MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 12 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * 3 UW researchers win presidential early career awards Three University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. They are among nearly 400 researchers whose work is funded by a range of federal agencies w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Advanced Functional Materials, a peer-review journal produced in Weinheim, Germany, that says it reports on breakthrough research in all aspects of materials science, including nanotechnology, chemistry, physics and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 5, 2025, edition (Vol. 35, Issue 6). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Multifunctional Electromagnetic Responsive Porous Materials Synthesized by Freeze Casting: Principl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Advanced Functional Materials, a peer-review journal produced in Weinheim, Germany, that says it reports on breakthrough research in all aspects of materials science, including nanotechnology, chemistry, physics and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 29, 2025, edition (Vol. 35, Issue 5). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Intrinsic Activity: A Critical Challenge of Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction * Gold-Assisted   more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 12 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * AI Program Plays the Long Game to Solve Decades-Old Math Problems A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the years. Back in 1996, an IBM supercomputer famously beat the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Later, in 2017, an artificial intelligence (AI) program developed by Google DeepMind, called AlphaZero,  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 13 -- Computational Mechanics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features computational engineering and sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 75, Issue 2): * A biologically-inspired mesh moving method for cyclic motions mesh fatigue * A chronological catalog of methods and solutions in the Space-Time Computational Flow Analysis: I. Finite element analysis * A chronological catalog of methods and solutions i  more

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Feb. 13 -- Earthquake Spectra, a peer-reviewed journal from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute that says it features record for the development of earthquake engineering practice, codes and regulations, public policy and investigation report, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 41, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Research Papers * Communication and coordination in the 2023 Kahramanmaras   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * From fingers to toes, wearable and vibrating technology from VCU inventors could help Parkinson's patients and others The flexible, lightweight glove and 3D-printed shoe sole might restore the brain-body feedback loop that mobility conditions can disrupt. By Madeline Reinsel Fingernail-sized vibrating gadgets, similar to the tiny devices that make your cellphone buzz, could help people with Park  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- JGR-Oceans, a peer-reviewed journal that says it embraces the application of physics, chemistry, biology and geology to the study of the oceans and their interaction with other components of the Earth system from the American Geophysical Union, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 130, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A North Pacific Meridional Section (U.S. GEOTRACES GP15) of Helium Isotopes and Noble   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 -- The Journal of Applied Mechanics, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that says it features applied mechanics including, but not limited to aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, biomechanics, computational mechanics and constitutive modeling of materials, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2025 edition (Vol. 92, Issue 3): * A Generalized Shear Lag Model for the "Brick-Mortar" Staggered Composite With Arbitrary Soft  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 13 -- Visual Computer, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features capturing, recognizing, modelling, analyzing and generating shapes and images, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 41, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A novel approach for improving open scene text translation with modified GAN * A survey on soccer player detection and tracking with videos * Collaborative neural radiance fields fo  more