Do you think that the recent paper of Aharonov et al. resolved the problem of particle-wave duality in Quantum Physics?

Do you think that the recent paper of Aharonov et al. resolved the problem of the long-standings particle-wave duality in Quantum Physics? Are you aware of more recent works? "Finally making...

10 November 2019 6,235 8 View

Is it better to publish 1 article in a top journal than many papers in average-ranked journals?

Which publication has more scientific impact?

05 June 2019 8,894 3 View

What do you think about articles where the list of coauthors is bigger than the article itself ?

What do you think about articles where the list of coauthors is bigger than the article itself ?

02 March 2019 6,958 11 View

Why should we care about axions which were not found in connection with dark matter?

Why should we care about axions which were not found in connection with dark matter? They are just hypothetical particles.

02 March 2019 5,906 4 View

Is mathematics a gymnastics for a brain?

What do you think?

10 November 2018 7,958 3 View

Do you feel that staring too much in a computer deteriorates one's vision ?

I was surprised to find out that American eye Doctors do not believe in it.

03 April 2016 1,000 1 View

I, like everybody, spent some time confirming other scientists' expertise, as suggested by ResGate. Is there any correlation of this with one's score?

I've observed that upvoting one's answers or questions increases the score much more and didn't notice any correlation in the 1st case.

31 December 2015 1,846 2 View

Do you think that I. Newton and D. M. Mendeleev were the greatest scientists of all times?

I foresee the question about. A. Einstein. Some of his works dont't have complete prove yet, and the 2 I named have unconditional prove of their theories. Also, his 1st wife Mileva played a...

08 September 2015 6,830 6 View

Do you think, if a group of geniuses finally makes a working quantum computer, they will, for many reasons, 1st keep it away from general public?

1st use it themselves (without making it public) ?

04 May 2015 6,807 0 View

Why do you think English became the language of science?

04 May 2015 3,148 6 View

Can polymer concentrations be calculated based on the number average molecular weight?

Hello, I spin-cast two different polymers onto wafers and measure their height as a function of initial concentration. For polymer A, I have the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as well as...

28 February 2021 7,882 2 View

How to resolve Gaussian error termination " Error termination via Lnk1e in F:\G16W\l103.exe" for TS(QST3)?

When I run the job for TS(QST3) in gaseous phase, it was completed without any error. But when I add water in CPCM model it terminated with an error: Inconsistency: ModMin= 2 Eigenvalue=...

21 February 2021 3,198 2 View

Using the Pfaffl method: Is it possible that the ratio of the calibrator does not equal 1?

Hi all, I have a question regarding calculations using the Pfaffl method. I have 3 groups per experiment: 1 control group (calibrator) and 2 treatment groups with 6 to 7 biological repeats per...

19 February 2021 8,351 2 View

How to calculate radial distribution function (RDF) of a complex from Ab initio MD simulation trajectory?

Hi all, Is there any software or webserver to read the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation trajectory which obtained from Ab initio MD simulation to calculate the atom-atom radial distribution...

25 January 2021 9,474 3 View

Solving diffusion- reversible chemical reaction equation: How to solve both terms numerically?

I am using finite difference method to discretize the parabolic equation (explicit method), but confused about the chemical reaction term. Solving the generic equation for i specie involves a...

24 January 2021 1,149 18 View

Doubt in DFT geometry preparation?

Hi all, I am trying to perform some ab inito DFT calculations using cp2k code. I have a unit cell of 120 atoms and would like to know how to refine or reduce the number of atoms in the unit cell...

20 January 2021 6,024 3 View

Why it is required to optimize a unit cell generated from cif lattice parameters and atomic coordinates during ab initio solid state calculations?

A cif file represents a unit cell with minimum energy. My question is, in the start of any ab initio calculation for unit cell generated from the cif file, why we are advised to optimize cell...

19 January 2021 9,883 3 View

Is it possible to calculate entalphy of LiBr/H2O or another solution if we know correlation of specific heat without using any software?

Is it possible to calculate entalphy of LiBr/H2O or another solution if we know correlation of specific heat without using any software?

17 January 2021 5,522 3 View

What is the best way to calculate electrical conductivity of semiconductors and the same system with a layer of oxide using Quantum Espresso?

I have tried BoltzTrap, and EPW but I'm not sure whether Boltzmann Transport Equation is a right approach for a complex system (semi cond. + an Oxide layer or even the semiconductor itself). Also...

11 January 2021 4,597 4 View

How to calculate IR and RAMAN spectra form Born charge ?

I am using crystal 17 for my solid state ab initio calculations. For some reason the program is not able to produce the Raman spectra but have generated born charges. Is there any way to produce...

11 January 2021 2,317 2 View