ITHACA, New York, Feb. 6 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Arthur Ruoff, professor and high-pressure scientist, dies at 94 Arthur L. Ruoff, professor emeritus and former director of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, died Jan. 14 in Ithaca. Ruoff was 94., Click to open gallery view Arthur L. Ruoff "He was a great colleague," said Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the Col  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 7 -- Axioms, an international peer-reviewed journal of mathematics, mathematical logic and mathematical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Novel Neural Network-Based Approach Comparable to High-Precision Finite Difference Methods * Article - A Quintic Spline-Based Computational Method for Solving Singularly Perturbed Periodic Boundary Value   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 6 -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Halas awarded Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry Rice University's Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Rice University's Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, awarded "for the creation and development of nanoshells -- metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light energy -- for  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm Key Points * The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. * Such belts have been seen before, but the new ones were particularly long lasting, especially the new proton belt. * The findings are particularly important for spacecraft launching into geostationary orbits, which can be damaged as they  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 7 -- Nature Protocols, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers the biological and biomedical sciences, including methods grounded in physics and chemistry with biological applications, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 20, Issue 2): Review Articles * Tutorial: a guide to diffusion MRI and structural connectomics Protocol Extensions * A bioswitchable delivery system for microRNA therapeutics based on a tetrahedral   more

BERLIN, Germany, Feb. 7 -- Nature Reviews Physics, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 2): * Phonon-limited electronic transport through first principles * Roadmap on machine learning glassy dynamics The February 2025 edition of Nature Reviews Physics can be viewed at https://www.nature.com/natrevphys/volumes/7/issues/2. The journal is published by Springer Nature. [Category: Science]  more