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Conclusion (~1,700 words). All backed up by over 200 references (~6,500 words). We must stop crediting the wrong people for inventions made by others. Instead let's heed the recent call in the journal Nature: "Let 2020 be the year in which we value those who ensure that science is self-correcting"[SV20]. Like those who know me can testify, finding and citing original sources of scientific and technological innovations is important to me, whether they are mine or other people's [DL1][DL2][HIN][NASC1-9]. The present page is offered as a resource for computer scientists who share this inclin...

Why the cyclotron in Chandigarh has a special place in science history The insides of the cyclotron (Image courtesy Jahnavi Phalkey)Premium 9 min read Share Via Read Full Story In 1967, one of the world’s oldest particle accelerators, built in the 1930s, was sent from the University of Rochester, USA to be housed at Panjab University, Chandigarh. Invented by American nuclear scientist Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, this particular type of particle accelerator, also known as a cyclotron, is an apparatus in which charged atomic and subatomic parti...

Catalysts And Photoreactivity: Discoveries From The Life Of Elizabeth Fulhame, Europe’s First Woman Chemical Researcher Sometimes, the presence of a third party allows two people to accomplish something they either could not pull off, or would take an agonizingly long time to achieve, on their own. We are used to these human mediators, therapists and coaches and advisors, to help us navigate the complexities that one lifetime of experience is just not enough to guide even the best intentioned couple through.  As in life, so in chemistry, and the recognition of chemicals that help mediate t...

The K7RA Solar Update 02/05/2021 Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: We just witnessed 5 days in a row with zero sunspots, but on February 2 a small sunspot group (2801) appeared on our sun’s northwest limb. It soon rotated off the sun’s visible area, and on February 4, the sunspot number was back to zero. We will probably see a few more days with no sunspots, but a return after February 11 is possible, when increased solar flux is forecast. Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 28.1 reported in last week’s bulletin ARLP005 to 3.3 this week. Average daily solar flux dropped 3 p...

A team of scientists demonstrated something back in 2019 that might shock you: Mercury, not Venus, is the closest planet to Earth on average. The