Cameron Neylon reports in Nature that Google is beta-testing a science communication tool using their recently announced technology, Google Wave. Google Wave is a new technology being developed by the internet giant to be “what e-mail would look like if it were invented today”. Its online collaboration technologies promise to provide a new framework that […]
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“Yes,” he said at last in rather a strained drawl. “I did have a question. Or rather, what I actually have is an Answer. I wanted to know what the Question was.” Prak nodded sympathetically, and Arthur relaxed a little. “It’s… well, it’s a long story,” he said, “but the Question I would like to […]
A quick tip: did you know that in Google Scholar you can add your local institution’s library (and the nearby institutions, and perhaps some national library you may have access to. Just type the name of the institution and they’ll find it for you), and show links to export citations to BibTeX? Just click on […]
I have submitted a new paper to the physics arxiv, entitled “Experimental criteria for steering and the EPR paradox”. It is joint work with my collaborators Steve Jones, Howard Wiseman and Margaret Reid. I’m particularly excited about finally getting this paper off, as it was holding back a few other works — and because I […]
Finally have some time to blog. I’ve been travelling around going to conferences and visits, and I’ll try to leave some of my impressions here. The first stop was the Vienna Symposium on the Foundations of Modern Physics, from June 11 to June 14. Yes, I know, that is so last month. But hey, I’m […]
1997 Physics Nobel prize laureate Steven Chu has been sworn in as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, PhysicsWorld reports. In previous news about this nomination, I had already felt that this is a strong indication of the seriousness with which President Obama is taking the issues his administration faces. According to this earlier […]
I was gladly surprised to see the new WhiteHouse.gov website introduced by the Barack Obama administration, and especially so with the new White House Blog. The new web front for the United States Government has been received with praise [ “Change Comes To The Internets” said the Daily News] but also with cautious skepticism. One […]
