# critical point — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover critical point. Page: Feed: --- ## [Cartels, Deals, and the Mineral Scramble - Critical Point #46](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/cartels-deals-and-the-mineral-scramble) _2026-08-03 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Indonesian nickel control. EU trade agreements. Global rare earth production. ## [Workers’ comp costs are climbing. How can insurers and employers bring them down?](https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/critical-point-64-workers-comp-costs-climbing) _2026-07-28 · Critical Point_ Workers’ compensation insurance claims are staying open longer than ever, driving up costs and pushing more injured employees to litigate. On this episode of Critical Point, two workers’ comp experts—Milliman’s Stephanie Schmidt and the “Riskfluencer” Sandy Avina—unpack this trend and outline several cost-containment strategies for employers. They discuss the impact of comorbidities on workers’… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/173398/episodes/19522395-workers-comp-costs-are-climbing-how-can-insurers-and-employers-bring-them-down.mp3) ## [What Automation Shapes and Disrupts - Critical Point #45](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/what-automation-shapes-and-disrupts) _2026-07-27 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Protests at Meta. Anthropic's models blocked. LLM adoption. ## [The Power Struggles Inside Global Health](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/the-power-struggles-inside-global) _2026-07-24 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Interview with Meri Koivusalo ## [Extracting baryon number susceptibilities at finite density from heavy-ion collisions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/hitlbl2026/) _2026-07-21 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Talk given by Volodymyr Y. Vovchenko (University of Houston) at the Hadron Ion Tea (HIT) Seminar Series at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Host: Volker Koch ## [War to the Last Drop - Critical Point #44](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/war-to-the-last-drop-critical-point) _2026-07-20 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ US-Iran war. CAR-Sudan border. Fuel supplies targeted in Russia. ## [QCD phase diagram at finite baryon density from heavy-ion collisions and new expansions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/xqcd2026/) _2026-07-14 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Who's Fr(a)ying the Multilateral Order? - Critical Point #43](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/whos-fraying-the-multilateral-order) _2026-07-13 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ AU Mission in Somalia. Attacks against UN Peacekeepers. Strait of Malacca. ## [Critical Minerals: Can Anyone Outpace China? - Critical Point #42](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/critical-minerals-can-anyone-outpace) _2026-07-06 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Australia's rare earths. EU-US mineral framework. European critical mineral supply chains. ## [Surfin' USA - Critical Point #41](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/surfin-usa-critical-point-41) _2026-06-29 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ US debt. Housing inequality. Gerrymandering in the South. ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3zxp4gsc9xzZ) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [A Social Coalition to Renew America](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/a-social-coalition-to-renew-america) _2026-06-26 · Giulio · phase:shift_ How a new political settlement could rebuild America's social contract and restore democracy and multilateralism. ## [Batteries and coal: solid gains, shaky claims - Critical Point #40](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/batteries-and-coal-solid-gains-shaky) _2026-06-22 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Sodium-ion batteries. Solid-state batteries. Green co-firing in South Africa. ## [The Strategic Ripples of Orbán’s Defeat - Critical Point #39](https://ph4seshift.substack.com/p/critical-point-39) _2026-06-15 · phase:shift · phase:shift_ Effects of Orbán's defeat. Ukraine's deals in the Gulf. EU Loan to Ukraine. ## [Probing fractional quark charges and remnants of chiral criticality with fluctuations at the LHC](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/kyoto-qcdcp2026/) _2026-06-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [QCD phase diagram with constant entropy contours and fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/kyoto2026/) _2026-05-26 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Proton cumulants at RHIC: The antiproton puzzle, factorial cumulants, and baryon susceptibilities](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/cpod2026fri/) _2026-04-17 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Talk given on behalf of Adam Bzdak. ## [Canonical statistical hadronization with local charge conservation for fluctuations and correlations](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/cpod2026thu/) _2026-04-16 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [The search for the QCD Critical Point](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/kitp2026/) _2026-03-30 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Hadron resonance gas with density-dependent interactions for neutron stars and heavy-ion collisions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/sqm2026/) _2026-03-24 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Proton cumulants from hydrodynamics: From baseline to EoS inference](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/lbnl-highdensity2026/) _2026-03-19 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/D0ZTdeXKfMp4) _2026-03-19 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Disentangling equation of state and canonical ensemble effects on proton fluctuations via a density correlations formalism](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/apsapril2026/) _2026-03-17 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Quarkyonic Matter: From Neutron Stars to Normal Nuclei](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2026/anl2026/) _2026-03-02 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [What David Lynch Movies and Theoretical Physics Have In Common | #2](https://shalmawegsman.substack.com/p/what-david-lynch-movies-and-theoretical) _2026-02-12 · Shalma Wegsman · the critical point_ 2/12/2026 ## [So you want to be a P&C actuary?](https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/critical-point-63-property-and-casualty-actuary) _2026-02-11 · Critical Point_ As the world changes, the role of property and casualty (P&C) actuaries is changing too, from the emerging risks they study—including climate change and self-driving cars—to the technologies they employ to devise solutions. On this episode of Critical Point, Milliman recruiter Liz Shickles speaks with two P&C actuarial consultants, Zora Law from Milliman and Dane Grand-Maison from partner firm… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/173398/episodes/18632716-so-you-want-to-be-a-p-c-actuary.mp3) ## [The World Is Not Made of Objects | Newsletter #1](https://shalmawegsman.substack.com/p/the-world-is-not-made-of-objects) _2026-01-30 · Shalma Wegsman · the critical point_ January 30, 2026 ## [Exploring the properties of the Hadronic Phase in Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC Energies via Partial Chemical Equilibrium](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2601.20065/) _2026-01-27 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Spring 2026: Statistical Physics (PHYS6327)](https://vovchenko.net/course/s26-statistical-physics/) _2026-01-20 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Lattice-based equation of state with a critical point from constant entropy contours and its comparison to effective QCD approaches](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2601.08823/) _2026-01-13 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Locating the QCD critical point from first principles through contours of constant entropy density](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2410.16206/) _2026-01-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Fall 2025: College Physics II (PHYS1302)](https://vovchenko.net/course/f25phys1302/) _2025-12-15 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CgCsfC6A2MQR) _2025-12-14 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Exploring the QCD phase diagram through correlations and fluctuations](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2512.04288/) _2025-12-03 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Indications for Freeze-Out of Charge Fluctuations in the Quark-Gluon Plasma at the LHC](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2504.02085/) _2025-12-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Phase Structure of Strongly Interacting Matter under Extreme Conditions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/bogolyubov2025/) _2025-11-25 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Presented at the Bogolyubov Readings 2025 at the Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. ## [Upper Bound on the Cosmic Baryon Chemical Potential from Lepton-Flavor Asymmetry](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2511.11995/) _2025-11-15 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Systematics of the chemical freeze-out line in the high baryon density regime explored at SIS100](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2511.01413/) _2025-11-03 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [High-order cumulants and correlation functions near the critical point from molecular dynamics](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2511.00755/) _2025-11-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Lower-Order Fluctuations (Theory): Insights from Experiment to Theory Comparisons](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/int-qcdcp2025/) _2025-10-29 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Volodymyr Y. Vovchenko co-led this theory-focused session on lower-order fluctuations as part of the Institute for Nuclear Theory program The QCD Critical Point: Are We There Yet? in Seattle. The discussion highlighted what current measurements of net-proton and net-charge cumulants reveal about the QCD phase diagram, how theoretical frameworks benchmark those data, and which future measurements… ## [Strongly Interacting Matter under Extreme Conditions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/ullafayette2025/) _2025-10-22 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Invited seminar delivered to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Physics Department as part of the Fall 2025 seminar series. The presentation surveyed how high-statistics RHIC measurements, lattice QCD, and dynamical modeling constrain the QCD phase diagram, highlighted signatures of the critical point, and outlined future measurements that will further clarify the properties of strongly… ## How have healthcare costs changed since 2005? _2025-09-18 · Critical Point_ Since 2005, the Milliman Medical Index (MMI) has estimated annual healthcare costs for people covered by a typical employer-sponsored health plan. To mark the 20th anniversary of the report, MMI authors past and present gathered to review how healthcare has changed over the past two decades. They discussed the impact of the Affordable Care Act and the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise in drug… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/173398/episodes/17830802-how-have-healthcare-costs-changed-since-2005.mp3) ## [Acceptance dependence of factorial cumulants, long-range correlations, and the antiproton puzzle](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2503.16405/) _2025-08-05 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Cash balance plans: Why small businesses and professional services firms are adding this retirement benefit.](https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/critical-point-61-cash-balance-plans-retirement) _2025-06-30 · Critical Point_ While the number of traditional pensions has been shrinking for decades, one type of defined benefit (DB) plan is expanding: the cash balance plan . Combining features of DB and 401(k) plans, cash balance plans are particularly well-suited to helping small-business owners and highly paid professionals such as doctors and lawyers save for retirement. On this episode of Critical Point, three… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/173398/episodes/17425825-cash-balance-plans-why-small-businesses-and-professional-services-firms-are-adding-this-retirement-benefit.mp3) ## [Probing the Nature's Primordial Fluid](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/quarknet2025rice/) _2025-06-11 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Faculty presentation given by Volodymyr Y. Vovchenko at the QuarkNet Teacher Workshop at Rice University. The workshop provides professional development for high school physics teachers, focusing on particle physics education and research. The presentation covered recent developments in high-energy nuclear physics and how these concepts can be incorporated into high school physics teaching. ## [The cost of extreme weather in Europe](https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/critical-point-60-cost-extreme-weather-europe) _2025-06-03 · Critical Point_ In Europe, flooding was the most prevalent—and most expensive—climate peril last year, making 2024 the “Year of the Flood.” On this episode of Critical Point, five authors of Milliman’s annual Extreme Weather in Europe report assess the toll of flooding in their country and the response from insurers, governing bodies, and communities. They discuss what Italy is doing to protect the insurance… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/173398/episodes/17103082-the-cost-of-extreme-weather-in-europe.mp3) ## [Lattice QCD constraints on the critical point from an improved precision equation of state](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2502.10267/) _2025-06-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Cumulants and fluctuations measurement at the BES II](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/rhicags2025/) _2025-05-20 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Presented at the BES Workshop as part of the 2025 RHIC/AGS Annual Users’ Meeting at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics Large Seminar Room (LSR), Room 510. ## [Some casual thoughts on (sub)consciousness](https://shalmawegsman.substack.com/p/some-casual-thoughts-on-subconsciousness) _2025-05-06 · Shalma Wegsman · the critical point_ maybe a sprinkle of free will is all you need ## [Building neutron stars with the MUSES calculation engine](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2502.07902/) _2025-05-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Chemical freeze-out curve in heavy-ion collisions and the QCD critical point](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2408.06473/) _2025-05-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [Convergence properties of T'-Expansion Scheme: Hadron Resonance Gas and Cluster Expansion Model](https://vovchenko.net/publication/2408.04588/) _2025-05-01 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ ## [The antiproton puzzle, QCD critical point, and fireball properties in heavy-ion collisions](https://vovchenko.net/talk/2025/qm2025/) _2025-04-09 · Volodymyr Vovchenko_ Talk at the XXXI International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2025) in Frankfurt, Germany. Co-authors: Adam Bzdak, Volker Koch