Human Behavior and Physics Hamper Rail Safety Systems
Engineers and transportation safety experts around the world are working to reduce the dangers of grade-level rail crossings like the one in Valhalla, N.Y., that was the scene of a…
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Charles Townes Dead: Inventor Of Laser Dies At 99
Dr. Charles Townes, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the laser, died in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday. He was 99. Townes’ death was announced…
Victim In Walter Lewin Online Course Sexual Harassment Case Comes Forward
Walter H.G. Lewin’s debut as a massive open online course instructor was announced with some fanfare: “Afraid of physics?” a press release asked in January 2013. “Do you hate it?…