If physicists lived in Flatland—the fictional two-dimensional world invented by Edwin Abbott in his 1884 novel—some of their quantum physics experiments would turn out differently (not just thinner)…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other…

A Theory of Time - Part One The problem of time is recognised as a problem in physics. What is Time? I submit that the notion of time that is used in modern science is rooted in the notion of time…

What is Time ? " ... none of the parts of time has an abidingexistence, and that which does not abide can hardly have position.   Itwould be better to say that such parts had a relative…

Scientists say they have detected giant twisting waves in the lower atmosphere of the Sun, shedding light on the mystery of the Sun's corona, the region around the Sun, extending more than one…

You are  in a First Floor apartment  and the guy who lives below you,  is watering the lawn.  He  is adjusting the water pressure,  but cannot get it quite right. …

WASHINGTON, March 17—The world's largest international conference on optical communications begins next week and continues from March 22-26 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. The…

This is a   " bolt on  blog  "  to my  earlier Jan 15  2009  blog, on Spiral Sunspots   The  bolt  on,    is prompted …

If the Higgs boson, whatever that will turn out to be, is hiding, wherever it may be found continues to shrink. The latest analysis of data from the CDF and DZero collider experiments at Fermilab…

Question;  What do you see when you look at a Spiral Galaxy.  ?    Answer;   A Galaxy with a Spiral.  Sorry, wrong answer.  The   correct answer…