Scattering has a very general meaning. Any type of collision can be called a scattering. Another example of scattering is the reflection of light on a mirror, in which case the light (more accurately, the photons) is scattered. In the most general...

Scattering is a general physical process whereby some forms of radiation, such as light, sound or moving particles, for example, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by one or more localized non-uniformities in the medium through which it...

Frances Coover's business, Ladies in White, lays to rest cremated remains in forest, mountain or meadow on public lands.With more Americans opting for cremation, Coover knew the business, which she started earlier this year, would fill a need.But after performing the service for her first...

Dwight Smith and his mother made several trips to Ireland over the years, reveling in the beauty of the Killarney lakes in the southwest corner of the country.When Smith's mother died in August, there was no question she would be cremated _ a request she...

Police scuffled on Friday with Muslims protesting Israeli construction outside a disputed Jerusalem holy site, but the scattered clashes were quickly contained and no one was seriously hurt, police said.Fifteen protesters were arrested, police said.Three thousand officers _ triple the ordinary number _ were deployed...

Across the street from the house where Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot and killed 60 years ago Wednesday stands India's National Defense College, an institution that certainly would have troubled the icon of nonviolence.It's not the only thing that would have disturbed Gandhi about today's...