STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology has announced that Dr. Weili Zhang, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in the field of physics for the fifth straight year. This title is granted to researchers whose publications rank in the top 1% of their field in the Web of Science citation index. Clarivate states,  more

MELVILLE, New York, Nov. 12 -- AVS Quantum Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics that says it features condensed matter and atomic, molecular and optical physics, biology, chemistry and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 4): QUANTUM ENGINEERING - Articles * Cryogenic bridging via propagating microwave quantum teleportation QUANTUM SENSING AND METROLOGY - Articles * Optimizing t  more

OLD ELVET, England, Nov. 13 -- Durham University issued the following news: A team of astrophysicists, led by our Institute for Computational Cosmology, have developed a new model that could estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge in our Universe and beyond. In the 1960s, American astronomer Dr Frank Drake came up with an equation to calculate the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilisations in our Milky Way galaxy. More than 60 years on, researchers at Durham, the Uni  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: As a peer educator with the Student Success Center, senior physics major Jimmy O'Hora helps other undergraduates with some of the most famously excruciating subjects: physics, math, and Python. "It's rewarding to share my passion with other people, and I think it's my own unique way of contributing to Ut Prosim," he said. This fall, a new cross-campus initiative from the Student Success Center aims to make Virginia Tech  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- George Washington University issued the following news: According to the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, hateful and violent rhetoric in support of president-elect Donald Trump appeared online on fringe platforms within moments of Trump's election win. The organization says the violent and hate-filled messages emanated from several organized far-right, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi groups. If you would like more context on this matter, please consider Neil J  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news: RICHLAND, Wash.-- Now is the time to banish low-level radioactive energy sources from facilities that house and conduct experiments with superconducting qubits, according to a pair of recently published studies. Significantly improving quantum device coherence times is a key step toward an era of practical quantum computing. Two complementary articles, published in the  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: University at Buffalo neuroscientists have identified the binding site of low-dose ketamine, providing critical insight into how the medication, often described as a wonder drug, alleviates symptoms of major depression in as little as a few hours with effects lasting for several days. Published in September in Molecular Psychiatry, the UB discovery will also help s  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 13 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Heart muscle cells grown from human induced pluripotent stem cells (in green) have successfully integrated into rhesus macaque heart muscle in this microscope image of heart tissue from a new study by UW-Madison and Mayo Clinic researchers. Photo courtesy Emborg Lab / UW-Madison Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a h  more

CLINTON, South Carolina, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: For Presbyterian College physics student Jacob Clerc, research is more than a requirement. It is the gateway to hands-on learning and a future in scientific exploration. Supported by a NASA-affiliated grant, Clerc's work on magnetic granular materials allows him to collaborate closely with his faculty mentor, associate professor of physics Dr. Eli Owens, and gain valuable insight into the field while e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Journal of Educational Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features education across all ages and educational levels from the American Psychological Association, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 116, Issue 8): Racial Disparities * Ethnic/racial discrimination, school cultural socialization, and negative affect: Daily diaries reveal African American, Asian American, and Latinx adolescents' resilience.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Nov. 12, 2024, with assistant professor Faez Ahmed and graduate student Amin Heyrani Nobari in the Department of Mechanical Engineering: * * * MIT and IBM researchers are creating linkage mechanisms to innovate human-AI kinematic engineering. * * * By Lauren Hinkel, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab The process of computational design in mechanical engineering often begins with a problem   more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Nov. 14 -- Onsemi, a semiconductors supplier company, issued the following news: * * * Power loss model generator now includes passive components to more accurately model designs and enable customers to go to market faster * * * SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and Waldenburg, Germany - Nov. 13, 2024 - onsemi and Wurth Elektronik today announced the integration of Wurth Elektronik's passive components database into onsemi's one-of-a-kind Self-Service PLECS Model Generator (SSPMG). This  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 14 -- Physical Review B, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 110, Issue 13): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Beyond Gaussian fluctuations of quantum anharmonic nuclei * Information scrambling and butterfly velocity in quantum spin glass chains * Versatile braiding of non-Hermitian topological edge states   more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 14 -- Physical Review B, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 110, Issue 15): HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES * Composite helical edges from Abelian fractional topological insulators * Projective fixed points for non-Fermi liquids: A case study of the Ising-nematic quantum critical metal * Thermal crossover  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 14 -- Physical Review X, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July - September 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 3): * Anderson Localization of Walking Droplets * Bilayer Crystals of Trapped Ions for Quantum Information Processing * Certifying Ground-State Properties of Many-Body Systems * Characterization and Exploitation of the Rotational Memory Effect in   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Faculty whose remarkable achievements drove Virginia Tech scholarship forward in 2024 were honored during Virginia Tech's annual research celebration on Nov. 6. "Virginia Tech's researchers and scholars are the engine behind not only our achievement of global distinction, but of the pursuit of our vision and the embodiment of our motto, Ut Prosim," Dan Sui, senior vice president and chief research and innovation officer,  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: With a $1 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE), South Dakota Mines researchers are poised to drive transformative advancements in nanoscience. This DOE award, part of the Building EPSCoR-State/DOE-National Laboratory Partnerships, will fund cutting-edge research into gold nanoparticles' unique, exotic optical properties. The project will focus on synthes  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: By Jeanne Jackson DeVoe For early career fusion scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (https://www.energy.gov/) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, the Second Annual Research SLAM is the closest they might come to talent shows like "The Voice" or "America's Got Talent." In this contest, scientists get to show off their ability to clearly  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Oregon. *** Physics-Based Approach for Attack Detection and Localization in Closed-Loop Controls for Autonomous Vehicles ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 12 -- INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12141274 B2, initially filed June 7, 2022) developed by six inventors Marcio Juliato, Portland, Oregon; Shabbir Ahmed, Beaverton, Oregon; Manoj Sastry, Portland, Oregon; Liuyang   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** File System Metadata Layout for Append-Only Storage ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 12 -- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12141103 B2, initially filed June 20, 2022) developed by Neeraj Kumar Singh, Seattle, Washington, and Rajsekhar Das, Sammamish, Washington, for "File system metadata layout for append-only storage." *** Physics-Bas  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 14 -- Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software developer, issued the following news release: * * * Ansys technology is instrumental in helping WEG develop an electric industrial motor that enables OEMs to push the limits of innovation through improved efficiency and productivity Key Highlights * Ansys technology delivers an optimal balance of simulation speed and predictively accurate results to help WEG develop W80 AXgen, an electric industrial motor that  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- The Whitney Museum of American Art issued the following news release: The Whitney Museum of American Art launches Twin Quasar, a digital art project by Ashley Zelinskie commissioned for artport, the Museum's online gallery space for net art and new media art commissions. Twin Quasar is a virtual reality artwork and environment within the Whitney Museum Virtual Landscape, a virtual world produced by The IMC Lab on the MONA platform. Zelinskie's new work combines elements of   more