Physics Tipoffs from TNS
#SoCaltech: Drew Miles
PASADENA, California, Dec. 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
"My first exposure to suborbital rockets was during my second undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa--my first degree there was actually in business, and then I went back to school later for an astronomy and physics degree after taking some science classes on the side. I never really thought about doing experimental astronomy, and I didn't know what the career path looked like. But I reall
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2024 NMSU Research Expenditures Reach $140 Million-Plus: A&S Departments See Substantial Gains
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
With New Mexico State University on track to become an R1-designated research institution in 2025, the university is also well ahead of its research expenditure goal.
Preliminary numbers collected for the National Science Foundation's Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey indicate that in 2024, NMSU has had $141 million in research expenditures, or funds spent to conduct
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2024 Year in Review
PASADENA, California, Dec. 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
As 2024 draws to a close, we look back at some of the Caltech-led discoveries and innovations from throughout the past year. This research extends our understanding of the natural world, enhances researchers ability to probe ever further the mysteries of the universe, and advances new technologies and approaches aimed at diagnosing and treating diseases, building a more sustainable world, and harn
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Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issues Research Articles in Dec. 16, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Advanced Functional Materials, a peer-review journal produced in Weinheim, Germany, that says it reports on breakthrough research in all aspects of materials science, including nanotechnology, chemistry, physics and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 16, 2024, edition (Vol. 34, Issue 51).
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* Upcycling of Waste Materials for the Development of Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powere
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Advanced Photonics Research Journal Issues Research Articles in December 2024 Edition
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 17 -- Advanced Photonics Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features photonics research in optics, physics, biophotonics, electrooptics, quantum photonics, on-chip photonics, nanophotonics, optofluidics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 12).
Here are excerpts of the topics:
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* Chiral Emission from Optical Metasurfaces and Metacavities
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* High-Res
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ANS Publishes New Standards
LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news:
The following standards from the American Nuclear Society were published in 2024 and are available in the ANS Store:
ANS-3.11-2024, Determining Meteorological Information at Nuclear Facilities (revision of ANS-3.11-2015; R2020)
This standard provides the identification of which meteorological parameters should be measured relative to the specific monitoring program objectives, meteorological
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Austrian Institute of Technology: Experts Invited to Quantum Satellites Network Symposium
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 17 -- Austrian Institute of Technology issued the following news:
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) are hosting a symposium to explore space-based solutions for global quantum networks.
Will held on 6-7 March 2025 in Vienna, the two-day event will showcase Austrian expertise in satellite communications whilst promoting international collaboration to shape the future of secure, long-distance quantum networks. Event partners in
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Cyclotron Road Companies Exceed $3B in Follow-On Funding
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news:
Cyclotron Road, an entrepreneurial fellowship program at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab), recently hit a significant milestone. Less than 18 months after surpassing $1 billion, the companies led by Cyclotron Road entrepreneurial fellows past and present have now exceeded $3 billion in total follow-on funding. Companies have secured this new funding from private a
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Ferrari honored as IEEE senior member
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Maximiliano Ferrari, a researcher in the Grid Systems Architecture group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to prestigious senior membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
Senior status is awarded to only 10% of institute members. This highest level of membership is reserved for those wh
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Fluids Journal Issues Research Articles in Vol. 9, Issue 12
BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 18 -- Fluids, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features fluid dynamic theory and its applications and fluid simulation, modeling and experimentation in chemical, physical and biological processes, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 12).
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* Article - A Chamfered Anchor Impeller Design for Enhanced Efficiency in Agitating Viscoplastic Fluids
* Article - A Mixed-Elast
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Iowa State University: 2024 Year in Review
AMES, Iowa, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following Year in Review:
As 2024 comes to an end, the Iowa State University News Service team is looking back and sharing some of its favorite and more popular stories of the year. Click on each headline to read the full story.
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Students crisscross 'Tornado Alley,' chasing storms, learning lessons (https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2024/06/11/stormobservation)
A new course took 13 Iowa State students and their three instr
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Jefferson Lab Devotes $3 Million to Testing New Ideas
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release:
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Thirteen proof of principle projects are moving forward with R&D funding
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"What If?" is more than a comic book storyline: It's one of the most important questions that a scientist can explore. But often, the what if questions may seem too tangential, too grandiose, or too pie in the sky to spend time and money on, when there are so many ot
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: A Look Back at the First Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiment in 1974
LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
Fifty years ago in December 1974, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)'s inertial confinement fusion (ICF) program blasted a glass ball so tiny it was hardly visible to the human eye. The experiment was small, but the result was enormous.
"It was the simplest possible experiment to achieve thermonuclear fusion," said LLNL senior scientist John Lindl.
This
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MIT Spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems Unveils Plans for the World's First Fusion Power Plant
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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The company has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
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By Zach Winn, MIT News
America is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) that it plans to build the world's first grid-scal
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MITRE, Montana State University Collaborate to Accelerate Advances in Rare Earth Minerals to Fuel Quantum Research
BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, issued the following news release:
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MITRE and Montana State University (MSU) are conducting joint research that includes pursuing alternative domestic sources to the rare earth elements used today in developing quantum technology applications.
Under an agreement signed in August, the two organizations are also collaborating to identify emp
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Quieting the noise to bridge the quantum gap
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Quantum computing may well be a vital component of our technological future. But to understand where we are in its current development, it may be easier to try to draw historical parallels to other technologies in their infancies, sitting on the verge of the now famous breakthroughs that they achieved.
Consider the Wright Brothers. Their landmark flight of their Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, traveled only 8
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SfN, Kavli Foundation Launch Webinar Series on Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Society for Neuroscience issued the following news release:
SfN and The Kavli Foundation announced a new, four-part webinar series, "Neural Adaptation in Changing Ecosystems," aimed at increasing awareness and knowledge about the science of neurobiology and changing environments. This one-year training program will begin in January 2025 with an inaugural webinar followed by three additional webinars throughout 2025.
The webinar series will explore different modes of
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Transforming Matter: Researchers Create Perfect Crystals From Amorphous Blobs
MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- SRI International issued the following news:
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SRI aims to create a new electronic device class made of two or more semiconductors.
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Over the past 75 years, semiconductors have changed the world. Silicon is the best known, but other semiconductors offer attractive electronic properties that silicon does not. For instance, silicon can't emit light or operate at high frequencies. Researchers have long tried to integrate two or more disparate
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U.S. Postal Service Announces More Stamp Subjects for 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024:
The U.S. Postal Service today announced more stamps it will release in 2025. This is a partial list, with additional subjects to be announced in the coming weeks and months. These designs are preliminary and may change.
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Powwows: Celebrating Native American Culture
The Postal Service strives to tell the stories of all Americans on its stamps, and issuing stamps that honor the living cultur
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University of California San Diego Supercomputer Center: Supercomputer Sims Illustrate Impact of Ocean Waves on Offshore Wind Turbine Efficiency
LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego Supercomputer Center issued the following news release:
Using the Expanse system at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), part of the new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS) at UC San Diego, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Mechanical Engineering Professor Umberto Ciri has taken a deep dive into understanding how waves affect offshore wind turbines. Applying a powerful method called
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West Virginia Wesleyan College December Graduates Encouraged to 'Keep Dreaming Big'
BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Dec. 17 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news:
BUCKHANNON, West Virginia Twenty-six Fall Semester West Virginia Wesleyan College graduates were recently recognized at a program commemorating their academic achievement. All Fall graduates are invited to walk in the May 10 Commencement.
President of West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. James Moore asked graduates to think about the faculty, staff, fellow students, friends and family who helped them
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With DoD grant, Cornell to enhance semiconductor supply chain resilience
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 17 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Amid a rise in threats to international semiconductor supply chains, the Brooks Tech Policy Institute (BTPI) has received $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, which will work to assess and improve the resilience of the global interconnected network of semiconductor infrastructure.
Sarah Kreps, the founding director of BTPI in the Cornell Jeb E. Brook
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