LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 6 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Beyond the Hype: Quantum Computers Start Solving Real Problems * Quantum computing has long been relegated to the realm of thought experiments and theoretical physics, but that era is ending. At a recent panel during L.A. Tech Week, held at USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) on October 15, 2025, researchers from academia and industry gather more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Charting the future of AI, from safer answers to faster thinking * Adoption of new tools and technologies occurs when users largely perceive them as reliable, accessible, and an improvement over the available methods and workflows for the cost. Five PhD students from the inaugural class of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Summer Program are utilizing state-of-the-art resources, alleviating more PR

PASADENA, California, Nov. 6 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * First-Year Students Launch High-Altitude Mission for Climate Research * On a June morning this past summer, a small group of Techers who had recently completed their first year at the Institute huddled over a tarp, running sensor tests and filling their balloon with helium at a site near El Mirage in the Mojave Desert. The students were getting ready to launch GLOBO, a high-altitude balloo more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 6 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU physicists discover new state of matter in electrons, platform to study quantum phenomena * Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers and more, through the movement of electrons within a circuit. While we can't see these electrons, electric currents moving through a conductor flow like water through a pipe to produce electricity. Certain materials, however, allow that ele more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene * Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that "boards" a superconducting material can zip through it without stopping and losing energy along the way. As such, superconductors are extremely energy efficient, and are used today to power a variety of  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Needs salt: Table seasoning enables new nanomaterial development * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For the first time, researchers have made niobium sulfide metallic nanotubes with stable, predictable properties, a long-sought goal in advanced materials science. According to the international team, including a researcher at Penn State, that made the accomplishment, the new nanomaterial that could ope more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Nov. 6 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Biochemists Lead Global Hunt for New Antibiotics * NORMAN, Okla. - - Lethal lettuce in Missouri. Murderous onions in Colorado. To biochemists at the University of Oklahoma, these aren't just headlines - they're warnings of the risks posed by drug-resistant bacteria and the human cost of inaction. "Treatment of chronic conditions and many surgeries requires antibiotics," said Helen Zgurskaya, George L more PR

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * Shooting for the Stars: Mines Student Wins National Award for Groundbreaking Space Debris Research At just 9 years old, Jaden Dougal's passion for aerospace was ignited during a Girl Scout trip to the Johnson Space Center. "I was hooked on everything aerospace and knew I had to be part of it," she said. That dream brought the Texas native to South Dakota Mines, where more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Nov. 7 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following Q&A on Nov. 6, 2025, by Erin Wickey and Ben Corwin with John Anthony, C.W. Hammond professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and associate director of the Center for Applied Energy Research: * * * 'I am a UK Innovator': College of Arts and Sciences' John Anthony Innovation thrives when collaboration sparks new ways of thinking. Research Communications partnered with UK Innovate to spotlight faculty more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, Nov. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan Dearborn Campus issued the following news: * * * A PhD student is helping next-generation batteries take a critical step Alongside Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Lei Chen, second-year PhD student Jinrong Su is creating a pathway for advanced lithium batteries to finally break through. * High-capacity batteries that are capable of storing renewable energy for anytime use are seen as a vital part of transitioning more PR

MARINA DEL REY, California, Nov. 7 -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news on Nov. 6, 2025: * * * Beyond the Hype: Quantum Computers Start Solving Real Problems At ISI's LA Tech Week panel, researchers explored how the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming real-world technologies, with high hopes for drug discovery By Julia Cohen Quantum computing has long been relegated to th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 6 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * Yale to continue leadership role in $125M DoE quantum center Yale University will continue to serve as a key partner in the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), which has been awarded $125 million in renewed funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to advance quantum information science research over the next five years. Led by DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, C2QA unites 28 prem more PR