ITHACA, New York, Feb. 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * AI reveals chemistry behind high-performance battery electrolytes * A new artificial intelligence framework developed at Cornell can accurately predict the performance of battery electrolytes while revealing the chemical principles that govern them, providing engineers with a new tool for designing better batteries. The framework, published Feb. 19 in Nature Computational Science, focuses on high-performing li more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Jonathan McCoy, a student at Centre College, has been selected for a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. McCoy, a member of the class of 2026, plans to enter the Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award program at the agency's campus in Bethesda, Maryland, following graduation. McCoy began undergraduate studies with an interest in medicine but developed a passion for laboratory work after participating in a summer immersion program for fi more PR

AMES, Iowa, Feb. 19 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Science Briefing: High magnetic fields reveal atom-level structures of drugs, materials * AMES, Iowa - A tiny, solid sample of a drug, complete with active and inactive ingredients, spun at 50,000 revolutions per second while tilted at the "magic angle" of nearly 55 degrees relative to a high magnetic field. A special instrument at the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at the University of Wisconsin-Ma more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 19 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Undergraduate student wins prestigious scholarship intended for graduate physics students * LAWRENCE -A University of Kansas undergraduate student whose research interest focuses on planets beyond our solar system, or exoplanets, has been awarded a prestigious physics scholarship intended for graduate students. Lucciana Caceres Holgado, a senior from Cusco, Peru, was chosen as the recipient of the second more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 20 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Medical and materials innovations of two women engineers recognized by Sony and Nature Two U-M engineers received this year's Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature for improving solar cells and medical tech for treating cancer and cognitive disease * Two of the three recipients of the second-ever Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature are from University of Michigan Engineering. The award "c more PR

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * Physicists open door to future, hyper-efficient 'orbitronic' devices For the first time ever, researchers prove that atomic vibrations can transfer orbital angular momentum directly to electrons in a non-magnetic material, the most streamlined system yet in the exciting new field of 'orbitronics.' * To keep up with today's computing needs, researchers mine the quantum realm to find bett more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Undergrad Physics Researcher Among Aggie Scholars Presenting to Utah Legislators Feb. 26 * Utah State University undergraduate researcher Trace Taylor is grateful. "Research fellowships, grants, internships and scholarships I've received as a USU student have allowed me to explore scientific research from the start of a project to its conclusion," says Taylor, a physics major with a mathematics minor. "And p more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 19 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Saluting an 'amazing' year in quantum science -- and how we got there In a recent public lecture, Yale's Robert Schoelkopf outlined the decades of research that preceded a Yale colleague's recent Nobel Prize -- and a remarkable year in quantum science. By Jim Shelton Taking quantum circuits from a vague academic notion to the factory floor in just over 40 years might sound daunting -- even impossible. But a more PR