PASADENA, California, July 19 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: About 1,000 Southern Californians listened as Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne (BS '62) reached across history, physics, and astronomy to highlight characters and discoveries that changed humanity's understanding of space and time. Thorne's July 12 talk, "An Odyssey Through the Warped Side of Our Universe," marked the 100th in Caltech Astro's Stargazing Lecture Series. It was followed by a Q&A, a panel   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release: * * * Collaboration optimizes Ansys solutions and AI capabilities, boosts simulation speeds up to 1,600x * * * Key Highlights * Turnkey hardware optimized for Ansys multiphysics simulation provides flexible configurations through collaborations with Supermicro and NVIDIA * Supercharged simulation reduces time-to-market and facilitates rich design exploration for a  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- 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 July 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 13). Here are excerpts: * * * ARTICLES: * Fabrication of NIR-II-Responsive Polydextran Aldehyde/Gelatin/Gold Nanoparticle-Decorated Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Hydrogels for Antibacterial  more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics B, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it covers the developments and achievements in all branches of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 33, No. 7). Here are excerpts: * * * Special Topic: * Computational programs for physics - FL-Online: An x-ray crystallographic web-server for atomic-scale structure analysis of biomolecule * Rapid communication - Cryo-EM co  more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics B, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it covers the developments and achievements in all branches of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 33, No. 6). Here are excerpts: * * * Topical Review: * Valleytronics - Gate-field control of valley polarization in valleytronics Special Topic: * Heat conduction and its related interdisciplinary areas - Theoretical study   more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics B, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it covers the developments and achievements in all branches of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 33, No. 5). Here are excerpts: * * * * Remote sensing image encryption algorithm based on novel hyperchaos and an elliptic curve cryptosystem * Novel self-embedding holographic watermarking image encryption protection scheme *   more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics C, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it covers research into the theory and experiment of particle physics, nuclear physics, particle and nuclear astrophysics and cosmology, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 48, No. 7): * Calibration of the cryogenic measurement system of a resonant haloscope cavity * Rediscovery of numerical Luscher's formula from the neural network *  more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it provides research in all fields of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 41, No. 6): * Magnetic Nonreciprocity in a Hybrid Device of Asymmetric Artificial Spin-Ice-Superconductors * Dissipation-Driven Superradiant Phase Transition of a Two-Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Double Cavity * Enhanced Spin-Orbit To  more

BEIJING, China, July 20 -- Chinese Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it provides research in all fields of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 41, No. 5): * Random Green's Function Method for Large-Scale Electronic Structure Calculation * Influence of High-Pressure Induced Lattice Dislocations and Distortions on Thermoelectric Performance of Pristine SnTe * Experimental Investigation of L  more

NOVELTY, Ohio, July 20 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news: An improved technique for analyzing single-atom defect structures and minor electron behavior disturbance in semiconductor and other materials has been demonstrated by researchers in Japan. The time-resolved atomic force microscopy (AFM) system overcomes the time resolution limitations of currently used scanning tunneling microscopy methods. Combining AFM with ultrashort laser pulse technology enables measurement o  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * University of Birmingham academics awarded Future Leaders Fellowships to support ambitious research, with a combined funding total of more than pound sterling6.9 million. * * * Four University of Birmingham academics have been awarded Future Leaders Fellowships from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to support their ambitious research with a combined funding total of more than pound sterli  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 18 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination involving the Southern Illinois University. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers Southern Illinois University's (University) Compliance Examination for the year ended June 30, 2023. Separate digests covering the University's Financial Audit and Single Audit were previously released on March 5, 2024 and March 28, 2024. In total, this report contains 17 findings, 2 of   more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 20 -- 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 July 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 4): ARTICLES: * Bioenergy and Biofuels - Environmental and performance impacts of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate and ethanol in diesel blends: A comprehensi  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 20 -- 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 May 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 3): REVIEW ARTICLES: * Ancillary services from wind and solar energy in modern power grids: A comprehensive review and simulation study ARTICLES:   more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, July 20 -- The Cameron University Foundation issued the following news release: The Cameron University Foundation has established the John McArthur President's Distinguished Scholarship, thanks to the generosity of The McMahon Foundation, which has provided a gift of $25,000 for the endowment. The scholarship honors John McArthur, CU's 17th president. "On behalf of the Cameron University Foundation, I want to thank the trustees of the McMahon Foundation for their undying supp  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 20 -- Physics Today, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 77, Issue 7): Readers' Forum: * Live streaming a radio-telescope observation of the solar eclipse * Beyond the cinematic feat: Consequences Oppenheimer ignored Search and Discovery * Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once * A new route to synthetic diamond * Ultralow-f  more

LONDON, England, July 20 (TNSres) -- The Royal Holloway-University of London issued the following news: Professor Jennifer Thomas has been inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway, University of London, in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to particle physics and her enduring impact on the scientific community. The honorary fellowship was conferred by Professor Julie Sanders, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Royal Holloway, at a graduation ceremony on Thursday 18 July 2024.  more

LONDON, England, July 20 -- Public Understanding of Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers inter-relationships between science, including technology and medicine and the public, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 4): Articles: * Online politicizations of science: Contestation versus denialism at the convergence between COVID-19 and climate science on Twitter * Dealing with dissent from the medical ranks: Public health aut  more