Physics Tipoffs from TNS
114 Husker Undergrads Receive Stipends for Summer Research Projects
LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news:
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 114 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.
Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,640 to engage in intensive research or creat
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A New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news on July 23, 2024:
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Researchers at Berkeley Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron successfully made superheavy element 116 using a beam of titanium-50. That milestone sets the team up to attempt making the heaviest element yet: 120.
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Key Takeaways
* Scientists at Berkeley Lab have successfully made known element 116 (livermorium) using a titanium beam for the first time
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At New Observatory, Yale Expertise Helps Probe the 'Infant Universe'
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 24 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news:
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Special software designed, built, and tested at Yale is crucial to the success of the new Simons Observatory in Chile.
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By Jim Shelton
Whether she's shuttling between meetings at Yale's Wright Lab or conferring with colleagues around the world, Laura Newburgh's thoughts of late rarely stray far from the Simons Observatory in northern Chile.
The new, $110 million observatory -- funded by the no
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Broad Institute: #WhyIScience Q&A - A Mechanical Engineer Builds Microscopes to Give New Spatial Views of Cells and Tissues
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Broad Institute issued the following Q&A on July 23, 2024, by Lindsey Erion-Barner, scientist and microscope builder in the spatial technology platform:
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Lindsey Erion-Barner describes her efforts to develop and share innovative tools in the Spatial Technology Platform
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By Leah Eisenstadt
At some point during her education, self-described "space nerd" Lindsey Erion-Barner traded gazing through telescopes for peering into microscopes. "There
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Chemical & Biomedical Imaging Issues Research Articles in July 22, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Chemical and Biomedical Imaging, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features chemistry, physics, biology, engineering and medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its July 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 2, Issue 7):
REVIEWS:
* Gold Nanoclusters as High Resolution NIR-II Theranostic Agents
ARTICLES:
* Microtopography-Induced Nuclear Deformation Triggers Chromatin Reorganization and Cytoskeleton Remodeling
* Developi
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Cleveland State's Operation STEM Program Receives Insight Into Diversity Magazine's 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 24 -- Cleveland State University issued the following news:
Cleveland State University's (CSU) Operation STEM program (OpSTEM) received the 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors colleges and universities that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, en
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Creating Loops of Liquid Lithium for Fusion Temperature Control
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news:
Fusion vessels have a Goldilocks problem: The plasma within needs to be hot enough to generate net power, but if it's too hot, it can damage the vessel's interior. Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are exploring ways to draw away excess heat, including several methods that use liquid metal.
One possibility, say researchers at the U.S. Depar
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DOE's First Hybrid Research Vessel, Resilience, Arrives in Sequim
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news on July 22, 2024:
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The vessel will help scientists and engineers conduct research more quietly and sustainably in Sequim Bay and surrounding waters
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SEQUIM, Wash.--The Department of Energy's first hybrid electric-diesel research vessel arrived Friday, July 19 from Seattle, docking at the John Wayne Marina.
The vessel, named RV Resilience, will be managed an
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Johns Hopkins APL's Burke Selected for Prestigious Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
LAUREL, Maryland, July 24 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release:
Paul Burke, a computational physicist and aerospace engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been selected to participate in the 2024 National Academies Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Sponsored by The Grainger Foundation, the event will bring together 76 of the nation's most promising early-career engineers to discuss pioneer
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Leaders in the Evolution of the Liberal Arts and Sciences: SCHEV Approves New W&M School
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, July 24 -- William and Mary issued the following news on July 23, 2024:
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W&M's School of Computing, Data Sciences, and Physics brings together four high-performing programs
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By Antonella Di Marzio
The evolution of the liberal arts and sciences took a significant step forward Tuesday.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved William & Mary's School of Computing, Data Sciences, and Physics. The school aligns with W&M's academic mis
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Machine Learning Advances the Clean-Energy Economy
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Los Alamos Scientists Used Machine Learning To Explore The Effects Of Cushion Gasses On Underground Hydrogen Storage
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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are developing powerful machine learning models -- an application of artificial intelligence -- to simulate underground hydrogen storage operations under various cushion gas scenarios. This will play a v
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Microwave Popcorn to Particle Accelerators: Magnetrons Show Promise as Radiofrequency Source
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 24 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on July 23, 2024:
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The small but mighty gadget could help make massive research machines more efficient and enable future industrial applications. It has a pretty fascinating past, as well.
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A pocket-size gizmo that puts the "pop" in microwave popcorn could soon fuel particle accelerators of the future.
The small but mighty device is a magnetron - a
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New 3D reconstruction method aids analysis of property-defining defects
ITHACA, New York, July 23 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
An international research collaboration, including a group from Cornell Engineering, has applied a new X-ray-based reconstruction technique to observe, for the first time, topological defects in a nanoscale self-assembly-based cubic network structure of a polymer-metal composite material imaged over a relatively large sample volume.In the future this technique and new materials insights could be applied to the study of o
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NSF Backs AI Model to Enhance Safety of Offshore Wind Turbine Installation
ORONO, Maine, July 24 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
Between late 2019 and early 2020, workers were installing offshore wind turbines (OWTs) off the coasts of Germany in the North Sea that would provide 200 megawatts of offshore wind power.
Amid rough ocean waves and high winds, a jack-up crane vessel would lift a blade several hundred meters high to connect it to the top of the tower, one of the most critical stages in OWT construction. Before the blade could b
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NSWCDD Modeling & Simulation proves beneficial to the warfighter
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news:
Showcasing Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's (NSWCDD) technical rigor in a wartime posture drew 350-plus professionals to its Modeling & Simulation (M&S) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Summit July 16-18 at University of Mary Washington's Dahlgren Campus.
Dahlgren Division, Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Of
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Or Hen: Getting to the Core of the Matter
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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To understand how everything from atoms to neutron stars behave, he says, requires "abstracting away the details to see main principles that drive everything."
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By Jennifer Chu, MIT News
Every now and then, Or Hen, who recently received tenure as an associate professor of physics at MIT, will refer back to a file that he has kept since middle school.
The file is a
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PC Students Present at 20th Annual S.C. Upstate Research Symposium
CLINTON, South Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- Presbyterian College issued the following news:
Presbyterian College students continue to demonstrate their public commitment to research after participating last spring in the 20th annual S.C. Upstate Research Symposium.
Held on USC Upstate's campus in Spartanburg, the event inspired the largest turnout of student presentations from all across the state, including a dozen students from PC.
Professor of chemistry Dr. Latha Gearheart said the sympos
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PNNL Scientists Tap Nation's Fastest Computers to Explore Critical Science Questions
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Projects focusing on pathogens, climate science and electronics are in the queue
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RICHLAND, Wash.--Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been awarded more than 3 million node hours on the nation's most powerful computers to explore questions around pathogens, climate and energy-efficient microelectronics.
Acc
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Putting Ethical Guidelines in Place for Portable MRI Research
NEW YORK, July 24 (TNSres) -- The Dana Foundation issued the following news:
By Kayt Sukel
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a radiologic imaging technique that uses a combination of magnetic fields and radio waves to generate images of organs inside the body, has provided neuroscientists with a unique window into the living brain, revolutionizing the field's understanding of both the brain's structure and function.
Over the past 40 years, thanks to advances in physics and engineering, improv
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Search begins for next College of Engineering dean
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 23 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
A search-and-screen committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for the next Grainger Dean of the College of Engineering. Paul Wilson, professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics in the College of Engineering, is chairing the search committee.
Ian Robertson has served as dean since 2013 and announced in April that he will return to the faculty when a success
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Spontaneous supercrystal discovered in switching metal-insulator
ITHACA, New York, July 23 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A supercrystal formation previously unobserved in a metal-insulating material was discovered by a Cornell-led research team, potentially unlocking new ways to engineer materials and devices with tunable electronic properties.
The researchers showed that the atomic structure in the thin-film Mott insulator Ca2RuO4 part of a unique family of materials that can switch between being a metal and an insulator due to quantum e
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Toyota Research Institute and Stanford Engineering Achieve World's First Fully Autonomous Tandem Drift Sequence
PLANO, Texas, July 24 -- Toyota Motor Sales USA issued the following news:
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AI-Powered Research Aims to Improve Driving Safety
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LOS ALTOS, Calif. (July 23, 2024) -- Today, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Stanford Engineering announced a world first in driving research: autonomously drifting two cars in tandem.
For nearly seven years, the teams have collaborated on research to make driving safer. The experiments automate a motorsports maneuver called "drifting," where a driver
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University of Vienna - Kyoto University Strategic Partnership Symposium 2024
KYOTO, Japan, July 24 -- Kyoto University issued the following news:
Kyoto University co-hosted the University of Vienna-Kyoto University Strategic Partnership Joint Symposium 2024, which was held at the University of Vienna. Kyoto University and the University of Vienna have actively promoted academic collaboration and exchange since the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between the two institutions in 1993. Links were further deepened by the conclusion of a Strategic Partnership Agreement
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Unraveling How Potassium Bound to Soil Minerals is Made Bioavailable for Uptake by Plants
WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news:
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A combination of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and computational methods revealed the unique bonding environment of potassium associated with organic acids.
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The Science
Potassium is an essential element for plant growth. However, soils generally have low amounts of potassium readily available to plants. Luckily, soils contain potas
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