Do we live in a holographic universe?
Ah holograms, the two- dimensional image that appears to be three-dimensional.
View ArticleBrown fat vs. white fat, and the winner is ...
We are constantly bombarded in the news with stories about fat. Our culture seems to have an obsession with it, constantly talking about the obesity epidemic or the rise in type-2 diabetes or other...
View ArticleThe future of solar power
Solar power may be the single most important power source in our future.
View ArticleSolidifying light
The quantum world is a strange (and wonderful) place. People often just associate the word quantum with things that seem impossible to understand. You want a wave and a particle at the same time?...
View ArticleHow close are we to artificial intelligence?
Until recently, the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a specialized one. What I mean is that the computer code that has been written to mimic human intelligence has been written for very...
View ArticleHidden particles may help to explain a big mystery
The universe has always been a wonder-filled place. Looking up at the sky I always feel awe stricken, to think I am looking not just at other stars but also at other galaxies with their own massive...
View ArticleNew insights into photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is truly an amazing process that occurs in nature. The general process is simple and yet how plants and cyanobacteria achieve photosynthesis is quite complex.
View ArticleAre smartphones changing science?
There is no doubt that the world around us is changing at a rapid pace, thanks to the fast moving world of technology. Companies have to continually one-up each other in order to keep a competitive...
View ArticleStatistics, statistics everywhere
I don't have to tell you that we are constantly surrounded by statistics, you see and hear it every day. For instance the infant mortality rate in the United States is roughly 0.6 percent (which is...
View ArticleThe race for plantibodies
Plants have been utilized for therapeutic purposes for a very long time. In fact, some people have stated that humans have been using plants for 60,000 years as medication.
View ArticleHow good is Earth?
Earth of course has been our home for as long as there has been life. Most likely earth originated here (though there is a theory to the contrary but it lacks sufficient evidence) and thus it has...
View ArticleComplex networks and their importance
The idea of a network is something that is quite familiar to us. In fact many things can be broken down into a network picture. Take Facebook as an example; this is what we call a social network.
View ArticleImproving memory after onset of Alzheimer's
Perhaps one of the most frightening diseases related to aging is Alzheimer's. The discovery of Alzheimer's disease is credited to Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906. Dr.
View ArticleThe measurement of entropy
Perhaps one of the most important concepts in physics is entropy. Entropy of course spans beyond just physics to other sciences including biology and chemistr.
View ArticleMathematical chaos is orderly
Often times the words used to describe science give an incorrect impression of the science.
View ArticleWatch that salt! Or maybe not
The body continues to amaze me and defy reason. What is going on inside our bodies seems to be so organized, and yet trying to understand its response to the world is so difficul.
View ArticleThe new picky mirror
Metamaterials research is certainly fascinating. To clarify, a metamaterial is a man-made material that is designed to have properties that materials normally found do not exhibit. One example is a...
View ArticleCreative devices for advancing science
Neutrinos are quite possibly the most elusive particles known to man. The reason is that they almost never react with anything.
View ArticleA new way to determine protein structure
Protein structure determination has become so important that there is an entire field of chemistry devoted to it. Many different types of scientists are hard at work on this problem; chemists,...
View ArticleDo you believe in ghosts?
Ghosts have been with us in religion, folklore, "firsthand" accounts and so on for centuries. In ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, there are accounts of ghosts and of course different beliefs...
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