Congratulations to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs on receiving the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics!
How do particles acquire mass? In 1964, these two physicists independently proposed a theory to explain this. Central to the theory was the prediction of a particle known informally as the "Higgs…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 24, 2013
Today, computers are used in pretty much every field of scientific research. Computers are ubiquitous in our personal lives as well, and it's hard to imagine a time when we used to do something…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 24, 2013
Funding is indeed a big problem for scientists these days. Increased competition coupled with diminishing federal research has made it very difficult for university researchers to start new…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 17, 2013