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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.