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The world’s highest honor in computational physics awarded to Stefano Baroni
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi AvanzatiGrant and Award Announcement
The American Physical Society (APS) – the world’s largest organization of physicists – has awarded the 2026 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics to Stefano Baroni, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) and research associate at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR–IOM). The prize is regarded as the most prestigious international recognition in the field, awarded for outstanding achievements in computational physics.
The official citation recognizes his “seminal contributions to the development of first-principles methods for studying the electronic and thermal properties of condensed systems, and for the development and dissemination of open-source software for electronic-structure calculations, now widely adopted.”
Paradox of rotating turbulence finally tamed with world-class ‘hurricane-in-a-lab’
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
Two formulations are at the heart of the study of turbulence: Kolmogorov’s universal framework for small-scale turbulence, which describes how energy propagates and dissipates through increasingly small eddies; and Taylor-Couette (TC) flows, which are very simple to create yet exhibit extremely complex behaviors, thereby setting the benchmark for the study of the fundamental characteristics of complex flows.
For the past many decades, a central contradiction between these potent formulations has plagued the field. Despite extensive experimental research and despite being found universal to almost all turbulent flows, Kolmogorov’s framework has apparently failed to apply to turbulent TC flows.
But now, after nine years developing a world-class TC setup at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), researchers have finally resolved this tension by conclusively demonstrating that, contrary to the prevailing understanding, Kolmogorov’s framework does apply universally to the small scales of turbulent TC flows – precisely as predicted.
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- Science Advances
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
University of Houston reaffirmed as National Center of Cybersecurity Excellence
University of HoustonBusiness Announcement
The University of Houston has been redesignated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) through 2029, reaffirming UH’s national leadership in advancing cybersecurity innovation, education and workforce development to help protect America’s critical infrastructure.
Scientists reveal it is possible to beam up quantum signals
University of Technology SydneyPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research shows it is feasible to send quantum signals from Earth to a satellite, paving the way for stronger quantum communication networks.
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- Physical Review Research
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- H.L. acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Center of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T).
Can a politician’s tweeting strategy betray their ambitions?
Stevens Institute of TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
Using tools from network science, researchers built a statistical model that observed how senators and congresspeople interacted with one another on X, formerly known as Twitter, which deduced their positions and potential ambitions.
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- Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
Machine learning takes biochar dye cleanup to the next level
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University- Journal
- Carbon Research