WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Seven researchers have been named 2024 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows: Robert Aikin, Malcolm Boshier, Luis Chacon, Sara Del Valle, Rod Linn, Kevin Mitchell and Cynthia Reichhardt. "It is an honor to recognize these seven researchers," said Laboratory Director Thom Mason. "Their dedication and lifelong work have helped Los Alamos achieve its mission and improved the s  more

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Nov. 5 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: CHANTILLY, Va., November 4, 2024 - Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a market leader in energy and environmental engineering solutions, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded the contract to manage and operate Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to a consortium that includes Amentum. The consortium will deliver cutting-edge scie  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer addresses a group during a ceremony to recognize the lab's Graphite Reactor as a historic site by the American Physical Society. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy The American Physical Society has recognized the Graphite Reactor, located at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as an APS historic site.  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * $20 million grant to power development of advanced AI tools for deep space exploration * * * By Lea E. Radick The U.S. National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation have selected a group of institutions, including Argonne, to receive funding to establish an AI and astronomy institute called the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI). Part of a groundbrea  more

BEIJING, China, Nov. 5 -- Chinese Physics B, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it covers the developments and achievements in all branches of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 33, No. 10): Topical Review - Optical field manipulation * Light-field modulation and optimization near metal nanostructures utilizing spatial light modulators Data Paper * Fully relativistic energies, transition properties,   more

BEIJING, China, Nov. 5 -- Chinese Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the Chinese Physical Society that says it provides research in all fields of physics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 41, No. 10): * Complete Universal Scaling in First-Order Phase Transitions * Theoretical Models on Interfacial Thermal Conductance of Nanoscale Solid Interfaces in Chips: A Mini Review The October 2024 edition of Chinese Physics Letters can be v  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 5 -- Eurasian Soil Science, a peer reviewed journal that says it covers global and regional theoretical and experimental studies of the genesis, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, management, conservation and remediation of soils, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 57, Issue 10): * Accumulation and Distribution of Heavy Metals in Soils and Medicinal Plants in the Impact Zone of Novocherkassk Power Statio  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 5 -- Geosciences, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it focuses on interdisciplinary aspects of the Earth and planetary sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 10): * Article - A Methodologic Approach to Study Large and Complex Landslides: An Application in Central Apennines * Article - Analyzing Public Interest in Geohazards Using Google Trends Data * Article - Application of Experimental Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- JGR-Solid Earth, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features Earth geophysics, petrology, geochemistry, mineralogy, tectonophysics, natural hazards and volcanology from the American Geophysical Union, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 129, Issue 11): Research Article - Geodesy and Gravity/Tectonophysics * Lithospheric Structure and Strength Variations in Antarctica From Joint Modeling of Elevation, Geoid and Seismic   more

TRIESTE, Italy, Nov. 5 -- Journal of Instrumentation, a peer-reviewed journal from the International School of Advanced Studies that says it covers instrumentation in detector physics and accelerator science, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 19, No. 8): Papers * Cooling air flow field in the primary mirror temperature control system of a solar telescope * Golden spiral interferometry for radio astronomy. A proposal * MAIR-Net: a sparse-view  more

TRIESTE, Italy, Nov. 5 -- Journal of Instrumentation, a peer-reviewed journal from the International School of Advanced Studies that says it covers instrumentation in detector physics and accelerator science, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 19, No. 9): * A method to observe field-region oxide charge and inter-electrode isolation from CV-characteristics of n-on-p devices * A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 5 -- 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 December 2024 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 6): * Combining Inquiry, Universal Design for Learning, Alternate Reality Games and Augmented Reality Technologies in Science Education: The IB-ARGI Approach and the Case of Magnetman * Computational Concepts and the  more

SAINT JOHN, Canada, Nov. 5 -- Laser Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from Astro Limited that says it features laser science, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 34, No. 11): Topical Review * Particle fluctuations in systems with Bose-Einstein condensate Papers - Fibre optics and fibre lasers * A rapid demodulation method for the interference spectrum of optical fiber sensors based on machine learning * In-line fiber optic optofluidic senso  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT Human Insight Collaborative will elevate the human-centered disciplines and unite the Institute's top scholars to help solve the world's biggest challenges. * * * By Michael Brindley, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences A new MIT initiative aims to elevate human-centered research and teaching, and bring together scholars in the humanities, arts, and soc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Event at MIT featured an array of national and international speakers including a Nobel laureate, leaders in industry, and in entertainment. * * * By Laboratory for Nuclear Science Bridging Talents and Opportunities (BTO) held its second annual forum at the Stratton Student Center at MIT Oct. 11-12. The two-day event gathered over 500 participants, including high school students an  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semiconductor technology is held back by a funda  more

OXFORD, England, Nov. 5 -- National Science Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features natural sciences, physics and mathematics, chemistry, life, earth, materials and information sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 8): RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - INFORMATION SCIENCE * Enhancing neural operator learning with invariants to simultaneously learn various physical mechanisms - MATERIALS SCIENCE * New ionizable lipids reduce  more

OXFORD, England, Nov. 5 -- National Science Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features natural sciences, physics and mathematics, chemistry, life, earth, materials and information sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 9): RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT - CHEMISTRY * Sustainable catalysts for propylene synthesis * Dynamic atomic observations in electrochemical interfaces * Optimizing Cu electrocatalysis using programmed alt  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 5 -- Nonlinearity, a peer-reviewed journal from the London Mathematical Society that says it features physics, mathematics and engineering through to biological sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 11): * A new convex integration approach for the compressible Euler equations and failure of the local maximal dissipation criterion * Convex integration solution of two-dimensional hyperbolic Navier-Stokes e  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 5 -- Physical Review Applied, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society that says it publishes papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 22, Issue 1): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Generation of arbitrary cylindrical vector beams using mode-converting metasurfaces * Measurement of fractional charge in elastic plates with disclinations * Physical reservoi  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 5 -- Physical Review Applied, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society that says it publishes papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 22, Issue 2): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Nanocryotron ripple counter integrated with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector for megapixel arrays * All-electrical cooling of an optically levitated nanopart  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 5 -- Physical Review Applied, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society that says it publishes papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 22, Issue 3): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Decoupling elasticity and electrical conductivity of carbon-black gels filled with insulating non-Brownian grains * Trusted-source-noise model of discrete-modulated contin  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 5 -- Physical Review Applied, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Physical Society that says it publishes papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 22, Issue 4): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Enhancing membrane-based scanning force microscopy through an optical cavity * The Duan-Kimble cavity-atom quantum memory loading scheme revisited * Entanglement source and  more

BRISTOL, England, Nov. 5 -- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the physics of hot, highly ionized plasmas, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 66, No. 11): * A novel plasma source concept for negative ion generation in neutral beam injectors for fusion applications * Accuracy of kinetic equilibrium reconstruction of NSTX and NSTX-U plasmas and its impact on the transport and stability analysis   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Graphene is a simple material containing only a single layer of carbon atoms, but when two sheets of it are stacked together and offset at a slight angle, this twisted bilayer material produces numerous intriguing effects, notably superconductivity. Now Cornell researchers are making headway into understanding how the material achieves this state by identifying its highest achievable superconducting temperature 60 Kelvin  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Nov. 5 -- 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 October 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 4): * Anomaly inflow for CSS and fractonic lattice models and dualities via cluster state measurement * Engineered Josephson diode effect in kinked Rashb  more

BRISTOL, England, Nov. 5 -- Superconductor Science and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features theories of superconductivity, basic physics of superconductors, relation of microstructure and growth to superconducting properties and fabrication, properties and applications of thin films and devices, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 37, No. 11): Topical Review * Design requirements for human UHF magnets from the perspective   more

LA JOLLA, California, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Researchers choreograph high school students to illustrate complex topics * * * Science can be difficult to explain to the public. In fact, any subfield of science can be difficult to explain to another scientist who studies in a different area. Explaining a theoretical science concept to high school students requires a new way of thinking altogether. This is precisely wha  more