Physics

Scientists and engineers in academe work harder than their counterparts in industry and government, study finds.

West Virginia Wesleyan -- to distress of some professors -- deals with enrollment drops by cutting physics and math majors.

Study questions whether students who finish AP courses -- even those who receive top score -- should receive college credit.

Group discussion, long part of humanities courses, is on the rise in science classrooms -- even in large classes.

Researchers say a new institute created by a foundation with a spiritual mission will fund legitimate work.

Science and engineering students appreciate their degrees even decades later.

As NASA has moved money away from science, some researchers have lost money and young talent virtually overnight.

Indiana State, citing accreditor's demand to end low-enrollment programs, draws criticism with its recommended choices.

Robert C. Amme, a research professor of physics at the University of Denver, thinks there aren't nearly enough scientists with expertise in managing nuclear waste. So to train the next generation of environmental assessment specialists, he's taking them to a place where there's no radiation, nuclear fallout or even laws of gravity.

Armed with a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Amme and his colleagues are preparing to build a nuclear reactor -- in the virtual, online world of Second Life.

Looking for a gift for Barack Obama or John McCain? Richard A. Muller's new book might help them (and the rest of us if they read it). Muller, a physics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, has written Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines (Norton). Muller also teaches a course with the same name.