Physicist Fernanda Foertter has created Advanced Physics Forums, a site where her fellow graduate students can exchange ideas about things physical. More than 100 people have signed up to use the moderated site since its launch last August.
Although he now works for a software engineering company, former physics professor Doug Craigen hasn’t lost his interest in teaching physics. Among his hobbies is collecting items for his site Physics Textbook Errata.
More science fiction than science fact, the Nanomedicine Art Gallery nevertheless reflects contemporary views of how medical nanorobots and other nanomedical devices might one day appear. Robert Freitas of Zyvex Corp curates the online exhibition, which is hosted by the Foresight Institute.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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