UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Biological physicist Reka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Reka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Albert was recognized for her work in the field of network science, mapping complex biological systems through computational modeling. Her research  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * ABPDU: A Catalyst for the U.S. Biomanufacturing Sector Facility helps scale up new products for the market The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, or ABPDU, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office and run by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), was established in 2009 to help biomanufacturing compani  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Fermilab researchers advance quantum sensing for future detectors A collaboration of scientists tested next-generation superconducting microwire single photon detectors (SMSPDs) at Fermilab to further particle physics research. A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch released the following written testimony by Government Accountability Office Comptroller General Gene Dodaro from an April 30, 2025, hearing on fiscal 2026 budget requests: * * * Chairman Mullin, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Subcommittee, I would like to express my appreciation for the support this Subcommittee has shown GAO in the past few years. With your help we have made great progress in s  more

EASTON, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- Lafayette College issued the following news: * * * Three geology faculty now honored as fellows of Geological Society of America Designation reflects not only their scholarly contributions but growth and reputation of Lafayette's Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences By Bryan Hay The Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences has reached a significant milestone with three of its faculty being named fellows of the Geological Society of   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48424) on May 6, 2025, entitled "Methane Emissions: U.S. and International Mitigation Efforts" by environmental policy analyst Kathryn G. Kynett. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted in part as a result of human activities. According to climate scientists, approximately 0.5 C of the net 1.1 C increase in global surface temperatures that has occurred since 1850 may b  more

CARY, North Carolina, May 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: * * * Quantum leap: Three out of five businesses are exploring quantum AI, per SAS survey Quantum computing and related technologies like quantum AI are regarded as the next big wave after AI. A global survey of 500 business leaders across industries found that interest in quantum is very high, with more than 60% of respondent  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following opening statement on May 7, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities Programmatic Updates": * * * Thank you, Chairman DesJarlais, and welcome to our panel of distinguished witnesses. Over the past decade, the global strategic landscape has continued to deteriorate. The CCP is dramatically expanding th  more

MENLO PARK, California, May 8 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * What will it take to bring fusion energy to the US power grid? In this Q&A, Arianna Gleason discusses the technologies needed to make commercialized fusion energy a reality and how SLAC is advancing this energy frontier. Arianna Gleason is an award-winning scientist at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory who studies matter in its most extreme forms -  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's NIKE Laser-Target Facility Helps to Advance Department of Defense Nuclear Mission The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced a new strategic direction for its NIKE laser-target facility to align its world-class capabilities with the Department of Defense's (DoD) nuclear strategic priorities. The new strategic direction marks a shift from the facility's historical focus on De  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near solar system By Hannah Hindley An international team of scientists including University of Arizona astronomer Erika Hamden has discovered a molecular cloud that is one of the largest single structures in the sky, and among the closest molecular clouds to Earth ever detected. Previously invisible to telescopes, the discovery hints at the pre  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 8 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * The Squid Galaxy's neutrino game just leveled up UCLA-led physicists have proposed a new route by which neutrinos can be produced Key takeaways * In space, energetic neutrinos are usually paired with energetic gamma rays. Galaxy NGC 1068, however, emits strong neutrinos and weak gamma rays, which presents a puzzle for scientists to solve. * A new paper posits that helium nuclei collide   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 7 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using AI to explore the 3D structure of the genome Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA is crammed into a nucleus that is only one-hundredth of a millimeter in diameter. To fit inside that tiny space, the genome must fold into a complex structure known as chromatin, made up of DNA and proteins. The structure of that chromatin, in turn, helps to determine which of the genes will   more