ITHACA, New York, Sept. 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Bottling' human intuition for AI-led materials discovery * Many properties of the world's most advanced materials are beyond the reach of quantitative modeling. Understanding them also requires a human expert's reasoning and intuition, which can't be replicated by even the most powerful artificial intelligence, mixed with fortuitous accident, according to Eun-Ah Kim, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of physics in t more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT joins in constructing the Giant Magellan Telescope * The following article is adapted from a joint press release issued today by MIT and the Giant Magellan Telescope. MIT is lending its support to the Giant Magellan Telescope, joining the international consortium to advance the $2.6 billion observatory in Chile. The Institute's participation, enabled by a transformational gi more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 30 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Sholl named executive vice president for research at Rice * Rice University has named David Sholl, an internationally recognized expert in research strategy, clean energy and scientific leadership, as its new executive vice president for research. Currently the executive director and vice provost of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, Sholl will join Rice in January. He brings decad more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 1 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH researcher Dr. Gary Zank wins 2025 John Adam Fleming Medal, top prize in space physics By Russ Nelson Dr. Gary Zank, director of the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and principal investigator for Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), has been selected by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to receive the 2 more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 1 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago professor's 'artisanal' approach to science Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science By Maureen Searcy The nature of life is one of the most widely examined topics in science and yet remains deeply mysterious. Life is governed by physical laws, shaped by chemical interactions and influenced by e more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 30 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Arthur H. Compton Lecture Series to explore climate systems engineering Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels today, the carbon already lingering in our atmosphere would continue warming the planet for centuries. This unsettling reality means that simply cutting emissions isn't enough--the fight against climate change demands that researchers study all potential approaches and tools more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 1 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC Viterbi Team Demonstrates First Optical Device Based on "Optical Thermodynamics" Innovation could help chips process information more efficiently * A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in photonics: the design of the first optical device that follows the emergin more PR