Condensed concepts

In 1994 superconductivity was discovered in strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4). This attracted considerable interest because it had a perovskite...

How is mental illness defined? What causes mental illness? How can a person be healed? Answering these questions will be influenced by our a...

Hans Bachor recently gave a talk at UQ, Hype and Trust in Quantum Technologies Trust is a core value in science, trust in data, analysis, c...

I wrote a post about superconductivity being central to the plot of the cult-classic movie, Joe Versus the Volcano. A commenter on the post ...

This past Monday, May 8, was a public holiday in Queensland, marking Labor Day. I don't know why we don't celebrate it on May 1, but...

The hype about AI continues, whether in business or science. Undoubtedly, there is a lot of potential in machine learning, big data, and lar...

 Discovering new materials with functional properties is hard, very hard. We need all the tools we can from serendipity to high-performance ...

In 2016, when I saw the first results from the LIGO gravitational wave interferometer my natural caution and skepticism kicked in. They had ...

The theoretical physicist Ettore Majorana mysteriously disappeared in 1938. Unfortunately, Majorana particles are also going to be associat...

We all have a worldview, some way that we look at life and what we observe. There are certain assumptions we tend to operate from, often imp...

The world is a mess. Most people want a better world. Sometimes nothing changes. Sometimes things change incredibly rapidly. Sometimes chang...

If you ever write a popular book about science I suggest you spend a lot of time honing your very last paragraph. If it is eloquent, grand, ...

One of the many problems with hype in science is that it glosses over problems that means they do not get addressed which ultimately hinders...

There is a chasm between finding a material that has a desirable property that is key to a technological application and producing a commerc...

Roald Hoffmann and Jean-Paul Malrieu are two of my favourite living theoretical chemists. Both greatly value the role of concepts and intell...

I want to begin by stating some hypotheses. Some may be obvious. Others may be contentious. I will number them so that people can easily mak...

 How can we design a room-temperature superconductor? How can a government stimulate economic growth? How can an NGO help reduce domestic vi...