The Nobel Prize: Women Welcome, Rarely
Each year the media goes into a flurry over the list of winners for the Nobel Prize, after all, it is just about the most
Scientists Discover New Links Between Stress and The Brain
Researchers at the Society for Neuroscience have been studying the relationship between stress and problems in the brain such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress
Scientists Discover Rare Planet in a Four-Star System
Two civilian scientists, Kian Jek of San Francisco and Robert Gagliano of Arizona, have discovered an incredibly rare, and possibly unique, planet which orbits around
Felix Baumgartner: The Man Behind the Record Breaking Space Jump
On Sunday, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere, approximately 38 kilometres high, as part of the Red Bull Stratos
Antarctic Sea Ice Growth a Signal of Climate Change
While the sea ice in the Arctic has been shrinking steadily over the years and the biggest loss of Arctic sea ice on record has
University of Johannesburg: Fundamental Research Funded by Applied Physics
In ten years the University of Johannesburg’s physics department has grown from 8 staff members to a team of over 30. According to Prof Andre
