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Advancing physical sciences through scholarship, publishing, and professional fellowship.

NSPS is a learned academic society promoting research, conferences, peer-reviewed publications, professional membership, prizes, and scientific recognition across the physical sciences.

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About the Society

A professional home for scholars in the physical sciences.

NSPS is the main national body incorporated by the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria to promote the study and research of Physical Sciences in Nigeria.

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Supporting research, education, publication, and collaboration in physics, chemistry, mathematics, earth sciences, computer science, and related fields.

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Science News & Member Spotlight

Science News and Member Spotlight

Scientific news reports, society updates, and weekly membership spotlight features from NSPS.

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž
Scientific News Report

๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

A major international analysis has challenged recent claims that the expansion of the universe may be slowing, concluding that the evidence for cosmic acceleration remains strong and that dark energy continues to play a central role in modern cosmology. An international team of astrophysicists has reaffirmed that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, disputing a recent study that suggested cosmic expansion may have begun to slow. The new research, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, argues that the established interpretation of Type Ia supernova observations remains robust. According to the researchers, the apparent challenge to cosmic acceleration arose largely from problems in how earlier data were analysed rather than from evidence that the standard cosmological picture had broken down.

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๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค-๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐—๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ง
Scientific News Report

๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค-๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐—๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ง

A detector built primarily to search for dark matter has recorded strong evidence of an entirely different phenomenon: neutrinos produced inside the Sun interacting with xenon nuclei. Researchers from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration report evidence for coherent elastic neutrinoโ€“nucleus scattering (CEฮฝNS) involving boron-8 solar neutrinos. The result reached a statistical significance of 4.5ฯƒ, making it the strongest evidence of this particular interaction reported by LZ so far.

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๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
Scientific News Report

๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜

A recent study published in African Scientific Reports compared logistic regression, random forest, and support vector machine models for daily rainfall prediction in Lagos, Nigeria, using a 22-year meteorological dataset containing 8,314 observations. Random forest delivered the strongest overall performance, achieving 76.28% accuracy, 79.27% sensitivity, a 76.44% F1-score, and an AUC-ROC of 0.8454. Humidity, cloud cover, dew point, and visibility emerged as the most consistent rainfall predictors, while moon phase and wind speed showed little importance. The researchers also deployed the three trained models in an interactive R Shiny web application, enabling farmers, planners, policymakers, and other non-technical users to enter weather information and obtain real-time rainfall predictions. The study demonstrates the practical value of combining machine learning with accessible web-based tools for climate-related decision-making.

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Information for Reviewers

Reviewer credit, recognition, and certificates of review.

NSPS provides a reviewer credit system and automatic certificate generation for qualified reviewers who support journals published or co-published by the Society.

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