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Symposium commemorates physics Nobel laureate

A leading researcher in the field of soft-matter physics and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was honored by colleagues and...

Grant goes to sciences

The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded $25 million to support life sciences research and education at Carnegie Mellon through the creation of...

How Things Work: Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa has been an object of fascination since 1610, when it was first discovered by Galileo. Despite its icy appearance, Europa has proven...

Sci-Tech Briefs

Discovery to build on space station NASA launched the space shuttle Discovery last Tuesday on a mission to install a new module, Harmony, at the International...

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