Physics Tipoffs from TNS
ACS Nano Journal Issues Research Articles in March 26, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- ACS Nano, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its March 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 12):
Perspectives:
* Improving the Operational Lifetime of Metal-Halide Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes with Dimension Control and Ligand Engineering
Reviews:
* Particle-Based Art
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ACS Nanoscience Au Issues Research Articles in Feb. 21, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- ACS Nanoscience Au, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 4, Issue 1):
Perspectives:
* Colloidal Nanoparticles of High Entropy Materials: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities in Synthesis and Characterization
* Molecular Determinants of Current Blockade Produc
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AIAA Journal Issues Research Articles in April 2024 Edition
RESTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The AIAA Journal, from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, says that it covers theoretical developments and experimental results in the field of astronautics and aeronautics, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 62, No. 4):
Regular Articles:
* Finite Element Modeling of Rigid-Flex Printed-Circuit-Board Origami Robotics Subjected to Large-Scale Deformations
* Dynamic Analysis of Shape-Memory-Alloy
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Astronomy & Geophysics Issues Research Articles in February 2024 Edition
LONDON, England, March 28 -- Astronomy and Geophysics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Astronomical Society that says it features astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, solar-terrestrial physics, global and regional geophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 65, Issue 1):
NEWS:
* News in Astronomy & Geophysics - February 2024
FEATURES:
* Mathematical Adams and the battle for Neptune
* Astrobiology: life detecti
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Brookhaven National Laboratory: United Kingdom Invests in DOE's Electron-Ion Collider Project to Understand Matter at the Smallest Scale
UPTON, New York, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a unique international particle collider being constructed to explore the building blocks of matter at the smallest scale, will get a significant boost from colleagues in the United Kingdom (UK). The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), through the UK Research an
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:
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CfA astronomers led two new EHT studies that have produced the first polarized light image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.
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A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration -- which includes scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) -- has uncovered st
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Institute for Advanced Study: Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:
A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen in polarized light for the first time, this new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy has revealed a magnetic field structure strikingly simi
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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab: Michael Connelly Elected Vice Chair of Research Centers Security Council
LAUREL, Maryland, March 28 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:
Michael Connelly, the chief strategist for classified policies and programs at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been elected vice chair of the FFRDC/UARC Security Council.
"I am honored to have been elected to serve such a pivotal role on the FFRDC/UARC Security Council," said Connelly. "This position presents a un
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Media Tip Sheet: 2024 Elections Spark Security Concerns Amid Persistent Misinformation in Arizona
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- George Washington University issued the following news:
Arizona law enforcement officials are bracing for heightened tensions ahead of the 2024 elections, where misinformation from the 2020 race continues to fuel threats and harassment against election workers and public officials.
Challenges remain in distinguishing between protected speech and criminal behavior, prompting calls for broader societal intervention to combat the normalization of threats against governmen
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Middlebury College: Donors Fund Professorships Across the Institution
MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, March 27 -- Middlebury College issued the following news:
Middlebury's commitment to teaching excellence received a significant boost over the past year as donors pledged more than $11 million to establish professorships--endowed gifts that support a faculty member's teaching and scholarship within a department. Since the beginning of the leadership phase of For Every Future: the Campaign for Middlebury, the institution has raised $25.8 million for professorships.
"Faculty
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National Trust for Historic Preservation: New Radgowski Grants Connect Young Students to Historic Sites Through Achievements of Women
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Trust for Historic Preservation issued the following news release:
During Women's History Month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is delighted to announce the third round of Dorothy C. Radgowski Learning Through Women's Achievement in the Arts grants to four Historic Artists' Homes and Studios (HAHS) sites. Details about each of the four projects receiving grants are bullet pointed below. The projects in this latest round of grants will receive a
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Naval Postgraduate School' Latest Small Satellite Launch Advances Comms Experimentation, International Collaboration
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news:
By Javier Chagoya
In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low-Earth orbit - including the latest piece of home-grown space hardware from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).
Led by Associate Research Professor
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Naval Research Laboratory: Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe Team Images Turbulence Within Solar Transients for the First Time
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release:
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
The Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) Science Team, led by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), captured the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the circumsolar space. This discovery is reported in the Astrophysical Journal.
Taking advantage
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal Issues Research Articles in April 7, 2024 Edition
LONDON, England, March 28 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its April 7, 2024, edition:
* Pattern-illumination time-resolved phase microscopy and its applications for photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials
* Exploring the fluorescence properties of tellurium-containing molecules and thei
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Progress of Theoretical & Experimental Physics Issues Research Articles in March 2024 Edition
TOKYO, Japan, March 28 -- Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Physical Society of Japan that says it covers nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, instrumentation and mathematical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 3):
Recent development of Nambu mechanics in physical systems of micro to macro scales Part II:
- Editorial
* Recent development of Nambu mechanics in physica
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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Georgia (March 27)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Georgia.
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Catheter
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 26 -- TRACELESS BIOPSY, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11938280 B2, initially filed April 24, 2019) developed by five inventors Charles Gilliland, Atlanta, Georgia; Baylee Brooke Heard, Macon, Georgia; Ann Marie Stringer, Cheverly, Maryland; Asia Pauline Hernandez, San Diego, California; and Elizabeth Kaleigh Johnston, Suwanee, Ge
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UB Distributes Over 12,000 NSF Eclipse Glasses to Local Students
BUFFALO, New York, March 28 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release:
Thousands of Western New York kids will safely view next month's total solar eclipse thanks to a collaboration between the University at Buffalo and the National Science Foundation.
Steven Ray, PhD, associate professor of chemistry in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, has helped distribute 12,500 pairs of eclipse glasses to local school districts and community centers
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University College London: 'Near Perfect' Control of Single Atoms is Major Advance Towards Quantum Computing
LONDON, England, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news:
A new fabrication process that could be used to build a quantum computer achieves an almost zero failure rate and has the potential to be scaled up, according to new research from engineers and physicists at UCL.
The study, published in Advanced Materials, describes the first successful attempt to reliably position single atoms in an array since the idea was first proposed 25 years ago. The near 100%
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University of Arizona: Astronomers Capture Magnetic Fields Twirling Around Black Hole
TUCSON, Arizona, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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A new view of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way revealing its magnetic field structure suggests that the processes by which black holes feed and eject jets into their surroundings may be universal among black holes despite vast differences in size and mass.
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A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which includes researchers and telescopes
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University of St. Andrews: Lighting Up the Future
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of St. Andrews issued the following news:
New multidisciplinary research from the University of St Andrews could lead to more efficient televisions, computer screens and lighting.
Researchers at the Organic Semiconductor Centre in the School of Physics and Astronomy and the School of Chemistry have proposed a new approach to designing efficient light-emitting materials in a paper published this week in Nature (27 March).
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University of Windsor: Physics Program Leads Grad to Career Treating Cancer
WINDSOR, Ontario, March 28 -- University of Windsor issued the following news:
As one of the first to graduate from the UWindsor medical physics program, Khadija Sheikh (BSc 2012) is quick to sing the praises of the niche program.
"I truly owe my success to Windsor; it was Because of Science at UWindsor," says Dr. Sheikh. "It was one of the best four years of my life."
And success has followed her. After graduating from the University of Windsor, she earned a doctorate in medical biophysics f
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UNSW Engineers Get Quantum Computing Processors Working at 20X Warmer Temperatures
SYDNEY, Australia, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news:
Advanced quantum computer cooling techniques could lead to more powerful, cost-effective and energy-efficient systems sooner.
Quantum computing engineers from UNSW Sydney, working for UNSW spin-out Diraq, have reached a key milestone by unlocking the potential of quantum computers to operate at warmer temperatures.
The achievement demonstrates that 'hot qubits' are now a reality after the same
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Weizmann Institute of Science: A Hundred Million Suns - The Most Complete Portrait of a Supernova
REHOVOT, Israel, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Weizmann Institute of Science issued the following news release:
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Weizmann Institute scientists map out data from a once-in-a-lifetime explosion
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Humankind has long turned to the skies in search of answers. Accounts of supernovae - exploding stars - go back thousands of years, but while we know today that these events create the building blocks of life itself, the conditions that cause a star to explode still remain very much a mystery. Res
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