STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Jan. 12 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * CHE team publishes findings on breakthrough soil moisture monitoring * Media Contact: Tanner Holubar | Communications Specialist | 405-744-2065 | tanner.holubar@okstate.edu As global agricultural needs continue to rise, the need to be able to measure how much water permeates soil also increases. It is estimated that one out of three counties in the United States experience severe drought or worse, more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, Jan. 13 -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: * * * New underground lab spaces drive next-level quantum research By Ashley Spurgeon A new kind of laboratory is taking shape in the foothills west of Golden, Colorado. The Colorado Underground Research Institute--known as CURIE--is transforming part of the historic Edgar Experimental Mine, a teaching and laboratory space long used by Mines students and researchers for hands-on mining education, into a one-of-a more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 12 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Doubling down on reliability, risk and resilience from disasters * By Raji Natarajan Special to Rice News Resilience to disasters is not optional -it is essential to public safety, national security, economic prosperity and quality of life. Rice University's civil and environmental engineering department (CEE) has established a national reputation for tackling one of society's most pressing challenges: e more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Putting Quantum Computing to the Test Pitt researchers demonstrate the potential of quantum computers to solve complex, real-world engineering problems * From forecasting how smoke disperses through a city to predicting heat transfer inside a turbine, engineers turn to a workhorse mathematical model known as the advection-diffusion equation. The equation  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 12 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Graduate Student Honored Nationally for Creativity in Gifted Education * Charlotte Bomar, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and an educator at Watson Elementary School, has received national recognition for her work advancing creativity in gifted education, earning the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award from the National Association for  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Brain cancer digital twin predicts treatment outcomes A simulation of an individual patient's brain tumors, kept up to date with readily available data, can identify whether dietary treatments and drugs are likely to work * A new machine-learning-based approach to mapping real-time tumor metabolism in brain cancer patients, developed at the University of Michigan, could help doctors discover more PR