Physics Tipoffs from TNS
A First, Physical System Learns Nonlinear Tasks Without a Traditional Computer Processor
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:
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Penn physics and engineering researchers have created a local learning network that is fast, low-power, and scalable.
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Scientists run into a lot of tradeoffs trying to build and scale up brain-like systems that can perform machine learning. For instance, artificial neural networks are capable of learning complex language and vision tasks, but the pro
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Aalto University: Getting Bacteria Into Line
AALTO, Finland, July 6 (TNSres) -- Aalto University issued the following news release:
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Physicists use magnetic fields to manipulate bacterial behaviour
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Researchers at Finland's Aalto University have found a way to use magnets to line up bacteria as they swim. The approach offers more than just a way to nudge bacteria into order - it also provides a useful tool for a wide range of research, such as work on complex materials, phase transitions and condensed matter physics.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials Issues Research Articles in Vol. 7, Issue 12
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- 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 June 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 12):
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Here are excerpts:
Reviews:
* Plasmon-Accelerated Electrocatalysis Based on Gold Nanostructures for Electrochemical Reactions and Biosensing Applications: A Review
* Advan
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ACS Nano Journal Issues Research Articles in July 2, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- 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 July 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 26):
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Here are excerpts:
Reviews:
* Advancing Nanoelectronics Applications: Progress in Non-van der Waals 2D Materials
* Peptide-Hitchhiking for the Development of Nanosystems in G
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Advanced Science Journal Issues Research Articles in July 3, 2024 Edition
MEDFORD, Massachusetts, July 6 -- Advanced Science, an open access journal that covers fundamental and applied research in materials science, physics and chemistry, medical and life sciences, as well as engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its July 3, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 25).
Here are excerpts:
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Correction:
* Correction to "A Soft Reconfigurable Circulator Enabled by Magnetic Liquid Metal Droplet for Multifunctional Control of Soft Robots"
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Alon, Shamir Win 2024 Wolf Prize
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 5 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release:
The 2024 Wolf Prize in Mathematics has been awarded jointly to Noga Alon of Princeton University and Adi Shamir of the Weizmann Institute of Science, for "their pioneering contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics, and the theory of computer science."
Alon was recognized for "his fundamental contributions to combinatorics and theoretical computer science," according to the p
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APL Materials Issues Research Articles in July 1, 2024 Edition
MELVILLE, New York, July 5 -- APL Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics that says it embraces all research across materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its July 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 7):
REVIEWS:
* Application of triboelectric nanogenerator in self-powered motion detection devices: A review
ARTICLES:
* Effect of ion irradiation on superconducting thin films
* A highly sensitive modified triple split ring meta
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Applied Nano Materials Issues Research Articles in June 28, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- Applied Nano Materials, a journal that says it covers engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to applications of nanomaterials from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its June 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 12):
Reviews:
* Plasmon-Accelerated Electrocatalysis Based on Gold Nanostructures for Electrochemical Reactions and Biosensing Applications: A Review
* Advancements in Trace and Low Humidity Sensors Tec
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Applied Polymer Materials Issues Research Articles in June 28, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- 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 June 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 12):
Articles:
* Replacing Phenol and Formaldehyde for Green Adhesive Synthesis by Lignin and Furfural
* Enhanced Flame Retardancy and Mechanical Properties of Polylactic Acid Composites wit
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Canadian Journal of Physics Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
OTTAWA, Ontario, July 6 -- 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 July 2024 edition (Vol. 102, No. 7):
Research Articles:
* Higher order quantum waves in fractal dimensions from nonlocal complex derivative operator
* Ground state of two-species spi
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Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics Journal Issues Research Articles in August 2024 Edition
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 6 -- Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, a journal that says it features developments in applied mathematics, mathematical physics and analysis, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 77, Issue 8):
RESEARCH ARTICLES:
* Arnold diffusion in Hamiltonian systems on infinite lattices
* Approximate Gibbsian structure in strongly correlated point fields and generalized Gaussian zero ensembles
* Diameter estimates in
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DOE funds new Cornell accelerator science trainee program
ITHACA, New York, July 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The Department of Energy has chosen Cornell and three partner institutions to establish the new DOE Tigner Traineeship in Accelerator Science program, funding the program with a $4.4 million grant. The program's goal is to "produce a diverse body of broadly educated fellows" in areas targeted by DOE's Office of Science, including RF superconducting structures, high brightness electron sources for linear accelerators, phys
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Energy & Environmental Science Issues Research Articles in July 7, 2024 Edition
LONDON, England, July 5 -- Energy and Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed journal linking all aspects of the chemical, physical and biotechnological sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its July 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 13):
* Unravelling air/moisture stability of cathode materials in sodium ion batteries: characterization,
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Engineering Degrees From DTU in High Demand: Large Increase in the Number of Applicants
KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, July 6 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news:
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8,066 have applied for admission to DTU this year, which is eight per cent more than last year. The number of people who have DTU as their first priority has also increased.
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An engineering programme from DTU is once again a popular choice among those who have submitted quota 1 applications. By the 12 noon deadline on Friday, DTU had received a total of 8,066 applications for admissio
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Erkenntnis Issues Research Articles in August 2024 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, July 6 -- Erkenntnis, a peer-reviewed journal from that says it features science in general and of natural and human sciences such as physics, biology, psychology, economics and social sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 89, Issue 6):
* The Logical Development of Pretense Imagination
* Non-propositionalism and the Suppositional Rule
* Knowledge-Action Principles and Threshold-Impurism
* Explanatory Contextualism a
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European Physical Journal Plus Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, July 6 -- The European Physical Journal Plus, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features geophysics, astrophysics, mathematical and quantum physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 139, Issue 7):
* Critical behavior around the fixed points driven by fermion-fermion interactions and disorders in the nodal-line superconductors
* Randomized recursive techniques for image reconstruction in diffuse optical tomography
* Singu
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Journal of High Energy Physics Issues Research Articles in Vol. 2024, Issue 7
TRIESTE, Italy, July 6 -- The Journal of High Energy Physics, an open-access journal from the International School for Advanced Studies, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 7):
* Improving modular bootstrap bounds with integrality
* Open-closed string duality, branes, and topological recursion
* Stringy constraints on primordial electromagnetic fields in axion inflation
* Massive carrollian fields at timelike infinity
* Shock waves,
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Journal of Physical Oceanography Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 6 -- The Journal of Physical Oceanography, a journal that says it features physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 54, Issue 7):
ARTICLES:
* Sensitivities of the West Greenland Current to Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater in a Mesoscale Ocean/Sea Ice Model
* Vertical Energy Fluxes Driven by the Interaction between Wave G
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Journal of Physics A-Mathematical & Theoretical Issues Research Articles in July 12, 2024 Edition
BRISTOL, England, July 6 -- The Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and Theoretical, a journal of theoretical physics reporting research on the mathematical structures, published research articles on the following topics in its July 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 57, No. 28):
Papers:
* Statistical physics
- Feynman-Kac equation for Brownian non-Gaussian polymer diffusion
- Effect of initial conditions on current fluctuations in non-interacting active particles
- Signals of detailed balance violation
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Journal of the Optical Society of America A Issues Research Articles in July 1, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Journal of the Optical Society of America A, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features developments in classical optics, image science and vision, published research articles on the following topics in its July 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 41, Issue 7):
Research Articles:
* Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics
- Study of the lateral shift due to atmospheric refraction: alternative analytical methods, and new results
- Analytical study on the upward laser beam propagation in
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Journal of the Optical Society of America B Issues Research Articles in July 1, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Journal of the Optical Society of America B, a peer-reviewed journal from Optica that says it features the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 41, Issue 7):
Research Articles:
* Fiber Optics
- Higher-order beyond-band discrete solitons in binary waveguide arrays
- Soliton self-frequency shift prediction in amplifying fibers
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Math Celebration at Caltech Builds Community
PASADENA, California, July 5 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
In the Richard N. Merkin Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics high in Caltech Hall, the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) gathers mathematicians to solve confounding puzzles, often using only chalk. AIM carried that analog approach outside to celebrate its 30th birthday with a free public math party on the lawn beside Caltech Hall on June 29.
Hundreds of families and individuals turned ou
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Mathematical Breakthrough Set to Unlock Ocean Mysteries
PERTH, Australia, July 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news:
Researchers at The University of Western Australia's ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Transforming Energy Infrastructure through Digital Engineering (TIDE) have made a significant mathematical breakthrough that could help transform ocean research and technology.
Research Fellow Dr Lachlan Astfalck, from UWA's School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, and his team developed a n
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National Science Review Journal Issues Research Articles in June 2024 Edition
OXFORD, England, July 6 -- National Science Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features natural sciences, physics and mathematics, chemistry, life, earth, materials and information sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 6):
SPECIAL TOPIC: ORIGIN AND CYCLING OF VOLATILES IN HABITABLE PLANETS
GUEST EDITORIAL:
* Unraveling the mysteries of volatile cycling and habitability on Earth and beyond
PERSPECTIVE:
* EARTH SCIENCE
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Nature Reviews Physics Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
BERLIN, Germany, July 6 -- Nature Reviews Physics, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 7):
Comment:
* How technology made condensed matter physics boring
* The humanities can help make physics greener
Q&A:
* Engagement opportunities on the continuum between science and policy
Reviews:
* Liquid-metal experiments on geophysical and astrophysical phenomena
Perspectives:
* Topological magnetic and ferroelectric
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Plasma Processes & Polymers Journal Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 6 -- Plasma Processes and Polymers, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers fundamental and applied research in materials science, physics, chemistry and engineering in the area of plasma sources and plasma-based treatments, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 7):
RESEARCH ARTICLES:
* Impact of open-air processing on atmospheric pressure plasma deposition of poly(ethylene oxide) coatings for antifouling appl
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Professor Brian Plancher Leads New Research on Increasing the Global Accessibility of Machine Learning Education
NEW YORK, July 6 (TNSres) -- Barnard College issued the following news:
On May 20, 2024, Brian Plancher, assistant professor of computer science, led the publication of a new paper in the Proceedings of the AAAI 2024 Spring Symposium Series, alongside 41 collaborators affiliated with 35 institutions around the globe, titled "TinyML4D: Scaling Embedded Machine Learning Education in the Developing World (https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI-SS/article/view/31265)."
The article explores the challe
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Reports on Progress in Physics Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
BRISTOL, England, July 6 -- Reports on Progress in Physics, a journal that says it advances the science of astronomy and disseminates astronomical information, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 87, No. 7):
Papers:
* Mathematical and quantum physics
- Continuous and deterministic all-photonic cluster state of indistinguishable photons
* Particle physics
- Extracting the speed of sound in quark-gluon plasma with ultrarelativistic lead-lead coll
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Scientists Develop New Technique for Bespoke Optical Tweezers
EXETER, England, July 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news:
Scientists have developed a new way to trap small particles with light.
Building on the Nobel Prize winning technique of optical tweezers in 2016, (Arthur Ashkin, 2018), a team of physicists, lead by Dr David Phillips at the University of Exeter, has advanced the possibilities of optical trapping.
Conventional optical tweezers, developed in the 1980s, are a tightly focused laser beam which can attract and
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SciPost Physics Issues Research Articles in July 2024 Edition
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, July 6 -- 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 July 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 1):
* Returning CP-observables to the frames they belong
* Celestial sector in CFT: Conformally soft symmetries
* Optimal control of a quantum sensor: A fa
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Searching for Dark Matter With the Coldest Quantum Detectors in the World
LANCASTER, England, July 5 (TNSres) -- Lancaster University issued the following news:
One of the greatest mysteries of science could be one step closer to being solved.
Approximately 80% of the matter in the universe is dark, meaning that it cannot be seen. In fact, dark matter is passing through us constantly - possibly at a rate of trillions of particles per second.
We know it exists because we can see the effects of its gravity, but experiments to date have so far failed to detect it.
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Students Celebrate Completing International Research Fellowships
LONDON, England, July 5 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news:
By Corinne Farrell
The first cohort of research students supported by Imperial's Global Development Hub Fellowship have successfully completed their placements.
With the support of their supervisor in their home country and a host supervisor at Imperial, 32 students from 16 countries including Sri Lanka, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo undertook a variety of placements in all four of Imperia
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Three Gatton Academy Students Win Awards at Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, July 1 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news:
Gatton students Asa Ashley ('25, Bowling Green HS), Zahra Chasmawala ('25, duPont Manual HS), and Nikhil Kumar ('24, duPont Manual HS) were each awarded $500 at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Grand Awards Ceremony in May. The Regeneron ISEF, a program of Society for Science for over 70 years, is the world's largest global science competition for high school students. Throug
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Western PhD Student Joins Nobel Laureates to Discuss AI in Science
LONDON, Ontario, July 6 -- Western University issued the following news:
By Cynthia Fazio
When it comes to building trust with artificial intelligence (AI), Schulich Medicine & Dentistry student Jaryd Christie wants to make sure people have an in-depth understanding of the models they're using.
Christie, a PhD student in the department of medical biophysics, is sharing his insights at the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, as part of a panel on 'How to Preserve Trust in Science in the Age of
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