UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * American Nuclear Society names Penn State professor to 40 under 40 list * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Stefano Terlizzi, J. Brennan Early Career Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State and a joint appointee at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), was named to the American Nuclear Society's 2025 40 Under 40 list. This honor recognizes rising leaders whose work is advancing the future of nuclear more PR

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Dec. 11 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * Corrigan Hall, First Floor, to Undergo Renovation * Beginning this spring, Seton Hall University will renovate part of Corrigan Hall's first floor, converting former Information Technology (IT) office spaces into new research and training laboratory and instructional facilities, including a semiconductor plasma processing lab and an optics/laser lab to support teaching and research in applied physics  more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 13 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Dartmouth-Led NASA Mission Selected for Next Phase Prof. Robyn Millan will head a nationwide team working to study Earth's magnetosphere. * NASA is moving forward with the next phase of a Dartmouth-led mission that aims to unlock the secrets of global energy circulation in Earth's magnetosphere, which powers intense magnetic storms, explosive substorms, and spectacular aurora. The mission will be awarded  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Louis Brus and Elisa Konofagou Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors * Louis Brus, Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, and Elisa Konofagou, Robert and Margaret Hariri Professor of Biomedical Engineering, were named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) The fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to i more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The Math of Universality * The growth of bacterial colonies, the piling up of snow during a storm, and the spread of a wildfire are random, seemingly unrelated events, yet they all follow universal mathematical laws. Caltech's new assistant professor of mathematics Lingfu Zhang wants to elucidate the math behind these growth patterns and understand how and why the math is so widespread.  more PR

RENO, Nevada, Dec. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * The most precise clock ever built ticks closer to reality Recent findings provide roadmap to building nuclear clocks By Michelle Werdann, '21 Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more precise as humans have engineered more effective clocks, but more PR

RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 12 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: * * * Pioneering Researchers Recognized as Rising Stars in Texas Innovation Two distinguished faculty members from The University of Texas at Dallas are among five Texas-based researchers chosen to receive the 2026 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Awards from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST). Dr. Bilal Akin, professor of electrical and computer engineering in the more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 12 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Researchers Show Reliable Predictions of Earth's Future Require Getting Daily Cycle of Clouds Right * Clouds play an important role in determining the current and future temperature and global warming rate of the Earth. They simultaneously cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight and warm the planet by insulating Earth's thermal radiation from escaping to space. Hence, clouds and how they are changing w more PR