NORTHRIDGE, California, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- California State University Northridge (CSUN) issued the following news release: * * * 'Zombie Viruses' Make Great Science Fiction but Aren't a Threat from Thawing Permafrost, CSUN Prof Says As a changing climate continues to warm the planet and thaws ancient permafrost, some people are concerned that long-dormant pathogens, or "zombie viruses," could emerge from the newly thawed ground, unleashing new epidemics or pandemics on the world. While the  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 28 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * A Better Way to Measure Body Fat for Athletes * Body composition - a measure of the proportion of fat, muscle, and bone that make up your body weight - is an important metric of health. Body fat percentage in particular can help determine health outcomes. And for athletes, who have more muscle than the average person, an accurate measure of what percent of their weight is fat is an important indi  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * RADAR: Era of collaborative cosmic exploration Scientists use RADAR to securely combine gravitational wave and radio data, advancing the study of the universe's most dramatic events A new AI-powered framework enables rapid, resource-efficient follow-up campaigns for a wider range of cosmic messengers, including gravitational waves and faint radio afterglows. * Wh  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release: * * * Moolenaar Questions Ford About Its Chinese Military Company Partnership and Use of Federal Tax Credits Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has sent a letter to Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley concerning the automaker's plans to build data center batteries wit  more

MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 28 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * NASA telescopes spot surprisingly mature cluster in early Universe * Astronomers at The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much larger than anything astronomers have seen before in the distant universe. This new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster - among the largest structures in the universe - started  more

STANFORD, California, Jan. 28 -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * New chip-sized optical amplifier can intensify light 100 times Energy-efficient and small enough to fit in a smartphone, an optical amplifier developed at Stanford could improve fiber optic networks and spur new technologies in biosensing, data communications, and more. In brief * The compact optical amplifier recycles energy, keeping its power needs low while maintaining performance. * The device deliver  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Study: The infant universe's "primordial soup" was actually soupy * In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles zinged around at light speed, creating a "quark-gluon plasma" that lasted for only a few millionths of a second. The primordial goo then quickly cooled, and its individual quarks and gluons fuse  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Transforming ammonia for food security and economic growth Texas A&M researchers in the chemical engineering department have introduced a newer ammonia production method by using renewable electricity. By Raven Wuebker With a new electrochemical synthesis via an electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), achieving carbon-free ammonia production is closer to r  more