Interviews about Physics

Researchers at Rice university have developed a new way to etch structures into stacked piles of graphene, the...

As the internet and our reliance on computers grows, so does the amount of energy that this industry consumes, which...

Sarah Boundy brings us the latest news from the synchrotron...

Physical sciences director Trevor Rayment looks back at Diamond's highlights and developments in 2010...

Whilst driving on motorways or busy roads at night, many of us will have noticed the small beacons of light in the...

Gamma ray flashes seemingly coming from thunderstorms have been a mystery since first being identified in 1994. Now,...

All you need to know about relativity...

Antimatter is usually thought of as being rather mysterious. But in fact, it is much more abundant than you might...

In November 2010, researchers at CERN announced that they had managed to make and trap the antimatter equivalent of...

Meera and Dave explore how PET and MRI scanners can combine to give a better look at what's going on inside us....

Across the developed world we tend to take it for granted that we can simply plug in a kettle or a computer and there’s...

One of the outstanding problems in energy provision is how to store it in such a way that it can be accessed rapidly...

Small-scale turbines that can harness energy locally from winds, tides or rivers can be a valuable asset in bringing...

The Herschel-ATLAS survey has identified a number of galaxies acting as lenses, magnifing distant galaxies and allowing...

Meera and Dave explore the structures that can shape-shift from one shape to another - also known as bistable...

Now, here’s an easy science question: What temperature does water freeze at? Zero degrees, right? Actually, that’s...

This week, we look into the science and engineering of ultrasound, and find out how it can be used to look for tumours...

Astronomers have confirmed the sighting of the most distant galaxy ever recorded. It's light was emitted when the...

When most people hear the word ‘turbulence’ they immediately think of being thrown around inside an airplane and...

A satellite designed to measure the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy may sound like something...

来自布里斯托尔大学的研究人员最近reported on a development in quantum computing that could bring this...

和now it's time for some Pi - not the food but the number. Julia Graham met Professor Robin Wilson to find out a...

Increasingly, governments and energy companies are looking at ways of harvesting wave and tidal energy. But what about...

Embarrassingly for the average Aussie, as a nation, they're amongst the worst emitters of greenhouse gases on a...