WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11105) on Nov. 4, 2024, by Kelley M. Sayler, advanced technology and global security analyst: * * * Defense Primer: Emerging Technologies Both the 2022 National Defense Strategy and senior U.S. defense and intelligence officials have identified a number of emerging technologies that could have a disruptive impact on U.S. national security in the years to come. These technologies   more

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Nov. 5 -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: On the weekend of October 26th, Bryn Mawr College celebrated Owls Fest, and the inauguration of the 10th President, Wendy Cadge. Sarah Spielman, a PhD student in Physics, served as the graduate student representative and gave a speech at the inauguration. Her speech focused on the respectful, open, and positive learning environment that Bryn Mawr College fosters. "Bryn Mawr has given me confidence in my abilities an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- JGR Oceans, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it features physics, chemistry, biology and geology to the oceans and their interaction with other components of the Earth system, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 129, Issue 11): * A Novel Sea State Classification Scheme of the Global CFOSAT Wind and Wave Observations * Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and Volume Changes From Obser  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- The Journal of Climate, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Meteorological Society that focuses on a basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on a large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface and cryosphere, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 37, Issue 23): * A Coupled Quadrupole Mode in the South Pacific * Continuity in Top-of-Atmospher  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- 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 Nov. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 41, Issue 11): Research Articles - Fiber Optics * Mode separability in offset-based MGDM MMF links: a phase-retrieval-based approach * Sensitivity-enhanced optical fiber probe-type hu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- 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 Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 41, Issue 10): Research Articles - Fiber Optics * Maximizing the FWM conversion efficiency in a PCF with a randomly varying pitch - Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology * Prac  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- Laser and Photonics Reviews, a peer-reviewed journal that covers current range of laser physics and photonics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 18, Issue 10): Review * Multimaterial Fibers for Multifunctional Sensing Applications * Clinical and Biomedical Applications of Lensless Holographic Microscopy * Diagnostics of fs Laser-Induced Plasmas in Solid Dielectrics Research Article * Speckle-Insensitive Frac  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Sophie Morier-Genoud of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and Valentin Ovsienko of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Reims, are awarded the 2025 AMS David P. Robbins Prize for their paper "q-deformed rationals and q-continued fractions," published in Forum of Mathematics, Sigma. "In this groundbreaking work .. it is shown that the new concept has striking co  more

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 4 -- Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Physical Society of Japan that says it covers nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, instrumentation and mathematical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 10): Papers - General and Mathematical Physics * Positivity and Entanglement of Polynomial Gaussian Integral Operators * Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Trans  more

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 4 -- Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Physical Society of Japan that says it covers nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, instrumentation and mathematical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 9): Papers - General and Mathematical Physics * Three Cases of Complex Eigenvalue/Vector Distributions of Symmetric Order-Three Random Tensors * Holographic  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, introduced a resolution on Aug. 2, 2024. The text of the resolution was released on Nov. 4. H. Res. 1399. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams Earley; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Michael R. Turner, R-Ohi  more