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Technology
Molecular antennae
Advancements in LED physics show promise for communication systems and medical diagnoses
Everyday physics
Conservation of linear momentum
From billiard balls and bullets to rockets and light, discover how a universal symmetry of nature preserves momentum everywhere.
Quantum physics
Quantum tunneling
A journey into the quantum world, where particles defy walls, probabilities rule, and tunneling powers the stars and life itself.
History of physics
Ampère's law
The law that revealed the hidden link between electricity and magnetism.
Quantum physics
Revisiting Bohr and Einstein, 100 Years On
How a modern MIT experiment answers one of the deepest questions in the Bohr–Einstein debate
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
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?
Space
Why the BICEP2 results are important to physicists, part 1
Has the hunt for primordial B-modes in the far corners of our universe finally given us a proper reason to celebrate?
History of physics
The discovery of the electron
How J.J. Thomson’s groundbreaking work revolutionised our understanding of matter
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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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