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Newswise: Central Park Zoo Releases Postmortem Testing Results for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:20 PM EDT
Central Park Zoo Releases Postmortem Testing Results for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl
Wildlife Conservation Society

The following statement was released today by Central Park Zoo:Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A flight out of this world
University of Miami

A solar-powered aircraft being developed by a University of Miami aerospace engineer could fly on Mars to help answer questions about the red planet.

Newswise: Alumna Patricia “Patti” Martin elected to Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Alumna Patricia “Patti” Martin elected to Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
University of Alabama Huntsville

Patricia “Patti” Martin, an alumna of The University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH), has been selected to the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame (AEHOF). Martin graduated from The University of Alabama in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.

Newswise: UNC Collaborates on Regional NSF-Funded Initiative on Climate Resilience
Released: 25-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UNC Collaborates on Regional NSF-Funded Initiative on Climate Resilience
University of Northern Colorado

Up to $160 million available over the next 10 years to build climate-resilient communities in the Colorado-Wyoming region

Newswise: Not-Quite “Magic” Oxygen-28 Observed for the First Time
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Not-Quite “Magic” Oxygen-28 Observed for the First Time
Department of Energy, Office of Science

According to the traditional model of nuclear shells, oxygen-28 is expected to be a doubly magic nucleus with 20 neutrons and 8 protons. However, an experiment performed at the Rare Isotope Beam Facility in Japan measured the direct decay of oxygen-28 into four neutrons and oxygen-24 and found that it is not a bound nucleus.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EDT
ORNL helping Roll-to-Roll Consortium scale up hydrogen technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is providing national leadership in a new collaboration among five national laboratories to accelerate U.S. production of clean hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Solar eclipse: experts share answers about science, safety, pet reactions
Virginia Tech

On Monday, April 8, much of the United States will have the opportunity to witness a partial or total eclipse.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Grant projects to unlock potential, secure the future of open networks
Virginia Tech

For centuries, “open sesame” have been the magic words used to gain access to a cave of treasures. When it comes to the wonders of wireless, there’s only one magic phrase for unlocking the wireless future: “Open Radio Access networks” (O-RAN).

Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Food production using controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics systems could become the new normal
Virginia Tech

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Virginia Tech suggests that technologies such as controlled environment agriculture and agrivoltaics may become part of the future of farming. Controlled environment agriculture systems are typically enclosed or indoors.

Newswise: Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Combining novel biomaterial and microsurgery might enable faster tissue recovery
Penn State Materials Research Institute

For soft tissue to recover and regrow, it needs blood vessels to grow to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Sluggish vascularization, however, can slow or even prevent recovery and regrowth of lost or damaged soft tissue after a severe injury or serious illness such as cancer.

Newswise: Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Released: 25-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Simulating the Fourth State of Matter to Harness Fusion
Department of Energy, Office of Science

As you gaze into the night sky, stars look like tiny, glowing pinpricks shining through the dark. But inside those stars, reactions occur that produce staggering amounts of energy. All stars – including our sun – produce energy through a powerful reaction called fusion.

Newswise: A new dawn for flexible electronics: eliminating energy waste
Released: 25-Mar-2024 9:15 AM EDT
A new dawn for flexible electronics: eliminating energy waste
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have unveiled an innovative approach to create flexible organic integrated circuits (ICs) devoid of parasitic capacitance. This advancement heralds a substantial enhancement in the dynamic performance and operating frequency of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) and rectifying diodes, charting a course towards the realization of high-performance, cost-effective, and energy-efficient flexible electronics.

Newswise: Stacy Jupiter Announced to Lead WCS Marine Conservation
Released: 25-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Stacy Jupiter Announced to Lead WCS Marine Conservation
Wildlife Conservation Society

The following announcement was released today by Joe Walston, Executive Vice President of WCS Global: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Stacy Jupiter to lead WCS Marine Conservation. Stacy is currently WCS Regional Director for the Melanesia program and was the outstanding candidate after a long and thorough global recruitment effort.

Newswise: GNSS Gyroscopes: a new horizon in motion measurement
Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
GNSS Gyroscopes: a new horizon in motion measurement
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A study introduces Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) gyroscopes, revolutionizing the measurement of angular velocity and acceleration. This innovation promises to transform aerospace, automotive, and robotics by offering precise, cost-effective motion analysis, marking a new era in navigation and motion understanding.

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Released: 25-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Brookhaven Lab Staff Receive Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Radioisotope producers, groundwater protection professionals, and a fleet management leader at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are among recipients of Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for their accomplishments in 2023.

Newswise: Navigating the depths: a breakthrough in underwater exploration technology
Released: 25-Mar-2024 7:35 AM EDT
Navigating the depths: a breakthrough in underwater exploration technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists have developed an innovative calibration algorithm for the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).This algorithm significantly enhances navigation precision by utilizing acoustic signals from seabed beacons.

Newswise: Fueling the Future: Boosting Durability of Eco-Friendly Cars' Power Source
Released: 25-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Fueling the Future: Boosting Durability of Eco-Friendly Cars' Power Source
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The latest research delves into significant progress in comprehending the degradation mechanisms of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) tailored for vehicle use.

Newswise: Unveiling the Sun from Behind the Clouds: Reshaping the Chemical Image Resolution
Released: 25-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Unveiling the Sun from Behind the Clouds: Reshaping the Chemical Image Resolution
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Spectral preprocessing methods with efficient spectral noise removal and high-fidelity baseline correction capabilities are the prerequisites and challenges for high-quality Raman spectroscopy applications.

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Newswise: Chiral transmission by an open evolution trajectory in a non-Hermitian system
Released: 25-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Chiral transmission by an open evolution trajectory in a non-Hermitian system
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chiral transmission for a pair of eigenmodes has been realized by a closed exceptional-point-encircling trajectory in (anti-) parity-time-symmetric systems. Scientist in China explored an open trajectory linking two infinite points, enabling high-efficiency chiral transmission with each eigenmode localized in a single waveguide, more accessible in practical photonic integrated circuits.

Newswise: New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage
22-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new iron-based aqueous flow battery shows promise for grid energy storage applications.

Newswise: Breakthrough antibiotic shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections
Released: 25-Mar-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Breakthrough antibiotic shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A team of scientists led by Prof Guillermo Bazan from NUS Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) has developed a novel antibiotic named COE-PNH2 that is capable of combating hard-to-treat mycobacterial lung infections.

   
21-Mar-2024 7:05 AM EDT
People Use Multiple Strategies to Successfully Resolve Alcohol Use Disorder Without Treatment
Research Society on Alcoholism

While highly effective, specialty alcohol treatment may present barriers, such as cost and stigma. A variety of strategies and other factors—often in combination—help people address their problem drinking without the use of specialized alcohol services, according to a study of untreated people in recovery from alcohol use disorder.

     
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Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Putting a New Spin on 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide
Brookhaven National Laboratory

To unlock the complex structure and behavior of 1T Phase Tantalum Disulfide, researchers used the Pair Distribution Function (PDF) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, to learn more about the material’s structure.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Science Is the Best (Local, Regional, National, Global) Policy
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

Mercury studies in Indonesia. Climate change studies in Tanzania. Biodiversity studies in South Dakota. Marine mammal surveys in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Something to (re)Think About
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

The sun shines on the cold, deep blue ocean at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Portland Head Light, an iconic landmark that draws in three million visitors each year, stands proudly at the edge of the rocky shore.

Newswise: Entanglement Entropies of Nuclear Systems Grow as the Volume of those Systems
Released: 22-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Entanglement Entropies of Nuclear Systems Grow as the Volume of those Systems
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Entanglement entropy quantifies the amount of entanglement between two subsystems. In many systems, the entanglement entropies increase as the area that separates them from their environment increases.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Science Outside the Box
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

The ocean covers approximately 70 percent of Earth’s surface and is the largest livable space on our planet. Deep below there exists a realm inhabited by a wide variety of marine mammals—whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, and manatees—that embody a mysterious and profound connection to cultures worldwide.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Heroes in the Wild
Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)

Dynamic Duo Brave High Seas for High Stakes

Newswise: Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Released: 22-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Field Work to Strategy
Department of Energy, Office of Science

With a delicate hand, Anna Karion slides a large, enclosed box back into its protective shelf. She’s standing on top of a hill that overlooks the Washington D.C. area. This box, a greenhouse gas (GHG) sensor, is connected to a tube that runs up a tall, metal tower that is constantly collecting air samples. Karion, a research scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is working to fine-tune GHG measuring instruments installed in a telecommunications tower.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Top Computer Scientists Say the Future of Artificial Intelligence is Similar to that of Star Trek
Loughborough University

Leading computer scientists from around the world have shared their vision for the future of artificial intelligence – and it resembles the capabilities of Star Trek character 'The Borg'.

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
In Lake Erie, climate change scrambles zooplankton’s seasonal presence
Ohio State University

A new analysis of zooplankton in western Lake Erie shows that their biomass and seasonal behavioral patterns have been drastically altered by human-driven changes in water temperature and food webs.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
AAPM Receives a $250,000 Funding Award for Project on Communicating Radiation Risk in Medicine
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

An AAPM team has received a $250,000 Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to fund a project titled “Radiation risk in medicine: Identifying and enabling patient-provider shared decision-making.”

   
Newswise: Molecules in action: Canan Karakaya peers into reactor design using computational modeling
Released: 22-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Molecules in action: Canan Karakaya peers into reactor design using computational modeling
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Curiosity and enthusiasm for the beauty in every molecule inspire ORNL’s Canan Karakaya, who uses computational modeling to design, improve and scale up chemical reactors that make high-value chemicals & energy-dense fuels.

Newswise: New excitation method of stimulated Raman scattering achieves natural-linewidth-limit spectral lines
Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:10 AM EDT
New excitation method of stimulated Raman scattering achieves natural-linewidth-limit spectral lines
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Current mainstream hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) techniques usually have to make a compromise between the spectral resolution and the detection sensitivity. Now, researchers at Peking University have invented a brand-new time-domain excitation strategy named transient stimulated Raman scattering (TSRS).

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Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Experts explain how AI is supercharging innovation
Virginia Tech

Rapid moving advances in artificial intelligence have stirred controversy and debate, but they have all raised enticing prospects for supercharged technological innovation. Researchers at Virginia Tech who are exploring these frontiers can offer previews of the potential positive developments that could derive from AI.

Newswise: Illinois study: Systematic review of agricultural injuries can help inform safety measures
Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Illinois study: Systematic review of agricultural injuries can help inform safety measures
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Agricultural occupations are hazardous with one of the highest rates of workplace injuries and fatalities in the U.S. Understanding the nature and causes of injuries can help improve safety guidelines and policy measures. Two new papers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign provide a systematic review of academic literature on agricultural injuries in the U.S. and globally.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Florida State University to host joint National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate workshops
Florida State University

Florida State University’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) will host a joint National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conference March 26-29, an opportunity to welcome climate scientists from around the world to Tallahassee.

Newswise: Parallel physical random bit generation towards rates of order 100 Tb/s
Released: 22-Mar-2024 9:25 AM EDT
Parallel physical random bit generation towards rates of order 100 Tb/s
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Random bits are vital for services and technologies in our digital society. Speed and scalability are key challenges faced by current physical random bit generators (RBGs). Scientists in China present a scalable parallel RBG scheme towards rates of order 100 Tb/s based on a single chaotic microcomb.

Newswise: Design rules and synthesis of quantum memory candidates
Released: 22-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Design rules and synthesis of quantum memory candidates
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

New research Grainger Engineering professor Daniel Shoemaker and graduate student Zachary Riedel used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to identify possible europium (Eu) compounds to serve as a new quantum memory platform.

Released: 22-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
AAI Announces Selection of 16 AAI Trainee Members as Major Symposium Speakers at the American Association of Immunologists’ IMMUNOLOGY2024™ Annual Conference
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

The American Association of Immunologists today announced the selection of Trainee Members as a Major Symposium speakers for the IMMUNOLOGY2024™ meeting – the premier immunology conference bringing together the best minds, sharing cutting-edge research, and providing opportunities to connect –to be held in Chicago May 3-7, 2024.

   
Newswise: WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:30 AM EDT
WVU technology innovations position West Virginia to lead hydrogen economy
West Virginia University

West Virginia University engineers have received a wave of federal support for research projects that will help slash the cost of clean hydrogen. The three U.S. Department of Energy grants for WVU studies total $15.8 million and are part of funds authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research that advances the “Hydrogen Shot” goal of cutting the cost of clean hydrogen production to $1 per kilogram.

Newswise: Breakthrough in Light Manipulation: Unveiling Novel Finite Barrier Bound States
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:15 AM EDT
Breakthrough in Light Manipulation: Unveiling Novel Finite Barrier Bound States
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a remarkable photonics breakthrough, Chinese researchers have innovated a method to precisely manipulate boundary modes in photonic crystals, demonstrating that certain states can be entirely bound within very thin bandgap materials.

Newswise: Direct laser writing on halide perovskites: from mechanisms to applications
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Direct laser writing on halide perovskites: from mechanisms to applications
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Metal halide perovskites have emerged as the game-changing semiconductor materials in optoelectronics field. As an efficient micro/nano manufacturing technology, direct laser writing (DLW) has been extensively used to fabricate patterns, micro-/nano-structures, and pixel arrays on perovskites to promote their optoelectronics applications.

Newswise: Ammonia induction strategy for preparation of transition metal oxides / zeolite H2S adsorbent
Released: 22-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Ammonia induction strategy for preparation of transition metal oxides / zeolite H2S adsorbent
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Blast furnace gas (BFG) is an important by-product energy for the iron and steel industry and has been widely used for heating and electricity generation. However, the undesirable contaminants, such as COS, CS2 and H2S, in BFG generate harmful environmental emissions.

Newswise: Liquid lens based holographic camera for real 3D scene hologram acquisition using end-to-end physical model-driven network
Released: 22-Mar-2024 7:55 AM EDT
Liquid lens based holographic camera for real 3D scene hologram acquisition using end-to-end physical model-driven network
Chinese Academy of Sciences

There are some technical bottlenecks in holographic technology, such as difficulty in capturing real 3D scenes quickly and serious speckle noise in holographic reconstructed images. To address these challenges, Chinese scientists proposed a novel holographic camera for obtaining high-fidelity holograms of real 3D scenes.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-ai-model-is-a-leap-for-autonomous-materials-science
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Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
New AI Model Is a Leap for Autonomous Materials Science
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new AI model developed at PNNL can identify patterns in electron microscope images of materials without requiring human intervention, allowing for more accurate and consistent materials science.


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