Seven researchers supported by the Simons Foundation and board member Margaret Hamburg are among the latest group of prominent artists, scholars, scientists and leaders elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
David Spergel, director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA), is among 232 astronomers and astrophysicists honored as the first class of fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The distinction recognizes the honorees for enhancing and sharing humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe.
The Albert Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland, will award its 2020 Einstein Medal to the international collaboration of scientists behind the Event Horizon Telescope. The prize recognizes the group for their landmark work imaging the shadow of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the elliptical galaxy Messier 87.
Quanta Magazine is expanding its illumination of fundamental math and science with a new podcast titled “The Joy of x.” Hosted by mathematician Steven Strogatz, the new series features intimate conversations with scientists about their work, discoveries, frustrations and journeys.
The outskirts of the Milky Way are home to the galaxy’s oldest stars. But astronomers have spotted something unexpected in this celestial retirement community: a flock of young stars.
Columbia University, the Flatiron Institute in New York City and the Max Planck Society in Germany are joining forces. Their new partnership, called the Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena, aims to understand, control and manipulate the uniquely useful properties of quantum materials.
Article written in collaboration with Columbia University.
On November 3, the emperor of Japan conferred the nation’s medal of honor to physicist Hirosi Ooguri. The medal includes a purple ribbon, recognizing Ooguri’s contributions to the arts and sciences.
The Flatiron Institute is pleased to announce that bioengineer Stanislav Shvartsman will lead a new research group within the Center for Computational Biology. The new Developmental Dynamics group will combine experiments, theory and computing to study the contributions of encoded genomic instructions and self-organizing physical mechanisms to embryo development.
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) will recognize mathematician David Eisenbud with its 2020 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service.
The American Physical Society has awarded its 2020 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics to Antoine Georges. He shares the prize with Gabriel Kotliar of Rutgers University.