Enrico Fermi and the Atomic Age
Enrico Fermi and the Atomic Age Michele Diego Science «What is less certain, and what we fervently hope, is that man will soon grow sufficiently adult to make good use…
Andrei Sakharov, from the H Bomb to the Nobel Peace Prize
Andrei Sakharov, from the H Bomb to the Nobel Peace Prize Michele Diego Science Therefore, two are the Sakharovs known in Russia: the dissident and hero, i.e., the father of…
The Quantum of Charge
The Quantum of Charge Michele Diego Science A man with a box, two plates, and some oil can reach and touch the abyss of the infinitely small, measuring with the…
Maxwell and the Aesthetics of Light
Maxwell and the Aesthetics of Light Michele Diego Science Electric and magnetic fields then begin to be visualised as fluids permeating space. An electric charge induces an electric field around…
Co-laureate of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry US chemical engineer Frances Arnold, receives her Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (R) during the Award ceremony 2018 on December 10, 2018 at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Henrik Montgomery / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo credit should read HENRIK MONTGOMERY/AFP/Getty Images)
Frances H. Arnold
Frances H. Arnold Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 Michele Diego Science With evolution in our hands, with the ability to set genetic diversity and to tailor the forces of selection,…
Mental experiments with gravity
Mental experiments with gravity Michele Diego Science This is the power of the thought experiment: it is able to idealize a phenomenon, even making it unrealistic, but with the aim…
Fritz Haber: perversions of science
Fritz Haber: perversions of science Michele Diego Science The reason was that Haber not only saved billions of people but was also simultaneously responsible for millions more deaths. In actual…
Pierced by protons
Pierced by protons Michele Diego Science A spontaneous question arises: what would happen if we stuck our heads into the trajectory of these particle beams?What is the most complex manmade…
Quantum Bio
Quantum Bio Michele Diego Science The study of quantum phenomena within living beings is extremely difficult to implement and it is a mostly unexplored field.Quantum mechanics is complicated stuff –…
The physics of free will
The physics of free will Michele Diego Science The universe is a big clock, full of gears turning on each other in an orderly, predetermined manner.Since the beginning of time,…