Watch a beam of light bounce off mirrors in ultra-slow motion
By Leah Crane We have seen the light – as it flies through the air…
Physics
Fabiola Gianotti on why science at CERN has no borders
Straddling the border between Switzerland and France, CERN is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory,…
Brian Greene: The search for meaning in an evolving universe
Brian Greene is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and string theorist. Despite tackling some of…
Why old school technology could shape the future of digital computing
Analogue computers were abandoned half a century ago. But to push past the limits of…
Huge underground lasers measure Earth’s spin with extreme precision
By Leah Crane Lasers reflected by supermirrors sit at the bottom of a cavern in…
Max Tegmark interview: “AI can be the best thing ever for humanity”
Physicist Max Tegmark wants to make artificial intelligence work for everyone. Here he waxes lyrical…
World’s thinnest mirror is made from a single layer of rubidium atoms
By Donna Lu Mirrors like this can now be made from a single layer of…
Odd space circles show we are far from running out of cosmic puzzles
Swinburne Astronomy Productions/CSIRO INEXPLICABLY regular rings of radio waves have been found in space. The…
What does gravity weigh? The surprise answer that reshapes reality
We long assumed particles carrying the force of gravity couldn’t have mass. That’s wrong –…
Newly discovered form of carbon is more resilient than diamond
By Gege Li A computer simulation has found a new form of carbon that is…