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Bruce Winstein, physicist, 1943-2011
Bruce Winstein , an experimental physicist who studied the afterglow of the universe’s birth, died Feb. 28 after a four-year battle with cancer.
Bruce Winstein, physicist, 1943–2011
March 2, 2011 Bruce Winstein , an experimental physicist who studied the afterglow of the universe’s birth, died Feb. 28 after a four-year battle with cancer.
Literary Paternity Test: Who Fathered The Computer?
If you’ve got an iPhone or a laptop or a high-powered desktop — any computer, really — you can thank bourbon for all of them. Bourbon and soda, in fact, because that’s what Iowa State College physics professor John Atanasoff was drinking the night he thought up the main principles on which all modern computers operate.
Gov’t says full-body scanners at airports are safe
CHICAGO – They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist. As the government rolls out hundreds more full-body scanners at airports just in time for crowds of holiday travelers, it is working to reassure the public that the machines are safe.
Chu talks zombies and vampires on Facebook (AP)
WASHINGTON – The walking dead have infiltrated the Energy Department. Energy Secretary Steven Chu shared a picture of himself as a zombie on his Facebook page in an effort to teach users about saving electricity.
Nobel physics prize for ultrathin carbon discovery
STOCKHOLM – Two Russian-born scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for “groundbreaking experiments” with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind — a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens. University of Manchester professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov used Scotch tape to isolate graphene, a form of carbon only one atom thick but more than 100 times stronger than steel, and showed it has exceptional properties, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
23 New MacArthur Fellows Announced
Out of the blue – $500,000 – No strings CHICAGO, Sept. 28 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The John D.
Can we compute an answer to every question?
Editor’s note: Stephen Wolfram is a scientist and inventor who created Wolfram/Alpha and Mathematica, founded Wolfram Research and is the author of “A New Kind of Science.” TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” hosts talks on many subjects and makes them available through its Web site . (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — At the age of 12, Stephen Wolfram was reading college physics textbooks and toying around with a computer roughly “the size of a large desk.
Fermilab Seeks Nominations for New Community Advisory Board to Assist in Future Planning at Laboratory
Laboratory seeks local citizens for board to begin operations in January 2010 Officials at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are seeking nominations from the local community for…
Institute of Physics Announces Cure for Temporary Tinnitus, the Continued Perception of Noise After a Loud Event
From concert-goers and iPod owners to construction workers and soldiers, most of us have suffered from temporary tinnitus – continued perception of noise that isn’t there – after a loud…