ALBANY, New York, Jan. 21 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * Engineering, Life Sciences Lead R&D Growth at UAlbany By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist Research and development activity at the University at Albany rose to nearly $472 million in fiscal year 2024, breaking into the top 10 nationally for public research institutions without medical schools, according to the latest survey by the National Science Foundation published in December. Overall, UAlbany ranked No. 75  more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Jan. 20 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * Gatton Academy Students, Jayaraman Suresh and Gachagua, Selected as KJAS Delegates to the 2026 American Junior Academy of Science * Twenty-eight students from The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University (WKU) presented their research in Louisville at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science (KJAS) meeting, held in tandem with the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) An more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, Jan. 16 -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Ultra-high-resolution Lidar Reveals Hidden Cloud Structures In this guest blog, Karen McNulty Walsh of Brookhaven National Laboratory explains how Michigan Technological University scientists and alumni developed an innovative, centimeter-scale view into lab-created clouds to uncover structural features important to rainfall, brightness, and representation in atmospheric models. Scientis more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State physics professor Yves Idzerda to give Feb. 17 provost's lecture on second quantum revolution By Diana Setterberg As a new graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in engineering and physics, Yves Idzerda considered himself an electrical engineer first. While interviewing for his first post-baccalaureate engineering job, however, he met the author of a classic book about an more PR

FARGO, North Dakota, Jan. 21 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Northern Plains Ethics Institute to host historian Ted Davis will present "Why Christianity is Good for Science" on Thursday, Feb. 19 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Prairie Rose room of the NDSU Memorial Union. * The Northern Plains Ethics Institute at NDSU will host a noon luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 19, featuring historian of science Edward B. Davis, whose presentation will examine the relationship b more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 21 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news on Jan. 20, 2026: * * * It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantum computers and secure communicati more PR

LUBBOCK, Texas, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- Texas Tech University issued the following news: * * * South Pole Telescope Detects Energetic Stellar Flares Near Center of Galaxy Texas Tech Physics Professor Tom Maccarone contributes to research peering deep into the Milky Way galaxy. By Doug Hensley Researchers from the South Pole Telescope project team looked deep into the center of the Milky Way, discovering powerful, surprising bursts of light from two accreting white dwarf systems. It marks the f more PR