UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * 2025 Roy Awards recognize materials research with potential far-reaching impact * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Six materials researchers at Penn State have received the 2025 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, recognizing a wide range of research with societal impact. The award is presented by the Materials Research Institute (MRI) for recent interdisciplinary materials re more PR

SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Dec. 9 -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: * * * BHSU Researchers Contribute to Latest LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Findings Researchers with the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a global dark matter search that includes Black Hills State University researchers, announced their latest findings on Monday, Dec. 8. The newest results from LZ extend the experiment's search for low-mass dark matter and set world-leading limits on one of the prime dark matter ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Black Hole Eats Star: NASA Missions Discover Record-Setting Blast * WASHINGTON (December 8, 2025) Astronomers have been poring over a flood of data from NASA satellites and other facilities as they try to work out what was responsible for an extraordinary cosmic outburst discovered on July 2, 2025. The event was a GRB (gamma-ray burst), the most powerful class of cosmic explosions. But while most GRBs are o more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Dec. 8 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: * * * Cause of Obesity High Blood Pressure Found in Blood Vessels * School of Medicine researchers have discovered an unknown way obesity causes high blood pressure - and it comes from within the blood vessels themselves. UVA Health's Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, and colleagues found that obesity causes smooth muscle cells that line blood vessels to release inflammatory molecules. These molecul more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 8 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU mathematicians earn NSF grants to enhance algorithms and frameworks for use in tech, medicine and more * Four Florida State University faculty from the Department of Mathematics have received new funding from the National Science Foundation that will allow them to design mathematical mechanisms to improve understanding of theoretical mathematical concepts, support students' professional and academic more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * Global Impact: University of Houston Researchers Again Named to Prestigious Highly Cited List Key Takeaways * University of Houston professors Zhifeng Ren and Yan Yao have been named Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate for their far-reaching contributions to global energy research. * Their influential work puts them among the top 1% of cited scientists worldwide and highlights UH's growing impact in super more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 8 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Kip Thorne to Deliver the 132nd Commencement Address * Kip Thorne (BS '62)theoretical astrophysicist, distinguished alumnus, and Nobel laureatewill deliver the keynote address at Caltech's 132 nd annual Commencement ceremony on June 12, 2026. Thorne was a seminal figure in the discovery of gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space and time that provide an unprecedented window in more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 8 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * LZ experiment sets new record in the hunt for dark matter, glimpses neutrinos from the sun's core * PROVIDENCE, R.I. AND LEAD, S.D. There is more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for 85% of mass in the universe, is hiding all around, and figuring out exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about how the universe works. On Monday, Dec. 8 more PR

AUGUSTA, Georgia, Dec. 8 -- Augusta University posted the following news release: * * * Non-traditional physics grad leaves lasting impact with innovative work * Katy Dunstan is far from a traditional undergraduate student, and the Department of Physics and Biophysics will have big shoes to fill after she graduates this December. Dunstan's life before coming to Augusta University was already busy. She worked as a licensed esthetician, or a professional who provides cosmetic skincare treatm more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 8 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Quantum Hide-and-Seek: SURF Project Automates Finding the Invisible * Imagine trying to spot a single snowflake on a glass slide not with your eyes, but with a microscope, and not just any snowflake, but one that's invisible to the naked eye. That's the challenge Patrick Kaczmarek is solving with a blend of quantum physics, robotics and machine learning. Kaczmarek, a junior at Carnegie Mellon Un more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 9 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Astrophysicist Helps Decode One of the Universe's Strangest Explosions NASA's James Webb Space Telescope uncovers clues about a mysterious cosmic blast that defies expectations By Kitta MacPherson A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers on a powerful explosion in space that lasted far longer than anything they have see more PR

ROHNERT PARK, California, Dec. 9 -- California State University Sonoma State University issued the following news: * * * Satellite built by SSU students with partners at two universities successfully launched into orbit Transporter 15, a ride-share mission operated by SpaceX, lifted off on Friday, Nov. 28 from Space Force Base Vandenberg in California carrying a satellite co-designed and co-built by students at Sonoma State University and partner universities University of New Hampshire and H more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Dec. 9 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH student researcher leads discovery of fastest gamma-ray burst ever recorded By Russ Nelson Sarah Dalessi, a fifth-year student in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, is the lead author of a paper on arXiv detailing the discovery of the fastest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded. GRB 230307A is a gamma-ray burst in the  more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Dec. 8 -- The University of Central Florida posted the following news: * * * UCF to Play Key Role in NASA's Artemis IV Mission * UCF will play a key role in a newly announced NASA Artemis IV mission partnership that aims to, for the first time, directly test and calibrate a groundbreaking new theory developed by UCF Director of the Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and Education and planetary scientist Phil Metzger '00MS '05PhD on how rocket exhaust lifts  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Next-generation neuroscience studies the infant brain in motion The Human Magnetometry Laboratory at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is developing magnetoencephalography techniques to study brain activity during natural social interactions between parents and their babies. By Leigh Anne Kelley During a baby's early months, the brain is developing rapidly. Billions of neural connections form, exp more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Dec. 8 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * White House takes eye off the prize by withdrawing support for medical research * When this year's Nobel Prizes are presented on December 10, it will prompt a mix of sentiments for UC Santa Cruz cell biology professor Carol Greider. As a Nobel laureate herself, the date brings her back to 2009 when she accepted the prize in physiology or medicine in person with two colleagues re more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Brain circuits, bioturbation, and a new physics doc Yale researchers study a mass extinction from the distant past, uncover hidden brain networks, and share expertise at an international meeting on enhanced weathering. * This month's "Insights & Outcomes" celebrates some tiny scientific wonders, from subatomic particles and hidden brain networks to creatures that burrowed into the seafloor millions of years a more PR