By Joseph Parker Peter Higgs was born on May 29th, 1929 in NewCastle. He attended Kings College London, and graduated in 1950 with a degree in Physics. He continued his education by receiving a Master’s Degree, and a PHD, as well as continuing to learn throughout his long career. He has received many awards and nominations... Continue Reading →
By Halie Flaharty The Ig Nobel prizes according to Improbable Research, are prizes that honor peoples achievements that, “ first make people LAUGH then make them THINK” (page 1). It allows people to become interested in science and medicine, and technology. There were 10 different categories this year. According to Improbable Research, here were the... Continue Reading →
By Aurianna Chopin Mankind has accomplished many great things over the course of history and each accomplishment is expected to be honored by giving credit to those who contribute to these great things. There is a wide range of accomplishments to honor, but the Nobel Prize particularly honors accomplishments in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace,... Continue Reading →
By Elliott Srnick The life that is on this earth is already a mysterious creation itself. But as humans we can be great and crack codes we never thought were possible. There have been so many nobel prize winners already out there for having breakthrough experiments and even inventions. One is the laser, we think... Continue Reading →
By Conrad Spizewski On January 19, 2006 the New Horizons probe was set to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Florida aboard a quick moving rocket. The New Horizons mission is based on helping us better understand the edge of of solar system by traveling to the cold and mysterious dwarf planet... Continue Reading →
By Eric Munoz On August 12th of this year, the project for a new type of cosmic exploration began with the help of NASA; the launch of the Parker Solar Probe. The reason for this launch is so that the Parker Probe can obtain information about the solar wind and other information about the... Continue Reading →
By Makaela McCormick In 2015, the New Horizons probe flew by Pluto and obtained some very interesting finds within the dwarf planet. However, currently the New Horizons probe well beyond Pluto of about 300 million miles and is heading deeper into the Kuiper belt. Some possible questions to the journey of this probe may arise.... Continue Reading →
By Bailee Benedict and Meaghan Preslar The Van de Graaff generator is a hollow metal sphere on a stand containing a rubber belt that is powered by a motor. Electrons are carried up to the sphere through the repulsion of each other. During our experiment an object was placed on top of the sphere and all... Continue Reading →
BY Romario Eskandar Arthur Ashkin was born on September 2, 1922. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has spent the majority of his life working as a scientist. Ashkin received his education at Colombia University in 1947. That is where he got his B.A in Physics. During that time, he also had... Continue Reading →
