LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, March 17 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * ANS's M&C 2025 conference is coming up The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025) will be taking place April 27-30 in Denver, Colo. Registration for the meeting is now open. The host hotel--The Westin Denver Downtown--is also taking room reservations. The details: M&C 2025, with the theme of   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release: * * * Ansys and NVIDIA to Demonstrate New Era of In-Silico Cardiovascular Research at GTC Ansys and NVIDIA unveil vision for the future of cardiovascular research by democratizing simulation Key Highlights * Ansys and NVIDIA's open-source technology narrows the gap between simulation and reality by enabling customized workflows, fostering collaboration, and makin  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 18 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * Climate Tech Companies Adopt NVIDIA Earth-2 for High-Resolution, Energy-Efficient, More Accurate Weather Predictions and Disaster Preparedness GTC-- NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 weather analytics to accelerate the development of more accurat  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * New High-Definition Pictures of the Baby Universe Physics Professor Colin Hill and collaborators have released the clearest images to-date of the universe in its infancy. New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration--a team of researchers that includes Columbia Physics Professor Colin Hill--has revealed the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy, the earliest cosmic time accessible to hum  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 5, 2025, entitled "Automating physics-based models to estimate thermoelectric-power water use." Here are excerpts: * * * Thermoelectric (TE) power plants withdraw more water than any other sector of water use in the United States and consume water at rates that can be significant especially in water-stressed regions. Historical TE water-use data have be  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 17, 2025, entitled "Evidence for nonlocal sediment transport on hillslopes from fault scarp morphology." Here are excerpts: * * * Hillslope sediment transport processes such as bioturbation, rainsplash, and granular mechanics occur across the entire planet. Yet, it remains uncertain how these small-scale processes act together to shape landscapes. Longs  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on February 19, 2025, entitled "Implications of physics-based M9 ground motions on liquefaction-induced damage in the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Looking forward and backward." Here are excerpts: * * * Given the likelihood of future M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquakes, various estimates of the resulting, regional ground motions have been made, including a   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication on March 7, 2025, from Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership: * * * Comments on US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Docket No. BOEM 2025-0002 'Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Project on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York' Prepared by the Rutgers Un  more

OXFORD, Ohio, March 19 -- Miami University issued the following news: * * * Miami's new Quantum Computing degree approved by Ohio Department of Higher Education Innovative major set to launch in August By Josh Chapin Miami University's groundbreaking Bachelor of Science in Quantum Computing is now official. The major, the first of its kind for an Ohio institution, was approved March 12 by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. This latest step followed approvals from Miami's University S  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 18 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * NVIDIA and GE HealthCare Collaborate to Advance the Development of Autonomous Diagnostic Imaging With Physical AI GTC-- NVIDIA today announced a collaboration with GE HealthCare to advance innovation in autonomous imaging, focused on developing autonomous X-ray technologies and   more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 18 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * NVIDIA Announces Major Release of Cosmos World Foundation Models and Physical AI Data Tools GTC -- NVIDIA today announced a major release of new NVIDIA Cosmos(tm) world foundation models (WFMs), introducing an open and fully customizable reasoning model for physical AI developme  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 18 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * NVIDIA Blackwell Accelerates Computer-Aided Engineering Software by Orders of Magnitude for Real-Time Digital Twins GTC-- NVIDIA today announced that leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) software vendors, including Ansys, Altair, Cadence, Siemens and Synopsys, are accelerati  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 18 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release: * * * NVIDIA to Build Accelerated Quantum Computing Research Center GTC-- NVIDIA today announced it is building a Boston-based research center to provide cutting-edge technologies to advance quantum computing. The NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center, or NVAQC, will integrate l  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 19 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Caltech president, a pioneer in quantum physics, to headline April Presidential Lecture Series event WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Caltech president and pioneering physicist Thomas Rosenbaum, an expert in the promising field of quantum physics, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang in April for a conversation as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. The Purdue appearance by Rosenbaum, als  more

VIENNA, Virginia, March 19 -- Spire Global Inc., a provider of space-based data, analytics and services, issued the following news release: * * * Spire Global Launches Breakthrough AI Weather Models Built on NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 Enriched with proprietary satellite data, Spire's AI-driven models deliver medium-range and sub-seasonal forecasts out to 45 days Accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs, Spire's AI models run 1,000 times faster than traditional physics-based models, enabling la  more

STONY BROOK, New York, March 19 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Clearest and Most Precise Images of the Universe's Infancy Revealed Astrophysicist Neelima Sehgal is part of the ACT collaboration that through a telescope in Chile has produced unprecedented cosmic images of the oldest light in the Universe STONY BROOK, NY, March 18, 2025 - Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced new image  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Here are awards announced by colleges, public policy organizations and government agencies on March 18, 2025: * * * Mississippi State's Kasee Stratton-Gadke, executive director of the Mississippi Institute on Disabilities, is the recipient of the national Presidential Appreciation Award given by the Trainers of School Psychologists for service to the organization. TSP fosters the professional development of school psychology trainers and faculty around the world. Strat  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 19 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * UC San Diego Team Develops New Dose Prediction Model for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Researchers at UC San Diego have developed advanced deep learning techniques that could revolutionize treatment planning for breast cancer radiotherapy - making it faster and improving its quality. The team sought to reduce inconsistencies in treatment plans and improve patient outcomes by leveragin  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 19 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * The universe's baby pictures just got clearer UCR physicist a key member of international collaboration that produced the images New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, or ACT, collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy - the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans. Measuring light that traveled for more than 13 billion years to reach   more

BAVARIA, Germany, March 18 -- The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat issued the following news: * * * Cosmic radiation: Breakthrough thanks to artificial intelligence AI recognizes the mass of the most energetic particles of cosmic radiation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) scares many people as neural networks, modeled after the human brain, are so complex that even experts do not understand them. However, the risk to society of applying opaque algorithms varies depending on the applica  more

MANCHESTER, England, March 18 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope achieves first light milestone The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The telescope joins the observatory's three Small Aperture Telescopes (SAT) at the site and will collect the most precise measurements yet of the univ  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * New high-definition pictures of the early universe Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration has led to the clearest and most precise images yet of the universe's infancy--the cosmic microwave background radiation that was visible only 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Key Takeaways * New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collab  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 18 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Virginia Tech researchers publish revolutionary blueprint to fuse wireless technologies and AI There's a major difference between humans and current artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: common sense. According to a new visionary paper by Walid Saad, professor in the College of Engineering and the Next-G Wireless Lead at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, a true revolution in wireless technologies is only   more

PASADENA, California, March 18 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Walter Massey to Deliver the 131st Commencement Address Walter Massey--inspiring leader, physicist, chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, president emeritus of Morehouse College and of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, former director of the National Science Foundation, and former director of Argonne National Laboratory--will deliver the keynote address at Caltech'  more