Physics and Physicists

The documentary "Einstein's Wife" appeared on US Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) in 2003. However, the controversy surroundi...

I wrote earlier on the predicament that US science funding is in for the fiscal year 2007, due to Congress action (or inaction) by adopting...

A permanent exhibit on Albert Einstein is set to open in Bern, Switzerland. This is where Einstein had his miraculous year in 1905 while wo...

The US Patent Office is seeking new recruits . They are desperately short of employees especially with the increase in patent filing. They a...

The January issue of the Forum on Physics and Society newsletter is now online. This is an exceptionally informative issue, especially the ...

I don't know why this is stirring up such a fuss, but it does. It appears that there are claims being made that the Japanese Boston Red ...

The United Kingdom may force graduate students in nuclear physics and biochemistry to undergo background security checks amid fears that th...

There seems to be a trend in the migration towards Canada of top physicists. It has been announced that Nobel Laureate Anthony Leggett will...

This has always been something that fascinates me, and I suppose, until now, there hasn't been anything that would allow this to be of p...

The bunching and antibunching effects due to bosons and fermions, respectively, have been observed in the same Harbury Brown-Twiss apparatu...

To bolster the quality of their graduate program, 3 UK universities are joining together to form a joint graduate physics school. In light ...

Students at a middle school dressed up as famous figures that have made an impact. As expected, someone dressed up at Einstein. But what ca...

A while back, I wrote an essay about the need of scientists to be " Shallow, Perky, and Superficial ", in dealing with non-scienti...

It was reported earlier that the number of US high school students enrolled in physics reached record level . As a result, there is a surge ...

OK, whatever happened, this is NOT a good way to illustrate the laws of physics under any circumstances. Whatever made them ask a physicist...

Another cool invention. Physicists in Germany has managed for the first time to produce a neutral particle synchrotron[1]! A synchrotron is ...

Previously , I mentioned the most important means of communications of physics ideas - via publication in a peer-reviewed journal. In this p...

This is a rather interesting event. Six of UC-Berkeley Nobel Laureates sat down and discuss the energy consumption and problem in the US. E...

So, how does China's successful test of destroying one of its satellite could possibly be hazardous and could affect you? Read more abou...

This is a VERY strange story . A legal dispute occurred over the ownership of a research laser. There are many thing unanswered from reading...