Features
Thought provoking articles from physics.org, putting a different spin on physics.
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Cutting the cord - Wireless electricity
17/11/2009
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.
SODIS - A place in the sun
15/10/2009
Clean water is one of the world’s scarcest resources. Could it finally be time to shine for solar disinfection?
Boobs, Babes and Blood
08/10/2009
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.
Wanted: Your computer's spare time
09/09/2009
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?
HiPER power
24/08/2009
Nuclear fusion, the reaction that burns at the centre of the Sun, could provide safe, carbon free energy and solve the global energy crisis. The catch? Nobody’s quite worked out the finer detail of how to tame fusion reactions here on Earth.
Setting Hearts Aflutter
15/08/2009
Rappers and butterflies agree on at least one point: when you want to deliver a show-stopping performance, the more bling the better.
Shock factor
27/05/2009
It’s orange, squishy, and coming to a snowboard jacket, football or pair of ballet shoes near you very soon - meet d3o™.
Three alternative ways to charge your iPod
09/04/2009
Why bother with power sockets when you could be harnessing the power of hamsters on the run?
Does anyone understand quantum mechanics?
26/03/2009
Watchmen superhero Dr Manhattan harnesses 'quantum powers' to teleport, see both future and past, duplicate himself and more. Does it really take a superhuman to make sense of quantum physics?
The secrets of bee flight
04/03/2009
The current decline in UK bee numbers remains something of a mystery. And it's not the first time that these friendly insects have set scientists a conundrum.
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