Just once in its long history has a Royal Medal been awarded but not presented. John Tyndall FRS (1820-93) was the chosen recipient in 1853 for his early work on diamagnetism but declined to accept it ...

Both contemporaries and historians have focused on the high-profile 1874 Belfast Address in which John Tyndall was widely perceived as promulgating atheism. Although some historians have instead ...

Google Doodle honors Eunice Newton Foote, an influential figure in science and women's rights. But did you know about her inspiring story and remarkable contributions to climate science? Although ...

The Optical Society (OSA) and the IEEE Photonics Society announced that Paul Daniel Dapkus, W. M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of Southern California, is the recipient ...

2 pages scanned from the edited transcript of the original version and notes in the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 11, pages 425-426 (Document 198). Summary Letter from Joseph Henry, first Secretary of ...

University of California, Santa Barbara professor receives award for contributions to optical communications industry. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – The Optical Society (OSA) and the IEEE Photonics Society ...

You probably read over the weekend that W. S. Merwin has died. If not, here’s the sad news. He moved to Hawaii in the 1970s and lived on a “remote former pineapple plantation…in blissful near-solitude ...