PASADENA, California, Oct. 28 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Colliding black holes might have formed from earlier cosmic smashups * A pair of distant black hole mergers, measured just one month apart in late 2024, are improving how scientists understand the nature and evolution of the most violent deep-space collisions in our universe. The new observations suggest that the colliding black holes might themselves have been products of earlier cosmic  more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 28 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Discovery Days 2025: FSU Quantum Initiative celebrates Year of Quantum and research opportunities for students * When he decided to major in physics, Florida State University student Noah Scales was excited to delve into science and to explore research. But he didn't know that research would be quantum physics. Today, Scales is a senior in the Department of Physics and a research assistant in the FSU more PR

PASADENA, California, Oct. 27 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Human Dominance Soars While Wild Biomass and Movement Decline * Two new studies quantify key features of human and animal presence on Earth. The first study finds that the movement of human biomass today is 40 times greater than that of all wild land mammals, birds, and arthropods combined. Another study reveals that the combined biomass of wild land and marine mammals has plummeted by ab more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 29 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * K-State students gain expertise, apply classroom concepts during faculty-mentored research College of Arts and Sciences students earn $1,500 research awards. By Marcia Locke, College of Arts and Sciences, marcia@k-state.edu Thirty-three Kansas State University students are getting funded research experiences thanks to the College of Arts and Sciences' Undergraduate Research Award program. Award recipients more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 28 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * Need a Custom Research Tool? This UC San Diego Team Can Help. * "By combining technical expertise with hands-on collaboration, our team at the Marine Science Development Center helps scientists and other campus community members achieve their goals," said Klidy. "Our unique ability to create one-of-a-kind, specialized instruments that can't be purchased off the shelf also benefits  more PR

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 29 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * Transporting the cleanest copper on Earth in the hunt for dark matter For Cabot-Ann Christofferson and Alissa Love, the morning began like many others: a ride in a metal cage 4,850 feet straight down to the deepest underground laboratory in the United States. This day, however, carried special urgency. The team had spent months precision-machining, cleaning and packin more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 28 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Stefania Gori named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow * Physics professor Stefania Gori has been elected a 2025 fellow by the American Physical Society's Division of Particle and Fields, citing her "seminal contributions to particle physics phenomenology beyond the Standard Model, particularly the physics of Higgs bosons, neutrinos, and light dark matter, and for inspiring more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 29 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Stony Brook University Professor Neelima Sehgal Named as 2025 APS Fellow The State University of New York at Stony Brook University Professor of Physics and Astronomy Neelima Sehgal in Stony Brook's College of Arts and Sciences was recently named a 2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow. The APS Fellowship recognizes members for their outstanding efforts t more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The joy of life (sciences) * For almost 30 years, Mary Gallagher has supported award-winning faculty members and their labs in the same way she tends the soil beneath her garden. In both, she pairs diligence and experience with a delight in the way that interconnected ecosystems contribute to the growth of a plant, or an idea, seeded in the right place. Gallagher, a senior admini more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * UCSF Radiation Oncologists Featured at Radiation Oncology Conference UC San Francisco researchers and clinicians presented innovative research and treatment strategies at the American Society of Radiation Oncology's 2025 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, which ran from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. The 67th ASTRO annual meeting was centered around the theme of "Redisc more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * UH Graduate Student on a Mission to Explain One of the Universe's Most Puzzling Particles Physicist-in-Training Chosen for Prestigious SPARC Program to Illuminate the Secrets of Neutrinos By Bryan Luhn A University of Houston graduate student will soon begin an important mission to help explain one of the universe's most puzzling particles -- the neutrino. Karim Hassinin, a Ph.D. candidate in physics at U more PR