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| Quantum physics: Majorana modes materialize Nature.com The condensed-matter physics community has been galvanized by the apparent experimental discovery of Majorana modes, reported by Mourik et al. 1 in a paper published in Science. These entities, whose existence had been predicted 2 theoretically, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Harold Urey's Lunar Landing Sites (1961) Wired News After a stint at a chemical plant in Philadelphia, he earned a Ph.D. inChemistry at the University of California at Berkeley in 1923. Following a fellowship in theoretical physics at the Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, he joined the Chemistry faculty at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Psychiatrist Romps, Lion Talks, Salome Sings: UK Stage BusinessWeek Two of them believe they are Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, and the third is the renowned physicist Johann Wilhelm Mobius. He believes that his amazing discoveries have the potential to be abused by humanity, so he feigns madness in order to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Explainer: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle The Conversation His research group is also funded by the ARC through Discovery Projects, by the Templeton Foundation, and by the Perimeter Institute for TheoreticalPhysics (Canada). He has no other relevant affiliations, funding sources, or financial interests. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UFO sightings featured in Morgan Freeman's return to Through the Wormhole HULIQ By Dave Masko on 2012-06-13 Must see watching for UFO sighting experts at Bray's Point – here on the far western shores of the Oregon coast - is Morgan Freeman's “Through the Wormhole” series that returns to Discovery'sScience Channel June 13 for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Asia's First Graphene Nano-Tech Facility Opens In Singapore Bernama ... world leaders in graphene research, the Centre is set up under scientific advising by Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, from Manchester University in the UK and winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize inPhysics for the discovery of graphene. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Extremely Little' Telescope Discovers Pair of Odd Planets Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (June 13, 2012) — Even small telescopes can make bigdiscoveries. Though the KELT North telescope in southern Arizona carries a lens no more powerful than a high-end digital camera, it's just revealed the existence of two very unusual ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| What is Science? The Scientific Method LiveScience.com The understanding of chemistry also evolves during this century as Antoine Lavoisier, dubbed the father of modern chemistry, develops the law of conservation of mass. Milestones in the 1800s include Alessandro Volta'sdiscoveries regarding ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Greater observatories: A midlife crisis for X-ray astronomy Nature.com The result of this brief flight by physicist Riccardo Giacconi and his colleagues revolutionized astronomers' view of what the Universe contains. For 50 years, X-ray astronomy has burgeoned. The field has grown a billion times more sensitive — a feat ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nanoparticles Found in Moon Glass Bubbles Explain Weird Lunar Soil Behavior Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (June 13, 2012) — A stunning discovery by QUT soil scientist Marek Zbik of nano particles inside bubbles of glass in lunar soil could solve the mystery of why the moon's surface topsoil has many unusual properties. Dr Zbik, from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| India-US science body seeks removal of visa problems Newstrack India The joint commission also recommended several new directions of cooperation including research in the areas of high energy particle physicsand gravitational wave detection under the 'Discovery Science Agreement' between Department of Atomic Energy and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rolex recognizes 5 'visionaries' Washington Post (blog) And Block, who has frequently been featured in The Post for her discoveriesand observations, continues to work on increasingly sophisticated tracking technology to monitor marine predators off the North American Pacific coast. I caught up with Block, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Small Planets Don't Need Stars With Heavy Metal Content To Form MarketWatch (press release) Astronomers refer to all chemical elements heavier than hydrogen and helium as metals. They define metallicity is the metal content of heavier elements in a star. Stars with a higher fraction of heavy elements than the sun are considered metal-rich. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 180-Degree Video Player: The Ultimate Mobile Experience? Mashable It includes Mercedes, Discovery Communications, XL Recordings, The Guardian and Popular Science, which recently used the player to give a virtual tour of a particle physics experiment. But the illusion of immersion adds a layer of understanding to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Mathematical Puzzle That Is the Complexity of the City The Atlantic Cities We can begin by examining a city's population, its economic output, and itsphysical expanse (many of which have been explored by Luis Bettencourt, Geoffrey West, and their colleagues at the Santa Fe Institute). But where do you go next? See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Get ready the world's largest optical telescope io9 It will also look for possible variations in the fundamental physical constants with time — a discovery that would have far-reaching consequences for our comprehension of the Universe and the general laws of physics. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Letters for the week of June 13 Mukilteo Beacon Two of my sons went onto four-year universities to graduate with a master's degree (in finance) and a bachelor's degree (in physics). Mariner has always received negative vibes, yet has some of the most outstanding students. See all stories on this topic » |
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