Conferences are a crucial part of science, because they offer scientists a platform to discuss their latest research results, exchange ideas for future research, and initiate scientific collaborations. The benefit to attending conferences, along with reduced travel costs, has led to an ever increasing amount of travelling, with sometimes crazy implications. At a large international conference [...]
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A new look
October 24, 2011
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Dear reader, after 15 months, I’ve decided to give the design of this blog a little overhaul. I’ve chosen a new theme that to me has clearer lines and easier-to-read fonts. Nothing else will change, the structural layout remains the same, and everything should still be in the same place as before. I hope that [...]
Read moreSendai
March 14, 2011
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The 8.9 to 9.0 magnitude earth quake that occurred on March 11, 2011 off the coast of Sendai and the tsunami that followed had a devastating effect on the entire country. The loss of human life is a terrible tragedy. Seeing in particular the destruction in the area around Sendai is painful. As before and [...]
Read moreThe very fabric of research: a visit to the ILL in Grenoble
September 20, 2010
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You look down into a clear pool of water. The water has an appealing blue glow to it that makes you want to dive into it. But this isn’t a swimming pool, it is a nuclear reactor. And the soothing blue glow is not due to the blue paint of the pool walls but caused [...]
Read moreHello World
August 5, 2010
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Looking at sheer numbers, science writing is in a boom, enabled by the relative ease of publishing on the internet. Just looking at condensed matter physics and related areas such as nanotechnology, there are wonderful blogs such as 2020 Science, Condensed Concepts, nanoscale views, Soft Machines, and Uncertain Principles. If you do not follow them already, [...]
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Welcome to my personal blog, where I write about the latest exciting developments in the physical sciences. As editor at one of the leading scientific journals in the physical sciences I bring my own perspective to the latest trends in the field.
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- Great, the physics Nobel prize for graphene! Now don’t overhype it…
- Science in the age of austerity
- Transparency in peer review
- Semiconductor optical switches reach the speed of light
- What are the realistic promises of metamaterials and cloaking?
- The air is getting thinner for silicon’s competitors
- High-risk research can’t be kept secret forever
- The economics of science
- Decisions, decisions
- Transistors reach the single atom limit
- Why fancy illustrations are so wrong
- From ‘abbreviations’ to ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’
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