WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (TNSFR) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced that Inc. DBA GE Healthcare has applied for registration as an importer of Schedule II controlled substances. The Illinois-based company seeks authorization to import cocaine and ecgonine derivatives for use in the manufacture of a diagnostic product and reference standards. The DEA's review process ensures that such controlled substances are used strictly for medical and scientific purposes while preventing thei  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 -- Foundations of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it is devoted to the conceptual bases and fundamental theories of modern physics, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Misleading Naming Convention: De Sitter 'Tachyonic' Scalar Fields * Achronotopic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics * Critical Multi-Cubic Lattices: A Novel Implication Algebra for Infinite  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Light-twisting materials created from nano semiconductors Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures - or "chiral" materials - producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties. The discovery, detailed in a paper publishing Jan. 31 in the journal Science, could revolutionize technologies that rely on   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Materials can remember a sequence of events in an unexpected way UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once crumpled piece of paper. Now, a team led by Penn State physicists has uncovered how, under specific conditions, some materials seemingly violate underlying mathematics to store memorie  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Optica Announces 2025 Fellows Class 30 January 2025 WASHINGTON -- The Board of Directors of Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, recently elected 121 members from 27 countries to the Society's 2025 Fellow Class. Optica Fellows are selected based on several factors, including outstanding contributions to research, business, education, engineering, and service  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 31 -- Particles, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features physics and particle astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 4). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Probe into the Evolution of Primordial Perturbations in the f(T) Gravity Framework with Chaplygin Gas * Article - Classical and Bohmian Trajectories in Integrable and Nonintegrable Systems * Article - Decoding the Gaugi  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 31 -- Particles, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features physics and particle astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 3). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - Beamline Optimisation for High-Intensity Muon Beams at PSI Using the Heterogeneous Island Model * Article - Cosmological Models within f(T, B) Gravity in a Holographic Framework * Article - Deformed Shell Model Applicati  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 31 -- Powders, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contains research on science and engineering to synthesize, handle, process and characterize powders, powder systems and particulate bodies in general, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2025 edition (Vol. 4, Issue 1): * Article - Computational Workflow for the Characterization of Size, Shape, and Composition of Particles and Their Separation Behavior During Processing * Article - In Situ  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 31 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * During the State of the University, the VCU president highlights the university's efforts to drive change that benefits people and the broader society - and explains why VCU has quickly become a thought leader in AI. * * * In his annual State of the University address today, Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., said that VCU has a vital responsibility to prepare  more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 30 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The Pressure to Explore: Caltech Researchers Take First Experimental Steps Toward Lightsails that Could Reach Distant Star Systems The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner known as the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative has  more