Broadband cloak controls water waves in harbours
Researchers show that the principles behind invisibility cloaks can also be used to protect moored boats from ocean waves
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Water bears on the Moon, tricky maths problem, and an atomic tipple
A selection of stories from the quirkier side of physics this week
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Glaciologist Princess Elsa, fluid dynamics of giant bubbles, and the physics of an ‘epic’ baseball pitch
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Ready, set, bake
Rahul Mandal, a metrology researcher, talks about how his scientific thinking helped him become a baker and win The Great British Bake Off in 2018
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The science of baking, making physics more diverse, and the invisibility of length contraction
The August 2019 issue of Physics World is now out in print, digitally and via the app
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Robot tests padel racquets, mountains nearly derailed physics career, the skyscraper that did not blow down
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Quantum tic-tac-toe, Stanley Kubrick and Moon landing fakes, why become a particle theorist?
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Vexillologist ponders the Moon, Jodrell Bank is UNESCO Heritage Site, particle physicist sings the praises of argon
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Why carbon is an amazing material – part one
An introduction to carbon nanostructures and their special properties
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Majority of MIT engineering heads are now women, hand dryers are indeed very loud, what should we say to aliens?
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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