WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on March 25, 2025: * * * Babin, Lofgren Applaud House Passage of Bipartisan SST Committee Bills 119th Congress (Washington, D.C.) - This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed eight bipartisan Science, Space, and Technology Committee bills. These important measures address a range of critical issues, such as improving interagency coordina  more

ITHACA, New York, March 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Book calls social scientists to robust 'multiverse' analysis If sociologist Cristobal Young were to put out a lawn sign, it wouldn't proclaim the popular "Believe science." Instead, it would carry a more nuanced message: "Advance the highest standards of rigor in science." "We live in a time when dubious claims are everywhere - not just in politics or social media but also in scientific research," said Young,   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 24, 2025: * * * The Risks of Rushing to Denial in the Taiwan Strait By Sean Monaghan Earlier this month, the Senate Armed Services Committee considered the nomination of Elbridge A. Colby to become under secretary for defense policy. Colby led the team that wrote the 2018 National Defense Strategy in Trump's first term. If confirmed, his first task this time around will be to o  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: * * * Dahlgren celebrates 100 years of UAV innovation: From biplanes to quadcopters DAHLGREN, Va. - One hundred years ago, on a stretch of the Potomac River, a small group of engineers and scientists made history with the flight of the United States' first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This moment, now a cornerstone in the long legacy of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), marked the begin  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 25 [Category: Health Care] -- G.E. HealthCare posted the following news release: * * * GE HealthCare and Swiss Medical Network advance personalized medicine at new molecular imaging and theranostics Center of Excellence * GE HealthCare and Swiss Medical Network signed a Master Research Agreement to advance molecular imaging and theranostics * Collaboration aims to leverage advanced diagnostics and targeted therapies, including AI-driven capabilities, to provide per  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittees on Space and Aeronautics issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA's CLPS Initiative" at 10 a.m. on April 1, 2025, at 2318 Rayburn House Office Building: Witnesses: * Dr. Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration * Dr. Brett W. Denevi, Principal Staff Scientist  more

ITHACA, New York, March 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Jill Tarter '65 keynotes celebration of women engineers at Cornell Jill Tarter was the only woman in her engineering physics class when she graduated from Cornell Engineering in 1965. Returning to Cornell for the first time in years, she recently observed that the campus has significantly changed - including a much more balanced mix of students. The undergraduate population in Cornell Engineering, specifically,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 24, 2025: * * * MIT scientists engineer starfish cells to shape-shift in response to light The research may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Life takes shape with the motion of a single cell. In response to signals from certain proteins and enzymes, a cell can start to move and shake, leading to   more

ITHACA, New York, March 25 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Quantum mechanics with a twist: spring 2025 Bethe lecture Electrons - the carriers of electricity - are inherently quantum mechanical, exhibiting remarkable behaviors like tunneling through barriers, occupying multiple locations at the same time, and even becoming entangled over distances. "Yet for decades, these extraordinary properties remained hidden in everyday materials," said physicist Shahal Ilani.  In  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Here's a look at research generated by colleges and universities outside the U.S. Aberystwyth University: Innovative System of 'Listening' Sensors to Monitor Greenland Ice Melt Aberystwyth University: Scientists to Explore Why Everest Glacier is Warming Aston University: Groundbreaking Study Unveils New Complexities in Synchronization Phenomena Brock University: Niagara Grapevines Poised for Fruitful Growing Season Cardiff University: New Partnership to Protect Key I  more

SWINDON, England, March 25 [Category: Business] (TNSres) -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news: * * * UKRI showcases the technologies of tomorrow 25 March 2025 New online brochure highlights the first two years of UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund's investments. How new technologies are improving many aspects of our world from plastics recycling to food production and consumption, to transport and communication are highlighted in a new coll  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 26 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Detecting wildfires with AI USC ISI researchers are developing a novel wildfire surveillance method using computer vision algorithms In the face of escalating wildfire threats like the January 2025 Los Angeles fires, USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is pioneering an AI-powered surveillance system to improve early wildfire detection, poten  more