Faking it for physicists July 06, 2006 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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In a "faking it" style test, a social scientist has fooled a panel of physicist judges into believing he was an experienced gravitational wave physicist. | |
Manhattan Project physicist dies June 29, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Manhattan Project physicist William Shurcliff, who became a vocal opponent of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, has died at age 97. | |
California physics professor wins astronomy honor June 22, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A U.S. physics professor has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy for discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. | |
Photonics: Pump up the bandwidth June 21, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists say they've developed an optical amplifier based on silicon that works across a wide range of frequencies. | |
 Einstein papers to go on sale in London May 22, 2006 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A collection of Albert Einstein's papers are to go on sale next month in London, reportedly expected to garner at least $1.5 million. | |
Quantum Cryptography: Diamonds Offer New Online Security May 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, have found a glamorous solution to the problem of communications systems being hacked by eavesdroppers -- diamonds. The School of Physics at the university has just secured ... | |
Oak Ridge lab reactor to return to service May 09, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The U.S. Oak Ridge (Tenn.) National Laboratory's high flux isotope reactor is expected to go back into operation this summer after $70 million in renovation. | |
Water running uphill a cooling idea May 01, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A University of Oregon researcher has discovered a way to make water run uphill. | |
X-ray method improves soft tissue detail March 28, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Swiss scientists say they've developed a technique for improving the detail obtained in X-ray images of soft tissues. | |
Scientists advance photonic technology March 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists at Denmark's Aalborg University have created a family of devices for guiding and processing light in chip-based information technology. | |
Purdue scientist defends his fusion work March 09, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A Purdue University scientist says he will cooperate with a university review of his work in which he claims to have achieved fusion. (see "Purdue investigates ... | |
 Purdue investigates professor's tabletop nuclear fusion research March 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Purdue University is reportedly investigating the research of Professor Rusi Taleyarkhan, who said he produced nuclear fusion in a tabletop experiment (see link ... | |
Nuclear safety violations cited at Argonne March 08, 2006 | User rating: 1.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The University of Chicago, which manages the Argonne National Laboratory for the federal government, has been charged with nuclear safety violations. | |
 Physicist Owen Chamberlain dies at 85 March 02, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Renowned physicist Owen Chamberlain, who shared a Nobel Prize for introducing the world to antimatter, died Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif., at the age of 85. | |
Crystal to glass cooling model developed February 22, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
University of Tokyo scientists have discovered why cooling sometimes causes liquid molecules to form disordered glasses, rather than ordered crystals. | |
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