Anna Demming argues that carbon plays a fundamental role in everything from disruptive nanotechnologies to the chemistry of life
Read article: Battle of the elements: what makes carbon King of the Elements?
Physicist and keen tennis player Andria Rogava reveals the secret behind his bizarre tennis-ball pyramids
Read article: Physicist creates remarkable tennis-ball towers, including one made from 46 balls
To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table, Michael Banks explains how helium leads to great discoveries and helps saves lives too
Read article: Battle of the elements: helium’s crucial role in physics
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Read article: The colour of tennis balls, metrology for the whole family, physicists flee from elephant toothpaste
To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table, Hamish Johnston explains how iron improved the humble plough and allowed the Burj Khalifa to touch the sky
Read article: Battle of the elements: iron gave us skyscrapers and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
In a new series to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table, Liz Kalaugher highlights the role that nitrogen plays in life, science … and explosives
Read article: Battle of the elements: nitrogen gives life and takes it away
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Read article: Hawking joke inspires coin collector, Chaos the lion has radiotherapy, how to coil a liquid jet
Physics and Dance explores the evolution of dance, past and present, within a context of ideas that have developed in physics, says Anna Demming
Read article: Coupled practices
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Read article: Apollo 11 user’s manual for sale, the physics of parking your car
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Read article: Physics of rowing, LEGO black-hole telescopes, happy birthday Max Planck
