HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Advanced Materials, a journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 17, 2024, special issue (Vol. 36, Issue 42) entitled 75th Anniversary of University of New South Wales and Commencement of Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation: Review *  more

KIRKSVILLE, Missouri, Oct. 19 -- A.T. Still University issued the following news: A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) alumnus Richard W. Koss, DO, C-SPOMM, ACOFP, '82, presented the 2024 Tinning Founder's Day Osteopathy Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Kirksville, Missouri. Dr. Koss' lecture, "Osteopathy: The Science and Philosophy of LIFE," may be viewed here (https://www.youtube.com/live/FxfW0kCegbs?si=t_XwHgoM52qh9Ugd). An Air Force veteran,  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Cancer Research UK issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2024, with 33 organizations: * * * We've joined the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), and other leading organisations in the Research and Development (R&D) sector, in writing to the Chancellor urging the UK Government to back R&D if it wants to achieve its ambitions for economic and social growth. We know the importance of R&D funding to achieving our vision of bringing about a world  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Defense Department is sponsoring a Hypersonics Horizon High Speed Video challenge, open to high school and undergraduate students, with cash prizes. "The Hypersonics Horizons High Speed Video Challenge is integral to building an enduring advantage by investing in the workforce of tomorrow," said Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D., the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology. "The Joint Hypersonics Tran  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 19 -- Food and Function, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and other food scientists to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 20): Review Article * Recent advances in dietary polyphenols (DPs): antioxidant activities, nutri  more

HATFIELD, England, Oct. 18 -- The University of Hertfordshire issued the following news: The University of Hertfordshire has received funding to investigate scattering amplitudes, fundamental quantities which describe interactions between elementary particles and are of vital importance for our understanding of the laws of nature. The international consortium "Modern Foundations of Scattering Amplitudes", includes Dr Livia Ferro, Associate Professor in Research in Mathematics and Theoretical P  more

YORK, England, Oct. 19 -- The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine issued the following statement on Oct 18, 2024: We are pleased to announce that this year's winner of the IPEM/WCSIM Essay Prize is Dr Anna Wang. She has won the prize for her essay titled 'How can the integration of AI into clinical practice improve diagnosis and patient outcomes, and what impact will this have on workforce training.' Anna is a second year STP trainee specialising in Radiation Protection and Diagno  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The quasars appear to have few cosmic neighbors, raising questions about how they first emerged more than 13 billion years ago. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of energy, making  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * PrismsVR, founded by Anurupa Ganguly '07, MNG '09, takes students to virtual worlds to learn through experiences and movement. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Legend has it that Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head, sparking a bout of scientific thinking that led to the theory of gravity. It's one of the most famous stories in science, perhaps  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Oct. 19 -- 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 January - June 2024 edition (Vol. 20, Issue 1): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Physics Ph.D. student perspectives on the importance and difficulty of finding a research group * Diverging nonlocal fields: Operational  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Royal Astronomical Society issued the following news: The Royal Astronomical Society is calling on the Government to back research and development to avoid the "haemorrhaging of young talent" overseas that "underpins economic growth in the modern world". As the Budget approaches, the Society joined leading organisations in the R&D sector in writing to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves - urging her to consider the vital role R&D will play in the Government's   more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 18 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Using ideas from theoretical physics, Matilde Marcolli has created a new mathematical framework for Noam Chomsky's model of language. by Whitney ClavinWhen mathematician Matilde Marcolli worked as a postdoc at MIT in the late 1990s, she used to sit in on classes taught by famed linguist Noam Chomsky. At the time, Chomsky was teaching an early version of his minimalist program of language, which br  more

GUELPH, Ontario, Oct. 19 --The University of Guelph issued the following news release: Dr. Joanne O'Meara, physics professor in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, has been recognized with a King Charles III Coronation Medal for her outstanding achievements and community contributions. Awarded to 30,000 outstanding Canadians of all ages and from all walks of life, the commemorative medal honours those whose achievements and contributions, at home or abroad, have brought credit to  more