A new study led by the Flatiron Institute’s Aavishkar Patel has identified a mechanism that explains the unusual behavior of strange metals, considered one of the greatest open challenges in condensed matter physics.
Mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda has been named the winner of the 2023 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in the physical sciences and engineering category.
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that Brett Dakin has joined the foundation as senior vice president and general counsel. As the foundation’s first chief legal officer, Dakin will oversee the legal and compliance teams and provide legal advice and strategic guidance to the organization’s leadership and board of directors.
Secrets hide in the twinkling of stars.
A research team led by scientists at the Flatiron Institute and Northwestern University has created first-of-their-kind computer simulations showing how churning deep in a star’s depths can cause the star’s light to flicker. This effect is different from the visible twinkling of stars in the night sky caused by Earth’s atmosphere.
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences announced on July 26 that astrophysicist Shirley Ho is a finalist for the 2023 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in the physical sciences and engineering category.
When pursuing a science degree, hands-on experience is critical. But for undergraduates, especially those in their first or second year, such opportunities are typically limited to lab classes. Getting that early real-world experience is a boon when applying to graduate school, especially for students from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences.
The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund has announced that neuroscientist SueYeon Chung is one of this year’s recipients of a prestigious Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience. The award recognizes and supports outstanding early-career neuroscientists who have made valuable research contributions and show great promise.
Following 15 years of data collection in a galaxy-sized experiment, scientists have “heard” the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through our universe for the first time — and it’s louder than expected.
This fall, nearly 30 students will attend Stony Brook University as the first ever Simons STEM Scholars. With support from the Simons Foundation, these accomplished students — all among the top in their year — will receive full scholarships, programmatic support, academic advising, and assistance finding internships and research opportunities. On May 5, 2023, 25 of the incoming Scholars celebrated their acceptance into the program at a signing ceremony hosted at the Simons Foundation’s New York City headquarters.
The Simons Foundation is honoring the memory of neuroscientist Krishna Shenoy by renaming its undergraduate research fellowship the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience, or SURFiN.