WASHINGTON, April 9 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 7): Articles: * Ca Functionalization of the Polyaramid System for Reversible Hydrogen Storage: A DFT Study * Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Hydrothermal Electro  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 9 -- Augsburg University issued the following news: This spring, Augsburg students have received awards and scholarships from some of the top programs across the country, highlighting different disciplines, experiences, locations, and goals. Meet our award winners and explore their areas of interest. Goldwater Scholarship Luke Omodt '25 has been named a Goldwater Scholar, one of the top STEM awards in the country. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence i  more

CLAYTON, Australia, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation issued the following news release: Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar - the Universe's most powerful magnets - has revealed an unexpectedly complex environment. Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field. New res  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * AI-informed platform could increase chance of survival * * * "Heart attacks are one of the leading causes of death worldwide and each year, an estimated 8.5 million cases of an acute heart attack happen worldwide, with high mortality rates of up to 10% after a month and 25% after a year," says Rashid Alavi the lead author of a paper published in   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Renewable energy could partially replace diesel fuel to power instruments and provide heat at the South Pole * * * For almost as long as humans have spent time in Antarctica, the continent has been a home for science. One of the research outposts located there is the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The science done there includes studies of climate ch  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics issued the following testimony by NASA Acting Inspector General George A. Scott involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Advancing Scientific Discovery: Assessing the Status of NASA's Science Mission Directorate": * * * Chairman Babin, Ranking Member Sorensen, and Members of the Subcommittee: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is committed to providing independent, objective, and co  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The longtime academic leader of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology reflects on her time spent guiding students at the intersection of medicine and engineering. * * * By Mindy Blodgett, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science For Julie E. Greenberg SM '89, PhD '94, what began with a middle-of-the-night phone call from overseas became a gratifyi  more

BERLIN, Germany, April 9 -- Nature Reviews Physics, a peer-reviewed journal, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 4): Editorial: * Physics words with surprising origins Comment: * Evolving critical oscillators for hearing * Food oral processing as a multiscale soft matter physics problem * Olfactory cues and memories in animal navigation Reviews: * Photophysical properties of materials for high-speed photodetection * Controlling  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 9 -- 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 April 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 4): * Higher-group symmetry in finite gauge theory and stabilizer codes * Conformal boundary conditions for a 4d scalar field * A lattice pairing-field a  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 9 -- 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 March 2024 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 3): * High-dimensional and permutation invariant anomaly detection * Certifying quantum separability with adaptive polytopes * Majorana chain and Ising m  more

TOKYO, Japan, April 9 (TNSres) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release: A novel technique for enhancing optical spring that utilizes the Kerr effect to improve the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors (GWDs) has recently been developed by scientists at Tokyo Tech. This innovative design uses optical non-linear effects from the Kerr effect in the Fabry-Perot cavity to achieve high signal amplification ratios and optical spring constant, with potential applicatio  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 9 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: An international team, including academics from UNSW, reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies. Galaxies tend to start life with their stars rotating in an orderly pattern but in some, the motion of stars is more random. Until now, scientists have been uncertain about what causes these differences, but have theorised that the surrounding environment or the  more

UTRECHT, Netherlands, April 9 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: On April 1st, 2024, Ingmar Swart was officially appointed as Professor of Experimental Quantum Materials at Utrecht University. In his lab, he constructs materials atom by atom and investigates the electronic properties of these structures. "What primarily drives me is the possibility of being the first one in history to discover how something works." Ingmar Swart's workspace in the Ornstein Laboratory reflects his   more

SEATTLE, Washington, April 9 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: The University of Washington's graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings released late Monday. While the UW celebrates the success and impact of the programs recognized by U.S. News -- and many applicants use these rankings to help them select schools and discover poten  more