Dr Johnson furiously rejected Bishop Berkeley's contention that the world was nothing but a collection of our ideas and impressions and that therefore when you walked out of a room (assuming there was no one else in it) it ceased to exist. "I refute it thus!" Johnson proclaimed, kicking at a stone. Though he started out as a relativist, Albert Einstein was driven into becoming the Dr Johnson of ...

4 Dec 2008

Stephen Hawking has come to be regarded as the greatest mind in Physics since Albert Einstein.

4 Dec 2008

.A new study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has clarified how two major variants of HIV differ in their ability to cause neurologic complications. The finding, published in Journal of Neuroscience, highlights a new target for drugs that could prevent HIV-associated dementia, an incurable and increasingly common complication in people with AIDS.

4 Dec 2008

NASA Opportunities for K-12 Educators: 2009 Einstein Educator Fellowship and 2009 Space Exploration Education Conference

3 Dec 2008

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group , a leader in the quick-casual segment of the restaurant industry operating primarily under the Einstein Bros.® Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels®, and Manhattan Bagel® brands, today announced that it has appointed Jeff O'Neill as chief executive officer and as a director, effective immediately.

3 Dec 2008

In a study in the advance online publication of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life - a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.

3 Dec 2008