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Trebuchet Podcast 9 – Dark Arts with Bobby Acharya

03/09/2020

A podcast for the adventurous and creative...

Researchers Create Early Universe Matter

11/12/2018

Results could help theorists better understand how the universe's original quark gluon plasma cooled over milliseconds, giving birth to the first atoms in existence....

cinema seats by pixabay and Mezenmir 1024

A moment of reflection: Mirrors, science, technology

29/12/2017

Trebuchet is taking a seasonal break until Jan 2nd. In the meantime we've selected some fine moments for you to enjoy...

The Physics of Coffee and How They’ll Fix Oceans

15/12/2017

Layering in cafe lattes yields insights for engineering, medicine and environment...

The Space That Holds the Stars

22/11/2017

Professor Bobby Acharya on the Depth of Dimensions in Physics and Mathematics...

Good News: We Can Terraform Mars. Bad News: It’ll Stink

24/10/2017

A mission to Mars could make its own oxygen thanks to plasma technology ...

Sun in a Box! Storing Light in Soundwaves

19/09/2017

University of Sydney researchers are turning optical data into readable soundwaves...

Trappist-1 by ESON./ Bartmannspaceengine.org

First Glimpse of Water on Trappist-1 Planet Group

01/09/2017

Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets ...

Diamond rain by Greg Stewart SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Twinkle Twinkle: Observing Neptune’s Diamond Rain

24/08/2017

International team of researchers uncovers the inner workings of cosmic ice giants...

The Biology of Colour (and Why There are No Purple Cows)

07/08/2017

Study explores advances and challenges in the field of animal coloration...

Bigger than Huge: Saraswati redefines ‘Massive’

14/07/2017

Indian astrophysicists identify megastructure of galaxies 4 billion light-years away...

Tracking the Ripples in the Cosmic Web

02/05/2017

A team of astronomers has made the first measurements of small-scale ripples in primeval hydrogen gas using rare double quasars...

Rad! The Star On the Brink of a Black Hole

20/03/2017

Star discovered in closest known orbit around black hole ...

Are YOU Nature’s Roundest Thing?

18/11/2016

Max Planck Institute scholars answer the question: what is the roundest thing in the universe?...

It’s All in Your Head: Beer, Foam and Sloshing

23/09/2016

Analysis reveals capillary effects that dampen sloshing...

Dark Matter: New Data on The Real Fifth Element

17/08/2016

UCI physicists confirm possible discovery of fifth force of nature ...

Put the Kettle On, We’re off for a Drive. Efficient Hydrogen Production

17/06/2016

Efficient hydrogen production made easy ...

Dancing Hairs Alert Electric Bumblebees

01/06/2016

Dancing hairs alert bees to floral electric fields ...

Mellow Yellow, Pretty in Pink. The Science of Flower Colour

14/05/2016

With customary Dutch horticultural knowhow, University of Groningen researcher explains the anatomy of flower color ...

It’s Balls, Not Smears. New Experiment Plots Quantum Surrealism

23/02/2016

Scientists succeed at measuring the unmeasurable - demonstrating quantum forces without disturbing them. ...

Why Spiderman Can’t Climb Walls

20/01/2016

There is a size limit to sticky footpads as an evolutionary solution to climbing...

Harmattan Harmonics: Why (and How) the Sand Dune Sings

01/11/2015

Physics of booming and burping sand dunes revealed ...

How do Physicists Play Quantum Billiards?

07/10/2015

How to tune a laser to make atoms attract or repel each other in an exotic state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate...

More Free Energy! Sun-Tracking Small Solar Cells

13/09/2015

Inspired by art, lightweight solar cells track the sun ...

Twisted Theory. Unravelling the Mechanics of Knots

10/09/2015

New model predicts the force required to tie simple knots....

Working those Muscles in Artificial Gravity

08/07/2015

For the first time, we're showing there's a symbiosis when one combines the best aspects of exercise, and the best aspects of artificial gravity. ...

Iron : Supernova Stardust or Bacteria Burps?

27/06/2015

Ancient microbes were respiring iron just like we respire oxygen. It's a hard thing to wrap your head around...

Simulated view of a black hole by Alain Riazuelo of the French National Research Agency, via Wikipedia.

Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

18/06/2015

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

Quantum Couples Go The Distance

22/06/2013

Quantum coupling model demonstrates that it is possible for two particles to cross an energy barrier together, where a single particle could not. ...

The Holographic Principle

16/06/2013

According to holography (the holographic principle of reality), at a fundamental level the universe has one less dimension than we perceive in everyday life and is governed by laws similar to...

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