SYRACUSE, New York, March 24 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * 2025 Syracuse University Scholars Announced Twelve seniors have been named as the 2025 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. The Syracuse University Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic achievement, independent research and creative work, evidence of intelle  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 25 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: * * * Book review: Power of the Invisible: The Quantessence of Reality Review by SFI External Professor Doyne Farmer The Power of the Invisible: The Quantessence of Reality (University of Amsterdam Press, April 15, 2024), a three-volume set written by former SFI External Professor Sander Bais, is many different things at once. It is a bible for aspiring physicists who want to catapult their scientific mat  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Building blocks of innovation: Light-induced symmetry changes in tiny crystals Argonne scientists unveil new methods to control material properties Breakthrough allows researchers to create materials with tailored properties, unlocking unprecedented control over their optical and electronic properties. Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks  more

PASADENA, California, March 24 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Knitting, Coding, and a Year Abroad: Caltech Senior Wins Watson Fellowship Gabrielle (Gabbie) Chang, a fourth-year undergraduate computer science major from Hinsdale, Illinois, has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a grant that offers graduating undergrads a year of independent study outside of the United States. During her project, Chang will spend time researching the computat  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less. Despite the scale of the event, known as Meltwater Pulse 1a, scientists still aren't sure which ice sheets  more