Breaking Newton’s third law—a new type of motion
Lily Massey reports on the discovery of “odd elasticity” in sperm cells, a phenomenon that violates Newton’s third fundamental law of physics.
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Science and conscience: Early 20th century physics which led to the ‘destroying of worlds’
Shivi Gupta explores the ethical dilemmas and scientific advancements associated with the Manhattan Project in nuclear physics.
Oppenheimer: The man behind the picture
Lily Massey reviews the new movie “Oppenheimer”, highlighting the complex morality of scientific discovery.
The particle physics of tomorrow: The Future Circular Collider
A new particle accelerator at CERN will allow physicists to investigate theories beyond the Standard Model, reports Jairus Tristan Patoc.
Rosalyn Yalow: Scientist and Individualist
The scientific legacy Rosalyn Yalow is remarkable. Set against the backdrop of a hostile environment, Yalow’s path distinguishes her as one of the extraordinary scientific figures of the last century.
Why diversity matters: an interview with Dr Alex Ramadan
Georgia Shave speaks with Dr Alex Ramadan, a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Oxford Physics department about the impact of including marginalised people in Physics.
How close are we to fusion power?
By Molly Hammond This article was originally published in The Oxford Scientist Michaelmas Term 2021 edition, Change. Nuclear fusion is supposedly ‘always 30 years away’. It was however first theorised about a hundred years ago. What has changed in a century of research—and are we now, really, only 30 years away? In 1920, Arthur Eddington…
Particle Piñatas
How accelerators sweeten up the Standard Model of Particle Physics “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more precise measurement”. This famous quote by Lord Kelvin in 1900 spoke of a perspective shattered almost immediately by a stream of significant discoveries, such as the discovery of the electron…
The Quantum in Cancer
Quantum technologies to treat it; quantum physics to create it? An ambitious agreement: Tokyo, December 13th, 2016 The agreement is signed, five organisations join forces. Equipped with accelerating lasers and deflecting, superconducting magnets, they will develop a Quantum Scalpel. Their ambition is zero cancer deaths, says Toshio Hirano, chief of the National Institutes for Quantum…