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A leader in the field of particle physics, Hertz Fellow Cameron Geddes, the director of the LBNL Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics at Berkeley Lab, served on the Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel to create a plan for the next decade and beyond. hertzfoundation.org/news/shaping-t…
Congratulations to Hertz Fellow Cheri Ackerman and the entire Concerto Biosciences team for receiving FDA investigational new drug clearance for clinical trials of a therapeutic to treat atopic dermatitis. concertobio.com/press/concerto…
Hertz Fellow & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Alan Edelman and coleagues are using generative AI to answer complex questions in physics. This new technique can automatically classify phases of physical systems and could help scientists investigate novel materials. news.mit.edu/2024/scientist…
Hertz Fellow and National Institute of Standards and Technology researcher Kartik Srinivasan is part of a team that has developed a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of timekeeping. phys.org/news/2024-03-f…
Alexander Brown won the 2023 Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Thesis Prize for her research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Chemistry on iron-sulfur clusters, which play a role in moving nitrogen through ecosystems. Brown is now working in the Hyster Lab at Princeton Chemistry. hertzfoundation.org/news/alexandra…
Named to Financial Times Martin Wolf's best economics summer books of 2024, get the latest book from Hertz Fellow Doyne Farmer , “Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World,” here: bit.ly/3MaimMq 📚 #Booklist #MakingSenseOfChaos #BooksWorthReading
Hertz Fellow Thomas Dean, a research scientist at Breakthrough Energy, is using his engineering background to better model the consequences of contrails and find ways pilots could avoid creating them to minimize climate change.✈️bit.ly/3XpAlop #ClimateChange #science
Our Chief Napping Officer 🐾 Charlie spotted making a ‘pawsitive’ impact at DaybreakLabs —one strategic snooze at a time!🐶 #nonprofit #pets
Hertz Fellow and study co-author, Cameron Myhrvold, is helping SHINE a light on how a low-cost CRISPR-based paper strip test could be used to help improve diagnosis and surveillance of flu. bit.ly/4ggpvsr #flu #research Broad Institute #health