physics

News stories have claimed they may have — but is this true?

Bridging the gap between the microscopic snd the macroscopic.

A possible way of resolving the greatest problem of physics.

Find out how an exploding Sun led Einstein to discover one of the most successful theories ever!

Information is supremely powerful, yet it can't be described by traditional physics. Constructor theory provides a potential answer.

Would you like to get away from Earth? Here's how fast you would need to go.

2018 is the centenary of a mathematical result that changed the character of physics.

Atomic clocks are the best time keepers, but need to be kept incredibly cold. Paradoxically, the cooling is achieved by shining light on them.

Resonant electromagnetic waves, created by lightning flashes, circle the Earth. Wim Hordijk explores the maths and shows how you can keep track with these phenomena.

Taking apart the CMB picture using the maths of sound.

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne for their role in the detection of gravitational waves.

  • Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

  • As COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, kicks off we look at how maths can help understand the climate crisis.

  • How do you create dramatic film out of mathematics? We find out with writer and director Timothy Lanzone.

  • Mathematics plays a central role in understanding how infectious diseases spread. This collection of articles looks at some basic concepts in epidemiology to help you understand this fascinating and important field, and set you up for further study.

  • Find out why the formula we use to work out conditional probabilities is true!

  • We talk about a play that explores the fascinating mathematical collaboration between the mathematicians GH Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan.