CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions * Many attempts have been made to harness the power of new artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) to try to predict the outcomes of new chemical reactions. These have had limited success, in part because until now they have not been grounded in an understanding of fundamental physical principles, such a more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 3 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Fall faculty assembly reveals 'Grow with Vanderbilt' as guiding theme for academic year * Vanderbilt faculty filled the Student Life Center for the 2025 Fall Faculty Assembly on Aug. 28, listening as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost C. Cybele Raver lauded their achievements and dedication to students amid significant challenges facing higher education. Faculty Senate Chair and Professor of Emerge more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 3 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Northwestern accelerates quantum research with NVIDIA technology * Northwestern University physicists are using NVIDIA technology to tackle the computationally demanding tasks hindering quantum research. Northwestern theoretical physicist Jens Koch and his research group develop advanced, large-scale computer simulations to model superconducting circuits for quantum computing devices. As these s more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Soft materials hold onto "memories" of their past, for longer than previously thought * If your hand lotion is a bit runnier than usual coming out of the bottle, it might have something to do with the goop's "mechanical memory." Soft gels and lotions are made by mixing ingredients until they form a stable and uniform substance. But even after a gel has set, it can hold onto "memo more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 3 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Tissue Forces Help Shape Developing Organs * A new study looks at the physical forces that help shape developing organs. Scientists in the past believed that the fast-acting biochemistry of genes and proteins is responsible for directing this choreography. But new research from the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) shows that steady, powerful flows of tissue might be equally significant in shaping an organ's more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Sept. 4 (TNSrep) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH researchers use X-rays from quasars to answer one of the three major questions in cosmology: where are the missing baryons? By Russ Nelson Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have published a series of two papers in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society that resolve one of three major outstanding puzzles  more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 4 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Two Post-Doctoral Fellows Join CEHS Through Innovative Program By Jennifer Payne A 2024 grant award from the National Science Foundation has enabled the School of Teacher Education and Leadership and the Department of Instruction Technology and Learning Sciences, both departments within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, to each hire a post-doctoral fellow into a unique program that aim more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 4 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * What's New at Rutgers in Fall 2025 By Evie Duvert Students, faculty, staff and alumni returned to campus this year to find new or upgraded facilities, resources and amenities, including the Cooper Street Gateway project at Rutgers-Camden, the One-Stop Student Center in Conklin Hall at Rutgers-Newark, the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center at Rutgers Health, continued construction on the new home of Robe more PR