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Newswise: Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia Labs
20-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia Labs
Sandia National Laboratories

In a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent light sources.

Released: 20-Mar-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem. Learn all about it in the Drug Resistance channel.
Newswise

Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridioides difficile, Candida auris, Drug-resistant Shigella. These bacteria not only have difficult names to pronounce, but they are also difficult to fight off. These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those caused by non-resistant bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global public health threat.

     
Newswise: Brookhaven Lab Physicist Mary Bishai Elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson
Released: 20-Mar-2023 8:05 AM EDT
Brookhaven Lab Physicist Mary Bishai Elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Mary Bishai, a distinguished scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected co-spokesperson of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). In her new role, Bishai will lead DUNE’s 1,400-member international collaboration—the largest neutrino collaboration in the world.

Released: 17-Mar-2023 5:15 PM EDT
Better simulations of neutron scattering
Springer

A new simulation approach named eTLE aims to improve the precision of a primary tool for estimating neutron behaviours in 3D space. This study examines the approach in detail – validating its reliability in predicting the scattering of neutrons in crystalline media.

Newswise: Qubits put new spin on magnetism: boosting applications of quantum computers
Released: 17-Mar-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Qubits put new spin on magnetism: boosting applications of quantum computers
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research using a quantum computer as the physical platform for quantum experiments has found a way to design and characterize tailor-made magnetic objects using quantum bits, or qubits. That opens up a new approach to develop new materials and robust quantum computing.

Newswise: Sutharshan named ORNL deputy for operations
Released: 17-Mar-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Sutharshan named ORNL deputy for operations
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Balendra Sutharshan has been named chief operating officer for Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He will begin serving as ORNL’s deputy for operations and as executive vice president, operations, for UT-Battelle effective April 1.

Newswise: Argonne hosts conference for undergraduate women in physics
Released: 17-Mar-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Argonne hosts conference for undergraduate women in physics
Argonne National Laboratory

The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) serves as an important event for female physics undergraduates by connecting them with resources, community and professionals. CUWiP is supported by the American Physical Society.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 7:30 PM EDT
Displays with more brilliant colors through a fundamental physical concept
University of Cologne

A research team from the University of Cologne (Germany) and the University of St Andrews (Scotland) has shown in a new study how a fundamental physical concept can be used to boost the colour brilliance of smartphone, computer or TV screens without cutbacks in energy efficiency.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 6:25 PM EDT
Hot topic – how heat flow affects the Earth’s magnetic field
University of Leeds

The magnetic field radiates around the world and far into space, but it is set by processes that happen deep within the Earth’s core, where temperatures exceed 5,000-degress C. New research from geophysicists at the University of Leeds suggests that the way this super-hot core is cooled is key to understanding the causes of the peculiarities - or anomalies, as scientists call them - of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Newswise:Video Embedded scientists-disprove-100-year-old-understanding-of-color-perception
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Released: 16-Mar-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Scientists disprove 100-year-old understanding of color perception
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new study corrects an important error in the 3D mathematical space developed by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger and others and used by scientists and industry for more than 100 years to describe how your eye distinguishes one color from another.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 12:20 PM EDT
‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life, UC Irvine astronomers say
University of California, Irvine

In a new study, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant exoplanets inside a special area called the “terminator zone,” which is a ring on planets that have one side that always faces its star and one side that is always dark.

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Newswise: Prototype telescope designed by Lawrence Livermore
researchers launched to the International Space Station
Released: 16-Mar-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Prototype telescope designed by Lawrence Livermore researchers launched to the International Space Station
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A prototype telescope designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Newswise: Resistance in Walls Can Cause Disruptive Energy Loss
Released: 15-Mar-2023 2:50 PM EDT
Resistance in Walls Can Cause Disruptive Energy Loss
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Under certain conditions, tokamaks can suffer a sudden loss of energy to the vessel walls. This is sometimes caused by a magnetohydrodynamic instability, or mode, coupling to the vacuum vessel. New research demonstrates that the rate of thermal energy loss is consistent with the growth of a particular instability, the resistive wall tearing mode. The results will aid in the operation of the ITER tokamak now under construction.

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Released: 14-Mar-2023 4:35 PM EDT
STAR Physicists Track Sequential 'Melting' of Upsilons
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) to study some of the hottest matter ever created in a laboratory have published their first data showing how three distinct variations of particles called upsilons sequentially “melt,” or dissociate, in the hot goo.

Released: 14-Mar-2023 2:05 PM EDT
William Evans Joins Hertz Foundation Board of Directors
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the most promising innovators in science and technology, has announced the election of William Evans to its board of directors.

Newswise: Fighting Intolerance with Physics
9-Mar-2023 11:10 AM EST
Fighting Intolerance with Physics
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

In a world experiencing growing inequality and intolerance, tools borrowed from science and mathematics could be the key to understanding and preventing prejudice. In Chaos, Luis A. Martinez-Vaquero applies evolutionary game theory, which combines techniques from economics and biology, and complex system analysis to investigate the relationship between inequality and intolerance. He found that inequality boosts intolerance and that redistribution of wealth can prevent its infectious spread.

Newswise: Dark Sky Protection: We Are Losing the Universe
Released: 13-Mar-2023 6:30 PM EDT
Dark Sky Protection: We Are Losing the Universe
NSF's NOIRLab

White LEDs contributing to skyglow, satellites impacting astronomical observations, and stars vanishing from sight — the effects of light pollution are revealed thanks to alarming new evidence from Globe at Night, a global citizen science program of NSF’s NOIRLab. The study reveals that indeed the night sky is disappearing, but there is always something we can do. On 13 March 2023, Globe at Night will begin its next campaign, which will last until 22 March and coincides with the launch of a new Globe at Night website that features a revamped and more streamlined user interface.

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Released: 13-Mar-2023 5:20 PM EDT
Students Reach for the Sky to Launch High-Altitude Balloon Platform
California State University, Fullerton

A team of future engineers and computer scientists is working toward getting a high-altitude balloon and capsule 150,000 feet, or 28 miles high, off the ground to provide an affordable launch service for scientific experiments in microgravity environments.


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