SYRACUSE, New York, March 29 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: "This eclipse will be a beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime event in the sky that will bring us all together," says Walter Freeman, an associate teaching professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Angela Ryan) Walter Freeman's "Introduction to Astronomy" classes always end the same way they began, with Freeman advising his students that, ultimately, "we look at the stars because they are pretty an  more

YORK, England, March 30 -- Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine that says it features biomedical engineering, biophysics and medical physics, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 10, No. 2): Topical Reviews: * Recent advances in nano/micro systems for improved circulation stability, enhanced tumor targeting, penetration, and intracellular drug delivery: a rev  more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, March 29 -- Brock University issued the following news on March 28, 2024: Curious about the cosmos? Wondering why a total solar eclipse in Niagara is such a rare sight? Two Brock University professors are giving free public lectures next week about the celestial spectacle and the significance of lunar and solar cycles. Assistant Professor of Physics Barak Shoshany will present All About Eclipses on Friday, April 5 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in David S. Howes Theatre. The   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 26 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: Why do we remember the past but not the future? Why is it that we can decide what to do tomorrow but not what we did yesterday? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli revels in asking such questions about the nature of time -- they might seem trivial at first but they force one to look deeper, revealing new aspects of reality. He has been pursuing answers to questions like these for years, and eventually, came   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news on March 29, 2024: Foley Hoag LLP advised long-time client Zapata Computing, Inc. ("Zapata AI"), an industrial Generative AI software company on the completion of its business combination with Andretti Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WNNR), a special purpose acquisition company. The combined company, which was renamed Zapata Computing Holdings Inc., will operate as Zapata AI. The company's common stock and warrants w  more

ADA, Oklahoma, March 30 -- East Central University issued the following news: Dr. Bruce Weems, former educator and Dean of the College of Health and Sciences at East Central University, will be honored at ECU's Evening of Honors and Recognition on May 10 at 6 p.m. in the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center. "I have a rather unusual family history at ECU," stated Weems. "My father graduated in the 1920s and my mother attended about the same time; she earned her teaching certificate there.   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems issued the following testimony by Craig Martell, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer of the Defense Department, involving a hearing on March 22, 2024, entitled "The Technology and AI Fight for 21st Century Operations in the Department of Defense": * * * Chairman Gallagher, Ranking Member Khanna, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the op  more

TRIESTE, Italy, March 30 -- The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) issued the following news: The next SISSA Colloquium will be held Wednesday, April 10th, at 16:30, in Aula Magna Budinich with a seminar by Alessandra Celletti (Universita di Roma Tor Vergata). ABSTRACT: Classical perturbation theory is a cornerstone of Celestial Mechanics, since it allows one to determine an approximate solution of the dynamics. It applies typically to  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review B, a journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 10): LETTERS: * Graph morphology of non-Hermitian bands * Observation of ferrotoroidic domains in a metal * Interlayer magnetoelectric coupling in van der Waals structures * Quantum spin state stabilized by coupling with classical spin  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review B, a journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 11): ARTICLES: * Simulations of the dynamics of quantum impurity problems with matrix product states * Observation of a giant band splitting in altermagnetic MnTe * Quasilocal entanglement across the Mott-Hubbard transition * Swap Mot  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review B, a journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 12): LETTERS: * Interaction-mitigated Landau damping * On the zero-field quantization of the anomalous quantum Hall effect in two-dimensional moire layers * Band mixing in the quantum anomalous Hall regime of twisted semiconductor bila  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review B, a journal that says it covers condensed matter and materials physics from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 9). Here are excerpts: ARTICLES: * Thermoelastic properties of bridgmanite using deep-potential molecular dynamics * Ferroelectric switching assisted by laser illumination * Deep learning for the design of non-Hermitian topolectrical c  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review D, a journal that says it covers particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 5): LETTERS: * Search for the Migdal effect in liquid xenon with keV-level nuclear recoils * Nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from future neutrino experiments * Stress inside the pion in holographic light-front QCD * A  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 30 -- Physical Review D, a journal that says it covers particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 109, Issue 6). Here are excerpts: LETTERS: * Constraints on the velocity of gravitational waves from the NANOGrav 15-year data set * Implications for the non-Gaussianity of curvature perturbation from pulsar timing arrays * Spin-down of a   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, March 30 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: By Jennifer Micale There is a beauty to math, when an equation's complex knot unravels to reveal a clear solution that, in retrospect, seems absurdly simple. "The beauty comes with seeing the solution to a hard problem; everything clicks," reflected Binghamton University Associate Professor of Mathematics Alexander Borisov Math students can rarely resist the lure of a tough problem, and the William Lowell Putn  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, March 30 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Universities Space Research Association today announced the appointment of Dr. Robert O'Brien as Director, Center for Space Nuclear Research. Rob brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise in the fields of space and nuclear science. As an internationally recognized Principal Space and Nuclear Scientist/Engineer, Rob has demonstrated exemplary leadership in   more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 29 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The campus community is invited to participate in a variety of solar eclipse-themed activities on April 8. It's been nearly 100 years since the Central New York region experienced a total solar eclipse, but on Monday, April 8, Syracuse University will find itself situated along the path of totality for this once-in-a-lifetime event. Beginning at 3:23 p.m., a new moon will find itself precisely between the Earth and  more