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Research from U.S. Colleges Newsletter for 2026-02-11 ( 8 items )  
AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways * The signals that drive many of the brain and body's most essential functions -consciousness, sleep, breathing, heart rate, and motion -course through bundles of "white matter" fibers in the brainstem, but imaging systems so far have been unable to finely resolve these crucial neural cables. That has left researchers and more PR

Austin Peay's GIS Center partners with Meharry on $750K NASA grant for emergency response drones (10)
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 10 -- Austin Peay State University posted the following news: * * * Austin Peay's GIS Center partners with Meharry on $750K NASA grant for emergency response drones * Meharry Medical College's Collaborative Interactive Data Science Academy students visit APSU's GIS Center to fly drones and take a look behind the scenes of the center's operations. | Photo by Colby Wilson CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - The Austin Peay State University GIS Center has partnered with Meharry  more PR

Embry-Riddle Undergrad Publishes Research on How Stars Shed Their Disks (10)
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, Feb. 10 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University posted the following news: * * * Embry-Riddle Undergrad Publishes Research on How Stars Shed Their Disks * Before she even finishes her undergraduate degree -a semester ahead of schedule -Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Astronomy student Sola Nova has led a research project uncovering how massive, rapidly spinning stars shed their disks of gas. Recently accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, Nova's more PR

Philanthropist Gerald Chan to Deliver UMass Chan Commencement Address May 31 (10)
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 11 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Philanthropist Gerald Chan to deliver UMass Chan Commencement address May 31 UMass Chan Medical School will celebrate the accomplishments of the Classes of 2026 at Commencement on Sunday, May 31, and will honor three accomplished and inspiring individuals: Gerald Chan, venture capitalist, scientist and philanthropist responsible for the $175 million transformational gift t more PR

Southern Connecticut State University: Dr. Christine Broadbridge Highlights Connecticut's Quantum Future on 'Where We Live' (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 11 -- Southern Connecticut State University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Christine Broadbridge Highlights Connecticut's Quantum Future on "Where We Live" As Connecticut prepares to spotlight its growing role in the quantum economy, Dr. Christine Broadbridge helped listeners understand how the science of the very small is shaping very real opportunities for the state. Appearing on Connecticut Public Radio's "Where We Live" on Feb. 10, Broadbridge -- profes more PR

UAH Awarded Contract to Support DARPA MICA Program, a First for Department of Biological Sciences (10)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 11 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH awarded contract to support DARPA MICA program, a first for Department of Biological Sciences Russ Nelson Dr. Jerome Baudry, Pei-Ling Chan Chair and chair of the UAH Department of Biological Sciences. A researcher in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has helped UAH land a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to support the Microsystems In more PR

UMass-Amherst: Wild Physics That Keeps Your Body's Electrical System Flowing Smoothly (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * The Wild Physics That Keeps Your Body's Electrical System Flowing Smoothly Chemists at UMass Amherst reveal mystery of big potassium channels in cells * Building on their groundbreaking 2018 research into how some of the body's cells, such as neurons and cardiac tissue, communicate via ions that flow through cellular channels, chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst demo more PR

Warm Up This Winter With WCU's Science on Tap Talks (10)
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11 -- West Chester University posted the following news: * * * Warm Up This Winter with WCU's Science on Tap Talks The University's free monthly Science on Tap talks by WCU experts continues this semester at Barnaby's Restaurant (15 South High Street, second floor). Programs take place monthly on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Each session features a different WCU expert sharing interesting ideas and research, new information, and discoveries. The program invites audienc more PR