The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
CERN announced first indications of a rare Higgs…
Geneva (CERN)-- At the 40th ICHEP conference, the ATLAS and CMS experiments announced new results which show that the Higgs boson decays into two muons. The muon is a heavier copy of the electron, one of the…
“Junior republics,” a unique concept in the history…
Peter Dizikes, MIT News Photo: M. Scott Brauer CAMBRIDGE, Mass -- Around 1900, the famed Baedeker’s travel guide began listing a new tourist sight in Freeville, New York: the “George Junior Republic,” a miniature United States…
NIH Invests $250 M in COVID-19 Testing innovation
For Scale Up 'Manufacturing' purpose the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committing nearly $250 million to seven companies with COVID-19 testing innovations that were selected through a “Shark Tank approach.” Quidel’s Sofia 2 point-of-care…
The Philippines, the US, and a century of…
Christopher Capozzola’s new book examines how military engagement has shaped social connections between the two nations. MIT Historian Christopher Capozzola is the author of the new book, “Bound by War: How the United States and…