ITHACA, New York, Feb. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * CTI's 'Art of the Lab' faculty panel to highlight creative approaches to instruction * Labs have come a long way from the frog dissections and flame tests many of us stared down in high school. An upcoming faculty panel, "The Art of the Lab," will explore creative approaches to labs in the wide variety of disciplines at Cornell - a university with a long, rich history of integrating laboratory instruction into un more PR

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, Feb. 4 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University posted the following news: * * * Embry-Riddle Researchers Collaborate on NASA's Northern Lights Rocket Launch * A NASA dual-rocket launch scheduled this month will explore the northern lights, whose sky-spanning colors have recently made a stunningly extensive appearance. Researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and eight other institutions are collaborating on the mission, which aims to advance the understan more PR

PASADENA, California, Feb. 4 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Extending Optical Fiber's Ultralow Loss Performance to Photonic Chips * Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical fiber at visible wavelengths. This accomplishment paves the way for a new generation of ultra-coherent and efficient photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which will have a profound impact in a varie more PR

OXFORD, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- Miami University posted the following news: * * * Miami employees recognized for 15, 25, 30 years of service * Miami University employees who have 15, 25, or 30 years of service were honored at a reception Feb. 3. "Dedication and steadfastness are among the values we stand for at Miami University. There is no one who exemplifies these values more fully or more authentically than our long-time employees," Miami University President Gregory Crawford said. "We honor fa more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, Feb. 5 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following Q&A on Feb. 4, 2026, with Dean Jim Sterling: * * * The frontier of AI benchmarks: Q&A with an expert In this Q&A session, Kummer College Dean Jim Sterling chats with the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Chair and Professor Amaury Lendasse, an expert in machine learning and AI. Sterling : Why should AI research begin by defining the persona of the AI to be prompted? Lendasse : Defini more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * NASA awards grant to Montana State for quantum space communications By Skip Anderson, MSU News Service A new $750,000 EPSCoR grant from NASA will help researchers at Montana State University work to limit the impact of atmospheric turbulence in quantum laser communications links between ground stations and space terminals. The project, titled "Programmable Photonics for Quantum Space Networks," is funded th more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons * You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light you shine at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and infrared captures a material's radiating heat. Now, MIT physicists have used terahertz light to reveal inherent, quantum vibrations in a more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * The science behind the storms * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -On their first day of a six-week campaign that began in May, hail researchers from Penn State followed expert forecasts that took them to the plains in central Texas, south of San Angelo. They parked their instrumented, armored Chevy Tahoe near a U.S. highway, set up an array of instruments and retreated to the vehicle for safety as the more PR