Physical Sciences

Exoplanet Detection Takes Off

detecting large gas giants, all of which would be uninhabitable for life as we know it. Astronomers believe ...

Article - Chris Rollins - Jan 19 2009 - 5:32pm

In Honor Of Darwin Day, The Galapagos Islands From Space

developed and many of the species found there exist nowhere else on Earth. All reptiles, half of the plants ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2009 - 12:42am

Life as a Daytime Astronomer: Star Trails

a bathtub draining to the lower left. All the light warped and bended in that direction. Opinions varied as ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Feb 6 2009 - 7:39am

Galactic Dust Bunnies Are Not Carbon Free

spew out almost all of their heavier elements. These elements are the building blocks of all planets, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2009 - 6:40pm

See Climate Change With NASA Using 'Eyes On The Earth 3-D'

visualization technology, "Eyes on the Earth 3-D" displays the location of all of NASA's 15 ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2009 - 6:47pm

Murray Gell-Mann, irascible as ever

to be an extremely flexible tool for handling all kinds of situations. That’s what people hope. Other ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Apr 14 2009 - 12:15pm

How To Annoy An Astronomer

a party and you meet a famous astronomer.  It doesn't matter which one, we're all famous (or at ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jun 9 2009 - 11:51am

Kobe in September

complain: first of all, it is the first time I will represent CMS at a conference, and second, I have never ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 10 2009 - 12:21pm

Viability Of Quantum Computers As Unpredictable As Quantum Mechanics

accuracy of 94 percent, averaged over all iterations of the experiment. In addition, the error rate was the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 5:57pm

Check Source Program

film badge must be provided to all radiation users. A personnel monitoring device is also called ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 19 2009 - 9:32pm