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Improving the science of teaching science The New York Times Share    
Over the past few years, scientists have been working to transform education from the inside out, by applying findings from learning and memory research where they could do the most good, in the classroom. More
Viscous fingering allows fluid mixing in tight spaces Fluid Handling Share
Researchers have found that fluids can mix efficiently in confined spaces if the two components differ in viscosity. The microfluidic mechanism behind this is called viscous fingering, and it could see application in sectors which require extraction of fluids in tight spaces, such as gathering oil trapped in porous rock. Read the associated Physical Review Letters abstract. More
Graphene may mimic the grain of space-time New Scientist Share
Could the structure of space and time be sketched out inside a cousin of plain old pencil lead? The atomic grid of graphene may mimic a lattice underlying reality, two physicists have claimed, an idea that could explain the curious spin of the electron. Read the associated Physical Review Letters abstract. More The next computer: your genes PhysOrg Share
A new proposal offers a way that the manipulation of DNA strands could be used to solve certain types of problems, including massive parallel calculations and other problems that are particularly challenging for conventional computers. Read the associated Physical Review Letters abstract. More
Missing physicist may have been jailed in Iran Nature News Share
Concern is growing for a physics student who has been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since February, according to his colleagues. Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas in Austin, failed to return from a visit to Iran during the winter break. More
Why Bayes rules: The history of a formula that drives modern life Scientific American Share
Google has a small fleet of robotic cars that since autumn have driven themselves for thousands of miles on the streets of northern California without once striking a pedestrian, running a stoplight or having to ask directions. The cars' ability to analyze enormous quantities of data - from cameras, radar sensors, laser-range finders - lies in the 18th-century math theorem known as Bayes' rule. More
Beware Higgs impostors at the LHC New Scientist Share
New particles that mimic the long-sought Higgs boson may bamboozle physicists, who could spend years trying to confirm or rule out the possibility of an impostor, a new study warns. More
Physics, with wormholes by you The New York Times Share
Physics - the basic behavior of this particular reality - can be beautiful. Read Newton or Einstein. Or you could play Portal 2, the achingly brilliant new game from the Valve Corporation that wrings more fun out of physics than all of the shoot-'em-ups in the world. More |
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