BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * "Empathy Is Essential," BU Commencement Speaker Emily Deschanel Tells 2025 Graduates University President Melissa Gilliam, leading BU's 152nd Commencement, and her first, tells the Class of 2025: "go out into the world, confident that you have the tools to pursue excellence" By Rich Barlow, Joel Brown and Alene Bouranova Over a three-decade acting career, Boston University alum Emily Deschanel has played a   more

LIVERMORE, California, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Big Ideas Lab podcast examines how AI Is reshaping science at LLNL As the world moves from the Information Age to the Data Age, AI is not only revolutionizing society -- it's fundamentally transforming how researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) approach science. On the latest episode of The Big Ideas Lab podcast, listeners will get an i  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Building a Data Pipeline to Accelerate Discovery By Ashleigh Papp Key Takeaways * Researchers at Berkeley Lab and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an accelerated data pipeline called DELERIA, a new software platform for streaming large amounts of data at very high speeds -- from experiment data acquisition to a high-performance computing facility and back --  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 20 -- SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Shanghai, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12310126 B2, initially filed Nov. 21, 2022) developed by five inventors Fang Wang, Shanghai, China; Fuxing Dai, Shanghai, China; Weida Hu, Shanghai, China; Xiaoshuang Chen, Shanghai, China; and Wei Lu, Shanghai, China, for "Infrared photodetector based on van der waals heterostructure and preparation method thereof."  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Is gravity quantum? One of the most profound open questions in modern physics is: "" The other fundamental forces -- electromagnetic, weak, and strong -- have all been successfully described, but no complete and consistent quantum theory of gravity yet exists. "Theoretical physicists have proposed many possible scenarios, from gravity being inherently classical to fully quantum,   more

PASADENA, California, May 20 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Jupiter Was Formerly Twice Its Current Size and Had a Much Stronger Magnetic Field Understanding Jupiter's early evolution helps illuminate the broader story of how our solar system developed its distinct structure. Jupiter's gravity, often called the "architect" of our solar system, played a critical role in shaping the orbital paths of other planets and sculpting the disk of gas and dust   more

MIDDLESEX, England, May 20 -- The National Physical Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NPL Senior Fellow elected Fellow of the Royal Society Royal Society announces latest Fellowships Professor Graham Machin is a Senior Fellow at NPL, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde's Department of Physics. He has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of a career spanning more than 30 years in the field of tem  more

ITHACA, New York, May 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Physicist Brad Ramshaw awarded $2M as Brown Investigator Brad Ramshaw, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the 2025 class of Brown Investigators. Each investigator, recognized for curiosity-driven research in chemistry or physics, will receive up to $2 million over five years. The awardee cohort, the second to be selected by the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences   more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 20 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice researchers engineer personalized treatments for movement impairments Benjamin J. Fregly, the Trustee Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering and a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing at Rice. By: Raji Natarajan Special to Rice News Impaired neuromusculoskeletal function due to conditions such as stroke,   more

ITHACA, New York, May 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Smarter, faster AI models explored for molecular, materials discovery Cornell researchers are demonstrating how artificial intelligence - particularly deep learning and generative modeling - can accelerate the design of new molecules and materials, and even function as an autonomous research assistant. In a study published April 9 in Advanced Science, researchers explored how to make AI models more efficient and   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 20 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * The legal frontier of quantum technology By Meredith Fore Expert panel discussion at UChicago Law kicks off Chicago Quantum Exchange-led initiative aimed at strengthening growing field Quantum technologies are poised to transform society. In the coming years, quantum developments could produce sensors capable of detecting disease at the very earliest stages; networks that offer provably secure financial  more