PASADENA, California, Oct. 17 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Former Caltech Postdoc and Nobel Prize-Winning Biologist Sir John Gurdon Passes Away at Age 92 * Developmental biologist Sir John Bertrand Gurdon, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and a former Caltech postdoctoral researcher, passed away October 7, 2025, at the age of 92. Gurdon was awarded the Nobel Prize for his pioneering research in nuclear transfer, showi more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU physicist earns early-career award for discovering new exotic states of matter By McKenzie Harris A Florida State University faculty member has received one of the most prestigious honors for early-career researchers in condensed-matter physics for his contributions to quantum physics, including the discovery of new states of matter in the simple material graphite. Assistant Professor of more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 18 -- The Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Flying Taxis Are Nearly Here -- What's Still Grounding Them As global competitors pull ahead, Georgia Tech experts urge focus on safety and infrastructure for advanced air mobility. * A new wave of aviation innovation is taking shape above our cities, where short flights in electric air taxis could complement cars and trains as part of everyday transportation. Known as advanced air mobility (A more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * In a surprising discovery, scientists find tiny loops in the genomes of dividing cells * Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can receive a full set of genetic material. Until now, scientists had believed that as division occurs, the genome loses the distinctive 3D internal structure that it typically for more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty for 2025 * The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes 11 new faculty members in core computing and shared positions to the MIT community. They bring varied backgrounds and expertise spanning sustainable design, satellite remote sensing, decision theory, and the development of new algorithms for declarative artificial more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2024-25 * The MIT School of Engineering welcomes new faculty members across six of its academic units. This new cohort of faculty members, who have recently started their roles at MIT, conduct research across a diverse range of disciplines. "We are thrilled to welcome these accomplished scholars to the School of Engineering," says Mar more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 17 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Internet Security Project to Benefit U.S. Research and Education Networks By Carter Lou and Kimberly Mann Bruch - kbruch@ucsd.edu Scientists depend on powerful research and education networks (RENs) to share vast amounts of data across institutions and borders. But hidden internet routing problems can quietly send that data off course -- slowing research or exposing information to  more PR