Aug. 1, 1774 - While serving as a tutor, British minister Joseph Priestley (an early supporter of the new Unitarian church) discovers the element oxygen, which he named upon publishing ... Read More

In another biophysics breakthrough, new research indicates that pulses of visible light from a laser can be used to destroy viruses in biological samples, such as blood. According to ... Read More

Brian May, the guitarist for the rock band Queen, is completing his doctorate in astrophysics at Imperial College London and told plans to submit his thesis, "Radial Velocities in the ... Read More

July 25, 1844 - English physicist and chemist John Dalton dies. Dalton is known for having been an early advocate of atomic theory in modern science, though it would ... Read More

Scientific American reports on the creation of "Robots That Walk on Water," in yet another example of robots based on living beings. For some reason, bugs are a particular ... Read More

For those of us who are fans of Harry Potter, the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is bittersweet . . . we finally discover the ultimate resolution ... Read More

July 18, 1853 - Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz is born. Lorentz received the 1902 Nobel Prize in physics for his work with Pieter Zeeman in discovering and defining the Zeeman ... Read More

According to Nature, "See new galaxies - without leaving your chair," an ambitious new collaborative project is being launched between professional astronomers and laymen across the world, allowing a tedious ... Read More

As a young boy, Einstein began to speak late and had trouble controlling his temper. He left for school in Zurich as a teenager with the intention of renouncing his ... Read More

July 11, 1811 - Italian physicist and chemist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoirs, in which he defines his theories about the molecular nature of gases. It would be nearly ... Read More

On June 7, 1668, Sir Isaac Newton received his Master's degree from Trinity College, Cambridge. Over the years, many notable physics personalities have also graduated from Cambridge, including 13 ... Read More

Yesterday's issue of the journal Science outlined the successful experiment by a group of MIT researchers to transmit electrical power at a distance using magnetic field coils. This could ... Read More

July 7, 1668 - Sir Isaac Newton receives his M.A. degree from Trinity College in Cambridge, England. July 5, 1687 - Sir Isaac Newton publishes the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. ... Read More