PASADENA, California, Feb. 9 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Astronomers Determine How "Super Jupiters" Around Remote Star Took Shape * The planets in our solar system grew out of a disk of material that swirled around our Sun. Inner rocky planets formed as tiny grains stuck together, becoming pebbles, then boulders, and, ultimately, full-grown planets. The outer gas and ice giant planets also accumulated cores of rocky material, which then attracte more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Feb. 9 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Award-winning writer, documentarian to headline Presidential Lecture Series event, kicking off Purdue's celebration of America's 250th Bestselling writer, documentarian and television producer Timothy Ferris will kick off the spring semester's Presidential Lecture Series on Feb. 26 with a conversation with Purdue University President Mung Chiang addressing the pivotal role of science in advancing dem more PR

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- The State University of New York issued the following news release: * * * Chancellor King Announces Additional Resources to Support SUNY Academic Momentum Campaign Inaugural Cohort of 24 Academic Momentum Campaign Faculty & Staff Fellows Will Support the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices to Advance Student Success Across SUNY Campuses In Addition, 23 SUNY Campuses Elect to Join Gateway Course Redesign Initiative to Support Student Success Efforts * Sta more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Feb. 9 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell * The extreme distances at which these planets orbit around their star and their large masses made astronomers question if this system could have formed through core accretion. Indeed, original models of planet formation based on our solar system predicted that planets would not have time to grow to such lar more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 9 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas * To hear Derrick Li explain why his favorite color is terra rosa - a certain shade of red blended together from brown and burnt sienna - is like getting to know both sides of the painting and drawing major who's also premed. Red is "alive," he says, the color of blood, the color of muscle, and as versatile on his a more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Ramamurthy pursuing advanced speed, intelligence, efficiency of data networks * A Husker computer scientist is leading three projects aimed at advancing the speed, intelligence and efficiency of data networks -research that sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and next-generation connectivity. The three projects, funded by agencies including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. D more PR

STANFORD, California, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- Stanford University issued the following news: * * * New method measures energy dissipation in the smallest devices Researchers have developed a breakthrough technique that quantifies energy dissipation in complex, small systems, offering insights into energy use, efficiency, and speed in computers and other devices. In brief * Researchers have devised a way to measure energy dissipation directly in non-equilibrium systems - which represent many sys more PR

RIVERSIDE, California, Feb. 9 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Trace gases play unseen role in cloud droplet formation * Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form-and possibly whether it rains. That's the surprising finding from a new UC Riverside-led study, which runs counter to more than a century of assumptions about the physics behind cloud drop more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Top-down or bottom-up? Researchers discover how a distant solar system made its gas giants The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' * The University of Michigan was part of a research team that used the world's most powerful space telescope to provide new insights into a longstanding question in astronomy. Namely, how do gas giants like Jupiter form more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 9 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following Q&A on Feb. 9, 2026, by Jama Green with Maitreyee Sharma Priyadarshini, assistant professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering: * * * Research cooks up stronger, more resilient engineering materials Artificial intelligence-based models are helping researchers speed up materials discovery for applications in aerospace. * If you're baking a pie, it's best to follow a tried and true r more PR