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Mind on matter – Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science
September 14, 2015
Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current work and why we should love our material world You’ve recently published a paper on material stimuli...
Bullet Through Lemon, 1955.
September 11, 2015
This image, taken in 1955, is part of the exhibition Revelations: Experiments in Photography at Media Space, London, open until 13 September 2015 and the National Media Museum, Bradford from...
Highest-energy neutrino ever detected
August 27, 2015
Physicists at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the South Pole, have measured the highest energy neutrinos ever recorded. An international research team led by the University Wisconsin-Madison used...
Planetary rings resolve maths mystery
August 24, 2015
Scientists have discovered that planetary rings such as those orbiting Saturn have a universally similar particle size distribution. By using mathematical models, an international team of scientists led by the...
Rosette Nebula
August 20, 2015
Measuring 50 light years in diameter, the large, round Rosette Nebula is found on the edge of a molecular cloud in the constellation of Monoceros the Unicorn.
Orion Nebula
August 18, 2015
One of the most well-known astronomical objects in our universe is the Orion Nebula and this image depicts the wider region of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that is home...
Universal gravity constant confirmed
August 14, 2015
After a decades-long study of a distant pulsar – pulsating radio star – physicists say they have confirmed that gravity is constant across the Universe. Astronomers led by the National...
Aurora Panorama
August 13, 2015
The vivid green Northern Lights dance above Lyngenfjord, the longest fjord in Troms county in Norway, tracing out the shape of the Earth's magnetic field above the waters.
Hunting whistlers in the bush
August 5, 2015
Deep in the Australian Outback, testbed studies for the Square Kilometer Array have made it possible to survey plasma structures, one of the four fundamental states of matter, in the...
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