HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 5 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Scientists uncover nuclear droplets that link multiple leukemias revealing new therapeutic target A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like disorder turned out to follow a simple physical rule - one that connects several major mutations behind the disease. In new research from Baylor College of Medicine, scientis more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * Graduate Center Astrophysicists Find Black Hole Flare Is Biggest and Most Distant Seen The flare, co-discovered by scientists at CUNY and Caltech, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal. The most massive stars in the universe are destined to explode as brilliant supernova before collapsing into black holes. Yet one huge star appears to have never fulfilled its destiny; in a tw more PR

OXFORD, Mississippi, Nov. 5 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * EPSCOR Grant to Create Scientific Computing Hub at Ole Miss Partnership with Jackson State to ready students in the region for futures in advanced computing * A new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will establish a scientific computing hub at the University of Mississippi, helping students across the state prepare for careers in advanced computing, machine learning and artificial intelligen more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Lightning-prediction tool could help protect the planes of the future * More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won't feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded in key zones throughout the aircraft. Lightning protection systems work well, largely because they are designed more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 4 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Tiny swarms, big impact: Researchers engineering adaptive magnetic systems for medicine, energy and environment * Rice University is partnering with researchers at the University of Washington, Columbia University and Louisiana State University on a $2 million award from the National Science Foundation to revolutionize how materials and microrobots can be designed, controlled and applied in real-world environm more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 5 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago students explore the frontiers of physics and climate modeling Research internships at national laboratories provide hands-on experiences and mentorship By Benjamin Ransom Finding dark matter is a major goal of scientists around the world--and now also undergraduates at the University of Chicago. This past summer, third-year student Rodrigo Spinola Castro was one of the College students who cont more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Laser links to bolster the next generation of satellite mega-constellations The Air Force Office of Scientific Research provides $2M to help satellites in orbit distribute critical resources with laser light * Large-scale satellite constellations, such as Starlink and Kuiper, exchange information at incredible speed through new laser-interlink technologies, but each satellite is an island in terms of  more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 5 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: * * * Gift of Kilby Collection Honors University's Engineering Legacy By Stephanie Ghandour The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas is now home to a collection of memorabilia belonging to Nobel laureate and engineer Jack Kilby, thanks to a generous donation from the family and friends of Kilby's longtime friend, Steven McQuay. During his 12-y more PR