Lance Armstrong will be in my neighborhood tomorrow but he won't be coming by for coffee.  It's the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, starting in Nevada City and ending in Sacramento…

While around the world particle physicists are working frantically to produce important new results to be shown at ICHEP 2010 -the International Conference on High-Energy Physics, which is held every…

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully…

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully…

Today I am including a guest paper on this blog, from my academic supervisor, Dr Mitzi Waltz.   The paper written back in 2006, and things have improved slightly since, two of the organisations…

During a visit to Europe one feels its so cold at time of the year. I dint even bring sufficient clothing to face the low temperatures in May in central europe. India is facing 47 degree in Alwar , a…

I recently saw an article that surprised me, and it isn't often I am surprised by anything that shows up on the Internet.   It was written by Adrienne J. Burke at the New York Academy of…

If you hadn't noticed before today, the impact of the Gulf Oil spill may have been understated.  Sure, sure, I know what you are thinking; in the Internet-plus-24-hour-news-Age everything is…

Which would you rather eat-- cotton candy, a volcano, or broken glass?  Turns out they're the same thing.  Ivan Amato breaks this news in Volcanic ash and cotton candy share molecular…

LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, May 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (http://www.albemarle.com/ ) , a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants,…