ABSTRACT: In the special theory of relativity, massive particles can travel at neither the speed of light c nor faster. Meanwhile, since the photon was quantized, many have thought of it as a point ...

Scientists do not confirm hypotheses, they may only corroborate or decisively refute them. —excerpted from The Logic of Scientific discovery (London: Hutchinson, 1959) by Karl Popper A scientist, ...

We provided the first conclusive evidence that the basic cause of cancer is damage to DNA. The discovery changed scientific opinion dramatically and marked a turning point for cancer research. Until ...

Thomson Reuters has acquired Discovery Logic, a provider of customisable analytics and decision support solutions for scientific research. The company is now part of the Healthcare & Science business ...

In an essay for the BBC, Nobel Prize-winner and Royal Society President Sir Venki Ramakrishnan contemplates the nature of scientific discovery - how it has transformed our worldview in a short ...

For everyone who needs it. TAOISEACH SIMON HARRIS has said that advancements in artificial intelligence are more like ...

Abstract: This paper describes the logical nature of computing machines in terms of languages and the types of problems that can be solved by logical operations on languages. The problem of discovery ...

The concept of grounding – of a fact obtaining in virtue of other facts – has been a topic of intensive philosophical and logical investigation over roughly the past two decades. Many philosophers ...

To accomplish this, the laboratory applies a remarkable portfolio of scientific expertise and world-class scientific facilities and equipment to develop scientific and technological solutions. ORNL ...

Logic as a Positive Science is one of the major works of Italian Marxist philosopher Galvano Della Volpe. It was first published in 1950 as Logica come Scienza positiva. A second edition appeared in ...

In 1939 Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann announced that uranium nuclei "burst" when they are bombarded with neutrons. How they came to this conclusion is a classic example of the nature of science ...

For example, newcleo's scheme offers opportunities for contribution to the development of Generation IV lead-cooled fast reactor technology and mixed oxide fuel manufacturing capabilities in the UK, ...