Interviews about Physics

We investigate how XUV light in bursts as short as 30 femtoseconds can be used to probe the fundamental properties of...

Incredible as it sounds, over 70% of the energy released when you burn the fuel in your car gets wasted as heat....

Powering space craft is a challenge. Traditional chemical batteries go flat and for deeper space explorations where...

Gravitational lensing is allowing us to detect things we otherwise wouldn't be able to see. Oxford University’s...

How do you run a synchrotron?

The latest discoveries at Diamond...

How to stay safe in a synchrotron...

Who are the engineers and technicians who keep Diamond operating?

How implanting a new chip which contains light sensors and an amplifier could be a treatment for impaired vision for...

The team discuss what they would most like to get under their tree this Christmas...

We explore how African lungfish are providing insight into the evolution of walking, the design of the world's...

If we collect enough data about our behaviour, can we start to make models that can begin to reveal the hidden rules of...

Designer molecules, pitting corrosion and solar cells...

One technique which will probably be familiar with from medicine is sonography or imaging with sound. To find out how...

Now most people will have seen a thermal camera - a special type of camera that can detect the far infrared radiation...

If you've seen a recent 3D film, you'll know that studying polarised light can be really helpful. The Cosmic...

The opening of the World's first spaceport, improving IVF success with genetic screening, New hope for a Malaria...

Could we soon be driving to work powered by algae? Emma Stoye discusses, with three Cambridge scientists, the potential...

In the UK, we throw away over 7 million tonnes of food every year, the majority of which goes to landfill. But thanks...

In this week's news roundup we discuss Chinese Space Stations, the Dead Sea Scrolls going online, using CO2 to...

A roundup of the week's science news including neutrinos moving faster than light, anti-virals from sharks,...

The science of cake baking...

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