LIVERMORE, California, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * 'STEM Day at the Lab' enters its 10th year of bringing science to LLNL communities Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 's (LLNL) STEM Day ignites curiosity and shapes futures, delivering high-quality science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to more than 1,935 students -- and the impact keeps growing. The Department of Energy (DOE) select  more

PASADENA, California, May 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Dianne Newman and Barry Barish Elected to the American Philosophical Society Two Caltech faculty members--Dianne Newman, Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Merkin Institute Professor, and Barry Barish, Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus--were elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society (APS). According its press release, the   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * From Sequence to Structure: A Fast Track for RNA Modeling A new open-source process makes it easier to uncover the 3D structures of RNA molecules that do more than carry code In Biology 101, we learn that RNA is a single, ribbon-like strand of base pairs that is copied from our DNA then read like a recipe to build a protein. But there's more to the story. Some RNA strand  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 13 -- DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Dalian, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12296329 B2, initially filed Oct. 16, 2020) developed by twelve inventors Mao Ye, Dalian, China; Tao Zhang, Dalian, China; Jinling Zhang, Dalian, China; Shuliang Xu, Dalian, China; Hailong Tang, Dalian, China; Xiangao Wang, Dalian, China; Cheng Zhang, Dalian, China; Jinming Jia, Dalian, China; Jing Wang, Dalian, China; Hua Li, Dalian, China; Chenggon  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 14 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU professor challenges long-held assumptions of symmetry in physics STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State Professor of Physics Dipangkar Dutta is a principal investigator on a groundbreaking experiment--revealing "symmetry" in physics doesn't always behave as scientists once believed--recently published in the prestigious journal Physics Letters B. For centuries, scientists have used symmetry as  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces released the following testimony by Teresa Robbins, acting administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, from a May 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities Programmatic Updates": * * * Chairman DesJarlais, Ranking Member Moulton, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the Department of E  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Pasquali named fellow of The Society of Rheology Rice University's Matteo Pasquali has been elected a fellow of The Society of Rheology (SoR). SoR is the world's leading organization of rheology, the branch of physics that studies the flow and deformation of matter. The society has over 1,400 members with only 0.5% elected as fellows in any given year. Pasquali was recognized for outstanding research contribu  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 13 -- BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITESI, Istanbul, Turkey has been assigned a patent (No. US 12297175 B2, initially filed Feb. 10, 2021) developed by six inventors Muge Didem Orhan, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey; Berna Dogan, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey; Seyma Calis, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey; Gurbet Cacan, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey; Timucin Avsar, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey; and Serdar Durdagi, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey, for "Physics-driven discovery of novel small therapeutic compoun  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 13 -- WAYMO LLC, Mountain View, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12296828 B2, initially filed Nov. 16, 2023) developed by David Smith, Sunnyvale, California, and Kevin Yoon, Oakland, California, for "Physics-informed optimization for autonomous driving systems."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 13 -- DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Dalian, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12296324 B2, initially filed Oct. 16, 2020) developed by twelve inventors Tao Zhang, Dalian, China; Mao Ye, Dalian, China; Jinling Zhang, Dalian, China; Shuliang Xu, Dalian, China; Hailong Tang, Dalian, China; Xiangao Wang, Dalian, China; Cheng Zhang, Dalian, China; Jinming Jia, Dalian, China; Jing Wang, Dalian, China; Hua Li, Dalian, China; Chenggon  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, May 13 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * Research project to crack the code of quantum light sources and quantum networks A new Danish-German research collaboration is developing new quantum light sources, which could revolutionize cryptography and networks between quantum computers. The In-novation Fund has invested DKK 40 million in the project. Quantum technology enables unbreakable encryption and entirely new types of comput  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, May 14 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * AI Is for Accelerators NEWPORT NEWS, VA - One of the things that makes the main particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility unique is that it was the first linear accelerator to deliver a continuous stream of electrons. Today, the accelerator's efficiency and stability are critical to groundbreaki  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 13 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * The Hidden Physics Behind Dark Matter and the Multiverse By Josh DeLozier NORMAN, OKLA. - Beneath the visible fabric of our universe lies a world of unanswered questions, and one theory might tie them all together. Supersymmetry, an extension of particle physics, could explain both the elusive nature of dark matter and the possibility of a multiverse. At the forefront of this research is Universit  more