Category Archives: Science

National Science Foundation Invests in UC San Diego with $3 …

The University of California, San Diego has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the 2010 San Diego Science Festival and fund the creation and growth of Science Festivals nationwide.

Droplets move to microfluidic chamber music – Physics Update

Inspired by the potential of finely tunable acoustic-pressure generators, a group of engineers at the University of Michigan set out to control droplet motion with music . First, they composed a computer-synthesized sequence of single …

Sandwalk: The Problem with Science Journalism

One of the other problems is that science journalists have been very reluctant to criticize each other and maintain certain minimal standards of reporting. They are much more interested in giving each other awards for good writing than …