11/01/12 Fermi telescope gazes through fog to count the stars A recent measurement of how many gamma rays make it through a cosmic “fog” of starlight reveals just how many stars there are in the universe.
10/31/12 Physics Today Europe moves closer to open-access publishing More than 20 percent of physical sciences journals offer a form of open access. New rules in Europe may increase that number.
10/31/12 Science News Hunting dark matter with DNA Particle physicists propose a new way to detect dark matter using the molecule of life.
10/30/12 Nature Theorists bridge space-time rips Framework offers starting point to explaining how particles cope with fluctuations in gravity.
A first-person view of physics history 10/15/24 Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.