TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 7 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU researcher awarded $3.9M Air Force grant for hypersonic technology at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering * A Florida State University faculty researcher at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has secured a major $3.9 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory, a division of the Department of Defense, to lead research in hypervelocity technology, pushing the boundaries of speed beyond Mach 5.  more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 8 (TNSjou) -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * NJIT Researchers Discover Long-Hidden Source of Gamma Rays Unleashed by Solar Flares By Jesse Jenkins Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most violent eruptions. In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientists at NJIT's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have pinpointed a previ more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -- Rockefeller University posted the following news: * * * Physicist Konstantin Goulianos, professor emeritus, has died * Goulianos in 1981. Photo by Ingbert Gruttner. Konstantin Goulianos, emeritus professor and head of the Laboratory of Experimental High Energy Physics, and a renowned particle physicist who contributed to the discovery of fundamental building blocks of matter, has died. Goulianos, 90, was a member of the Rockefeller community since 1971. As a graduate  more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 7 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Snowflakes just got metal: Researchers discover emergence phenomenon in metal nanocrystals * Whether they're tickling your nose, hugging your eyelashes or melting on your tongue, few winter wonders are as fascinating as snowflakes. The freezing-cold crystals are known for their one-of-a-kind appearances, which can be attributed to the multiple scientific processes that converge during their growth. W more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 8 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * We finally know how the most common types of planets are created * Key takeaways * Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar system lacks such a planet, scientists don't know much about how they form. * Astronomers have now witnessed four baby planets in the V1298 Tau system in the process of becoming super-Earth more PR

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Jan. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: * * * USD Physics Team Publishes First Quantum Science Paper in a Leading Journal Professor Dongming Mei, Ph.D., and his research group in the University of South Dakota's Department of Physics have published the team's first quantum-computing paper, "Phonon-coupled hole-spin qubits in high-purity germanium: design and modeling of a scalable architecture," in Quantum Science and Technology,  more PR