Archive for the ‘What’s new in physics’ Category
Physics Lives films: Watch four physicists in their working lives
Physics Lives is a four part video series intended to showcase the rich variety of life as a university research physicist. The films demonstrate fascinating aspects of physics, while also making often complex themes accessible to a wider audience. Air Apparent: Mapping air pollutants Dr. Mark Richards investigates a problem that is linked to over [...]
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How advances in computing will change our society
Manik Surtani is a senior software engineer at Red Hat Inc. Involved in the creation of open source technology, he is well placed to tell students at the Royal Institution about the social impacts of new technologies. The talk includes cloud computing, smart phones and social networks. The talk was part of a series from [...]
Most detailed maps yet of Africa’s groundwater
A scattergun approach to borehole drilling in Africa is likely to be unsuccessful. This is the message from a group of UK researchers who have, for the first time, quantified the amount, and potential yield, of groundwater across the whole of Africa. They estimate the total volume of groundwater to be around 0.66 million km3 [...]
Drastic changes needed to curb most potent greenhouse gas
Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 per cent per person by 2050 if we are to meet the most aggressive strategy, set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to reduce one of the most important greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N2O). This is the finding from a [...]
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Today’s physics news: Soyuz astronauts arrive at International Space Station, pulsar heavyweight champ challenges Einstein and more
May 17, 2012 10:05 -
Physics Lives films: Watch four physicists in their working lives
May 17, 2012 10:05 -
Today’s physics news: Geoengineering experiment cancelled amid patent row, Milestone for wi-fi with ‘T-rays’ and more
May 16, 2012 12:05
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