COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 31 -- Applied Physics Letters, a journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 29, 2024, edition (Vol. 125, Issue 5): PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS: * Valley-Hall photonic crystal waveguides under non-Hermitian active defect * Micro-transfer printed high-speed InP-based electro-absorption modulator on silicon-on-insulator * Strong terahertz pulse induced Pockels and Kerr effect in crystalline quart  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Thirty-two University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences. "These awards recognize excellence in faculty research, academics, and outreach at various stages of their schola  more

LONDON, England, July 30 -- Food and Function, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and other food scientists to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 15): * Insights into chemical components, health-promoting effects, and processing impact of golden  more

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, July 31 (TNSres) -- Leiden University issued the following news: Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO Open Competition grants in the Science domain. This is for research into subjects such as immune cells in tumours, antibiotic resistance and magnetic semiconductors. Two of the grants are from the Open Competition Science-M programme and two are from the Open Competition Science-XS programme. M grants are for innovated, high-quality, funamental  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, July 31 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release: Approximately 75 High Point University students recently wrapped up summer research projects that they had conducted with 40 faculty mentors. On July 25-26, students presented their findings through culminating events that focused on building presentation and communication skills. The programs are SuRI (Summer Research Institute), SuRPS (Summer Research Programs in the Sciences), and SuRF (  more

THOUSAND OAKS, California, July 31 -- The Journal for the History of Astronomy, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features branches of mathematics and physics and the use of historical records in the service of astronomy, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 2): * On some early Latin European measurements of the eccentricity of the solar orbit (1308-1314) * Dia ton grammon: Hipparchus on simultaneous risings and settings * The artful e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The Journal of Climate, a journal from the American Meteorological Society that focuses on a basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on a large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface and cryosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 16): REVIEW: * Disagreement on the North Atlantic Cold Blob Formation Mechanisms among Climate Models  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- 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 August 2024 edition (Vol. 152, Issue 8 ): * Comparison of Tornado Damage Characteristics to Low-Altitude WSR-88D Radar Observations and Implications for Tornado Intensity Estimation * Improving Short-Term, Near-Surface Temperature For  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 31 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * North, who joined the Yale faculty in 2009, is chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. * * * Paul North, a renowned scholar whose research spans the fields of critical theory, the history of philosophy, comparative literatures, and political economy, was recently appointed the Maurice Natanson Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures.   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Optics Express, a peer-reviewed journal from the Optical Society that emphasizes scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 29, 2024, edition (Vol. 32, Issue 16). Here are excerpts: * * * ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OPTICS EXPRESS: * Coherence, Statistical Optics, and Scattering - Propagation dynamics of orbital angular momentum beams under the hazy scattering environment   more

BRISTOL, England, July 30 -- Physics in Medicine and Biology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine that says it features developments and applications of physics to medicine, physiology and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 69, No. 15): * Clinical applicability of Linac-integrated CBCT based NIPAM 3D dosimetry: a dual-institutional investigation * In vivo quantitative SPECT imaging of act  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, July 31 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton's graduate program in physics is young but mighty, and home to transformative research * * * Look at a flat substance on the atomic scale, and you will find a strange new world that bears little resemblance to what you see with the naked eye. "When you look at an atomic level, a material isn't perfectly flat with perfect edges," explained Binghamton University Associate Professor of P  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 31 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a protocol for harnessing the power of quantum sensors. The protocol could give sensor designers the ability to fine-tune quantum systems to sense signals of interest, creating sensors that are vastly more sensitive than traditional sensors. "Quantum sensing shows promise for   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 30 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following agency statement on July 29, 2024: * * * Researchers who study belief dynamics often use analogies to understand and model the complex cognitive-social systems that underly why we believe the things we do and how those beliefs can change over time. Ideas can be transmitted like a virus, for instance, "infecting" a population as they spread from person to person. We might be drawn -- like magnets -- to others with  more

PERTH, Australia, July 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: World-leading researchers in hypertension, mitochondrial genomics and disease, and plant genetics are among 18 finalists from The University of Western Australia in this year's Premier's Science Awards. Three of the four finalists in the WA Scientist of the Year category are affiliated with UWA: Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, Professor Jacqueline Batley and Professor Markus Schlaich. Profess  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Dan Hooper, PhD, has been selected as the new director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC). Hooper will begin his role at WIPAC on Sept. 9 and as director will report to the Vice Chancellor for Research. Hooper will have a joint faculty appointment with the Department of Physics. Hooper is a Senior Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Professor o  more