EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 26 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * A hidden rhythm brings microscopic particles into unison * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * From blinking fireflies to cells in a beating heart, synchronization occurs across nature * Researchers found similar behavior emerges in a simple system of microscopic particles * Suspended in liquid, the particles naturally oscillated together as though they sensed one another's motion * U more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 26 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details about dark matter in the universe * Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists, including astronomer Bahram Mobasher at UC Riverside, have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter distribution ever produced. It shows how the invisible, ghostly material overlaps and intertwines with " more PR

PASADENA, California, Jan. 26 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Keck Institute for Space Studies Welcomes Michael Watkins as New Director * Michael M. Watkins, professor of aerospace and geophysics, has been appointed the new director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS). KISS, a "think and do tank," brings together scientists and engineers from campus, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (which is managed by Caltech for NASA), and around the worl more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- Michigan State University posted the following news: * * * MSU names Detroit DJ and producer Carl Craig artist-in-residence * Michigan State University has selected internationally renowned Detroit DJ, producer and techno innovator Carl Craig as a MSUFCU Arts Power Up artist-in-residence, a program that brings visionary artists to campus to explore the intersections of creativity, research and technology. Widely regarded as one of the most influential fig more PR

STANFORD, California, Jan. 27 -- Stanford University Law School issued the following news: * * * Stanford Law School Announces New Cohort of Sallyanne Payton Fellows The fellowship honors trailblazing alumna Sallyanne Payton while cultivating the next generation of legal scholars By Monica Schreiber Three Stanford Law School students recently were named Sallyanne Payton Fellows following a competitive application process. The annual fellowship is awarded to students interested in pursuing  more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Jan. 27 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * CLAS maintains grant momentum in uncertain times Amid major shifts in the national research funding landscape, CLAS faculty and staff sustained strong proposal activity in FY25. Their efforts supported continued progress in research, scholarship and creative work across the college. By Joshua Weiner and Logan Volkert The national research funding climate changed dramatica more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 26 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Cars and planes could avoid hazardous ice, freezing rain with new sensors Drivers can lose control when they hit invisible black ice, and freezing rain can lead to plane crashes; this pair of sensors could help avert disaster * Pilots, drivers and automated safety systems in cars and airplanes could be alerted to icy hazards by a pair of sensors developed at the University of Michigan. Ice on roads  more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 27 (TNSjou) -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * Racism packs a punch for those enduring it over a lifetime By Leah Shaffer Black Americans die younger than their white counterparts, with an estimated 1.63 million "excess" deaths having occurred between 1999 and 2020, according to research in the Journal of the American Medical Association. These excess deaths are predominantly attributable to chronic conditions such as heart diseas more PR