nanoscale views

A few days ago I wrote about localization , where waves in a medium can become trapped due to interference by scattering off disorder.  This...

Physicists love simplifying idealizations , and this is especially true in the physics of materials.  The simplest decent model for metals, ...

It's been almost a decade since I last wrote about this topic , and a preprint on the arXiv this week  is a good jumping off point for m...

I watched the webcast of the NAS State of Science address by outgoing NAS president Dr. Marcia McNutt .  (I did not watch the panel discuss...

Introductory undergraduate labs are a recurring challenge at nearly every university.  Is the purpose to teach students something about how ...

The Manhattan Project was the largest government sponsored research and development project of its time.  Some things worth noting, in light...

Several items worth reading about as we head into a long weekend in the US.  Starting with news related to funding and other aspects of US g...