Physics Tipoffs from TNS
Accounts of Chemical Research Journal Issues Research Articles in Jan. 7, 2024, Edition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Accounts of Chemical Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on chemistry and biochemistry from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 58, Issue 1).
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* Development of New Methods of Studying Catalyst and Materials Surfaces with Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy
* Do-Nothing Prebiotic Chemistry: Chemical Kinetics as a Window into
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Alumnus Martin Karplus (PhD '54), Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 94
PASADENA, California, Jan. 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Theoretical chemist Martin Karplus (PhD '54) passed away December 28, 2024, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Karplus was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013 for work that laid the foundations for the field of computational chemistry, which uses advanced software to predict chemical processes using quantum mechanics. He was the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemist
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Applied Physics Letters Issues Research Articles in Dec. 23, 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 8 -- Applied Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 125, Issue 26).
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PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS
* Narrow-bandgap titanium sesquioxide with resonant metasurfaces for enhanced infrared absorption
* Investigation of the origin of atomic-like emission at 4.09 eV from h-BN by correlating PL and XPS
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Cardiff University: Origins of Black Holes Revealed in Their Spin, Study Finds
CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Cardiff University issued the following news:
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The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research.
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The study, led by scientists at Cardiff University, tests the idea that many of the black holes observed by astronomers have merged multiple times within densely populated environments containing millions of stars.
The team examined the public catalogue of 69 gravitational wa
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DOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Jennifer Doudna Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news:
Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a faculty scientist at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a professor at UC Berkeley, has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor for technological achievement. The award is bestowed by the president of the United
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European Physical Journal Plus Issues Research Articles in January 2025 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- The European Physical Journal Plus, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features geophysics, astrophysics, mathematical and quantum physics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 140, Issue 1).
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* Determination of resistivity of permanent magnets by AC susceptibility measurements
* Effect of coupling strength and phase lag asymmetries in two-populations with higher-order inter
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Food & Function Journal Issues Research Articles in Jan. 7, 2025 Edition
LONDON, England, Jan. 8 -- 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 Jan. 7, 2025, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 1).
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Review Article
* The neurotoxicity of acrylamide in ul
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January Update from the President
BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news:
The below message was sent to faculty, staff, and students on January 7, 2025.
Dear Bryn Mawr College Community,
A warm welcome to 2025 and to the familiar (and new) routines this year may bring. I hope the end of 2024 brought rest and you enjoyed yesterday's snow day. I slept for much of the first few days of the break. Then there was time with family, too much sugar, a few days away, and a lot of reading, inclu
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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab: Nimble Cellular Networks Keep Tactical Users Connected
LAUREL, Maryland, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release:
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is contributing to the development of a prototype miniaturized cellular system that may one day keep warfighters and first responders connected in austere environments.
The goal of the Standalone On-the-Move Advanced Relay (SOAR) program is to design a 5G system small enough to be carried in a dro
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Johns Hopkins, Howard University Team Up to Advance Health Equity
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
A collaborative effort to eliminate cancer health disparities among African Americans and other underserved populations in the Washington, D.C., area is being reignited at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Howard University Cancer Center.
The Howard-Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Alliance in Cancer Research, Education and Equity (H2CAREE) builds on collaborations between the institutions
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Ramping Up the Scale of Climate and Energy Technology
LIVERMORE, California, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
One of the biggest challenges implementing energy and climate technologies is actually scaling it up to deploy it.
While scale-up has largely been the domain of industrial R&D teams, advances in modelling and experimental techniques increasingly allow early-stage researchers like those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to contribute to the process.
In
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Mathematics Journal Issues Research Articles in Vol. 13, Issue 1
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Mathematics, peer-reviewed open access journal that says it provides an advanced forum for studies related to mathematical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 13, Issue 1).
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* Article - A Comparison of Three Real-Time Shortest Path Models in Dynamic Interval Graph
* Article - A Formal Approach to Optimally Configure a Fully Connected Multilayer Hybrid Neural Netwo
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NVIDIA Expands Omniverse With Generative Physical AI
SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 8 -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025:
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* New Models, Including Cosmos World Foundation Models, and Omniverse Mega Factory and Robotic Digital Twin Blueprint Lay the Foundation for Industrial AI
* Leading Developers Accenture, Altair, Ansys, Cadence, Microsoft and Siemens Among First to Adopt Platform Libraries
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CES -- NVIDIA today
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NVIDIA Launches Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform to Accelerate Physical AI Development
SANTA CLARA, California, Jan. 8 -- NVIDIA, a designer of graphics processing units for the gaming, cryptocurrency and professional markets, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025:
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* New State-of-the-Art Models, Video Tokenizers and an Accelerated Data Processing Pipeline, Optimized for NVIDIA Data Center GPUs, Are Purpose-Built for Developing Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
* First Wave of Open Models Available Now to Developer Community
* Global Physical AI Leaders 1X, Agile
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Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Two Journals
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release:
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Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Two Journals
WASHINGTON --Optica Publishing Group is pleased to announce that Irina Novikova and Siddharth Ramachandran have been appointed as the new Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of the Optical Society of America B (JOSA B) and Optics Express respectively. The Editors began their tenure on 1 January
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Optics Express Journal Issues Research Articles in Dec. 30, 2024 Edition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- 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 Dec. 30, 2024, edition (Vol. 32, Issue 27).
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Research Articles
- Coherence, Statistical Optics, and Scattering
* Spatial coherence of synchrotron radiation degraded by grating monochromators
* Quantum statistics of
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Palomar Observatory Produces New and Improved "Rainbows" for Astronomers
PASADENA, California, Jan. 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
On November 8, astronomers at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in the mountains above San Diego directed a brand-new spectrograph instrument to capture data from a newfound supernova. The resulting spectrum--a detailed look at the rainbow of different light wavelengths emanating from the erupting star--delighted many of the Caltech team members, who have been working on the instrument since 2017.
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Reining in runaway electrons: Summit study could help solve fusion dilemma
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
At temperatures hotter than the sun, even a small disruption can interfere with a fusion reaction.
Scientists planning for the operations of ITER, an international fusion plant now under assembly, needed to solve the problem of runaway electrons, negatively charged particles in the soup of matter in the plasma within the tokamak, a kind of magnetic bottle that confin
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Reining in runaway electrons: Summit study could help solve fusion dilemma
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Simulations performed on ORNL's Summit supercomputer may point to a solution for the problem of runaway electrons inside a fusion reactor's tokamak. The study suggests the Alfven wave, left, a ripple-like fluctuation of the magnetic field within the reactor's plasma, could be used to disperse the electrons, right. Credit: Chang Liu, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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Remote Sensing Journal Issues Research Articles in Vol. 17, Issue 1
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Remote Sensing, a peer-reviewed open access journal about the science and application of remote sensing technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 1).
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* Article - A Novel Architecture for Addressing the Throughput Bottleneck in Spaceborne Solid-State Recorder for Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensors
* Article - A Novel Tornado Detection Algorithm Based on XGBoos
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Science & Tech Spotlight: Quantum Sensors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report:
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Highlights
Why This Matters
Precise measurements can support major improvements in medicine, defense, and research. Quantum sensors have the potential to make a wide variety of measurements with unprecedented precision.
Key Takeaways
Quantum sensors are the most mature form of quantum technology, but some sensors require further improvements in reliability and cost-eff
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Science & Tech Spotlight: Quantum Sensors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report:
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Skip to Highlights
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Why This Matters
Precise measurements can support major improvements in medicine, defense, and research. Quantum sensors have the potential to make a wide variety of measurements with unprecedented precision.
Key Takeaways
* Quantum sensors are the most mature form of quantum technology, but some sensors require further improvements
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SUNY-Geneseo: 2024 Year in Review
GENESEO, New York, Jan. 8 (TNSwrap) -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following Year in Review:
2024 was an exciting year for SUNY Geneseo! We welcomed nearly a thousand new students, added new majors and minors to our academic roster, and cheered on our talented teams.
With so many big events, it was hard to choose only ten and leave as honorable mention things like the establishment of our new School of Arts and Sciences and the announcement that President Deni
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Synthese Journal Issues Research Articles in Vol. 205, Issue 1
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Synthese, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on issues in epistemology, philosophy of science and related fields, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 205, Issue 1):
* Effective theory building and manifold learning
* Epistemic oppression and the concept of coercion in psychiatry
* Faith is weakly positive
* Frege's platonism and mathematical creation: some new perspectives
* Husserl and the marks of th
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Top 2024 Research Stories: Matching Dinosaur Footprints, Advancing Semiconductor Innovation and More
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following Top 2024 research stories:
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Here are some of SMU research's highlights from 2024.
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Unlike the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse we had last year, SMU researchers were anything but rare in major media outlets in 2024. From findings that could alter the history of early Americans to advances in AI and early disease detection, here are some of this year's highlights:
Matching dinosaur footprint
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Ultra-deep drilling reveals mysteries of Japan tsunami
ITHACA, New York, Jan. 6 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
An international marine research team guided by Cornell expertise has successfully completed an ambitious drilling project to investigate the plate boundary fault that ruptured during the Tohoku earthquake that devastated Japan in 2011.
At an extreme water depth of 7 kilometers, the team used the Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu to drill a series of deep boreholes, including a sub-seafloor borehole observatory that inter
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Universe Journal Issues Research Articles in Vol. 10, Issue 12
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Universe, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it focuses on fundamental principles in physics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 10, Issue 12).
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* Article - An Analysis of Variance of the Pantheon+ Dataset: Systematics in the Covariance Matrix?
* Article - Cosmologies with Perfect Fluids and Scalar Fields in Einstein's Gravity: Phantom Scalars and Nonsingular Uni
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Licenses Ocean Technology to ARMADA Marine Robotics
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release:
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is proud to announce the execution of two exclusive license agreements with ARMADA Marine Robotics, a WHOI spin-off company co-founded by WHOI engineers Robin Littlefield and Jeff Kaeli. These agreements mark a significant milestone in WHOI's efforts to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of transformative ocean t
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