CARROLLTON, Georgia, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of West Georgia issued the following news: Bearing witness to the University of West Georgia's excellence in undergraduate research, the newly named Dr. James 'Earl' Perry College of Mathematics, Computing and Sciences recently received the university's largest instrumentation grant in more than 25 years. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced a $413,000 award to UWG to support the purchase of major equipment to increase   more

AALTO, Finland, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Aalto University issued the following news release: Dr. Hang Zhang, a Research Fellow and leader of the Life-Inspired Soft Matter group at Aalto University, was granted 1.5 million euros on Thursday by the ERC to create coupled physical feedback loops in hydrogels with varying dimensions. The loops provide new ways of designing soft materials across dimensions, with implications for fields like embodied intelligence, artificial skin, and human-machine interfa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- ACS Nano, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 3, 2024, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 35): Perspectives * Carrier-Free Nanodrugs: From Bench to Bedside Reviews * Microneedles-Based Theranostic Platform: From the Past to the Future * Selective Synthesis of Organonitroge  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- 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 Sept. 4, 2024, edition (Vol. 34, Issue 36): Perspective * Applications of Biodegradable Polymers in the Encapsulation of Anticancer Metal Complexes Review * Recent Design Strategies for M-N  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- Advanced Materials Interfaces, a journal that says it covers an interdisciplinary blend of physics, chemistry, materials science and life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 24): * Exploring the Possibility of Thermally Assisted Creation and Annihilation of Anti-Frenkel Defects in a Multiferroic Oxide for Tuning Interfacial Ferroelectricity * Growth-Induced Extinction Development of Gold Nan  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- Advanced Materials Interfaces, a journal that says it covers an interdisciplinary blend of physics, chemistry, materials science and life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 3, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 25): * A Microphysiological System with an Anaerobic Air-Liquid Interface and Functional Mucus Layer for Coculture of Intestinal Bacteria and Primary Human Colonic Epithelium * Beyond Structural Stabilization of Highly-T  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- Advanced Science, an open access journal that covers fundamental and applied research in materials science, physics and chemistry, medical and life sciences, as well as engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 4, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 33): Review * Engineering Versatile Bacteria-Derived Outer Membrane Vesicles: An Adaptable Platform for Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy * Small Feature-Size Transistors Based on Low-D  more

NOVELTY, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- ASM International posted the following news from Alfred University: Alfred University has been awarded a nearly $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance multi-disciplinary research and education at the Inamori School of Engineering. The grant, led by principal investigator Myungkoo Kang, assistant professor of ceramic engineering, along with co-principal investigators S.K. Sundaram and Mehdi Kabir, will fund the acquisition of an in situ inf  more

MELVILLE, New York, Sept. 6 -- APL Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics that says it embraces all research across materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 9): REVIEWS * Material discovery and modeling acceleration via machine learning ARTICLES * Nanozyme microspheres with structural color-coding labels for synergistic therapy of psoriasis * Growth of bilayer transition metal dich  more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, Sept. 6 -- Brock University issued the following news: By Jocelyn Titone The first Canadian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics will kick off a Brock University research lecture series with a public talk this month. Donna Strickland, an optical physicist and pioneer of ultrafast and high-intensity lasers, will discuss how her Nobel Prize-winning research resulted in a new understanding of laser-matter interactions that has led to revolutionary laser applications i  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. 7 -- The Canadian Journal of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features atomic and molecular physics, gases, fluid dynamics, plasmas, gravitation and string theory, biophysics, aeronomy and space physics and astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 102, No. 9): * Cosmographic analysis of the dynamics of universe in higher dimensional compactified space with Tachyonic field * Theoretical study of low  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, a journal that says it features developments in applied mathematics, mathematical physics and analysis, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 77, Issue 10): * Infinite-width limit of deep linear neural networks * Leapfrogging vortex rings for the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations * The Calogero-Moser derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation The Octob  more

KUOPIO, Finland, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: * * * The doctoral dissertation in the field of Applied Physics will be examined online at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Kuopio campus and online. * * * What is the topic of your doctoral research? Why is it important to study the topic? My research focuses on the feature extraction and analysis of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation (  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Clever experiment demonstrates how liquid plutonium oxide behaves at the hottest temperatures * * * At Argonne, chemical engineers and physicists designed a complex experiment in order to study how nuclear fuel materials floating on gas streams behaved under intense conditions. The 2011 accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant in Japan inspired extensive  more

CUPERTINO, California, Sept. 6 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Apple Arcade is adding eight new games to its evolving collection of more than 200 fun titles. From exhilarating deck-building games to competitive sports titles, the latest batch of games offers something for everyone in the family, all with no ads or in-app purchases. Today, the service welcomes three new titles: NFL Retro Bowl  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 7 -- eLife, a journal that says it features life and biomedical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition: Research articles - Ecology, Evolutionary Biology * An illusion of a macroecological law, abundance-occupancy relationships - Neuroscience * Quantitative modeling of the emergence of macroscopic grid-like representations * Computational and Systems Biology, Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics * MDverse,   more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: Research exploring the role that law can play in developing a financial system that will address climate change has received European Research Council (ERC) funding. Professor Javier Solana, of the School of Law, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for Civic Finance. This project aims to develop a complexity-informed theory of law and finance that can underpin the legal fou  more

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Utrecht University issued the following news: Ten Utrecht-based reseachers have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). ERC awarded the Euros1.5 million grant to eight researchers from Utrecht University (UU) and two researchers from UMC Utrecht (UMCU). The grant helps them to set up their own research project, assemble a research team and develop scientific ideas. Projects and laureates Roles of cytoplasmic bridges i  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 7 -- 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 September 2024 edition (Vol. 139, Issue 9): * A comprehensive neural network study of the non-equilibrium phase transition of the two-dimensional Ising model on the square lattice * Bouncing cosmologies and stability analysis in symmetric teleparallel f(Q) gravity   more

TUBINGEN, Germany, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Tubingen issued the following news release: * * * Five scientists from both the University and the University Hospital have won substantial funding * * * Scientists from the University and the University Hospital have once again proved especially successful attracting Starting Grants in the recent round of awards from the European Research Council (ERC): five new projects have now been awarded this year. The Starting Grants bring with   more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 7 -- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, a journal that says it deals with the theory, design and applications of neural networks and learning systems from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 35, Issue 9): * A Broad Generative Network for Two-Stage Image Outpainting * A Dini-Derivative-Aided Zeroing Neural Network for Time-Variant Quadratic Progr  more

BANGALORE, India, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Indian Institute of Science issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and collaborators have designed a new supercapacitor that can be charged by shining light on it. Such supercapacitors can be used in various devices, including streetlights and self-powered electronic devices such as sensors. Capacitors are electrostatic devices th  more

TRIESTE, Italy, Sept. 7 -- The Journal of High Energy Physics, an open-access journal from the International School for Advanced Studies, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 9): * A convergent genus expansion for the plateau * A note on entanglement entropy and topological defects in symmetric orbifold CFTs * Analytic NNLO QCD corrections to top quark pair production in electron-positron collisions * Axion relic pockets -- a the  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 6 -- The Journal of Science Education and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal that says that it addresses the intersection of science education and technology, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 5): * A Study on the Effects of Using the 6E Model and a Robot Teaching Assistant on Junior High School Students' STEM Knowledge, Learning Motivation, and Hands-on Performance * A Study on the Effects of Using the 6E  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Journal of the Optical Society of America B, a peer-reviewed journal from Optica that says it features the interaction of light with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics and laser physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 41, Issue 9): Research Articles - Fiber Optics * Real-time monitoring of the dynamics of Brillouin fiber lasers with random feedback * Terahertz polarization beam splitter with wide  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: By Ana Chicas-Mosier The University of Kansas, in collaboration with five other regional higher education institutions, has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation grant. The award will establish the Aligning STEM Trainees for Enterprising Research (ASTER) program and fund undergraduate research in science, technology, engineering  more

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 7 -- Measurement Science and Technology, a journal that says it features measurement techniques and associated instrumentation, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition: Topical Review * A survey on fault diagnosis of rotating machinery based on machine learning Special Issue Article * A high sensitivity digital giant magneto-impedance (GMI) sensor for magnetic communication Papers - Precision measurements and metrology * High  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 6 -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams MACON -- Mercer University School of Engineering senior Travis White Jr. has been awarded a Tau Beta Pi scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. The Fellowship Board of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi selected 253 engineering students from 1,328 applicants nationwide to receive the scholarship. "This award has motivated me by displaying the fervor that engineers maintain in su  more

BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 6 -- Nature Reviews Physics, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 9): * 100 years of the Ising model * A fully connected Ising machine using standard technology * A model for changing land use * Ising-like model predicts close elections * Measuring interactions in a circadian clock The September 2024 edition of Nature Reviews Physics can be viewed at https://www.nature.com/natrevphys  more

BAYREUTH, Germany, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: * * * An excellent young scientist comes to the University of Bayreuth with an ERC Starting Grant: Dr. Jos Kramer will conduct research on animal-microbe interactions at the Chair of Evolutionary Animal Ecology for five years starting in June 2025. * * * Dr. Jos Kramer comes to the University of Bayreuth from ETH Zurich with a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Research  more

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 7 -- The New Journal of Physics, a peer-reviewed journal at a forefront of physics from the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 26, No. 8): * Correlated qubit coherences stimulated by thermal energy * Destructive interference as the origin of the Hardy scenario * Enhanced phase sensitivity in a feedback-assisted interferometer * Entropy production and the generalised sec  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: Newcastle University experts will help deliver a project to improve how we communicate data through sound. The study brings together researchers from Northumbria and Newcastle universities and will create a new hub for sonification innovation. It is led by Paul Vickers, Professor of Sonification in Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University. It is one of 36 projects that will sha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- NPR [National Public Radio] issued the following news release: NPR welcomes the election of several board members, including four Member Directors, two Public Directors and one Non-Board Distribution/Interconnection Committee member. Debbie Hiott, KUT News, Austin, Texas, Maria O'Mara (incumbent), KUER, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tina Pamintuan (incumbent), St. Louis Public Radio, Shawn Turner (incumbent), WKAR Public Media, East Lansing, Michigan were elected as Member Direc  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, Sept. 7 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: * * * Once again, Olivet Nazarene University is reporting record enrollment in the innovative Early Scholar Program for high school students. * * * By George Wolff Once again, Olivet Nazarene University is reporting record enrollment in the innovative Early Scholar ProgramOpens a new windows for high school students. With a mission to empower high school students to reach their full academic potential,  more

MERCED, California, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Brenda Ortiz, UC Merced Ph.D. student Micah Oeur has been awarded a 2024-2025 UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship to support her physics research and boost her goal to be a professor. PPPF's goal is to enhance faculty pathways for historically underrepresented groups, particularly Chicanx/Latinx, African Americans, American Indians/Native Americans, Filipinx and Pacific Islanders   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * A paper recently published by a Pitt professor and his son studies how the flexibility of containers affect how fast they drain * * * As Rohit Velankar, now a senior at Fox Chapel Area High School, poured juice into a glass, he could feel that the rhythmic glug, glug, glug was flexing the walls of the carton. Rohit pondered the sound, and wondered if a co  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 7 -- Plasma Processes and Polymers, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers fundamental and applied research in materials science, physics, chemistry and engineering in the area of plasma sources and plasma-based treatments, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 9): REVIEW * Data-driven plasma science: A new perspective on modeling, diagnostics, and applications through machine learning RESEARCH ARTICLE  more

BRISTOL, England, Sept. 7 -- Reports on Progress in Physics, a journal that says it advances the science of astronomy and disseminates astronomical information, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 87, No. 9): Letter * Topological Anderson phases in heat transport Review Article - Atomic, molecular and optical physics * Emergent phases in graphene flat bands Papers - Mathematical and quantum physics * Dynamically generated decoherence-fr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 6 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A new study led by Rice University's Qimiao Si has unveiled a new class of quantum critical metal, shedding light on the intricate interactions of electrons within quantum materials. Published in Physical Review Letters on Sept. 6, the research explores the effects of Kondo coupling and chiral spin liquids within specific lattice structures. Physicists Silke Paschen (left) of Vienna University of Technology and Q  more

NOVELTY, Ohio, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news: Imagine a camera so powerful it could take freeze-frame photographs of a moving electron--an object traveling so fast it could circle the Earth many times in a matter of a second. Researchers at the University of Arizona (U of A) have developed the world's fastest electron microscope that can do just that. Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics and optical sciences, led a team of researchers in his departm  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 7 -- Royal Society Open Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers science and mathematics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 9): Computer science and artificial intelligence - Research articles * Dynamic predictability and activity-location contexts in human mobility Earth and environmental science - Research articles * Effect of microphysics scheme and data assimilation on hydrometeor and rad  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 7 -- SciPost Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the SciPost Foundation that says it focuses on atomic, molecular and optical physics, biophysics, fluid dynamics, gravitation, cosmology and astro-particle physics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 3): * Composite subsystem symmetries and decoration of sub-dimensional excitations * Coulomb branch surgery: Holonomy saddles, S-folds and discrete sy  more

TRIESTE, Italy, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) issued the following news: * * * Physicist Sebastian Goldt awarded with an ERC starting grant for his project "beyond2" * * * Chatbots like ChatGPT were unthinkable a few years ago. Now they are part of our everyday life. However, we still don't know why they work so well and how good these techniques can become in the future. With his project "beyond2", SISSA  more

NOVELTY, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- ASM International posted the following news from Oxford University: Scientists at Oxford University have developed a groundbreaking approach to generating solar electricity without silicon-based panels. Their innovation involves coating a new, ultra-thin, and flexible light-absorbing material onto everyday objects like rucksacks, cars, and mobile phones. This material uses a multi-junction technique to stack multiple light-absorbing layers into one solar cell, capturin  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Sept. 7 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Stony Brook University MAT Program serves a key role in graduating future physics teachers * * * For the seventh time in nine years, Stony Brook University (SBU) has been recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) as a member of the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) 5+ Club for its outst  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The Boundary Layer Transition 1B (BOLT-1B) experiment, a joint research project of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), blasted off from Andoya Space in Norway aboard a sounding rocket on Sept. 2. The experiment traveled over the Norwegian Sea at Mach 7.2 and provided   more

NOVELTY, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- ASM International posted the following news from University of California: A team of scientists, led by physicist Peng Wei at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new superconductor material with potential applications in quantum computing. This material could be a candidate for a "topological superconductor," which uses a delocalized state of an electron or hole to robustly carry quantum information and process data. The researchers combined trigo  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: A University of Aberdeen scientist has received European Union funding of 1.5million Euros through the European Research Council (ERC) initiative to enable talented young researchers to pursue their most promising ideas. Dr Tom Hiscock will use the funding to follow in the footsteps of Enigma code breaker Alan Turing. Turing believed that embryonic development - the transformation of a simple embryo   more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: A plant scientist from the University of Nottingham has been awarded Euros2M for research to unlock the mysteries of how plant roots sense and respond to water availability. Dr Poonam Mehra is a BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham and has been selected from over 3,000 applicants to receive a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 6 -- Wilkes University issued the following news release: When members of the Wilkes University community gathered in the Marts Center as Scott Musa, athletics director, announced the addition of women's wrestling, the moment bridged the rich history of wrestling on campus and the growing potential of the sport for women. Women's wrestling is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and has been designated as an emerging sport by the National Collegiat  more