Department of Energy Releases Draft Request for Proposals for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Management and Operating Contract Competition

Newswise — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the selection of a management and operating (M&O) contractor for the Fermi National Accelerator…

Archaeologists conduct project to conserve Costa Rica’s stone spheres |

A team from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), and the National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museography (ENCRyM), have undertaken a project to conserve Costa Rica’s stone…

New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines

Today’s catalysts for removing unburnt methane from natural gas engine exhaust are either inefficient at low, start-up temperatures or break down at higher operating temperatures. A new single-atom catalyst developed…

NASA’s ComPair gamma-ray hunting mission prepares for balloon flight

Team members work on the ComPair balloon instrument before it begins thermal vacuum chamber testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. ComPair project manager Regina Caputo (front…

AI System Detects Social Norm Violations

Summary: A pioneering AI system successfully identifies violations of social norms. Utilizing GPT-3, zero-shot text classification, and automatic rule discovery, the system categorizes social emotions into ten main types. It…

Psychiatric History of Both Parents Tied to Preterm Birth Risk

Summary: A new study reveals the increased risk of preterm birth in infants when both parents have psychiatric diagnoses. The research analyzed data on all live births in Sweden between…

Patient transfer systems needed to ensure equity, as ICUs overload during pandemic

Credit: CC0 Public Domain During the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. hospitals had overcapacity intensive care units (ICU) while other area hospitals had open ICU beds available, a phenomenon known as…

The present and future of computing get a boost from new research

Frans Timmermans steps down from EU’s climate leadership

Timmermans has led the EU’s climate policy since 2019 but will now seek to become Dutch prime minister instead EU climate chief Frans Timmermans on Thursday said he wants to…

Precision Measurement of Polarization

Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – A doctoral dissertation examining the most precise measurement of electron beam polarization ever made was just awarded the prestigious 2022 Jefferson Science Associates (JSA)…