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Rating Researchers
A physicist has come up with a formula for characterizing a researcher's scientific output.
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Letters from the December 3, 2005, issue of Science News
Eye on energy “Cosmic Ray Font: Supernova remnants rev up ions” (SN: 10/1/05, p. 213) is unfortunately murky. It’s confusing to state that accelerating charged particles to high speeds “therefore” produces cosmic rays. And what “charged particles”? Is the “energized” gas in fact “ionized”? “Energized” is too general a word. Finally, why are high-speed particles […]
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From the November 30, 1935, issue
A giant salt container, slimming down overweight children, and taking isotopes for a spin.
