nanoscale views

A science story first, then a US research ecosystem story later. When we think about using molecules to store energy, it's usually in th...

First, some inside-baseball US funding discussion.  Apologies to my international readers, who likely don't care much about this except ...

We've all seen a traditional compass.  A ferromagnetic, magnetized needle is mounted on a rotating bearing (or floated on the surface of...

No, this is not another grim post about the chaotic US research funding environment.  Instead I wanted to write a bit about a good example o...

To the surprise of no one at all, the 2027 presidential budget request is extremely bad for science.  Remember, this is largely a politica...

As I distract myself from work-related writing that I really need to do, here are a few science-related links: This article in ars technica ...

Matthew Schwartz of Harvard has made a big recent splash, between his public Aspen talk "10000 Einsteins"  a year ago about the r...