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» Back to Press Release Media Release Media Contact: WSPC Communications Email: communications@wspc.com For Immediate Release CRE and CFC Theories Reproduce Spatiotemporal Ozone Depletion and Predict Future Climate Change Parameter-free quantitative theories challenge standard models of atmospheric ozone depletion and global climate change A new book by physicist Qing-Bin Lu (University of Waterloo, Canada) presents a unified, data-driven reappraisal of two of the most consequential problems...

» Back to Press Release Media Release Media Contact: WSPC Communications Email: communications@wspc.com For Immediate Release The Blue Straggler Mystery Unraveling One of Astronomy’s Most Puzzling Stellar Phenomena Blue stragglers have perplexed astronomers for more than seventy years. Sitting on star cluster diagrams where they seemingly do not belong, these unusual objects appear younger, hotter and more massive than their stellar neighbors raising fundamental questions about how stars evolve.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Professor Xiaoyu Luo, Executive Editor of IJAM, on the evening of February 5th, 2025, at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. She died peacefully after a prolonged illness, which she faced with courage and dignity. Professor Luo was born in Xi’an, China, into a family immersed in the arts—her father, in his later life, became a renowned artist. She studied Theoretical Mechanics at Xi'an Jiaotong Unversity (XJTU).

1. Introduction The detection of gravitational radiation from merging black holes1 as well as the direct imaging of M87*2 and Sgr A*3 has led to a significant resurgence of interest in black hole physics.

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World Scientific author Jayant Narlikar, the revered Indian astrophysicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to cosmology, has passed away at 86. Narlikar’s illustrious career was marked by his steadfast commitment to advancing alternative models of the universe, challenging prevailing theories and inspiring generations of scientists in India and around the world.

Image Credit ©Duke-Nus Medical School World Scientific is honored to announce that Professor Wong Tien Yin, Vice-Provost of Tsinghua University and Senior Vice-Chancellor of Tsinghua Medicine, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences. This prestigious recognition honours his exceptional contributions to science and innovation, particularly in the fields of ophthalmology, public health, and artificial intelligence.

Image Credit ©Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry World Scientific extends heartfelt congratulations to our esteemed author, Professor Wolfgang Baumeister of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany, for being awarded the 2025 Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine.

Dr. Andy Poh - LLM, MPA, MBA, MBBS, GDFM, GDOM, GDFPD, PGDHE is a seasoned Healthcare Strategist and Leadership and Transformation Advisor with an international career of senior-level positions across industry and government. He has worked in different countries, including Australia, Singapore, China and the Middle East, namely the United Arab Emirates. His roles include advising leadership on strategy, policy, system-level transformation and the future of healthcare systems.

Congratulations to our author, Gerard 't Hooft, one of the world’s most pre-eminent theoretical physicists, on being awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics! He is known for making crucial contributions to the foundations of what would later become known as the Standard Model of the subatomic particles in the early 1970s.