlock opportunities for research and learning. By Michael Blanding In her class on the politics of the French Revolution, Holly Tucker starts off by assigning a historical character to each student--Marquis de Lafayette, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI--and giving them a multi-page role sheet detailing their alter ego's  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The American Institute of Physics issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: AIP is delighted to announce the appointment of Alejandro de la Puente as director of the Society of Physics Students and AIP's first Student Engagement Officer, a new executive role at the Institute. Starting April 22, de la Puente will lead student engagement efforts across AIP. "Alejandro is an ideal fit for this critical and enhanced leadership role at AIP. His breadth of professi  more

ITHACA, New York, April 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Nutrition in the West is a young discipline - only 100 years old. Artificial intelligence is even newer. Combining the two could create a powerful tool to customize health advice, instead of the current one-size-fits-all approach. "We can harness the power of AI to now personalize nutrition recommendations efficiently to a single person or group of people accounting for their biology, and importantly, we can also cont  more

ASHLAND, Ohio, April 23 (TNSres) -- Ashland University issued the following news: Ashland University has entered into a formal partnership with Shimadzu, a multinational leader in the manufacturing of precision scientific equipment, that will transform AU's capability for research and teaching within the College of Arts and Sciences. AU has acquired four new Shimadzu scientific instruments, valued at more than $500,000, that have been installed in the Kettering Science Center. In addition, AU   more

SAN JOSE, California, April 23 (TNSres) -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced results for the first quarter of 2024. First Quarter 2024 Financial Results * Revenue of $1.009 billion, compared to revenue of $1.022 billion in Q1 2023 * GAAP operating margin of 25%, compared to 32% in Q1 2023 * Non-GAAP operati  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Chemical and Biomedical Imaging, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features chemistry, physics, biology, engineering and medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its April 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 2, Issue 4): Reviews: * Construction of Targeting-Peptide-Based Imaging Reagents and Their Application in Bioimaging * Sensing Mechanism of Cysteine Specific Fluorescence Probes and Their Application of Cysteine Re  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 23 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: Twice a year, the Clark community comes together to celebrate the work of undergraduate student scholars. On Wednesday, April 24, more than 100 students will showcase their research and creative work at ClarkFEST, a campuswide event featuring presentations, interactive media, and poster displays. ClarkFEST presenters have completed their work under the mentorship of Clark faculty and staff, often with th  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 23 -- Macalester College issued the following college news: Macalester College has been awarded a $1.77 million grant from the Department of Energy through its Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection Funding Opportunity. Macalester has the distinction of being the only higher education institution among the 17 awardees of the $125 million funding program, which is designed to increase consumer participation in battery recycling programs, improve the ec  more

BRISTOL, England, April 22 -- The European Journal of Physics, a journal that says it maintains and improves the standard of taught physics in universities and higher education institutes, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 45, No. 2): Review Articles: * Physics language and language use in physics--What do we know and how AI might enhance language-related research and instruction * Augmented reality technology in teaching about physics: a sys  more

LONDON, England, April 23 -- Food and Function, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and other food scientists to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 8): * Effects of quercetin on the DNA methylation pattern in tumor therapy: an updated review *  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, April 23 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: The third annual Black Boys and Men National Symposium offers participants opportunities to learn about the systems that impact the lives of Black boys and men and discover how to create equitable transformation through education. Hosted by Grand Valley, the symposium is June 12-14 at the Amway Grand Plaza, 187 Monroe Ave. NW in Grand Rapids. Registration details and information about the June 13 Sneaker   more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, April 23 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: When Zhite Yu began writing his doctoral thesis in January 2023, he had a nagging feeling he wasn't properly explaining his work. He kept polishing it until August. The day after he turned it in, he got married. Yu earned his Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics at Michigan State University with the hard work he put into his thesis. He has also continued w  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features algorithms, computational methods, computing infrastructure, computer-interpretable representations, human-computer interfaces, information science, and system architectures from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 24, Issue 4): Review Articles: * Deep Learning in Compu  more

TRIESTE, Italy, April 23 -- Journal of Instrumentation, a peer-reviewed journal from the International School of Advanced Studies that says it covers instrumentation in detector physics and accelerator science, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition: Papers: * Local feature expansion Vision Transformer model for bearing fault diagnosis under noise environments * Impact of beam-coupling impedance on the Schottky spectrum of bunched beam * Spot-based mea  more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, April 23 -- The Journal of Medical Imaging, a journal from the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers that says it covers medical imaging, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 11, No. 2): Physics of Medical Imaging: * Dual-energy computed tomography imaging with megavoltage and kilovoltage X-ray spectra Processing: * Estimation of radiographic joint space of the trapeziometacarpal joint with computed tomogra  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 23 (TNSres) -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Eight current and former K-State students were selected or named honorable mention for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, a five-year fellowship that includes an annual stipend of $37,000. The current students selected for the program are Kalea Nippert, senior in ecology and evolutionary biology, St. George; Kale Stahl, senior in applied mathematics and physic  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 23 -- Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features chemistry, physical chemistry and physics of polymers to polymers in materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 225, Issue 8): Reviews: * Challenge and Design Strategies of Polymer Organic Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries * A Review in Polymers for Fluid Loss Control in Drilling Operations Research Articles: *   more

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, April 23 -- Austin Peay State University issued the following news: By Colby Wilson On the third floor of the Sundquist Science Center, a group of enterprising Austin Peay State University students are pushing the boundaries of virtual reality, one molecule at a time. The pioneering project to create a 3D library of chemical compounds began as an offshoot of STEM Scholars - a program run by Drs. Anuradha Pathiranage and Mike Wilson - that gets aspiring researchers into  more

PASADENA, California, April 22 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) selects students to receive Graduate Research Fellowships that fund three years of graduate study in master's or doctoral programs including research in science or engineering. This year, 23 current Caltech students and 17 recent alumni have received these fellowships. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GFRP) is designed "to help ensure the  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Optics Express, a peer-reviewed journal from the Optical Society that emphasizes scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its April 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 32, Issue 9). Here are excerpts: Research Articles: * Asymmetric cosine-Gaussian Schell-model sources * Cross-domain colorization of unpaired infrared images through contrastive learning guided by color feature selection at  more

CLAREMONT, California, April 23 (TNSres) -- Pomona College issued the following news: A paper titled "Hooks & Bends in the Radial Acceleration Relation: Discriminatory Tests for Dark Matter and MOND" by a team of Pomona College researchers was published April 16 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). Lead author Francisco Mercado is the first post-doctoral research fellow in physics and astronomy at Pomona College and is currently teaching Astronomy 2--Introduction t  more

CLINTON, South Carolina, April 23 (TNSres) -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: Presbyterian College celebrated academic achievement and student research during its annual Honors Day Symposium and convocation on April 18. The spring event offers the campus community an entire day of research presentations, exhibits, and performances across every academic discipline and department, as dozens of students present their honors and capstone research. Honors Day is also an opportunity  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has established a new associated faculty program with Princeton University, a transformative initiative that strengthens the partnership between both institutions while forging bonds for even more powerful research collaborations. PPPL and Princeton University have been linked for nearly 75 years   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 23 -- Radiation Research, a journal that says it deals with radiation effects and related subjects in the areas of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine from the Radiation Research Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 201, Issue 4): REGULAR ARTICLES: * Investigation of the Impact of Temporal Dose Delivery Patterns of Ion Irradiation with the Local Effect Model * Dose Rate Effects on Hydrated Electrons, Hydroge  more

ALFRED, New York, April 23 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: World-renowned economist Nadarajan "Raj" Chetty, whose research focuses on designing effective government policies which address social and economic disparities, will deliver the keynote address for Alfred University's 2024 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11. Commencement begins at 10 a.m. in the Galanis Family Area, McLane Center. Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Harvard U  more

BRISTOL, England, April 23 -- Reports on Progress in Physics, a journal that says it advances the science of astronomy and disseminates astronomical information, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 87, No. 4): Reports on Progress: * Bridging the gap between surface physics and photonics * Charge density waves in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides Review Article: * The surface force balance: direct measurement of interactions in  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 22 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Ian Robertson, Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison After more than 11 years steering one of the nation's top engineering programs through a period of growth, Ian Robertson, Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today he will step down from his post once a successor has been chosen. Robertson became   more

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 23 (TNSres) -- Saint Mary's University issued the following news release: A year ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sent shockwaves through the astronomical community with reports of unexpectedly massive and ancient galaxies in the distant universe. The existence of such massive galaxies so soon after the Big Bang suggested that the universe could be much older than the 13.8 billion years the astronomers had come to accept. Now, a new study led by Saint Mary  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The techniques used by the team could help develop quantum simulation capabilities for the next generation of quantum computers. The study used Quantinuum's H1-1  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 23 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Teams led by Southwest Research Institute successfully executed two groundbreaking experiments -- by land and air -- collecting unique solar data from the total eclipse that cast a shadow from Texas to Maine on April 8, 2024. The Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 experiment engaged more than 200 community participants in a broad, approachable and inclusive attempt to make a c  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 23 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Felysha Walker Dr. Robyn Woollands '16, a former student from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently received a Young Investigator Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). She is among only 48 scientists and engineers awarded this year. The AFOSR is awarding approximately $21.5 million in grants this ye  more

BRISTOL, England, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: In the study, published today in the journal Waves in Random and Complex Media, researchers from the University of Bristol have derived a formula that can inform the design boundaries for a given component's geometry and material microstructure. A commercially viable sensing technology and associated imaging algorithm to assess the quality of such components currently does not   more

PERTH, Australia, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy, providing important clues on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemical elements. A team of international researchers studied galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, revealing a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the other  more

PERTH, Australia, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: A study to improve social media data analysis, led by The University of Western Australia, has received a $150,000 grant to better understand defence analytics crucial to national security. The study, Empowering the open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst through explainable models, is one of three UWA collaborations awarded Defence Science Centre grants. Project leader Dr Mehwish Nasim, fro  more

SEATTLE, Washington, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: The University of Washington is at the forefront of an international effort to innovate the semiconductor industry while building a skilled U.S.-based workforce to design and manufacture chip technology. Part of a landmark education partnership that was announced in May 2023 at the G7 meeting in Japan, the effort brings together researchers and faculty from the U.S. and Japan to support th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 22 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Rob Leland, Director of the Climate Change Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories, and Cynthia Czajkowski, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research at UW-Madison, surrounded by leadership from the College of Letters & Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two institution  more