There is a new standard in town, and it's sort of a big deal. This new standard is the definition of the kilogram, the unit of mass in the SI system—the International System of Units). It replaces the ...

For all that we tend to talk about highbrow roleplay concepts like how pop culture affects roleplay, as we try and determine the nature of a good story, we should occasionally take a step back and ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. With all the wireless design activity going on these days, it makes me wonder just how many engineers are actually ...

Nuclear physics is a forbidding subject, even for trained physicists. To understand current news and discussions about nuclear science and technology, some background knowledge is required, and the ...

Alex Small is a professor of physics who writes fiction to see if he can. He doesn’t study particle physics, but he does work with three-dimensional beings exhibiting hints of intelligence. In the ...

CHICAGO — You might think scientists would have figured out by now the answers to such basic questions as why water droplets splash, why sand castles collapse and what makes shaving cream so creamy.

Getting started with Cocos2d can seem a bit intimidating since there are so many things to learn in addition to knowing the basics of how to use Xcode and write Objective-C code. This article is a ...

CUSB registrar Narendra Kumar Rana highlighted the benefits of such capacity building programmes for students in their future careers. Such training would not only lead to their skill enhancement but ...

In the 1950s, physicist Chien-Shiung Wu was doing research at Columbia University when two other physicists approached her with a bold idea, but no way to prove it—until Wu found one. io9’s comment of ...

QUARKS These particles make up protons, neutrons and a veritable zoo of lesser-known particles. They have never been observed in isolation. Electric charge: +2/3 Mass: 2 MeV Constituent of ordinary ...