NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 1 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * 11 Vanderbilt faculty members selected as 2025 Chancellor Faculty Fellows Eleven outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2025 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. "Spanning disciplines from across the university, the ambitious projects  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * 44 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and staff have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship Sixteen professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievem  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, April 30 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * Amy Whitley selected for the 2025 Barry Sloane Memorial Scholarship Amy Whitley has been selected by the American Nuclear Society and American Society of Mechanical Engineers to receive the 2025 ANS/ASME Barry Sloane Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, which was established in 2024 to recognize an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in mechanical or nuclear engineering  more

LA JOLLA, California, May 2 -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Antibodies that recognize lipids: A new path for HIV vaccines and autoimmune disease treatments Scripps Research scientists used computer modeling to illustrate how antibodies use fatty molecules known as lipids to recognize the HIV virus. LA JOLLA, CA--Lipids are the fatty molecules that make up cellular membranes, creating a protective barrier that regulates what enters and exits the cell. Until   more

PASADENA, California, May 1 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Four Faculty Members, Four Alums Elected to National Academy of Sciences Four members of the Caltech faculty are among the 120 members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest professional honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist. The faculty members elected to the NAS this year ar  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * How Berkeley Lab is Leading the Biology-Based Industrial Revolution Five ways Berkeley Lab is shaping the future of biomanufacturing Biomanufacturing is a type of production that harnesses the molecular machinery in microbes, cells, and plants to produce a variety of valuable compounds. This approach enables efficient biomanufacturing of products that are traditionally ma  more

CAMARILLO, California, May 2 -- The California State University Channel Islands campus issued the following news release: * * * Partnership with Navy base and Santa Paula Unified School district creates pathways to an engineering career CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) President Richard Yao plans to visit Santa Paula High School on May 7 as elementary students in a special pilot pre-engineering program showcase the remotely-operated underwater vehicles they built from scratch. The students built  more

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, May 2 -- South Carolina State University issued the following news: * * * SC State physics graduates explore the universe and the human body By Sam Watson Christina Jones, Sophia Papa and Andrew Johnson will receive their bachelor's degrees on Friday, May 9. ORANGEBURG, S.C. - From nuclear medicine to outer space, three South Carolina State University physics majors are wrapping up their degrees with research experiences that span atoms and galaxies. Christina J  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 1 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * UK scientists to tackle AI's surging energy costs with atom-thin semiconductors A team of UK scientists at Queen Mary University of London, University of Nottingham and University of Glasgow has received a pound sterling6 million EPSRC programme grant on energy efficient, atomically-thin semiconductors to dramatically reduce the electricity demand from AI data centres and high-performance compu  more