Recently, string theorist Brian Greene & string theory skeptic Lawrence Krauss held a debate on the merits of a Theory of Everything at the National Museum of Natural History in ... Read More

In addition to our ever-growing collection of physics articles, About Physics offers other, more specific, avenues for gaining information about physics. The About Physics Forum is the perfect place to take ... Read More

As with most of physics, the field of optics is constantly growing, with new theories and developments arising on a regular basis. Many of the most impressive recent developments ... Read More

Mar. 27, 1845 - German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is born. Roentgen produced and detected x-rays, which won him the first Nobel Prize in physics in 1901. Mar. 28, 1930 ... Read More

The Japanese space telescope Hinode ("sunrise") has taken new pictures of the Sun, displaying (among other things) detailed images of the magnetic field generated by a sunpot, such as the ... Read More

Mar. 22, 1772 - English natural philosopher (scientist) John Canton dies. Canton was a prominent member of the Royal Society. A close correspondent with Benjamin Franklin, Canton was ... Read More

On March 14, 1879, a boy was born to a Jewish family in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany. Little did anyone know that young Albert Einstein, who had various speech difficulties ... Read More

Today is Pi Day in the United States, in honor of the ratio of a circle circumference to its diameter. The experimental value of pi is (to two decimal ... Read More

Mar. 16, 1789 - German physicist Georg Simon Ohm is born. He did extensive work in electronics, using the newly-invented electrochemical cell. Ohm defined the basic relationships of ... Read More

In recent years, there have been several concerns expressed about America falling behind in math and science education, and correspondingly in technological advancement and proficiency. The 109th Congress adjourned ... Read More

For those who haven't seen it yet, Scientific American has begun a new puzzle called Sci-Doku. This uses a 9-letter scientific word in place of the numbers normally used ... Read More