3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (211+ words) NASA researchers James Irons and Eric Vermote have been selected as winners of the 2025 William T. Pecora Award for their outstanding leadership and pioneering research that revolutionized the Landsat program and advanced global, land-change monitoring. Formal, in-person award presentations for both…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (213+ words) On Monday, May 11, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will release vacancy announcements of particular interest to early career scientists and engineers. The staff in these positions work with program directors to plan and analyze program portfolios, identify emerging research areas,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1001+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Department of Physics has earned a Physics and Astronomy SEA Change (P/A SEA Change) Bronze Award for its work to create a more inclusive, diverse, and supportive physics department. The SEA Change Awards…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (168+ words) They help us understand the complexities of climate variability and change and how tiny particles in our atmosphere affect visibility and precipitation. Jim Hurrell and Sonia Kreidenweis, atmospheric science faculty members at Colorado State University, have been named Fellows of…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (197+ words) After a 6-year term as Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Michael Wysession has handed over the reins to Annalisa Bracco. Here, Dr. Wysession reflects on his tenure and Dr. Bracco discusses her priorities for the journal moving…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (99+ words) A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Eric Dominic Forson, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor at the age of 34, making history as one of the youngest academics to attain such a status in geophysics…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (409+ words) TREMONT — The work of a Downeast science teacher is creating real world learning opportunities for students after a research device traveled hundreds of miles and made its way back to Maine. Earlier this year, Tonya Prentice, a science teacher at…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (663+ words) Mentors can help students dig into classroom topics more deeply outside the classroom by sharing their time, enthusiasm, and knowledge. Lisa Higgs: Mentors are needed to help Rochester students prep for science fair Mentors can help students dig into classroom…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (233+ words) Steve Shinn, NASA’s deputy chief financial officer and acting CFO, has stepped down from his role to join The Aerospace Corp. as vice president and CFO. Greg Autry, the nominee for the CFO position at NASA, announced Shinn’s departure from…...