Physics Tipoffs from TNS
APS Releases Report on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Removal
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- The American Physical Society issued the following news release:
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Technologies hold promise, but come at a cost
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Washington, DC - January 27, 2025 -- Novel carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies are increasingly being considered as potentially useful tools to combat climate change. For specific atmospheric carbon dioxide management targets to be achieved, large-scale CDR strategies may be needed, even with aggressive efforts to reduce
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Astronomy Journal Issues Research Articles in December 2024 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 27 -- Astronomy, a peer-reviewed journal on astrophysics, astroparticle physics, cosmology and gravitational physics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 3, Issue 4).
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* Axion Mass and the Ground State of Deconfining SU(2) Yang-Mills Thermodynamics
* The Complex Structure of the Abell 548-Abell 3367 Region
* Towards the Particle Spectrum, Tickled by a Distant Massive Object
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Journal for General Philosophy of Science Issues Research Articles in December 2024 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 28 -- The Journal for General Philosophy of Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the philosophy of physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences and economics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 4):
* Coordination, Convention and the Constitution of Physical Objects
* Structural Realism About the Free Energy Principle, the Best of Both Worlds
* The Locus of Agency in Extended Cognitive Syst
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics Issues Research Articles in January 2025 Special Issue Entitled Low Temperature Detectors LTD20, Part 5
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Journal of Low Temperature Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features low temperature physics and cryogenics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 special issue (Vol. 218, Issue 1-2) entitled Low Temperature Detectors LTD20, Part 5.
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* DEEPDISH: A Dark Matter Haloscope Using MKIDs
* Light Channel Signal Analysis with the Lithium Molybdate Crystal R&D Detectors for AMoRE-II Experiment
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MIT: Expanding Robot Perception
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Associate Professor Luca Carlone is working to give robots a more human-like awareness of their environment.
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By Jennifer Chu, MIT News
Robots have come a long way since the Roomba. Today, drones are starting to deliver door to door, self-driving cars are navigating some roads, robo-dogs are aiding first responders, and still more bots are doing backflips and helping
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MIT: Professor Emeritus Gerald Schneider, Discoverer of the "Two Visual Systems," Dies at 84
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 27, 2024:
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An MIT affiliate for some 60 years, Schneider was an authority on the relationships between brain structure and behavior.
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Gerald E. Schneider, a professor emeritus of psychology and member of the MIT community for over 60 years, passed away on Dec. 11, 2024. He was 84.
Schneider was an authority on the relationships between brain structure and behav
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Physical Review Physics Education Journal Research Issues Research Articles in Vol. 20, Issue 2
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 28 -- Physical Review Physics Education Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society that says it covers research relating to the teaching and learning of physics and astronomy, published research articles on the following topics in its July-December 2024 edition (Vol. 20, Issue 2):
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* How women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer physics doctoral students navigate graduate education: The roles of professio
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Physical Review Research Journal Issues Research Articles in October-December 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 28 -- Physical Review Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on physics, physical sciences from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its October-December 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 4).
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* Long-distance photon-mediated and short-distance entangling gates in three-qubit quantum dot spin systems
* Conformal field theories in a magnetic field
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PS6.5m boost for innovative quantum projects in UK and Canada
SWINDON, England, Jan. 27 [Category: Business] (TNSres) -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news:
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PS6.5m boost for innovative quantum projects in UK and Canada
27 January 2025
Ten projects will foster quantum's unique properties to drive innovation and scientific progress.
The UK-Canada quantum for science research collaboration today announces the winners of this grant funding opportunity.
This initiative is run jointly by:
* UK Research and Innovation (UKRI
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Reviews of Modern Physics Journal Issues Research Articles in October - December 2024 Edition
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 28 -- Reviews of Modern Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its October-December 2024 edition (Vol. 96, Issue 4).
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* Colloidal hard spheres: Triumphs, challenges, and mysteries
* Colloquium: Gene expression in growing cells: A biophysical primer
* Cosmological gravitational particle production and its implications for cosmological relics
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Rice researchers lead project using quantum phenomenon to transform super-resolution imaging
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 27 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
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Rice researchers lead project using quantum phenomenon to transform super-resolution imaging
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Rice University and Texas A&M University has received a $1.2 million award from the W.M. Keck Foundation to advance super-resolution imaging and single-molecule tracking by harnessing super-radiance, a quantum optical phenomenon with transformative potential for research and
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The Founding of Carnegie Science
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news:
In 1902, an exciting new research venture took shape. Industrialist-turned-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie founded a new approach to investigation, research, and discovery.
"Gentlemen, your work now begins, your aims are high, you seek to expand known forces, to discover and utilize unknown forces for the benefit of man. Than this there can scarcely be a greater work. I wish you abundant success..."
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