PASADENA, California, Oct. 13 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A Breath of Fresh Air: Bacteria Confined to Droplets Form Complex Patterns * Even in an environment as seemingly simple as a drop of water, bacteria can organize themselves into complex patterns or arrangements. Through experiments, theory, and computational modeling, scientists from Caltech and Princeton University have found that the way these cells arrange themselves is shaped by oxyge more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- Seton Hall University issued the following news: * * * Eight Years of Passion and Purpose: Seton Hall's Journal 'Locus' Reaches 70,000 Downloads Across 182 Countries By Flora Qiyue Wu With its eighth anniversary approaching, the journal Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research is celebrating a milestone. The response from Arts and Sciences undergraduates has been, in the words of one of the founding faculty editors, Nathan Kahl, Ph more PR

HONG KONG, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Engineering Researchers Pioneer Differentiable Imaging and Launch Landmark Application with Uncertainty-Aware Fourier Ptychography Professor Edmund Lam, Dr Ni Chen and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed a novel uncertainty-aware Fourier ptychography (UA-FP) tech more PR

HONG KONG, Oct. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKUMed unveils revolutionary nano bone material: High elasticity and strength expected to accelerate surgery and healing A research team from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has successfully developed a novel elastic calcium phosphate material that mimics the structure of human bone. The material, dubbed 'nano bon more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Oct. 13 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story Joel Mokyr, the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of economics and history in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, today (Oct. 13) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded The Sveriges Riksbank  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Native American stereotypes, as seen by Native Americans * Asked to list stereotypes they had heard about themselves or other Native Americans, more than 200 middle school-age citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized nation located in rural North Carolina, most often cited cultural activities, financial privilege and substance abuse. The Cornell-led study, among the first to exp more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * A skeleton and a shell? Ancient fossil finally finds home on the tree of life Picky, pragmatic, and enigmatic -- a tiny fossil found in Southwestern Virginia eluded classification for more than 514 million years. Now, Virginia Tech geoscientists have restored this unique organism into its evolutionary lineage. By Kelly Izlar Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the ear more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 14 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 13, 2025, by Lisa Prevost with Neta Alexander, assistant professor of film and media: * * * 'Interface Frictions': Examining technology and the body In a Q&A, Yale scholar Neta Alexander discusses her new book, an examination of the frictions between digital interface features and the human body, both abled and disabled. * Like many people during the COVID pandemic, Neta Alexander began spending much of her  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Analysis could map the ancient history of Earth's surface An international team, including Yale researchers, may have solved a magnetic field mystery contained in 565-million-year-old rocks. * Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists. During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady p more PR