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Everyday physics
Polarised light and the Brewster law
The Physics behind polarised light and its everyday wonders
Technology
The wonders of semiconductors, part 1
An exploration of the atomic world to uncover what makes semiconductors, the foundations of modern technology, so unique.
Quantum physics
Bohr atomic model
By stating the problem with classical physics clearly, Niels Bohr showed us a new way of looking at the micro-world.
History of physics
What was historic scientific peer review like?
The practice from which modern science gains much of its trust is in fact a recent development
History of physics
The discovery of the electron
How J.J. Thomson’s groundbreaking work revolutionised our understanding of matter
Space
LIGO detects gravitational waves
LIGO made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, but what is LIGO, what are gravitational waves and why does this matter?
Editorial
Training artificial neural networks: the 2024 Physics Nobel
For foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks
Editorial
Topological phases and transitions: the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work on topology and we explain exactly what it all means
Space
Why the BICEP2 results are important to physicists, part 2
How physicists use BICEP2, a telescope in the remote South Pole, to study polarisation of CMBR; and how some believe it should be verified first.
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05.31.21
Episode 9
26 min
The edge of the universe
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01.18.21
Episode 8
25 min
Electrons and philosophical questions
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06.06.19
Episode 7
24 min
Superhero physics—the MCU edition
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