Physics Tipoffs from TNS
2024 UH Faculty Awards Recognize Teaching, Research, Service
HOUSTON, Texas, April 27 -- The University of Houston issued the following news:
By Mike Emery
The University of Houston is renowned for attracting world-class faculty, who encourage students and elevate UH's reputation as a top tier institution of higher education.
This week, UH celebrated the efforts of those professors who have gone above and beyond their roles as educators in demonstrating a commitment to both campus and community. The 2024 Faculty Awards were presented on Thursday, April
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3 From MIT Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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MIT professors Roger Levy, Tracy Slatyer, and Martin Wainwright appointed to the 2024 class of "trail-blazing fellows."
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By Sarah Costello, School of Science
MIT faculty members Roger Levy, Tracy Slatyer, and Martin Wainwright are among 188 scientists, artists, and scholars awarded 2024 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Working across
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7 From MIT Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2024
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
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Eight MIT faculty members are among the 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 24.
One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for
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ACS Applied Nano Materials Issues Research Articles in Vol. 7, Issue 8
WASHINGTON, April 26 -- ACS Applied Nano Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to applications of nanomaterials, published research articles on the following topics in its April 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 8):
Reviews:
* Review of Light-Activated Antimicrobial Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites for Biomedical Devices
* Review of Oxidative Dissolution and Sulfidation of Select Nanopartic
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Applied Polymer Materials Issues Research Articles in April 26, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Applied Polymer Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to applications of polymers, published research articles on the following topics in its April 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 8):
Reviews:
* A Comprehensive Exploration of Polysulfides, From Synthesis Techniques to Diverse Applications and Future Frontiers
Articles:
* Cartilage Decellularized Extracellular Ma
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Ashland University: Student, Faculty Accomplishments Awarded at Academic Honors Convocation April 21
ASHLAND, Ohio, April 27 -- Ashland University issued the following news:
About 75 Ashland University students were recognized individually for their academic achievement and two faculty members were honored for their outstanding work at the annual Academic Honors Convocation, held April 21 at the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel.
The purpose of the convocation is to celebrate academic achievement, promote community and recognize sophomores, juniors and seniors with Outstanding Student Awards. The cr
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Hope College: Kenneth Brown of Chemistry Faculty Receives Vanderbush-Weller Award
HOLLAND, Michigan, April 27 -- Hope College issued the following news:
Dr. Kenneth Brown, who is the John H. and Jeanne M. Professor of Chemistry at Hope College, has been named the 2024 recipient of the college's annual Vanderbush-Weller Award for having a strong, positive impact on students.
The Vanderbush-Weller Award recognizes and celebrates the work of Hope faculty and staff who make extraordinary contributions to the lives of students, exceeding normal expectations. The award is coordin
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Imperial and CNRS Strengthen UK-France Science With New Partnerships
LONDON, England, April 27 -- Imperial College London issued the following news:
Imperial and France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) are continuing to strengthen the science links between the UK and France.
The two institutes - who formed a major partnership in 2022 - outlined their ambitions for further collaborations in a wide range of research and innovation at their annual meeting hosted this year at Imperial.
This included agreeing a new five-year partnership for the Abra
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MIT: 3 Questions- A Shared Vocabulary for How Infectious Diseases Spread
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on April 25, 2024, with Lydia Bourouiba, director of the MIT Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory and the Fluids and Health Network, associate professor in the MIT departments of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering, and a member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science:
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Lydia Bourouiba's research on fluid dynamics influenced
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MIT: A Closed-Loop Drug-Delivery System Could Improve Chemotherapy
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels.
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By Anne Trafton, MIT News
When cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, the dose of most drugs is calculated based on the patient's body surface area. This is estimated by plugging the patient's height and weight into an equation, dating to 191
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Monthly Weather Review Journal Issues Research Articles in April 2024 Edition
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- Monthly Weather Review, a journal that says it features analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 63, Issue 4):
ARTICLES:
* Hydraulic Analysis and Cold-Air Pool Interaction of the Raco Gap Wind
* Climatological Observation and Model Simulation of Near-Surface Hourly Maximum Gust Wind in Northern China
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Physical Review C Journal Issues Research Articles in February 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, April 27 -- Physical Review C, a journal that says it covers nuclear physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 109, Issue 2):
LETTERS:
* Atomic mass determination of uranium-238
* Static quadrupole moment as a criterion to distinguish chiral modes
* Indications of electron emission from the deuteron-deuteron threshold resonance
* Novel approach to light-cluster production in hea
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Physical Review C Journal Issues Research Articles in March 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, April 27 -- Physical Review C, a journal that says it covers nuclear physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 109, Issue 3):
LETTERS:
* Drag force near the QCD critical point
* Evolution of topological charge through chiral anomaly transport
* Rapidity dependence of nuclear coalescence: Impact on cosmic ray antinuclei
* Momentum dependence of in-medium potentials: A solution to th
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Radford University: Spring Commencement 2024 - Julia Buccola, Artis College of Science and Technology
RADFORD, Virginia, April 27 -- Radford University issued the following news release:
Fresh out of high school, Julia Buccola didn't know what to expect from her upcoming college experience at Radford University.
Reflecting back on those anxious feelings now four years later, right before she is set to graduate from Radford, the senior physics major from Roanoke, Virginia, knows now her time here was all about the experience.
Before she came to Radford, Buccola had already been bitten by the p
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Reviews of Modern Physics Journal Issues Research Articles in January - March 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, April 27 -- Reviews of Modern Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its January-March 2024 edition (Vol. 96, Issue 1):
* Colloquium: Sliding and pinning in structurally lubric 2D material interfaces
* Comprehensive theory of the Lamb shift in light muonic atoms
* Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials
* Time-resolved ARPES studies of quantum materials
* Spontaneous
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SBU Honors Three Faculty Members With Awards of Excellence
ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, April 27 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release:
Three St. Bonaventure University faculty members were presented with awards of excellence at the university's annual Staff & Faculty Excellence Awards celebration on Thursday, April 25.
Dr. Jose Manuel Medrano, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultural Studies, received the Junior Faculty Award; Dr. James Pientka, professor of Physics and department chair,
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Shelagh Rogers Named Next Chancellor of Queen's University
KINGSTON, Ontario, April 27 -- Queen's University issued the following news release:
Queen's University is appointing award-winning broadcast journalist Shelagh Rogers (Artsci'77) as its 16th Chancellor. Chancellor-Designate Rogers will begin her term on July 1, 2024, succeeding current Chancellor, The Honourable Murray Sinclair.
"I am very pleased to share that Shelagh Rogers will be joining us as the 16th Chancellor of our university," says Principal Deane. "Shelagh's remarkable career, wide
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Six UChicago Scholars Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:
Six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. They include Profs. Diane Brentari, Bonnie T. Fleming, Chuan He, Erik Hurst, Deborah L. Nelson and Amir Sufi.
These scholars have made breakthroughs in fields ranging from linguistics to particle physics to fundamental biology. They
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Two From MIT Awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
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By Julia Mongo, Office of Distinguished Fellowships
MIT graduate student Riyam Al Msari and alumna Francisca Vasconcelos '20 are among the 30 recipients of this year's Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. In addition, two Soros winners will begin PhD studies at
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University of Copenhagen: Fixin' to Be Flexitarian - Scrap Fish and Invasive Species Can Liven Up Vegetables
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Copenhagen issued the following news:
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Sustainability Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to "boring" vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G. Mouritsen puts mathematical equations to work in calculating the umami potential of everything from seaweed and shrimp paste to mussels and mackerel.
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University of Manchester Scientists Find Novel One-Dimensional Superconductor
MANCHESTER, England, April 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release:
In a significant development in the field of superconductivity, researchers at The University of Manchester have successfully achieved robust superconductivity in high magnetic fields using a newly created one-dimensional (1D) system. This breakthrough offers a promising pathway to achieving superconductivity in the quantum Hall regime, a longstanding challenge in condensed matter physics.
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University of Salford: Celebration Event Marked 40 Years of a Special International Partnership
GREATER MANCHESTER, England, April 27 -- The University of Salford issued the following news:
The University of Salford played host to a special celebration event this week to mark a 40-year exchange partnership with Toledo University in Ohio, USA.
Graduates and students past and present came together in the new SEE building to celebrate the milestone anniversary to reminisce and catch up and share memories and experiences. And some fabulous photos from the past 40 years were on show and can b
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UofM Honors 2024 Faculty Award Recipients
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 27 -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release:
The University of Memphis recognized its 2024 Faculty Award recipients on Thursday in the Maxine A. Smith University Center. Dr. Sanjay R. Mishra received the Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award -- the highest distinction given to a faculty member by the UofM.
Since joining the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the UofM in 1999, Mishra has been consistently productive in research, inst
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