BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 30 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Former SDSU department head visits Egypt as part of Fulbright project By Addison DeHaven Douglas Raynie, professor emeritus and former head of South Dakota State University's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, visited Egypt's Beni Suef University in November 2025 as part of the U.S. Fulbright Specialist Program. For thousands of years, farmers have been growing medicinal and a more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 29 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU physicist earns NSF CAREER Award for theoretical condensed matter physics research * A Florida State University physicist has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards available to early career faculty for his work in condensed matter physics. Assistant Professor of Physics Cyprian Lewandowski is a recipient of a 2026 Faculty Early Career Development Award, or CAREER Award, from the Nationa more PR

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 30 -- Boise State University issued the following news: * * * How Boise State gets students into dream jobs By the numbers, Boise State stands out as a top competitor in preparing students for the workforce. In the 2024-25 academic year, more than 800 companies came to Boise State's campus for direct recruiting, networking and career fairs. A recent survey showed that, six months after graduation, 77% of Boise State alumni are employed or continuing on to graduate school. O more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 29 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * How tree rings help scientists understand disruptive extreme solar storms * Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms-rare bursts of high-energy particles from the sun that can disrupt satellites, power grids and communication systems across the planet. When these particles hit Earth's atmosphere, they create a radioactive form of carbon that trees absorb and store  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat * MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity. These tiny structures could someday enable more energy-efficient computation. In this computing method, input data are encoded as a set of temperatures using the waste heat already more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * President Melissa Gilliam Outlines Bold "North Star" Vision for Boston University's Future During her first Presidential Address, Gilliam called for BU to become a "global destination of discovery, education, and human connection" By Molly Glass In her first Presidential Address, Boston University President Melissa Gilliam laid out a bold vision for the future of BU--one that draws upon the institution's l more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Scientists reveal new details about dark matter's influence on the universe RIT Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe co-authors paper from COSMOS-Web survey * Scientists using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced. It shows how invisible, ghostly material overlaps and intertwine more PR

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Jan. 30 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * SIU physics research team gets $523K grant to seek more efficient cooling systems By Kim Rendfeld If investigations led by a team of Southern Illinois University Carbondale physics researchers succeed, refrigerators and air conditioners might not demand so much energy. Saikat Talapatra, a professor, Igor Dubenko, a researcher, and Naushad Ali, an emeritus faculty member in SIU's School of  more PR

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 29 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news: * * * An Out of This World Experience in Our Own Backyard UNLV engineering and science students test an experiential course partially designed for NASA astronauts who will soon return to the moon. Author: Matt Jacob The invitation landed in Luis Burrola Bueno's inbox, and it took but a nanosecond for the UNLV physics major to fire back a two-word reply: I'm in! "When I got the email, I was s more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 29 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Why climate ignorance proved deadly in 17th-century New England * What is the price that humans might pay for today's spread of climate misinformation amid the emergence of AI, a phenomenon that the United Nations has called a global threat? Perhaps we do not yet know. But history may provide some answers: A deep dive into 17 th -century New England history reveals the impact on English settlers when the more PR