WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Seven Centenary University students earned scholarships to support scientific inquiry following their participation in the Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey Undergraduate Research Symposium. The annual event, held by an organization representing 13 nonprofit, private institutions in New Jersey, requires students to test innovative concepts and defend their results to judges. Centenary University Assistant Professor of Biology Yeon Lang Cha oversaw the s  more

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, April 27 -- Colorado Mesa University posted the following news: * * * CMU Civic Forum Presents Discussion: Crisis in the Strait of Hormuz * Founder and President of Mercator Energy LLC to lead free discussion Colorado Mesa University's Civic Forum will present a discussion titled Crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and its Impact on World Energy Pricing on Thursday, May 7 at 5:30 pm in the University Center South Ballroom. The free event will be led by founder and presi  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 27 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * The Engineer Who Taught Cells to Behave * On paper, Bernhard Palsson builds computer models. In practice, he builds a playbook to make living systems predictable enough to design and harness them for specific uses. His work bridges the industrial and the medical -from using microbes as chemical factories to predicting how pathogens will respond to antibiotics. Most people encoun  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 28 (TNSjou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Stratospheric nanoparticles' surprising abundance is a game changer Another discovery from NOAA's high-altitude research A previously unrecognized but widespread class of ultrafine aerosol particles high in Earth's atmosphere identified by researchers with NOAA's Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL) has revealed a significant gap in scientists' understanding of a k  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars * Nine University of Pennsylvania affiliates-six fourth-years and three recent graduates-have each received a 2026 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each Thouron Scholar receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends. Penn's 2026 Thouron Scholars are Tristen Brisky, Charissa Howard,   more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * SIU researchers use new bacteria to create sustainable bio-products A quick stop for an iced coffee and a breakfast sandwich on the morning commute, grabbing cutlery from the breakroom during lunch, or picking up a soda to wash down dinner. Our mostly thoughtless consumption of single-use plastic is a growing problem, inundating landfills and potentially harming our bodies. A team  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, April 27 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Spring '26: UTA grads balance PhDs & a toddler * A husband and wife will walk across the graduation stage at Globe Life Field on Sunday, each receiving a doctoral degree from The University of Texas at Arlington. Their achievement caps a journey that included adapting to a new culture, navigating the COVID 19 pandemic, welcoming their first child and supporting each other every ste  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 28 (TNSjou) -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Physicist Explores How Black Holes Light Up the Dark New hydrodynamical simulations explain how tidally destroyed stars reveal hidden supermassive black holes and why no two of these cosmic collisions look the same. * Supermassive black holes are among the most enigmatic objects in the universe. They typically weigh millions or even billions of times the mass of the sun and sit at the centers of mo  more