I am very pleased that the first (of many I hope) questions has arrived to the mailbox of the Quantum Tunnel blog. So here we go: Dear Quantum Tunnel: Is it true that there will… Read More »Quantum Tunnel answers: Solar flares
I have been thinking of better ways to interact with readers of this blog and I came to the conclusion that perhaps giving you guys a chance to ask questions would be great. So, you… Read More »Ask Quantum Tunnel
I read this article in Newsweek and had to share it with you. Go and read it! Here is a brief extract: I wanted to get things in perspective: If law students had to spend… Read More »Science is a creative process
Back in October 2010, Nature Materials published a Focus Editorial on Mexico in which I contributed with Joerg Heber. You can find information about it here: Focus issue:October 2010 Volume 9, No 10 Nature Materials: http://www.nature.com/nmat/focus/mexico/index.html#ed Interview Editorial Commentary… Read More »Nature Materials: Focus Editorial Mexico
A few days ago I received a request from a reader (Thanks Paulo Zan) for information about magnetic resonance. The request did not specify more than that so I took the liberty of deciding… Read More »Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
When I first heard about the plans that the British Library had about an exhibitions called Science is Beautiful I got very excited. I did even make an entry in my diary about the date… Read More »Science is beautiful exhibition
It may sound like a line from Star Trek, but I can assure you that the creation of a beam made out of anti-hydrogen atoms is a real achievement carried out by scientists at CERN.… Read More »Anti-atom beam
A few days ago I got a message from my mate Jorge Soto… always great to hear from him, particularly with New Year wishes and even better with an interesting question: The question is related… Read More »Harvesting magnetic fields…
The misuse of maths in psychology “Think positively!” – a seemingly innocuous remark you might hear every so often… you might have even read it in one of those self-help books, or even from renowned… Read More »Wishful thinking or The Misuse of Maths in Psychology
