CARDIFF, Wales, March 19 -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * Telescope observations reveal universe's hours-old baby pictures, scientists say The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy - the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans - have been produced by an international team of astronomers. Measuring light, known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB), that travelled for more than 13 billion years to reach a telescope high in the Chilean A  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight released the following written testimony by Jeffrey Stoff, president of the Center for Research Security and Integrity, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "Assessing the Threat to U.S. Funded Research": * * * Subcommittee Chairman McCormick, Ranking Member Sykes, distinguished subcommittee members: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this critically important topic. N  more

ITHACA, New York, March 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old baby universe released New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy - the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. Measuring light that traveled for more than 13 billion years to reach a telescope high in the Chilean Andes, the new images reveal the universe when it was about 380,00  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 18 [Category: Health Care] -- G.E. HealthCare posted the following news release: * * * GE HealthCare and NVIDIA reimagine diagnostic imaging with autonomous X-ray and ultrasound solutions * Building on its 125-year legacy of medical imaging innovation and a 16-year relationship with NVIDIA, the two companies team up to advance AI-driven autonomous solutions designed to ease the growing burden on healthcare professionals. SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 18, 2025 - GE Heal  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * General Atomics and UC San Diego Launch Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center This San Diego Collaboration to Strengthen California's Leadership in Fusion Energy Innovation Story by: Daniel Kane - dbkane@ucsd.edu Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Diego have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to establish a Fus  more

PASADENA, California, March 19 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Low-Noise Transducers to Bridge the Gap Between Microwave and Optical Qubits In the effort to build superconducting quantum computers, researchers around the world are working to develop electrical circuits that operate in the microwave domain using individual particles of microwave radiation, or microwave photons, as qubits--the basic building blocks of quantum computing. These microwave  more

MUNICH, Germany, March 20 -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: * * * First comprehensive data release of Euclid space telescope Comprehensive scientific dataset sets standards and provides insights into the depths of the universe - thanks in part to strong German participation * First major data release: The European Space Agency has released the first major dataset from the Euclid space telescope, launched in July 2023. * A record number of galaxies discovered: After only  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 19 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * New DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve The impact of dark energy may be evolving over time, suggesting that the standard model of how the universe works may need an update DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe to date and uses it to study dark energy. Earth is at the center in this image, and every dot is a galaxy.credit: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AUR  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Requiem concert to bring ensembles together for musical masterpiece Mozart's Requiem will be performed by the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts ' combined choirs and orchestra and the Blacksburg Master Chorale on Sunday, March 30, at 4 p.m. in the Moss Arts Center. This is the first time that Requiem will be performed in the Moss Arts Center and the first time that more than 260 performers across the vari  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Here are awards announced by colleges, public policy organizations and government agencies - March 20, 2025: * * * John Torrence Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics AIP announced Ana Maria Cetto as the recipient of the 2025 John Torrence Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics. Cetto was recognized for her "outstanding contributions to the promotion of science, and scientific outreach and cooperation worldwide, including transforming open acce  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Here's a look at research generated by U.S. colleges and universities: Alvernia University Partners With Berks Coalition to End Homelessness to Improve Youth Housing Stability Boston University School of Public Health: New Database Captures Laws Since 1849 Governing Minors' Legal Capacity to Consent to Sexual Health Services Boston University: Five Years Later, Scientists Study Novids-People Who've Never Had COVID Case Western Reserve: Bacteria Invade Brain After Impl  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 20 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Long-accepted theory explaining the nature of our universe may need updating, new analysis indicates New results from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hint that the influence of mysterious force driving universe's accelerating expansion may change over time By Mike Pena The standard model of how the universe works involves the widely accepted theory that dark energy is a f  more