WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten Blasts Trump's Stoppage of the National Climate Assessment Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) released the following statement regarding reports that the Trump Administration has effectively halted the National Climate Assessment (NCA), a congressionally mandated report on the impacts of climate change on the United States: "The president can attempt to change the laws of  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * How origami could unlock a new class of materials Research led at the University of Michigan modeled how different origami structures made from trapezoidal subunits (i) responded to stresses like compression (ii) and stretching (iii).credit: Adapted from J.P. McInerney et al. Nat. Commun. 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57089-x (Used under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license) Study: Coarse-grained fundamental form  more

LONDON, England, May 2 -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Imperial and CNRS celebrate growing partnership By Stephen Johns Imperial and France's CNRS celebrated their growing partnership at their annual meeting hosted in Paris. The partnership between the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Imperial, underscores the growing importance of international cooperation in tackling global challenges. At the recent annual scientific meeting, academics   more

LAUREL, Maryland, May 2 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation's first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The After-Action Report, published in March 2025, highlights the key findi  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * In extreme conditions, heat does not flow between materials. It bounces off. Results reveal how heat transfer works in dense super-hot plasmas, providing new insights for laser-driven fusion ignition research A new study supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation shows, for the first time, how heat moves -- or rather, doesn't -- between materials in a high-energy-density plasma state. The wor  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Novel AI model inspired by neural dynamics from the brain Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a novel artificial intelligence model inspired by neural oscillations in the brain, with the goal of significantly advancing how machine learning algorithms handle long sequences of data. AI often struggles with analyzing com  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory released a report in February 2025 detailing the successful development, validation, and application of PUFFIn, a free and user-friendly software tool designed for simulating radiation transport. The report, titled "PUFFIn Software Modeling for Quality Management" (PNNL-37351), highlights the software's effectiveness as an educational tool and its significant potential for improving quality management practi  more

SWANSEA, Wales, May 2 -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Breakthrough in quantum noise reduction Researchers at Swansea University have discovered a way to use mirrors to dramatically reduce the quantum noise that disturbs tiny particles - a breakthrough that might seem magical but is rooted in quantum physics. When scientists measure extremely small objects, such as nanoparticles, they face a difficult challenge: simply observing these particles disturbs them. This happe  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Personnel changes in public policy organizations and government - May 1, 2025: * * * Holland & Knight welcomes Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Ph.D., as a senior policy advisor in the Firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Freedhoff was the assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) from 2021 to 2025, leading an office of 1,100 employees that oversees the   more

NORWICH, England, May 2 -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * UEA's grant and funding success - April 2025 Expecting the unexpected: Understanding 'dangerous' volcanic transitions Project lead: Dr Jess Johnson Collaborators: Dr Lidong Bie, Dr Richard Herd, Dr Zoja Vukmanovic, University of Bristol, University of Oxford, University of Manchester, University of Plymouth Researchers in the School of Environmental Sciences are part of a multidisciplinary team tha  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 3 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Rob Ghrist: The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician Engineer, mathematician, teacher, author, and illustrator, PIK professor Robert Ghrist embraces innovation to enrich each role. Key Takeaways * Ghrist's interests, from virtual galleries to topological data analysis, shows how combining art, engineering, and mathematics sparks fresh insights and tools  more