RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 6 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * ANO Donates $5,000 to ATU Women in STEM Group Arkansas Nuclear One presented a $5,000 donation to the Arkansas Tech University Women in STEM registered student organization on Thursday, Dec. 4. According to its web presence, the ATU Women in STEM organization is "committed to empowering students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics" with a goal of fostering "academic and professional gr more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 5 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Electrons stay put in layers of mismatched 'quantum Legos' * Electrons can be elusive, but Cornell researchers using a new computational method can now account for where they go - or don't go - in certain layered materials. Physics and engineering researchers have confirmed that in certain quantum materials, known as "misfits" because their crystal structures don't align perfectly - picture LEGOs where one laye more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * From Subatomic Particles to Black Holes, and Back Again * Sebastian Mizera grew up in Krakow, Poland, studied in the United Kingdom and Canada, and worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, before making his way to New York City and to Columbia this past summer. Now an assistant professor of physics, Mizera studies quantum field theory, with a particular interest in predicting the outcomes of  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * ICDS Quantum Hub awards Quantum SuperSEED grants * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Quantum Hub, housed under the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), has awarded Quantum SuperSEED grants to three Penn State faculty research teams. The program, which invests in high-impact quantum research, is designed to bring together Penn State faculty from across different departmen more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Dec. 6 -- Middle Tennessee State University issued the following news: * * * In the News: MTSU faculty talk positive aging, AI, gang graffiti, apples, whiskey, more By Nancy DeGennaro Middle Tennessee State University faculty and staff recently provided the media with their perspectives on various issues, including positive aging, dyslexia and artificial intelligence. * Dr. Robert Fowler, associate professor of aerospace, talked with WKRN-TV News 2 on Sept. 19 about more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Dec. 5 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * UCF's Fall 2025 Commencement Set for Dec. 12-13 * Leaders transforming aviation, finance, science learning and higher education will take the stage to address fall graduates during four commencement ceremonies Dec. 12-13 at Addition Financial Arena. Graduates will hear from four esteemed speakers Lance Lyttle, CEO for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority; Joe Nunziata, CEO for Acrisure Mortgage more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Seeing stellar explosions in high definition U-M technology is helping astronomers open new windows into novae, stellar explosions that can act as 'laboratories for extreme physics' * An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Michigan, has captured unprecedented images of two stellar explosions--known as novae--within days of their eruption. Catching  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 6 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: * * * Wayne State University astronomers capture unprecedented view of neutron star environment Breakthrough observation detailed in The Astrophysical Journal Letters * When Wayne State Astronomy Professor Renee Ludlam opened a new set of X-ray observations of a neutron star, it took only a moment for her to realize that a long-awaited discovery was sitting on her screen. Years of hints from older telescopes had  more PR