Frozen rainbows and corkscrew lasers
Professor Ortwin Hess speaks to Keir Little about his research
The invisibility cloak & Metamaterial-enhanced solar cells
Taking a closer look at metamaterials
The magic of metamaterials
Keir Little talks about Harry Potter, US Defense research and the creation of a new frontier of science with Professor Sir John Pendry
Mars MAVEN mission launches
This week the latest US mission to Mars launched successfully; NASA called the launch “flawless”. The rocket carrying the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft left the Earth on Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the site of many previous NASA missions...
Night owls perform worse
Amrita Ghosh & Arya Mehta explain why all-nighters aren’t wise
Synthetic alcohol does this - The end of the hangover?
For those reading this hungover in bed after that “quick pint” on a Thursday evening turned into a free for all, we have good news. It seems that our very own Professor Nutt, previous government advisor and keen advocate of drug legalisation, has finally identified candidate molecules...
Untouchable photons
Photons can often be difficult to measure because as soon as they are, they are gone. Most measurement methods require direct absorption, or are in some other way destructive to the nature of the particle.
Collisions unbound: what is the future for CERN?
Currently, experiments at CERN have halted, giving time for maintenance work and a renovation of its equipment to take place. It is set to continue its experiments in 2015, where the energy intensity of its collisions will be increase from 4 trillion electron-volts to 6.5.
Inside the Collider: a review of the new exhibition
You’re very lucky to see this,” a professor with a bright orange waistcoat and bow tie tells us. “Usually, only scientists are allowed at internal meetings.”
Professor Higgs and the press collide
Felix Science goes along to the launch of the Science Museum’s new exhibition
Unblinded by greatness
Philippa Skett talks to the researcher who turned the boson data into the discovery
Antibody treatment for cancer
There is plenty of on-going research in the field of battling cancer, whether chemically, physically or biologically. A research group from southern California is developing a new strategy on improving the transport of medicine within the patients’ body, by creating antibodies which only activate... There is plenty of on-going research