Supercomputers have enabled breakthroughs in our ability to tackle a huge array of problems, from detailed studies of protein folding, to the dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
Current research…
When it comes to being "fortunate", context is king.
kaibara87
Some people seem born lucky. Everything they touch turns to gold. Others are dogged by misfortune.
It’s not just people who might be lucky or unlucky – it can be single acts. When the ball hits a post…
We know they're out there, and now we're closer than ever to finding gravity waves.
NASA
Detecting gravity waves is a major goal for astrophysicists.
We know they should be there, but we haven’t found them yet. But today we are one step closer.
By literally squeezing light on a quantum level…
We know how to solve some big problems in physics, we just don't have the power.
elvissa
Welcome to If I had a blank cheque … a series in which leading researchers reveal what they could (and would) do in their discipline if money were no object.
Today we hear from Dr Jonathan Carroll, Postdoctoral…
Have we reached the limit of how small computer hardware can be?
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Ever noticed that computers become outdated remarkably quickly? It’s nice to have increasingly powerful computers available, and very profitable for the computer industry to have a new model available…
We've got the time, if you've got the theory.
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By now we’re used to the idea that the world has four dimensions: three spatial and one temporal. But what if there were a fifth dimension – what would that dimension look like, and how would it relate…
Could this kitty be both dead and alive? Well, erm, you decide …
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Quantum teleportation has been in the news before but last week Japanese and Australian scientists went one better, managing to teleport every physicist’s favourite feline: Schrödinger’s cat.
Before you…
Quantum mechanics (the theory of atoms, quarks and photons) is definitely weird and, thanks to the work I’m doing, it might be getting weirder.
Allow me to throw a quantum spanner in the works.
In the…
