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2027 Hertz Fellowship application info sessions offered for prospective applicants

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
Meeting Announcement

The Hertz Foundation will hold two Hertz Fellowship Application Information Sessions for applicants to learn more about the 2027 Hertz Fellowship application and experience as a fellowship recipient. On Thursday, September 10, at 6:00 p.m EDT -or- Monday, September 14 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, join Hertz Fellowship Director Derek Haseltine and Hertz Fellows for an online information session to learn more about this unique doctoral funding opportunity.

Funder: Hertz Foundation

2027 Hertz Fellowship application now open

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

The Hertz Foundation today opened applications for the 2027 Hertz Fellowship, the nation’s most competitive doctoral fellowship in the applied sciences, engineering and mathematics. The Hertz Fellowship application closes on October 30, 2026. Fellowship finalists will be named in February 2027, and fellowship awards will be officially announced in May 2027.

Funder: Hertz Foundation

The 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum begins September 13

Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Meeting Announcement

This September 13-18, at the 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF), 200 young researchers in mathematics and computer science will spend a week of scientific exchange with the laureates of the disciplines’ most prestigious prizes: the Abel Prize, ACM A.M. Turing Award, ACM Prize in Computing, Fields Medal, the Nevanlinna Prize, as well as its continuation, the IMU Abacus Medal. Six of the nine recipients of the fields’ most prestigious prizes awarded in 2026 will be among the 21 laureates taking part. Below are a few highlights of the upcoming program of the HLF as well as a breakdown of how to cover this unique event.

Meeting: 13th Heidelberg Laureate Forum

A multiplexed quantum photonic interface for neutral-atom quantum computers

The University of Osaka
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research group in Japan led by Professor YAMAMOTO Takashi, Deputy Director, Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology / Graduate School of Engineering Science, the University of Osaka, in collaboration with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., has successfully demonstrated a world-record 10-channel multiplexed quantum photonic interface based on an integrated waveguide array, a key technology for optically interconnecting multiple quantum computers.

Journal: Optica

Dose-dependent effects of cannabis edibles on simulated driving performance

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About the Study: In this crossover randomized clinical trial of driving performance after exposure to THC edibles, THC dose-dependently impaired simulated driving performance at blood THC concentrations below per se thresholds commonly used for roadside enforcement.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Affective generative artificial intelligence use and youth mental health

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About the Study: This cross-sectional study suggests that seeking emotional support from generative AI is a unique marker of psychological distress in children and adolescents, independent of mattering or loneliness. Clinical frameworks and digital literacy programs should distinguish between functional AI assistance and the use of algorithmic interfaces as a digital refuge for emotional needs.

Journal: JAMA Pediatrics

PolyU develops quantum-tunnelling field-effect transistor to overcome barriers to integrated-circuit chip development

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The next generation of microelectronics relies on radical improvements in transistor switching performance to advance computing power. However, conventional semiconductor technology has hit a physical limit known as the "Boltzmann tyranny," which restricts the energy efficiency of traditional transistors and stalls progress in high-performance electronics. To address this key bottleneck, a research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has engineered a novel tunnelling field-effect transistor (TFET) utilising two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. The breakthrough brings this long-awaited experimental technology closer to commercial reality, offering a fundamental building block for energy-efficient computing and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Journal: Science

Improving identity-tracking across multiple cameras with geometry and appearance

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By combining two complementary clues—camera geometry and visual appearance—researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, developed a new approach for preserving identities across multiple cameras. The method uses epipolar geometry to identify spatially consistent candidate matches and appearance similarity to distinguish between possible identities. The approach can be integrated with existing single-camera tracking systems without requiring environment-specific retraining.

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