Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced
We may be a step closer to realizing fusion power, which could provide an almost limitless source of energy. Researchers have announced a new breakthrough in nuclear fusion, which could lead to the development of cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. . Watch our Born to Engineer film...
Myth Busting – Four misconceptions about quantum physics
Quantum mechanics, the theory which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, certainly has the X factor. Unlike many other areas of physics, it is bizarre and counter-intuitive, which makes it dazzling and intriguing. When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser...
How to win a Nobel prize – researchers who defy specialization
It's Nobel prize season. In the next few weeks will the Scandinavian prize will be awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The prizes are famously part of a chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, and awarded to "those who, during the...