Quiz of the week: which star could help astronomers measure the spin of...
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View ArticleQuiz of the week: how are researchers making weather predictions more accurate?
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Abdus Salam: Pakistan’s first (and so far only) Nobel prize-winner
The facts are simple enough. Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for “their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic...
View ArticleWord wave puzzle no.9
Here’s how the game works: Enter a word guess – in this game the word has six letters. After submitting your guess, each letter in the guessed word is coloured to provide feedback: Green: The letter is...
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C V Raman: the physicist with a ‘Himalayan ego’ who went to Stockholm...
Cocksure and confident C V Raman sailed to Stockholm in 1930 convinced he’d win that year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. (Photograph by A Bortzells Tryckeri, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, W...
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Nobel predictions, national firsts and the remarkable story of CV Raman
Next Tuesday the winner(s) of the Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced. To celebrate that most famous of prizes this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast looks at a few fun aspects of past...
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How long did it take for countries to claim a Nobel laureate?
Waiting game Germany was the first nation to win a Nobel Prize in Physics, with Belgium the most recent. Click the image to expand. (Courtesy: Alison Tovey/IOPP) How long did it take for your country...
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Is this the year for a Nobel prize in condensed matter, or maybe particle...
Courtesy: Alison Tovey/IOPP Here at Physics World we have had some luck with predicting who is going to win a Nobel Prize in Physics. One successful strategy is to identify top physicists and just keep...
View ArticleDemon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof
Picture a room where every photon bouncing off a doorbell camera, every acoustic reflection captured by a passing delivery drone, and every drop of ambient thermal noise is fed directly into a Bayesian...
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Did space weather delay a train in 1841?
Back when I used to commute to Physics World’s Bristol, UK offices every day, I heard a lot of excuses explanations for why my train was delayed. Missing crew members. Road vehicles colliding with...
View ArticleQuiz of the week: which site has been rejected for the Thirty Meter Telescope?
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How scientific publishers are fighting back against fraudulent papermills
The dark side of science The demand on researchers to publish has increased the temptation for some scholars to cut corners and take risks to get published. (Courtesy: iStock/Martin Philip) On 17 April...
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Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity...
One does not simply walk into the Trinity test site. Although the radioactivity from the world’s first atomic explosion has mostly dissipated over the past 81 years, the gates to this real-life Mordor...
View ArticleQuiz of the week: how long could a lunar city survive?
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View ArticleBelarusian sculptor unveils artwork honouring US physicist Jim Gates
Belarusian sculptor Pavel Wilimaytis has created a portrait of the theoretical physicist Jim Gates who is based at the University of Maryland and Brown University. Gates is best known for his work on...
View ArticleQuiz of the week: how far ahead can we predict the weather?
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View ArticleWord flower puzzle no. 8
How did you get on? 28 words Warming up nicely 38 words Getting hot, hot, hot 48 words Top dog! Fancy some more? Check out our puzzles page. The post Word flower puzzle no. 8 appeared first on Physics...
View ArticleQuiz of the week: how much data will NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope...
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View ArticleTake this quiz to test your knowledge of science on stage
How did you do? 0–4 Back to stage school 5–9 Wooden performance 10–13 Leading light 14 Darling, you were wonderful Feeling stuck? Check out the feature “Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences...
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Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences but what is the definitive...
As audiences poured out of London’s Old Vic theatre on a crisp night in January, one theatregoer and their companion were overheard chatting about the second law of thermodynamics. “I wish I knew more...
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