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Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
What would happen if the sun were made of bananas? Astronomer Marcus Chown shares his 4 craziest facts about the universe with us.
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Cutting the cord - Wireless electricity
First came cordless phones, then wireless internet. The next step to making our lives truly mobile is getting rid of the tangles of power cables lurking in our homes.
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SODIS - A place in the sun
Clean water is one of the world’s scarcest resources. Could it finally be time to shine for solar disinfection?
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Boobs, Babes and Blood
For the average physicist, you might expect typical study subjects to include atoms or distant galaxies. But the researchers in UCL's medical physics department are far from average.
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Wanted: Your computer's spare time
What are you doing this weekend? How about an afternoon browsing for alien life, then a quick hunt for gravitational waves, followed perhaps by a spot of climate predicting?
CAQs
How does GPS work? What is string theory? Why do earthquakes happen? The answers are all here in our Commonly asked questions.
Food Physics
Have you seen our beer mats and sandwich bags in the pubs and cafes of the North East? Try our interactive quiz here.
Know How Now
Seen our amazing facts posters in Leeds? Find out more about the physics behind them here.
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