California Drought Patterns Becoming More Common

California Drought Patterns Becoming More Common

Atmospheric scientists have found that California's highest temperatures are almost always associated with blocking ridges, regions of high atmospheric pressure than can disrupt wind patterns -…
A Physicists' Free Time

A Physicists' Free Time

It's been a while since the last time I talked about myself in this column. I think that a blog must contain personal information to be interesting - otherwise why sticking around, when there's tons…
Growing Skin In The Lab

Growing Skin In The Lab

Using reprogrammed iPS cells, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Japan have, along with collaborators from Tokyo University of Science and other Japanese institutions…
Artificial Molecules

Artificial Molecules

Scientists at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have developed a new technique that enables for the first time the manufacture of complexly structured tiny objects joining together microspheres. The…
Building A Better Concussion Test

Building A Better Concussion Test

When athletes gets their bell rung on the field or court, there's often tension between their desire to keep playing and a trainer's responsibility to prevent them from further harming themselves.…
Autism Diagnosis Taking Too Long, Experts Say

Autism Diagnosis Taking Too Long, Experts Say

Medical experts in Newcastle, UK, say that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are still being diagnosed later than they should be, meaning they are not getting access to specialist services…
Late Cretaceous Marine Predator: Mosasaurs

Late Cretaceous Marine Predator: Mosasaurs

A close-up of the dentition of an ancient marine, carnivorous lizard, the mighty Mosasaur, from Late Cretaceous exposures on Vancouver Island. Mosasaurs were air breathers and powerful swimmers.…
The Top Quark Mass In 2016

The Top Quark Mass In 2016

Long-time readers of this blog know that one of the recurrent topics has always been the precision measurement of the top quark mass. The reason for this is at least three-fold. One, I started…