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Mayuko Yamashita awarded new Hideki Yukawa Chair in Theoretical Physics

Perimeter Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Perimeter Institute Research Faculty member Mayuko Yamashita, who helps connect mathematics and physics, has been named The Hideki Yukawa Chair in Theoretical Physics, thanks to $1.5 million gift from an anonymous donor.

U of A research finds improved weather forecasts could reduce heat deaths as climate warms

University of Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Experts found that technological advancements could reduce U.S. mortality from heat by 18% to 25% in the year 2100.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UC Irvine physicists discover method to reverse ‘quantum scrambling’

University of California - Irvine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A problem in quantum computing called “quantum scrambling” hampers the technology’s development. Scrambling results in the loss of data in a quantum computing system, an issue previously thought to be irreversible. A UC Irvine team has discovered a way to reverse the scrambling process.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Penn researchers use AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Could mining Reddit with AI help spot drug side effects earlier? A new Penn study suggests it might. Using large language models to map patient posts to standardized medical terms, researchers analyzed more than 400,000 Reddit posts about GLP-1s and found both known side effects and possibly underrecognized symptoms, like menstrual changes. The team says the approach could eventually help generate early safety signals for other drugs and wellness trends discussed online.

Journal: Nature Health

How surfaces grow: Research team demonstrates universal 2D growth

University of Würzburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Crystals, bacterial colonies, flame fronts: the growth of surfaces was first described in the 1980s by the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation. Since then, it has been regarded as a fundamental model in physics, with implications for mathematics, biology, and computer science. Now—forty years later—a Würzburg-based research team from the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat has achieved the first experimental demonstration of KPZ behavior on 2D surfaces in space and time. This was made possible by sophisticated materials engineering and a bold experimental approach: researchers injected polaritons—hybrid particles composed of light and matter—into the material. The results have been published in Science.

Journal: Science

University of Houston researcher uncovers the mathematical signature of fair competition

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Houston researcher and his collaborators have developed a mathematical model that helps identify whether a competitive environment is healthy, stagnant or skewed.

Journal: npj Complexity

No motors? No gears? No problem.

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Engineers at Princeton have designed and built soft-rigid hybrid robots that move and shift without the need for motors or external pneumatic controls. To do this, the team combined a printable polymer, called a liquid crystal elastomer, with flexible electronics and folding techniques based on the art of origami.

Journal: Advanced Functional Materials

New research brings machine‑learning‑based physics a step closer to solving real engineering challenges

University of Manchester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A mathematics professor at The University of Manchester has developed a novel machine-learning method to detect sudden changes in fluid behaviour, improving speed and cost of identifying these instabilities and overcoming one of the major obstacles faced when using machine learning to simulate physical systems.

Journal: Journal of Computational Physics

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