JJ Thomson studied electrical discharges in gases. Following the discovery of x-rays and radioactivity his imaginative work inspired many young researchers, including Ernest Rutherford, WL Bragg and ...

and the 2015 Nobel Prize announcements are right around the corner. And the annual tradition of trying to predict who might take home one of science’s top honors is also in full swing. Information ...

Can you guess what it is? In 1937, George Paget Thomson followed in his father's footsteps to win the Nobel Prize for Physics. Paradoxically, his work made apparent the wave nature of electrons ...