Feb. 4, 1928 - Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist & mathematician, dies. Lorentz was awarded the 1902 Nobel Prize in physics for co-discovery of the Zeeman effect, where spectral lines ... Read More

Throughout nature, matter interacts with other matter. In cases when one of the materials involved is in liquid form and another is in gas form, then surface tension becomes ... Read More

It's that time of year ... the regional championships for this year's National Science Bowl are starting up. The National Science Bowl is sponsored by the U.S. Department of ... Read More

Computers function through electrical impulses that trigger either a "1" or "0" input to the electronic component. The problem is that as computers speed up, the electrons moving within ... Read More

The problem of delivering drugs into the human body effectively is the focus of much medical research. Medicine that is contained in nanoparticles about 500 nanometers in diameter would ... Read More

Jan. 27, 1880 - Thomas Edison files the patent for the incandescent electric lamp. Jan. 23, 1907 - Hideki Yukawa was born. He became the first Japanese scientist to win ... Read More

Jan. 16, 1477 - Johannes Schoner is born. This German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and editor worked in the years prior to Galileo, Kepler, and even Brahe. The ... Read More

Today, researchers at the Fermilab Collider Detector have announced that the W boson, one of the particles that mediates the weak force, has been measured to greater precision than ever ... Read More

Jan. 8, 1642 - Galileo Galilei, arguably the founder of experimental science, dies. Jan. 8, 1891 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, is born. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in ... Read More

A new method of measuring the gravitational constant has been proposed in the journal Science, using quantum methods. The gravitational constant is crucial for calculations involving gravity, whether using Newton's Law ... Read More

For twenty years, physicists have wondered about the "Kuzyk gap" ... the difference between the theoretical maximum speed of a light/matter interaction and the actual values observed in reality. ... Read More

Jan. 3, 1486 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests an experimental flying machine. Jan. 7, 1610 - Galileo Galilei first observes the four largest moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, ... Read More