May

1

Biology and Physics Interface

May 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The Biological Frontier of Physics (PDF). ‘Problems at the interface between biology and physics offer unique opportunities for physicists to make quantitative contributions to biology. Equally important, they enrich the discipline of physics by challenging its practitioners to think in new ways.’ Switching from physics to biology

May

1

Science, Scientists, Evidence and Absolute Beliefs

May 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A must read:Believe it or not: The battle over certainty. ‘Sometimes, if you’re lucky as a historian, you find a bit of evidence which illuminates a big idea. That happened to me this week in the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. The thought uppermost in my mind was how odd it is that non-scientists [...]

May

1

About Science Blogs

May 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment

If Einstein were a blogger…: At first glance, the wild, wooly world of blogs and the sober, serious world of science shouldn’t mix. After all, blogs — or personal Web logs — are all about opinions and attitude, with logic playing second fiddle to outrage. Turns out, however, that science and attitude combine quite well. [...]

Apr

27

Particle Physics Future

April 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

US told to invest in particle physics. ‘America must boost its investment in particle physics if it is to stay at the forefront of the discipline. That is the conclusion of a National Academy of Sciences panel charged with recommending priorities for US particle physics over the next 15 years. The panel believes that the [...]

Apr

14

D2OL Community Helps to Fight Avian Flu

April 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment

First Computational International Effort to Fight Avian Flu: The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases (TRI), a non-profit research institute devoted to discovering and developing drugs to treat childhood diseases, today announced the release of the first avian influenza target to its Drug Design and Optimization Lab (D2OL) distributed computing project. Anyone with a personal computer [...]

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