Recently in the Physical Science Category
August 16, 2012 3:43 PM
|
U.S. National Academy Report Sweet on Sugars
Glycoscience needs broader support, study says
May 7, 2012 3:46 PM
|
U.S. National Ocean Policy: No Success Without Science?
Public, officials weigh in on White House plan to streamline marine research, management
February 2, 2012 1:50 PM
|
Closely Watched Study Fails to Find Arsenic in Microbial DNA
The debate over whether a bacterium can incorporate arsenic into its DNA just flared up again, with the posting yesterday of a paper refuting the idea on ArXiv, an...
January 25, 2012 2:30 PM
|
NRC Report Calls for New Nano Safety Research Strategy
Despite billions of dollars spent on nanotechnology research and development over the past decade, the human and environmental safety of nanomaterials remains unclear. As a result, a new nanomaterials...
July 21, 2011 3:04 PM
|
Using Nuclear Fuel for Future NASA Missions Gets Boost
The Obama Administration's plan to resume domestic production of the nuclear material needed to power future space missions has won its first, partial victory in Congress. Last week, the...
June 29, 2011 5:08 PM
|
DARPA to Offer $30 Million to Jump-Start Cellular Factories
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Defense Department's high-risk granting body, is about to jump into synthetic biology in a big way. One of the latest...
June 27, 2011 3:45 PM
|
Scientist-Politician-Atheist Offers Own Money For Origin of Life Prize
A millionaire scientist who once ran as a Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate has just launched a $50,000 prize to promote research on the origin of life. Yes,...
June 24, 2011 3:01 AM
|
Studies in Microwaves, Fluids Nab Scientists Big Cash
A Russian astrophysicist who pioneered the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background to learn more about the universe and an American chemist whose work led to the...
April 7, 2011 11:01 AM
|
Japan's Tsunami Topped 37 Meters
TOKYO—The 11 March tsunami that inundated coastal regions of northeast Japan was 37.9 meters high in at least one location. That's tall enough to engulf a 10-story building. But...
March 30, 2011 11:02 AM
|
Experts: Long Road to U.S. Quake Resilience
A National Research Council (NRC) report released today warns that the United States is underfunding its program intended to increase the country's resistance to the next catastrophic earthquake. The...
March 11, 2011 6:37 PM
|
Japan Earthquake Holds Lessons, and Warnings, for Pacific Northwest
For Japan, perched on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," a major earthquake is no great surprise. The country's building codes and earthquake alert systems are among the most...
March 11, 2011 3:49 PM
|
Japan Earthquake Makes Waves Across the U.S.
Scientists were shaken out of bed this morning to respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Japan. Their next priority was to analyze as many monitoring systems as possible to form a picture of how the quake occurred and its potential effects on the rest of the planet.
February 16, 2011 3:37 PM
|
Physicist-Politico Pursuing Fund to Elect Scientists
Having lost his seat in a tough election in November, physicist and former Representative Bill Foster is telling his fellow scientists: You should run for office, too. Foster, a...
February 14, 2011 6:50 PM
|
Energy Science: Obama's Darling, Congress's Target
It's a comforting idea for many scientists but may prove to be only a fantasy: The Obama Administration has requested a healthy increase for the Department of Energy's (DOE's)...
January 21, 2011 1:00 PM
|
Canadian-Born Geologist Tapped for Key E.U. Research Post
A geologist born and raised in Canada is slated to take on a key role in the European Research Council (ERC), the E.U.'s agency for funding individual basic researchers....
January 5, 2011 4:22 PM
|
Poll: Mexicans Express Belief in Spirits, Not Science
Mexicans put too much faith in magic and too little in science, according to a survey of public perception of science and technology. According to the poll, about half...
December 24, 2010 4:14 AM
|
Italy Funds New Particle Smasher With U.S. Components
Italy has approved funding for a major new particle accelerator that would use components from a now-defunct machine in the United States.
September 23, 2010 9:48 AM
|
Rome's Mathematical Physicists in Search of a Home
The Center for Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, a new institute in Rome that was officially inaugurated yesterday, aims to bring together some of the brightest scientific minds in the...
July 22, 2010 2:10 PM
|
New Molecule Turns Italian Artifacts—And International Scientists—Blue
Scientists have found a new organic molecule that may be the mysterious culprit that is turning some ancient stone tools blue and casting a blue sheen over other irreplaceable...
July 16, 2010 3:33 PM
|
Paul Nurse to Midwife Birth of London Super Lab
The man with the plan now has to make it a reality while moonlighting as the president of the world's most famous science academy. Nobel laureate and Rockefeller University...
July 12, 2010 1:18 PM
|
Scientists Explain How Familial DNA Testing Nabbed Alleged Serial Killer
A quarter-century of conventional detective work failed to track down the killer responsible for the deaths of at least 10 young women in south Los Angeles dating back to...
June 30, 2010 2:16 PM
|
More Research Needed to Expand Use of Natural Gas, Says MIT Report
A Massachusetts Institue of Technology report last week that suggested the United States can use its abundant supply of natural gas to move to a low-carbon economy contained a...
May 20, 2010 6:48 PM
|
Gulf Oil Threat to Florida Waning Fast
No one is lowering their guard just yet, but the chances are diminishing that significant amounts of oil from the ongoing Deepwater Horizon spill will soon make it to...
April 29, 2010 3:03 PM
|
Will Simplifying European Research Funding Create More Red Tape? Officials Consider 'Radical' Moves
Everyone hates bureaucracy, and European researchers are no exception. Thousands have recently signed a petition calling for a simplification of European Union research funding rules and today Máire Geoghegan-Quinn,...
April 22, 2010 6:39 PM
|
Ex-USAMRIID Scientist Defends Bruce Ivins Using Back-of-the-Envelope Math
A microbiologist who once worked with suspected anthrax mailer Bruce Ivins mounted a spirited defense of his colleague today after giving a presentation to a National Academies panel that’s reviewing...
April 5, 2010 2:39 PM
|
A Month After Brutal Quake, Chilean Scientists Seek Funds
A month after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake rocked Chile, the country's scientific community says it needs millions in aid and wants control over the country's tsunami early-warning system. The 27...
March 4, 2010 2:46 PM
|
U.K. Research Council Protected by Funding Changes
Britain's beleaguered Science and Technology Funding Council (STFC), the government body which funds astronomy, particle and nuclear physics, and space science in the U.K., is to get new funding...
March 4, 2010 11:14 AM
|
UPDATED: New Study Suggests Little Change Under Obama On Science Politicization
Has President Barack Obama pulled off his pledge to boost integrity in government science, as he promised a year ago? A new study (see p. 89) says yes and...
March 1, 2010 1:55 PM
|
Killer Quake Leaves Chilean Telescopes Undamaged
The European Southern Observatory, which is headquartered in Germany but has a number of telescopes in Chile, has voiced its support for the families of victims of Saturday's devastating...
March 1, 2010 12:52 PM
|
Back Researchers, Not Research, Say U.K. Science Advisers
With the struggling economy putting a squeeze on research funding in the United Kingdom, a government-appointed advisory panel called the Council for Science and Technology today released a report...
February 23, 2010 2:33 PM
|
U.S. Science Told to Stay on Its Toes
A new essay by the oversight body of the National Science Foundation explains what federal research officials must do if the United States hopes to remain the world's leading...
February 1, 2010 5:07 PM
|
Energy Science Gets a Boost, But No Joy for ITER
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science gets a healthy $226 million funding increase, to $5.12 billion, in the proposed 2011 budget. The lion’s share of the 4.6% increase...
January 19, 2010 1:05 PM
|
Sun Sets on Power-Challenged Russian Solar Observatory
The future doesn’t look sunny for Russia’s Koronas-Foton spacecraft, a solar observatory that has been having power system problems since last summer, culminating in a loss of contact in...
January 15, 2010 8:54 AM
|
Loud Starts End France's Nanotech Debates
"Good evening, everybody." That's all Jean Bergougnoux, chair of the panel in charge of France's national debate on nanotechnology, got to say last night at a meeting in Lyon....
January 12, 2010 2:37 PM
|
Rice-Baylor Marriage Proposal Falls Apart
A plan to merge Texas's only private medical school with a nearby top research university has collapsed. Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University, both in Houston, had...
January 12, 2010 10:37 AM
|
Was Iranian Physicist Killed for His Science or Politics?
The murky nexus between Iran's nuclear program and the political reformists battling the country's current regime became bloody this morning when a bomb killed Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, 50, a physicist...
January 8, 2010 7:02 AM
|
U.K. Lords: Nanofoods Deserve Further Scrutiny
You might think that the cleverest thing a physicist can do with your food is to explain why dropped toast always lands butter side down (incidentally, they can). But...
December 10, 2009 12:21 PM
|
Most of Australian Synchrotron Advisory Board Resigns
Yesterday a showdown at the Australian Synchrotron failed to resolve tensions between the warring factions. Synchrotron staff members and the facility's international scientific advisory committee (SAC) demanded an explanation for...
December 3, 2009 11:57 AM
|
Striking Synchrotron Scientists Still Unhappy Down Under
This week, at the Australian Synchrotron (AS) in Melbourne, long simmering tensions between staff researchers and the facility’s business-oriented governing board erupted into an open battle. On Monday, scientists...
November 23, 2009 11:34 AM
|
Elephants 1, Astrophysicists 0 in Scuffle over Indian Observatory
NEW DELHI—In a setback for astrophysicists, the Indian government, citing environmental concerns, has ruled out construction of the proposed Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) at its preferred location near the Mudumalai...
Upcoming:
Recent News Stories
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
Categories
- Anthropology (32)
- Asia (234)
- Astronomy (44)
- Biology (2)
- Biomedicine (738)
- Botany (3)
- Budget (473)
- Defense (98)
- Earth Science (21)
- Ecology (189)
- Education (285)
- Energy (204)
- Environment/Climate (442)
- Europe (467)
- Evolution (8)
- Genetics (12)
- Medicine (25)
- Physical Science (85)
- Physics (100)
- Science Community (198)
- Space (145)
- Swine Flu (127)
- Technology (75)
- Top Story (112)
- White House (151)
Questions or feedback on this page?
Let us know.
Science Online Home | News | Science Journals | Careers | Multimedia | Collections | Help | Site Map | RSS
Subscribe | Feedback | Privacy Policy | About Us | Advertise With Us | Contact Us
© 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All Rights Reserved.
AAAS is a partner of HINARI, AGORA, OARE, PatientInform, CrossRef, and COUNTER.