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    Research Resume: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials

    Research Resume: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials

    Kun Luo is combining his experience in materials experimentation and theoretical simulations to explain the atomic mechanisms that create special properties in high-performance materials.

    Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

    Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

    A Princeton-led team composed of engineers, physicists, and data scientists from the University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict -- and then avoid -- the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time.

    Rutgers Computer Scientist Named Sloan Fellow

    Rutgers Computer Scientist Named Sloan Fellow

    A Rutgers professor who studies and improves the design of algorithms - human-made instructions computers follow to solve problems and perform computations - has been selected to receive a 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship. Aaron Bernstein, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was named one of 126 researchers drawn from a select group of 53 institutions in the U.S. and Canada.

    Plasma Technology for More Effective Lithium Extraction

    Plasma Technology for More Effective Lithium Extraction

    Korea Institute of Fusion Energy(KFE) announced revealed that their researchers have successfully increased the lithium extraction rate by three times compared to pre-existing methods by applying CO2 microwave plasma technology.

    Electrons screen against conductivity-killer in organic semiconductors

    Electrons screen against conductivity-killer in organic semiconductors

    Scientists uncover the physics driving dopant and polymer interactions that boost conductivity in organic materials.

    First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water

    First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water

    A multi-institutional team reports the first look at electrons moving in real time in liquid water. Their findings could affect studies of radiation-induced processes, such as those in space travel, cancer treatments, nuclear reactors and legacy waste.

    New nuclei can help shape our understanding of fundamental science on Earth and in the cosmos

    New nuclei can help shape our understanding of fundamental science on Earth and in the cosmos

    In creating five new isotopes, an international research team working at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, at Michigan State University has brought the stars closer to Earth.

    First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water

    First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water

    Scientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water.

    U.S. Department of Energy Accepting Nominations for 2025 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

    U.S. Department of Energy Accepting Nominations for 2025 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a call for nominations for the 2025 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the longest running and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. government.

    U of I Researchers on Team Exploring Black Hole Mergers With $1.8 Million NASA Award

    U of I Researchers on Team Exploring Black Hole Mergers With $1.8 Million NASA Award

    A team including University of Idaho researchers is going to explore the physics of supermassive black hole mergers and galaxy collisions, unlocking secrets that could reshape science's understanding of one of the universe's most enigmatic processes.

    Astronomers Discover Jupiter-sized Objects Drawn into Each Other's Orbit

    Astronomers Discover Jupiter-sized Objects Drawn into Each Other's Orbit

    In our most basic understanding of our Solar System, planets are drawn into the orbit of our massive star, the Sun. But what happens to planet-sized objects that don't have a star? A team of astronomers studying Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs) in the Orion Nebula are gaining a new understanding of these unusual systems.

    RUDN chemists create an emission molecular thermometer

    RUDN chemists create an emission molecular thermometer

    RUDN University chemists have obtained a multifunctional complex - a quadruple framework compound of lanthanides.

    Finding cannibalized stars

    Finding cannibalized stars

    Scientists working with the powerful telescopes at Georgia State's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array have completed a survey of a group of stars suspected to have devoured most of the gas from orbiting companion stars.

    MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat "sloshing" in a superfluid

    MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat "sloshing" in a superfluid

    In most materials, heat prefers to scatter. If left alone, a hotspot will gradually fade as it warms its surroundings.

    Results from South Pole Telescope's new camera emerge

    Results from South Pole Telescope's new camera emerge

    A newly published study led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory details early measurements from a new camera at the South Pole Telescope.

    Testing the Evolution of the Universe with Galaxy Clusters

    Testing the Evolution of the Universe with Galaxy Clusters

    100 billion - there are at least that many stars in our Milky Way. It seems like an unimaginable number. Yet astrophysicists study structures in our universe that are far bigger than galaxies alone.

    Neural network assisted high-spatial-resolution polarimetry

    Neural network assisted high-spatial-resolution polarimetry

    Polarimetry is playing an indispensable role in modern optics with enhanced compact and resolution requirements. Towards this goal, Scientist in China proposed a neural network assisted polarimetry based on a tri-channel chiral metasurface.

    Stable intense supercontinuum light generation from 1kHz femtosecond laser filamentation in air

    Stable intense supercontinuum light generation from 1kHz femtosecond laser filamentation in air

    Supercontinuum (SC) white light generation in gases through ultrafast laser filamentation is in principle immune to damage. However, the bottleneck problem is that the strong jitters from filament induced self-heating at kHz repetition level.

    Gluon Spins Align with the Proton They're In

    Gluon Spins Align with the Proton They're In

    Scientists have new evidence that gluons have a positive spin polarization, meaning the spins of individual gluons are aligned in the same direction as the spin of the proton they are in.

    High fidelity spatial mode quantum gates enabled by diffractive neural networks

    High fidelity spatial mode quantum gates enabled by diffractive neural networks

    Reliable quantum gates are the fundamental component of quantum information processing. However, achieving high-dimensional unitary transformations in a scalable and compact manner with ultrahigh fidelities remains a great challenge.

    SNO+ Reveals the Power of Neutrinos

    SNO+ Reveals the Power of Neutrinos

    It may be snowy outside, but the water in the SNO+ experiment isn't for building snowmen. SNO+ is short for the Sudbury Neutrino Observation+, a neutrino experiment 2 kilometers underground in a mine in Ontario, Canada.

    A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away...

    A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away...

    Employing massive data sets collected through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astronomer is unearthing clues to conditions existing in the early universe. The team has catalogued the ages of stars in the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) galaxy, constructing the most detailed picture of it yet, according to the researchers.

    FAU's Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., Among 21 New Fellows of the American Astronomical Society

    FAU's Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., Among 21 New Fellows of the American Astronomical Society

    Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., was elected for his contributions to the field of resolved stellar populations as applied to the formation and evolution of star clusters and galaxies, extensive service to the astronomical community through leadership of committees, and outstanding efforts in public service such as hosting the "Astronomy Minute" podcast.

    Breaking boundaries in quantum photonics:
Groundbreaking nanocavities unlock new frontiers in light confinement

    Breaking boundaries in quantum photonics: Groundbreaking nanocavities unlock new frontiers in light confinement

    In a significant leap forward for quantum nanophotonics, a team of European and Israeli physicists, introduces a new type of polaritonic cavities and redefines the limits of light confinement. This pioneering work, detailed in a study published today in Nature Materials, demonstrates an unconventional method to confine photons, overcoming the traditional limitations in nanophotonics.

    Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production

    Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production

    A team of Rice University researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.