Physics Tipoffs from TNS
AVS Quantum Science Issues Research Articles in June 2024 Edition
MELVILLE, New York, May 2 -- AVS Quantum Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics that says it features condensed matter and atomic, molecular and optical physics, biology, chemistry and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 2):
ATOMS AND MOLECULES IN QUANTUM DEVICES:
* Classical and quantum light-induced non-adiabaticity in molecular systems
QUANTUM COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE:
* Simulation
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BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES
SPEARFISH, South Dakota, May 1 (TNSres) -- Black Hills State University issued the following news:
This spring, several Black Hills State University students traveled to national research conferences to present their research.
In April, five BHSU students traveled to Long Beach, Calif. for the largest National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to date. Students Baily May, Ellie Moore, and Abigail Renner presented research posters, and Min Kyung Park and Vincent Peterson gave oral pr
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Canadian Journal of Physics Issues Research Articles in May 2024 Edition
OTTAWA, Ontario, May 2 -- The Canadian Journal of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features atomic and molecular physics, gases, fluid dynamics, plasmas, gravitation and string theory, biophysics, aeronomy and space physics and astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 102, No. 5):
Articles:
* Traversable wormhole model with massive gravitons, two fluids, and a variable gravity
* Effects of magnetic field on spin-orbit-couple
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DMC History Professor Dr. Bryan Stone Designated Today as a Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation 'Piper Professor'
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 2 -- Del Mar College issued the following news on May 1, 2024:
Colleagues with the Del Mar College (DMC) Social Sciences Department and administrators filed into History Professor Dr. Bryan Stone's classroom one by one this morning. Students in the faculty member's class, HIST 1302 U.S. History 1865 to Present, looked a little perplexed.
But, the purpose became clear when College officials presented Dr. Stone with a certificate designating him a 2024 "Piper Professor
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Duke University Pratt School of Engineering: Major Soft Matter Conference Makes Its Way to North Carolina This Summer
DURHAM, North Carolina, May 2 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news:
The 8th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC) will be held in the Raleigh Convention Center this summer, marking the first time in the conference's history that it will be held in the Americas. Duke's Soft Matter Day, the Triangle Soft Matter Workshop, and the Young Investigator Workshop round out a year focused on elevating materials science.
Soft matter science is relatively new, eme
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Five UChicago Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:
Five University of Chicago scholars have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, joining other scientists and researchers chosen in "recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
Profs. Nicolas Dauphas, David DeMille, Bonnie Fleming, Michael Greenstone, and Nipam Patel are among the 120 new members elected this year. The scholars are honored for their grou
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Four Cornell professors elected to national academy
ITHACA, New York, May 1 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A professor of global development, a biochemist, a mathematician and a chemist are Cornell's 2024 electees to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the academy announced April 30 at the close of its 161st annual meeting.
The newly elected members are: Mario Herrero, professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Department of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Scien
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Fox News Media Names Diana Jachman and Nathaniel King as Recipients of Fifth Annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship
NEW YORK, May 2 -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release:
FOX News Media, in partnership with the National Merit Scholarship Program, has selected Diana Jachman and Nathaniel King as the recipients of its fifth annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship, announced FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott. Jachman is the daughter of FOX News Channel's (FNC) Atlanta bureau ENG field photographer Thomas Jachman, and King is the son of FNC's Dallas bureau ENG fi
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Johns Hopkins APL Staffers Employ EZIE-Mag to Track Solar Eclipse
LAUREL, Maryland, May 1 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release:
Staff members from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, brought more than just eclipse glasses when traveling to view the total solar eclipse on April 8. They packed their own miniature magnetometers as well.
Later this year, the team behind NASA's Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission will build and freely distribute around 700 ma
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Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter Issues Research Articles in June 26, 2024 Edition
BRISTOL, England, May 2 -- The Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, a journal that says it covers physics of applications and devices, published research articles on the following topics in its June 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 36, No. 25):
Topical Reviews:
* Frontiers in all electrical control of magnetization by spin orbit torque
* The void side of silica: surveying optical properties and applications of mesoporous silica
* A brief review of hybrid skin-topological effect
Papers:
* Bands re
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Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Issues Research Articles in April 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, May 2 -- The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, a peer-reviewed journal from American Institute of Physics that says it covers renewable and sustainable energy relevant to the physical science and engineering communities, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 2):
REVIEW ARTICLES:
* Methane catalytic cracking by solid materials and molten media for hydrogen production: A review
* Systematic literature re
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MIT Faculty, Instructors, Students Experiment With Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
By Katherine Ouellette, Office of Open Learning
How can MIT's community leverage generative AI to support learning and work on campus and beyond?
At MIT's Festival of Learning 2024, faculty and instructors, students, staff, and alumni exchanged perspectives about the digital tools and innovations they're experimenting with in the classroom. Panelists agreed that generative AI should be use
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NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations for STEM Student Success
WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSres) -- NASA issued the following news release:
NASA has awarded $3.9 million to 13 teams at under-resourced academic institutions across the country, to support collaborative projects with NASA that offer students mentorship and career development in science, technology, engineering, and math.
This is the second round of seed funding awards given through the agency's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Bridge Program, which was established in 2022 to improve diversity, equ
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National Energy Technology Laboratory: Students From Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia Compete at 2024 National Science Bowl
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news:
Winners of NETL's regional Science Bowl competitions for students in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia tested their knowledge in math, science, engineering and technology (STEM) topics at the 2024 National Science Bowl held April 25-29 in Washington, D.C.
North Allegheny Senior High School (Wexford, Pennsylvania) compiled a 5-3 record to finish in fourth plac
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National Physical Laboratory Principal Scientist Has Been Appointed Trustee of the Daphne Jackson Trust
MIDDLESEX, England, May 2 -- The National Physical Laboratory issued the following news:
Alex Jones, Principal Scientist in Biometrology, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Daphne Jackson Trust where he will become a member of the Finance and General Purposes Committee and Chair of the Awards Assessment Sub-Panel for Engineering & Physical Sciences.
He originally joined the Trust's Award Assessment Panel in 2019, which comprises a range of subject experts and considers Fellows
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Novel calculations peg age of 'baby' asteroid
ITHACA, New York, April 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
An asteroid dubbed "Lucy's baby" after a NASA spacecraft discovered it orbiting another asteroid last November is in fact a solar system toddler - just 2-3 million years old, a Cornell-led research team estimates using novel statistical calculations.
The team derived the age of Selam, a "moonlet" circling the small asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, based only on dynamics, or how the
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Increased Importance of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions for Surface PM2.5 Pollution Relative to Aerosol-Radiation Interactions in China With Anthropogenic Emission Reductions
WASHINGTON, May 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article on April 30, 2024:
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Surface fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution could be enhanced by feedback processes induced by aerosol-radiation interaction (ARI) and the aerosol-cloud interaction (ACI). Many previous studies have investigated the PM2.5 enhancements induced by ARI and ACI in China. However, few studies have examined the c
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PennWest-Edinboro: Edinboro Foundation Awarded $20,000 in Support of Youth Programming
CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- PennWest issued the following news:
The Edinboro University Foundation will continue its long history of supporting educational programs at PennWest Edinboro, thanks in part to a recent $20,000 grant from Erie Insurance.
Presented through Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit program, the funding will benefit ongoing K-12 initiatives on the Edinboro campus.
Programs include:
* Summer Reading Program - Dozens of local, elementary-age children tak
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal Issues Research Articles in May 7, 2024 Edition
LONDON, England, May 2 -- 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 May 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 25, Issue 17):
* On-surface polymerization reactions of dibrominated hexaphenylbenzene influenced by densely packed self-assembly
* Tunneling splittings in the vibrationally excited states of water trime
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Physical Review Fluids Journal Issues Research Articles in April 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, May 2 -- Physical Review Fluids, a journal that says it embraces traditional fluid dynamics topics such as bio-related fluid dynamics, micro- and nanoscale flows, fluid mechanics of complex fluids and soft materials and geophysical and environmental flows from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 4):
LETTERS:
* Straight to zigzag transition of foam pseudo-Plateau borders on textured
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Physics of Plasmas Issues Research Articles in May 2024 Edition
MELVILLE, New York, May 2 -- Physics of Plasmas, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition ( Vol. 31, Issue 5):
LETTERS:
* Boosting radio frequency radiation with collisional processes in picosecond laser filamentation
* Transient optical properties change and dense plasma dynamics during water breakdown induced by ultrashort laser pulses
ARTICLES:
* Theoretical and global simulation analysis of collisional microtearing modes
* O
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Regents Authorize Leasing Space to Mayo Clinic Health System in New UWEC Science Building
EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news:
The Universities of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has authorized UW-Eau Claire to enter into a lease with Mayo Clinic Health System for the medical organization to occupy integrated research workspace in the new Science and Health Sciences Building.
The proposed 30-year lease terms call for 10,000 square feet of research, instructional, office and meeting space in the building to be occ
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Researchers find unexpected roadblock to conductivity in Mott insulators
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 1 -- Brown University issued the following news:
The new understanding from a research team at Brown fundamentally explains for the first time why one type of Mott insulator, which has puzzled scientists for decades, has resisted conducting electricity.
The researchers found the key to their theory is an unexpected collection of particles called bipolarons that form when electronic charge is added to the material. Photo provided by Mitrovic Lab.
PROVIDENCE, R.I
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SciPost Physics Issues Research Articles in May 2024 Edition
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 2 -- SciPost Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the SciPost Foundation that says it focuses on atomic, molecular and optical physics, biophysics, fluid dynamics, gravitation, cosmology and astro-particle physics, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 5):
* Proximity-induced gapless superconductivity in two-dimensional Rashba semiconductor in magnetic field
* Weakly interacting Bose gas with two-body losses
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Sinclair Community College Empowering Students Through Program Honoring the Late Congressman Louis Stokes
DAYTON, Ohio, May 2 -- Sinclair Community College issued the following news release:
Sinclair Community College is celebrating students who participated in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program as they prepare to graduate this week. Sinclair is one of 10 higher education institutions involved in the Ohio LSAMP Alliance that assists colleges and universities with significantly increasing underrepresented student recruitment, retention, persistence, and attainment o
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Sterling College Students Present at Kansas Academy of Science & Kansas Entomological Society Meeting
STERLING, Kansas, May 2 (TNSres) -- Sterling College issued the following news release:
Sterling College had a strong presence at the 156th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science & Kansas Entomological Society (94th Annual) held at Emporia State University on April 5-6. Sterling College students presented six oral and posters presentations during the meeting.
"Sterling College had great representation at the Kansas Academy of Science (KAS) meeting this year with a total of six student
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Tech Startups 'Propel-Ed' at University of Dayton Win $200,000 State Grants
DAYTON, Ohio, May 2 -- The University of Dayton issued the following news:
Tech startups boosted by a program to support entrepreneurs building a new business based on technology developed at the University of Dayton each received $200,000 awards from the State of Ohio Technology Validation Startup Fund.
The awardees are:
* Kalix provides solutions for low-cost, rapid, accurate and on-site detection and management of diseases caused by parasites, bacteria or viruses in animal, dairy and agric
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UC Merced Adds Several New Engineering Majors
MERCED, California, May 1 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news:
UC Merced's School of Engineering is expanding its offerings into some exciting areas.
Most recently, the university added a major in aerospace engineering, one of the fastest-growing industries in California, with the number of jobs projected to grow 8.5 percent in the next decade, according to the proposal to add the major. The new major begins in fall 2025.
Aerospace engineering joins other new majo
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Undergraduate Research Puts Cameron Students in the Spotlight
LAWTON, Oklahoma, May 2 (TNSres) -- Cameron University issued the following news release:
A group of Cameron University students had the opportunity to present their undergraduate research projects during the university's recent President's Partners celebration, an event recognizing the contributions of donors to the Cameron University Foundation.
"Undergraduate research plays a significant role in the quality of education we provide to our students," says CU President John McArthur. "Since ma
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University of Arizona: Geochemist Jay Quade Elected to National Academy of Sciences
TUCSON, Arizona, May 2 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
Jay Quade, a professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona, is among the newest members elected to National Academy of Sciences, a nonprofit society of distinguished scholars. He was recognized for his critical contributions to the geosciences field, which provide a deeper understanding of Earth's past environments.
The academy announced 120 new members and 24 new international mem
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University of Witwatersrand: Global Collaboration Adds Up for Mathematician
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of the Witwatersrand issued the following news:
Number theory specialist Professor Florian Luca is now a CNRS Fellow-Ambassador.
The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) is France's national centre for scientific research.
Luca joined the School of Mathematics at Wits in 2014. He is a number theory specialist with a particular research interest in Diophantine equations and ari
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University of Wurzburg: New International Doctoral Networks
WURZBURG, Germany, May 1 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release:
Three new programmes for the structured training of doctoral students are being launched in biology, chemistry and physics. The European Union is funding them with around eleven million euros.
As part of its Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), the European Union is also funding programmes for the structured training of doctoral students. The aim of these doctoral networks is to bring together universit
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UW-Madison physicist Francis Halzen elected to National Academy of Sciences
MADISON, Wisconsin, May 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist Francis Halzen has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy's announcement of the new members this week. Election to the academy is among the highest honors that a scien
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UWF Awarded a Nearly $1.7 Million Grant to Train Biomedical Students
PENSACOLA, Florida, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release:
The University of West Florida has earned an approximately $1.7 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to mentor and train the next generation of biomedical scientists. The undergraduate research training initiative for student enhancement, known as U-RISE, scholars program promotes broader participati
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