MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * 2025 winners of the Cool Science Image Contest * Photo gallery Changes in the world around us accumulate in tiny steps over millions of years, as much in Baraboo Hills quartz cracked by earthquakes as through evolution's pressure on the genes that map the nervous system of a developing scorpion. The way we use images to explore those changes -- as well as other fascinating, surprisin more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT OpenCourseWare is "a living testament to the nobility of open, unbounded learning" * Mostafa Fawzy became interested in physics in high school. It was the "elegance and paradox" of quantum theory that got his attention and led to his studies at the undergraduate and graduate level. But even with a solid foundation of coursework and supportive mentors, Fawzy wanted more. MIT Open more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 1 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Provost initiative to envision Cornell's long-term future * A new faculty-led committee will explore how the university can evolve to best serve future generations while pursuing its core mission of education, scholarship, public impact and community engagement. Provost Kavita Bala has charged the Committee on the Future of the American University with envisioning Cornell's long-term future, at a time when the  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Quantum leap: Entangled states enhance energy transfer in models of molecular systems * A study from Rice University, published in PRX Quantum Oct. 1, has found that energy transfers more quickly between molecular sites when it starts in an entangled, delocalized quantum state instead of from a single site. The discovery could lead to the development of more efficient light-harvesting materials that enhance th more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice physicists' new lab focused on emergent magnetic materials, funded by Department of Energy * Four physicists from Rice University have received a $4.4 million grant over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Rice Laboratory for Emergent Magnetic Materials (RLEMM). This new research center will investigate the fundamental interactions of magnetism and its role in next-generation t more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Solar rain mystery cracked by UH researchers It rains on the Sun, and thanks to researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), we finally know why. Unlike water that falls from the sky on Earth, solar rain happens in the Sun's corona, a region of super-hot plasma above its surface. This rain consists of cooler, denser blobs of plasma that fall back d more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 2 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * William & Mary launches ChatGPT Edu pilot By integrating artificial intelligence tools, the university is positioning itself at the forefront of higher education innovation. By Lauren Weber, Information Technology This fall, William & Mary launched a pilot of ChatGPT Edu, providing select faculty and staff with access to OpenAI's enterprise-grade artificial intelligence to support learning, research and oper more PR