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.
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...
Night owls perform worse
Amrita Ghosh & Arya Mehta explain why all-nighters aren’t wise
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...
Unblinded by greatness
Philippa Skett talks to the researcher who turned the boson data into the discovery
Professor Higgs and the press collide
Felix Science goes along to the launch of the Science Museum’s new exhibition
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.”
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.
Traditional ecological knowledge: the old versus the new
Nika Levikov on just how old customs can bring us up to speed for the future
Diagnosing Down’s Syndrome
Utsav Radia on the new antenatal blood test and its potential to detect the genetic disorder before birth
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
The chaos of colony collapse disorder
Laurence Pope on recent research into the humble honeybee