I recently found a physics book I've enjoyed so much I'd like to share it with others interested in physics. Because physics is a hobby for me and something I've studied in the past, I enjoy books…

People who claim to see the 'aura' of others - and subsequently claim they can modify them - may actually have synesthesia, according to new research. Synesthesia is believed to occur due to cross-…

CONTENTSPART A: Introduction: does the inertia of a body depend upon its energy content?PART B: The Toolkit: mathematical and physical assumptions PART C: The Thought Experiment and the Word…

Today I read with pleasure a paper on Supersymmetry which is surprisingly well written and clear. I can only warmly advise anybody seriously interested in the phenomenology of SUSY (in particular,…

PITTSBURGH and LYON, France, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. today announced that it has launched Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets, 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg in France, Belgium, the UK, the…

As you may already know from the Science meets Society “interview” with me (from SMS’s published German version), Sascha Vongehr has finally left the postdoctoral limbo and entered some different…

Shortly after celebrating the tenth anniversary of its time in service, engineers have declared the Envisat satellite lost, following numerous attempts to re-establish contact since April 8th.  …

Which countries are the best at providing higher education?  The Universitas 21 Ranking was announced today at Lund University in Sweden. Universitas 21, a network of research universities, has…

The family of Upsilon resonances is among the few things that can always cheer me up and remind me about my fascination for elementary particles when I get bored about my job. The sight of their mass…

It's always a little irksome to see or hear 'X causes Y% of cancer' because, really, it is the kind of culturally partisan gibberish that has made it possible for disreputable genetics testing…