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James Dinneen holds a large hail stone from this year's ICECHIP research

Storm-chasing scientists hunt for the world’s most extreme hail

9 July 2025

As dozens of meteorologists undertake the largest ever study of extreme hail, ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ environment reporter James Dinneen rides into the storm inside a fortified truck called the Hail Hunter


Black hole analogue Inside Silke Weinfurtner's black hole laboratory at the University of Nottingham in the UK

Liquid physics: Inside the lab making black hole analogues on Earth

19 May 2025

Inside Silke Weinfurtner's black hole laboratory, a giant water tank is helping physicists better understand the complexity of the universe


Abstract prism of light references quantum properties

Five physicists discuss the achievements and future of quantum theory

17 April 2025

Five quantum theorists discuss the greatest achievements of quantum mechanics and look forward a future in which experiments might finally answer some of the theory's biggest mysteries


The ytterbium ion trap at the heart of the National Physical Laboratory's optical clock

How optical clocks are redefining time and physics

3 April 2025

Atomic clocks are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the optical clock, which boasts even higher accuracy. Is it time to redefine the second?


VR quantum artwork by Studio Above&Below at Cosmic Titans exhibition

Can art help scientists better understand the quantum universe?

16 March 2025

Cosmic Titans: Art, science and the quantum universe, is an immersive exhibition that offer new understandings that directly contribute to quantum research


Claudia de Rham inside a virtual skydiving experience

Claudia de Rham: In search of the true nature of gravity

28 March 2024

Claudia de Rham has spent much of her life dedicated to unravelling the true nature of gravity, thinking deeply about gravitons, the hypothetical carrier of this enigmatic force


Inside the UKs the Joint European Torus

Future of fusion: How the UK's JET reactor paved the way for ITER

1 March 2024

We visited the UK's fusion tokamak, JET, to see how four decades of experimentation is paving the way for ITER, the next-generation reactor in France


A still from the movie Interstellar, which explores themes of time travel.

5 must-see time travel movies reviewed by a metaphysicist

1 January 2024

From Back to the Future to Tenet and Interstellar, cinema can explore time travel in many imaginative ways. Metaphysicist, Kristie Miller reviews five of her favourites


A bartender makes a cocktail in a bar

Cocktail science: Mix these drinks and learn about fluid dynamics

30 December 2023

Josh Howgego explores four cocktails that demonstrate the weird physics of fluids, and how you can try them at home


Hiroshi Sugimoto: 'I'm borrowing important scientists' experiences'

Hiroshi Sugimoto: 'I'm borrowing important scientists' experiences'

12 October 2023

Hiroshi Sugimoto's retrospective puts the influential photographer's scientific inspiration on show


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