Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien for their discovery of the green fluorescent protein.
Since 1962, when the protein was first discovered, it has developed into one of the most imperative tools used in …

I’m all for wind and solar power, but the main obstacle to moving away from fossil fuels and toward these renewable energies is the ability to store the energy when the sun isn’t shining …

For the past few years, intense debate has raged over a relatively new food safety technique-irradiation. An article in C&EN takes a look at new developments in the policy surrounding this controversial practice. …

The bite of the tsetse fly can cause African Sleeping Sickness through transmission of the parasite called trypanosome. It is currently estimated that there are about 50,000 to 70,000 cases of this disease in Africa. …

It looks like these may be ready in the next 5 years or so. Now if I only had the $100 million to put one in my backyard. I may have to ask for a …

10 points extra credit if you can guess what this is. No fair peeking! This image won the photography category of the NSF Visualization Challenge for 2008. I also think the Squid Suckers are wickedly …

While it is likely that the studies used were funded by those with a vested interest in the outcome (shock and awe), I’m not sure exactly which study is in question. I’m assuming (a bad …

From Linked and knotted beams of light

third, we show that approximate knots of light may be generated using tightly focused circularly polarized laser beams. We predict theoretical extensions and potential applications, in fields ranging from …

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is now online and we’re still here, for now… here’s a little to tide you over until then:

First beam in the LHC – accelerating science
‘Greatest Physics Experiment Of All Time’: …

Well as long as there’s a healthy debate, it must be OK…

In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, the soon-to-be governor of Alaska said of evolution and creation education, “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of …

I’m about as big of a golf fan as there is and love the lush fairways and greens that we see (in high def no less) at Augusta National each April, but is it sustainable? …