Everyday science Blog Pumping on a half-pipe: physicists model a skateboarding skill Variable pendulum describes how energy is pumped into the system Read article: Pumping on a half-pipe: physicists model a skateboarding skill
Everyday science Blog Rumours spread like nuclear fission, say physicists Neutrons are rumours and people are uranium isotopes in new model Read article: Rumours spread like nuclear fission, say physicists
Astronomy and space Blog Vera C Rubin Observatory’s secondary mirror successfully installed The Vera C Rubin Observatory will conduct a decade-long survey of the southern hemisphere sky when operational in 2025 Read article: Vera C Rubin Observatory’s secondary mirror successfully installed
Particle and nuclear Blog From new physics to sustainability, particle physics looks to the future Katherine Skipper reports on 2024's International Conference on High Energy Physics in Prague Read article: From new physics to sustainability, particle physics looks to the future
People Blog Physicist Rosemary Fowler honoured 75 years after discovering the kaon particle Fowler left academia during her PhD but has now been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol Read article: Physicist Rosemary Fowler honoured 75 years after discovering the kaon particle
Artificial intelligence Blog The eyes have it: how to spot the difference between a deepfake portrait and a real picture How do you spot a deepfake image of a person? The answer might be to look into their eyes. Read article: The eyes have it: how to spot the difference between a deepfake portrait and a real picture
Earth sciences Blog Why North America has a ‘tornado alley’ and South America doesn’t There’s a scientific reason why Twisters is set in the US Great Plains rather than Argentina, and it has to do with the Gulf of Mexico Read article: Why North America has a ‘tornado alley’ and South America doesn’t
Art and science Blog Aperiodicity: the dance event bringing non-repeating patterns to life Matin Durrani reviews Aperiodic – an art-science performance from South West Dance Theatre Read article: Aperiodicity: the dance event bringing non-repeating patterns to life
Astronomy and space Blog An evening of landscape astrophotography Colin White recounts a trip that took him from a Somerset hilltop to the heart of the Milky Way Read article: An evening of landscape astrophotography
Metrology Blog Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition Rapid progress being made in development of nuclear clock Read article: Second team uses laser to excite thorium-229 nuclear transition