This Week in Physics History: July 28 - August 3
Monday July 28, 2008
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
Cosmic Substorms and the Northern Lights
Sunday July 27, 2008
Back when I was in college, I took part in a research internship at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. Part of the work I was involved in pertained to bombarding ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: July 21 - 27
Monday July 21, 2008
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 be ... Read More
"Bubble Fusion" Questions Arise Again
Sunday July 20, 2008
In science, the integrity of the research and publication process is of utmost importance. In recent years, many questions have arisen about the validation performed by peer-review science journals. ... Read More
The Canon of Scientific Literacy
Friday July 18, 2008
While performing my regular searches on new physics stories across the web, I was pleased to stumble upon "Physics is Fun!" in The Times Literary Supplement. A title like this ... Read More
Virtual Math & Science Camps
Friday July 18, 2008
Though I've spoken before about online education options, I just learned about some new virtual camps being offered by the Michigan Virtual High School. These are two-week online enrichment programs ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: July 14 - 20
Monday July 14, 2008
July 14, 1827 - French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel dies. Fresnel performed extensive theoretical and experimental into the behavior of light, specifically in the field of wave optics. His work was ... Read More
Science, Culture, and Art
Monday July 14, 2008
Jeremy Lusk, over at the Singularity blog, is in Europe and wrote an intriguing posting about his day at CERN ... or rather, his day before arriving at CERN. As ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: July 7 - 13
Monday July 7, 2008
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 a ... Read More
Hunt for Black Holes Online
Sunday July 6, 2008
Cardiff University has created a new Black Hole Hunter game. In this game, you listen to audio files which are simulations of waveforms that might result from collisions of massive ... Read More
World of Warcraft Offers Radical New Venue for Scientific Conference
Sunday July 6, 2008
Over at Science, John Bohannon recounts (form the June 20 issue) his experience in organizing a conference that, ultimately, lead to the tragic death of University of Maryland computer scientist ... Read More