ITHACA, New York, Oct. 8 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Brad Ramshaw named Experimental Physics Investigator * Cornell physicist Brad Ramshaw has been named a 2025 Experimental Physics Investigator - a prestigious national recognition awarded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to a select group of mid-career researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics. The award provides $1.3 million over five years to support bold, high-impact experiments that ad more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 9 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Moore Foundation Awards Shi $1.3M To Advance Quantum Physics By Heidi Opdyke Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor Sufei Shi has been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to be part of the 2025 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators. He joins a select group of 21 other mid-career researchers from around the country, each receiving $1.3 million over five years to pursue  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 8 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Former UCLA faculty member Omar Yaghi wins 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry The UC Berkeley professor, known as the inventor of reticular chemistry, was at UCLA from 2006 to 2011 * Omar M. Yaghi, a former professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA who is currently the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Y more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks * Every time you check the time on your phone, make an online transaction, or use a navigation app, you are depending on the precision of atomic clocks. An atomic clock keeps time by relying on the "ticks" of atoms as they naturally oscillate at rock-steady frequencies. Today's atomic clocks operate by tracking cesium atoms, wh more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Uncovering new physics in metals manufacturing * For decades, it's been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter -- or that they got erased during manufacturing. However, recent studies have shown that in laboratory settings, these patterns can change a metal's properties, including its mechanical strength, dura more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots * Chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude have experienced a meteoric rise in usage over the past three years because they can help you with a wide range of tasks. Whether you're writing Shakespearean sonnets, debugging code, or need an answer to an obscure trivia question, artificial intelligence systems seem to have you more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 8 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU physicist awarded $600K Air Force grant to advance quantum simulation * Media Contact: Elizabeth Gosney | CAS Marketing and Communications Manager | 405-744-7497 | egosney@okstate.edu Collaborative project with OU aims to pioneer new methods for controlling quantum systems A team of physicists from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma has been awarded a $600,000 grant from t more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 8 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Programmable optical chip merges photons to change color * Cornell researchers have built a programmable optical chip that can change the color of light by merging photons, without requiring a new chip for new colors. This form of nonlinear photonics could potentially be used for classical and quantum communications networks, all-optical signal processing and computation, spectroscopy and sensing. "Previously more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Two UW-Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows * Atmospheric scientist Angel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sebastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships. Often referred to as "genius grants," the fellowships are presented by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to individuals bas more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 9 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of modern life By Mike Pena NASA's groundbreaking science missions, vital to exploring the cosmos and expanding humanity's understanding of our place in the univers more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Regional ocean dynamics can be better emulated with AI models Researchers show the success of their technical in a critical region: the Gulf of Mexico. Key takeaways * Specialized AI models can better emulate short-term and long-term dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico while avoiding "hallucinations" -- physically impossible scenarios. * Research was done in collaboration w more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Oct. 8 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Webb Telescope unveils doomed star hidden in dust * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * * According to theory, massive red supergiant stars should cause most supernovae, yet they are rarely observed * * New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations indicate these supernovae likely can occur but are hidden in dust * * Star's dust was unusually carbon-rich, suggesting atypical chemical more PR