NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society that says it includes issue formulation, analysis and modeling, decision making and issue interpretation for any of the systems engineering lifecycle phases, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 1, Part 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Kinematics Method of Hyper-Redundant Man  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: The missing ingredient for cooking up stars has been spotted for the first time by an international team led by astronomers at Imperial College. Much like a pressure cooker has a weight on top of its lid to keep the pressure in and get your festive dessert dense, moist and ready to eat, merging galaxies may need magnetic fields to create the ideal conditions for star formation. Until now, however, the exi  more

PARIS, France, Dec. 21 -- The International Science Council issued the following news: * * * The International Science Council is pleased to announce the establishment of its Expert Group on Oceans. The group will work to ensure that robust scientific evidence informs the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) and its outcomes, advancing the promotion of ocean sustainability. The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 2025 or UNOC-3) will be held in Nice, France, from 9 - 13 June 2025, co-hosted  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: Queen Mary University of London physicist Professor Chris White, along with his twin brother Professor Martin White from the University of Adelaide, have discovered a surprising connection between the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the future of quantum computing. For decades, scientists have been striving to build "quantum computers" that leverage the bizarre laws of quantum mechanics to achieve f  more

HELSINKI, Finland, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The Research Council of Finland issued the following news release: The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has granted funding for twelve research projects within a scheme that supports international collaboration in high-performance computing. The total funding, granted for the period 2025-2027, comes to around 7 million euros. The funding supports the use of EuroHPC's high-performance computing resources and the LUMI supercomputer within the framework of   more

GUILFORD, England, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: Half a decade on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study by the University of Surrey highlights the significant impact of combined public health measures in reducing airborne viral transmission. High-quality face masks were shown to reduce transmission risk by ninefold, while doubling indoor air ventilation cut the risk by nearly a third, providing valuable insights to support future prev  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Research offers potential understanding of habitability on ocean worlds in the outer solar system * * * A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. This has important implications for understanding the origin of these vents and assessing the global-scale impact of hydrothermal acti  more