WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science issued the following news: Twenty early-career scientists will be embedded across the country to work in newsrooms and utilize their science communication expertise in brand new environments as 2024 Mass Media Fellows this summer. The program is also under new leadership as of January. "It is an honor to lead one of AAAS' flagship fellowship programs as it approaches its 50th year in 2025," said Olivia Monahan,   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- ACS Nano, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers nanoscience and nanotechnology at the interfaces of chemistry, biology, materials science, physics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its April 16, 2024, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 15): Reviews: * Advancements in Noble Metal-Decorated Porous Carbon Nanoarchitectures: Key Catalysts for Direct Liquid Fuel Cells Articles: * Silicon Ether Ionizable Lipids Enable   more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- Barnard College issued the following news: Twice during the academic year, outstanding students from Barnard's junior and graduating classes are selected for membership into the Phi Beta Kappa Society -- the nation's oldest academic honor society -- based on the exceptional quality and breadth of their general scholarship as undergraduates. New inductees are elected by Barnard faculty who are themselves members of Phi Beta Kappa. The 62 students will be officially induct  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced resources from several federal agencies for projects that will bolster health services, economic development, infrastructure, academic and defense research, park improvement efforts, and energy projects across West Virginia. HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate A  more

YORK, England, April 17 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine issued the following news: FIVE members of IPEM have recently been admitted as Fellows. IPEM's Fellows are an increasingly diverse group and with something in common - they have distinguished themselves within their field. The new Fellows are: * Dr Kate Bryant, a Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Non-ionising Radiation at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and an Honorary Associate Professo  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 16 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Teaching assistants are essential to the educational enterprise at Syracuse University. To recognize their critical role and their valuable contributions to undergraduate and graduate education, the Graduate School annually presents Outstanding Teaching Assistant awards. The honor cites demonstrated excellence in instructional capacities. "We appreciate and understand the high value our teaching assistants bring to  more

BASEL, Switzerland, April 17 -- Granular Matter, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features modern tools from statistical mechanics and physics, micro-macro mechanics or computational science, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 2): * Particle breakage of ultra-high dam rockfills under drained shearing * DEM model acquisition of the corn ear with bonded particle model and its simulated parameters calibration * Correction of the spring  more

BASEL, Switzerland, April 17 -- The Journal for General Philosophy of Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the philosophy of physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences and economics, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 1): * The Stopping Rule Principle and Confirmational Reliability * Sequential Measurements and the Kochen-Specker Arguments * Second-Order Confidence in Supervaluationism * Kant's Crucial Contributi  more

TRIESTE, Italy, April 17 -- The Journal of High Energy Physics, an open-access journal from the International School for Advanced Studies, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 2024, Issue 4): * Thermodynamics of the Einstein-Maxwell system * Dark showers from Z-dark Z' mixing * Gauged permutation invariant matrix quantum mechanics: path integrals * Bilocal holography and locality in the bulk * On the breakdown of eikonal approximation and survi  more

NEW YORK, April 17 -- The Journal of Low Temperature Physics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features low temperature physics and cryogenics, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 215, Issue 1-2): * Characterization of Two Fast-Turnaround Dry Dilution Refrigerators for Scanning Probe Microscopy * Crossover From Quantum Mechanical Tunneling to the Superlinear Power Law in Silicon Microcrystal, Doped by Boron and Nickel * Irradiation of Mo-Cu   more

BEAUMONT, Texas, April 17 (TNSres) -- Lamar University issued the following news: Lamar University doctoral candidate Aalok Sharma Kafle secured second place at the Texas Water 2024 conference for his presentation titled "Advancing Flood Risk Management - Integrating Physics-Based Machine Learning with Multi-Criteria Decision Making." The conference, held in Fort Worth from April 9 to 12, is a collaborative effort between the Texas Sections of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and th  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 17 (TNSres) -- The American College of Radiology issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The American College of Radiology(R) (ACR(R)) today announced Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FACR, as Chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors (BOC), and Christoph Wald, MD, PhD, MBA, FACR, as Vice Chair. The announcement was made at ACR 2024, the College's annual meeting in Washington, DC. Pamela K. Woodard, MD, FACR, will serve as President and Catherine J. Everett, MD, MBA, FAC  more

MUNICH, Germany, April 16 (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: * * * Magnetic fields spiral around the mass monster Sagittarius A* and form up for a restart * * * The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of individual radio telescopes located all over the world, has once again observed the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Using the polarised part of the radio light, the researchers discovered strong magnetic fields that spiral out from the edge of the supermassive   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- The Museum of Science, Boston, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, the Museum of Science, Boston's Center for the Environment announced it will host a live episode recording of the Sing for Science podcast, featuring a conversation between iconic musician David Byrne and culture journalist and author Patrik Svensson. Byrne will discuss his interest in "the eel question" with Svensson, the author of The Book of Eels and a leadin  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are collaborating to enhance academic and research ties through a series of workshops and a new seed grant program for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications for the seed grant program are open until May 20. Projects should foster collaborative and sustainable programs that integrate academics and students from both universities. The univers  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: In their ongoing quest to develop a range of methods for managing plasma so it can be used to generate electricity in a process known as fusion, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have shown how two old methods can be combined to provide greater flexibility. While the two methods - known as electron cyclotr  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 16 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University, in collaboration with the University of Houston, IPTalons and the Society of Research Administrators International, will host a first-of-its-kind national workshop to examine the burgeoning field of research on research security to inform future laws, policies and guidelines aimed at enhancing research security around the world. Supported by the National Science Foundation's Office of the Chief of R  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, April 17 -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, issued the following news release: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is pleased to announce the selection of two student members to attend the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Physics. Katherine Kudla, a senior at Providence College and Collins Edet, a graduate student at Universiti Malaysia Perlis will attend the prestigious six-day event beginning June 30 in Lindau, Germ  more

ERLANGEN, Germany, April 17 (TNSres) -- The Friedrich-Alexander University issued the following news: ERC Advanced Grant: Accelerating the discovery of soft materials The mechanics of biological tissue are the inspiration behind developing new soft materials using artificial intelligence. That is the aim of the "Discover" project that Prof. Dr. Ellen Kuhl, one of the leading specialists in bioengineering, will launch at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU). Kuhl has received  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, April 17 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The physics professor is breaking from traditional metasurface research to embrace "bugs" as features in the control of light waves * * * Adam Overvig, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, has received a $450,000 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigators Award for his project, "Nonlocal Metasurfaces for Spectro-Spatial Control of Light." The thr  more

ALBANY, New York, April 17 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release: State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today announced the expansion of the Chancellor's Summer Research Excellence Fund. A total of $1.4 million will be invested to expand the number of paid internships from 150 to 170 for students from across six campuses. The internships will include 45 new experiences for students focused on Artificial Intelligence research. This is   more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, April 17 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Chenoa Tremblay, Ph.D., a project scientist at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, will deliver the keynote address during the "Math In Space and the Unbreakable Bonds of STEM" event on April 19 at Texas State University in observance of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. The event, which is free and open to the public, will run 2-4 p.m. in Derrick Hall room 113  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, April 17 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, four members-at-large for the Board of Directors, and one Young Member director for the Board. New professional division leadership was also decided on in the election, which opened on February 20 and closed on April 9. About 22 perc  more

BRISTOL, England, April 17 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: A talented Bristol mathematician took a break from motherhood to mingle with A-list celebrities and world-leading academics at an awards ceremony in America to receive a prestigious accolade in recognition of her pioneering research. Tennis superstar Venus Williams and actress Zoe Saldana presented Dr Laura Monk, a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Bristol, with one of the 2024 Breakthrough Pr  more

SARASOTA, Florida, April 17 (TNSres) -- The University of South Florida's Sarasota-Manatee campus issued the following news: By Cassidy Delamarter, University Communications and Marketing Nearly 600 undergraduate students across the Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee campuses showcased their ingenuity at the university's OneUSF Undergraduate Research Conference. The 16% increase in student participation from the last year reflected the university's commitment to fostering collaborative  more

WURZBURG, Germany, April 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the University of Wurzburg have developed a method that can improve the performance of quantum resistance standards. It's based on a quantum phenomenon called Quantum Anomalous Hall effect. * * * The precise measurement of electrical resistance is essential in industrial production or electronics - for example, in the manufacture of high-tech sensors, microchips and flig  more

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, April 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Prince Edward Island issued the following news release: UPEI awarded research grants totaling $62,788 to 13 faculty members in 2024. Five faculty members received internal research grants (IRG), six were awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore research grants (SERG), and two were awarded Levesque human health internal research grants. The IRG program supports research projects across a r  more