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View Funding Opportunities Announcements May 10, 2024 Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86 By Thomas Sumner Flatiron Institute May 07, 2024 CCM and CCN Researchers Awarded Outstanding Paper Award at the International Conference on Learning Representations May 07, 2024 Kelsey Martin, Executive Vice President of Autism and Neuroscience, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences View More EventsLectures View All Society of Fellows Founded in 2014, the Simons Society of Fellows is a community of scholars that encourages intellectual interactions across disciplines and across research centers in the New York City area. Senior Fellows are distinguished scientists based in New York City. Junior Fellows are outstanding young scientists who receive support from the foundation for three years to conduct independent research at an institution of higher learning in New York City, with no teaching obligations. Learn More Articles May 10, 2024 Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86 By Thomas Sumner May 10, 2024 Remembering the Life and Careers of Jim Simons By Thomas Sumner Center for Computational Quantum Physics May 09, 2024 Quantum Breakthrough Sheds Light on Perplexing High-Temperature Superconductors By Yen Duong Science, SocietyCulture May 08, 2024 Announcing Portal: Connecting New York and Dublin By John Tracey Center for Computational Astrophysics April 30, 2024 Citizen Scientists Help Discover Record-Breaking Exoplanet in Binary Star System By Mara Johnson-Groh Center for Computational Biology April 17, 2024 Researchers Crack Mystery of Swirling Vortexes in Egg Cells By Mara Johnson-Groh View More ArticlesVideos What We're Reading May 10 1 Meet the ‘Quantum Plumbers’ Uncovering the Mysteries of Fluid Mechanics at the Nanoscale, Physics World Nanofluidics could be used to purify water, generate energy and build nanoscale machines. But when water flows through a carbon nanotube, classical fluid mechanics breaks down, leading to puzzling experimental findings that researchers have attributed to an effect called quantum friction.” 2 New Initiative Aims to Bolster Funding for Scientists in War-Torn Ukraine, Science For astrophysicist David Spergel, teaching at a summer school about data science in August 2023 in Ukraine was a surreal” experience. At times, utterly normal—smart students and collegial dinners in the charming cobblestoned city of Lviv. But punctuated by sirens and cellphone alerts warning of Russian missile attacks that compelled attendees to seek refuge in bomb shelters. Spergel, president of the Simons Foundation, started to think there had to be something more the West could do to aid his Ukrainian colleagues. 3 Autism Doesn’t Discriminate. Autism Research Shouldn’t Either, STAT Autism exists on a spectrum because it is an inherently diverse condition. It manifests everywhere, paying little mind to culture, gender, race, religion or family income. Within this magnificent diversity there is only one constant: every person with autism deserves access to dignified care and support to help them thrive. 4 This Marine Alga is the First Known Eukaryote to Pull Nitrogen From Air, Science News It’s time to welcome a new type of cell to the club of living things that can harvest nitrogen from the atmosphere. Until now, the only lifeforms thought to pull nitrogen from the air and turn it into a biologically useful form were bacteria and archaea. But the discovery of a special ammonia factory inside a single-celled ocean alga adds eukaryotes — organisms with membrane-bound structures called organelles — to the list, researchers report in the April 12 Science . 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