WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * 'Fishial' Recognition: Neural Network Identifies Coral Reef Sounds Faster identification of fish sounds from acoustic recordings can improve research, conservation efforts Coral reefs are some of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Despite making up less than 1% of the world's oceans, one-quarter of all marine species spend some portion of their life on a reef. With so much l  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists posted the following article in its March 2025 edition: * * * Is the AMOC headed for a tipping point? Interview with Henk Dijkstra By Dan Drollette Jr. When it comes to tipping points, one of the greatest worries is the status of what is known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC--a key player in making the northern part of Europe habitable. The AMOC has been described as a sort of conveyor belt, that use  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 12 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * In Memory of Renowned Chemical Engineering Alum Andreas Acrivos '50 Andreas Acrivos The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) noted the passing of chemical engineering alumnus Andreas Acrivos '50, on Feb. 17, 2025. Acrivos was recognized by the American Institute of Physics as one of the greatest fluid dynamicists of the 20th century and was a leading figure in the chemical engineering field.   more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 13 -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news: * * * Intel Appoints Lip-Bu Tan as Chief Executive Officer Tan to join Intel board of directors. SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 12, 2025 - Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Lip-Bu Tan, an accomplished technology leader with deep semiconductor industry experience, as chie  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 13 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe U.S. Air Force engineer and PhD student Randall Pietersen is using AI and next-generation imaging technology to detect pavement damage and unexploded munitions. By Zach Winn, MIT News In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway, prac  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science issued the following commentary on March 12, 2025: * * * NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope Using the largest digital camera in the world, Rubin Observatory will soon be ready to capture more data than any other observatory in history NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, has achieved   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 13 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025 The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas. QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 11 subject areas for 2025, the organization announced today. The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas: Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structu  more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Sevin Fellowship returns to West Campus For Brown University physics professor, author and jazz musician Stephon Alexander, creativity, practice and the mistakes that inevitably come with them, are just part of the process. "The way I teach my students how to become better physicists is the same way my jazz teachers trained me," said Alexander at the West Campus House System Sevin Lecture on Mar. 5 at Hans Beth  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 11 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': U-M astronomers make galactic discovery Not only is Andromeda XXXV the dimmest and smallest known satellite galaxy in the Andromeda system, it's about 3 million light-years away, making it very hard to spot. The ellipse within the inset shows where this companion galaxy was discovered.credit: CFHT/MegaCam/PAndAS (Principal investigator: Alan W.  more