Such projects are often fun for students and teachers. Teachers are often intrigued and amazed by students’ ideas and ...
A glittering hunk of crystal gets its iridescence from a highly regular atomic structure. Frank Wilczek, the 2012 Nobel ...
Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before ...
This year’s EU Contest for Young Scientists showcased hard science with a social edge, with young scientists presenting innovations ranging from robot turtles to quantum discoveries.By Tom ...
University of Cincinnati Professor Alexandre Sousa tosses a toy that changes color in mid-air to illustrate how neutrinos change flavor. The University of Cincinnati will play host to a workshop on ...
In this latest effort to popularize the sciences, City University of New York professor and media star Kaku (Hyperspace) ponders topics that many people regard as impossible, ranging from ...
In the pantheon of modern physics, few figures can match the quiet authority of Gerard ’t Hooft. The theoretical physicist, now a professor emeritus at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, has spent ...
Regular readers might recall my column six weeks ago was autobiographical, covering my primary and secondary school years. My adolescent rebellion consisted in the pursuit of a musical future rather ...