This Week in Physics History: April 28 - May 4
Monday April 28, 2008
Apr. 30, 1006 - The brightest supernova in recorded history, Supernova SN 1006, first appears in the constellation Lupus.
May 3, 1892 - English physicist George Paget Thomson is born. The ... Read More
Blazars in Space
Sunday April 27, 2008
When a quasar is oriented so that it points directly at the Earth, it is called a blazar. A team at Boston University has focused on the study of ... Read More
Still More on Quantum Computers
Saturday April 26, 2008
A new report indicates that we might be approaching the world of quantum computers even faster than previously anticipated. It seems like the new findings on this front of ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: April 21 - 27
Monday April 21, 2008
Apr. 23, 1858 - German physicist & Nobel laureate Max Planck is born. Planck is credited as the father of quantum physics, because his solution to the ultraviolet catastrophe in ... Read More
Even More Nano - Tiny Graphene Transistor
Sunday April 20, 2008
Over a year ago, we told you about graphene nano-transistors which were about one-fourth the size of a transistor. About a month ago we spoke of graphene semiconductors, which allows ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: April 14 - 20
Monday April 14, 2008
April 15, 1874 - German physicist Johannes Stark is born. Stark's work in discovering the doppler effect in canal rays and splitting of spectral lines in electric fields (known as ... Read More
No "Glue" in High Temperature Superconductivity
Saturday April 12, 2008
It's been a busy week for superconductivity. First, there is the discovery of its antithesis - a superinsulator - by a team out of the Argonne National Laboratory. ... Read More
Superinsulator - New State of Matter
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Physicists have known about superconductors since 1911, but now it looks like the opposite - a superinsulator - might also exist, unnoticed until recently. An international team led by ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: April 7 - 13
Monday April 7, 2008
April 12, 1633 - The Inquisition of the Catholic Church begins the formal inquest of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
April ... Read More
Minor Alternative Fuel Milestones
Sunday April 6, 2008
Two major stories related to alternative fuel came out this week. One is the launch of a manned hydrogen-powered airplane. This plane from Boeing utilizes hydrogen fuel cell technology, producing ... Read More
This Week in Physics History: March 31 - April 6
Sunday April 6, 2008
Apr. 6, 648 B.C. - Earliest solar eclipse was recorded by the ancient Greeks.
Apr. 5, 1804 - The High Possil Meteorite, the first recorded meteorite fall in Scotland, strikes in ... Read More
Raman Spectroscopy
Thursday April 3, 2008
Stanford University announces a potential revolution in biological microscopic imaging technology with a precision level of 1 trillionth of a meter, nearly 1,000 times smaller than current imaging methods. ... Read More