The Rambler

Doing more, with less. A change of materials, and cavity size, means that low power lasers can produce entangled photons at a rate vastly greater than other devices …

To know the genome, you have to sequence the genome, and image the genome. New in situ sequencing techniques promise to provide both bits of information …

With the old breed. In memoriam: Paul Crutzen—renowned atmospheric chemist and meteorologist, who coined the term “Anthropocene.”

Numerical techniques using high speed computers have transformed science in the last half-century. What are the codes that have made the biggest difference? …

With the old breed. In memoriam: Martinus (“Tini”) Veltman—Nobel Prize in Physics.

With the old breed. In memoriam: Jack Steinberger—Nobel Prize in Physics.