How do we create a digital version of the vellum and clay tablets that successfully preserved information in earlier ages of human history?
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It’s all to do with the triple-fermentation process
Read article: Why foamy heads on Belgium beers last so long
Colin White explains why doing schools outreach put him way outside his comfort zone
Read article: ‘I left the school buzzing and on a high’
The model is 275,000 times smaller than the real Sorbonne Chapel
Read article: Vilnius University physicist creates micron-sized model of the Sorbonne Chapel
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books
Read article: Delving into the scientific mind, astronomy’s happy accidents, lit science experiments at home, the art of NASA: micro reviews of recent books
Mike Follows reviews World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain
Read article: No laughing matter: a comic book about the climate crisis
Physics World editors talk about what’s new in physics
Read article: A Martian aurora, how the universe fades away, Heisenberg on holiday, physics of fake coins
It’s all about geometric frustrations
Read article: The mechanics behind rose petal shapes revealed
Andria Rogava is back with more spectacular structures made from tennis balls
Read article: Tennis-ball towers reach record-breaking heights with 12-storey, 34-ball structure
Physicists to mark 300 years since Isaac Newton’s death with International Year of Classical Physics
Read article: Apple picked as logo for celebration of classical physics in 2027
