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Random surfaces help reveal the secrets of the Universe

Find out how random shapes shed light on one of the hardest problems in physics.

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Tensor networks: Taking the stress out of quantum physics

A new language to talk about quantum physics is making calculations a whole lot easier.

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The force awakens: Quantum collisions

Could there be a fifth force of nature hitherto unknown to science? Find out with physicist Ben Allanach in this episode of Maths on the move.

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Have physicists discovered a fifth force of nature?

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

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Maths in a minute: Statistical mechanics

Bridging the gap between the microscopic snd the macroscopic.

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Understanding information

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

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Maths in a minute: Escape velocity

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

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Emmy Noether and the power of symmetry

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

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Dodging Doppler: Atomic clocks and laser cooling

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

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Citizen science: Schumann resonances

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.

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Cosmic sound

Taking apart the CMB picture using the maths of sound.

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Gravitational waves get Nobel Prize

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.

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Content about “physics”

Random surfaces help reveal the secrets of the Universe

Tensor networks: Taking the stress out of quantum physics

The force awakens: Quantum collisions

Have physicists discovered a fifth force of nature?

Maths in a minute: Statistical mechanics

Understanding information

Maths in a minute: Escape velocity

Emmy Noether and the power of symmetry

Dodging Doppler: Atomic clocks and laser cooling

Citizen science: Schumann resonances

Cosmic sound

Gravitational waves get Nobel Prize