UAlbany Climate Expert Available to Discuss Strong El Niño Emerging This Year | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — ALBANY, N.Y. (March 26, 2026) — As conditions in the tropical Pacific rapidly shift, strong El Niño conditions are predicted to emerge by this summer. Paul Roundy, professor at the University at Albany’s Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, studies how interactions between the tropical ocean and atmosphere influence global weather, including […]
Harrisburg University Students Design Oyster-Based Aquaculture System for Space Exploration | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — HARRISBURG, PA – The future of space exploration is currently hampered by humankind’s ability to sustainably provide nutrition, environmental control, and life support for long-duration human spaceflight. NASA’s Biology & Physical Sciences Division outlined these gaps in a 2024 report entitled, A New Era in Space: Ensuring the Future of Biological and Physical Sciences Research: A […]
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Contributes to International Study on Contrail Formation | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — ALBANY, N.Y. (April 14, 2026) — Fangqun Yu, a senior research faculty member at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, has been studying the microphysics of contrail formation for more than two decades. Contrails, the thin white streaks often seen trailing behind airplanes, form through a complex process involving the mixing […]
A Painless, High-Precision Imaging Platform Brings Lymphatic Function Into View | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — The lymphatic system plays a critical role in pathological conditions such as lymphedema and chronic inflammation to tumor metastasis, venous insufficiency, and impaired wound healing, making accurate evaluation of its structure and function increasingly important. Yet current imaging tools—including lymphoscintigraphy, magnetic resonance lymphangiography , indocyanine green fluorescence imaging, and conventional methylene blue […]
Recycling Plants’ Plastic-Cleaning Process May Pose Water Contamination Risks | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — AMES, Iowa – Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they’re processed into new products, according to a new study by an Iowa State University research group. Researchers from Iowa State’s Polymer and Food Protection Consortium tested common industrial plastic-washing practices and found that […]
KATRIN Narrows Down the Range of Neutrinos’ Mass
[ad_1] The Science Scientists have known about the existence of neutrinos – tiny fundamental particles that almost never interact with matter – for 95 years. Nobel Prize-winning work in 1998 showed that their mass is not zero. However, neutrinos’ exact mass is still unknown. The international KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment uses the process by which a […]
Ancient Tectonic Processes the Key to Locating Rare Minerals | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to locating the rare earth elements needed for modern technologies and the global clean energy transition. Published today in Science Advances, the study shows a strong global link between ancient subduction zones – where tectonic […]
New ORNL Electrolyte Lets the Ions Flow
[ad_1] BYLINE: Greg Cunningham Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have uncovered a path to design superionic polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries and other energy applications that could help ensure a future of abundant and reliable energy for the United States. The scientists demonstrated that by carefully controlling the […]
Molten Salt Chemistry Converts Consumer Polymer Into Fuel
[ad_1] BYLINE: Dawn Levy Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method to convert a commonly discarded hydrocarbon polymer into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels. The team has applied for a patent for the discovery, which treats polyethylene — the stuff of white cutting boards and shopping bags — […]
Eta Factory Ratchets Up Efforts to Catch Light from Dark Matter
[ad_1] Newswise — When astronomers point their telescopes to the heavens, they tend to look toward the light. They may search for the pin pricks of shining stars, the billowing of cold gas clouds, the faint heat of a star nursery or the rhythmic blaze of a pulsar. These faint signals of light beckon in […]