Weekly Science Picks
Hello everyone. I hope you’ve all had a good week! It’s a balmy Autumn evening
physics
Quantum computing: Australian researchers store data on a single atom!
Computers are everywhere these days. They play us music, tell us when to wake up,
All You Need is a Minute to Learn Physics
Really. Well okay, maybe a little more than a minute. Three minutes tops. Well okay,
The World’s Slowest Experiment
What exactly is a liquid? It’s a seemingly basic question with an answer which may
Weekly Science Picks
At the top of my list this week would have to be the ISS Commander
Postcard from Spitzer: weather on 2M2228 is hot and cloudy
Long distance weather reports are now a commonality. The report for 2MASSJ22282889-431026 is somewhat unusual.
Andromeda and the 13 Dwarfs
Astronomy is quite notorious for being full of things we don’t entirely understand. Sometimes it
Science Weekly Picks
Being responsible for picking the week’s most interesting science stories is a fun and fascinating
Connecting the Quantum Dots
Last week, after I spent a couple of days in Brest, Brittany at a ESF,
Could the next generation of electronics be made with graphene?
While it may look like little more than molecular chicken wire, graphene really is wonderful
Zorbing: Adventures in a Hamster Ball
Zorbing It was a cloudy day, but we headed down the M1 towards the Gold
The Higgs: An Unexpected Boson
The interesting thing about research is that the most interesting results are always the ones
Weekly Science Picks
By now, I think it’s safe to say that if you’re reading this, it means
Turn Back Time
Recall the outrageously cool movie from the 1980s, Back to the Future? Marty McFly and