Better coffee, easier parking and more: the fascinating physics of daily life
The author of Physics Around the Clock is our podcast guest
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Physicists explain why some fast-moving droplets stick to hydrophobic surfaces
New experiments and calculations could improve aerosol and microfluidic technologies while shedding more light on airborne disease transmission
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The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry
It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique
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‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf expresses concern about the longevity of digital information
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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Why foamy heads on Belgium beers last so long
It’s all to do with the triple-fermentation process
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‘I left the school buzzing and on a high’
Colin White explains why doing schools outreach put him way outside his comfort zone
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Vilnius University physicist creates micron-sized model of the Sorbonne Chapel
The model is 275,000 times smaller than the real Sorbonne Chapel
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Delving into the scientific mind, astronomy’s happy accidents, lit science experiments at home, the art of NASA: micro reviews of recent books
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books
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No laughing matter: a comic book about the climate crisis
Mike Follows reviews World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain
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A Martian aurora, how the universe fades away, Heisenberg on holiday, physics of fake coins
Physics World editors talk about what’s new in physics
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