Wednesday, 30 April 2008 00:49
Electron discovered April 30, 1897, by Joseph John Thomson
Of course electrons have been zipping around before we knew about them. However, 111 years ago, Joseph John Thomson first announced that he had discovered the existence of electrons, which he named "corpuscles,” or small bodies.
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Energy
Thursday, 17 April 2008 19:23
Pop-ups in baseball not that easy to catch: It's the physics!
U.S. researchers (and, no doubt, baseball fanatics) find that the trajectories of baseballs that are popped up almost vertically are complicated due to the collision of the ball with the bat and the air resistance around the ball itself in flight.
Published in
Energy
Wednesday, 16 April 2008 19:12
Stephen Hawking to give NASA 50th anniversary speech
NASA has announced that British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking will speak at NASA’s Fiftieth Anniversary Event on April 21, 2008, at George Washington University. The event will be carried live on NASA Television.
Published in
Space
