No President has addressed the National Academy of Sciences since 1990, until today, when President Barack Obama spoke at the National Academy of Sciences' 146th annual meeting. At this speech, ... Read More

While most of the research (and the press) on reconciling general relativity with quantum physics focuses on string theory, there's a lesser-known alternative that some physicists are exploring: loop quantum ... Read More

Okay, so the U.S. News and World Report annual college rankings are out now. For those looking to pursue study of physics in college, take note of the universities with ... Read More

While physicists are rightly fascinated by the workings of Albert Einstein's mind, biologists focus on another (but related) feature: Einstein's physical brain. The brain was removed by pathologist Thomas Harvey ... Read More

British cosmologist and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was hospitalized on Monday, April 20, for a chest infection. According to reports from Cambridge University, where Hawking is a professor and researcher, ... Read More

This upcoming weekend is the 2009 FIRST Championship in Atlanta, Georgia. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is the brainchild of famed inventor Dean Kamen and seeks ... Read More

A recent Science editorial (subscription needed) by Bruce Albert (Science editor-in-chief) explores a survey which indicates that science students today may have more general aspirations than they have in the ... Read More

In Lee Smolin's intriguing book The Trouble with Physics, he tackles the "establishment" of modern theoretical physics, specifically the focus on string theory as a fundamental theory. He begins this ... Read More

The recent economic troubles worldwide have touched every aspect of society and science has certainly felt the pinch as much as anyplace, but in the United States efforts have been ... Read More

Physicists at the University of Colorado, Boulder, have created a computer simulation that predicts how it would "look" for someone to fall into a black hole (assuming, of course, that ... Read More

Throughout the month of April, About.com Physics will be exploring the idea of quantum gravity and the ways that physicists are attempting to combine the standard model of particle physics ... Read More

Today the U.S. Department of Energy announced completion of the world's largest laser, housed at the DoE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF). This laser is part of ... Read More