Prof Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College London, developing and testing “new models and paradigms” at the intersection of gravity, cosmology…
View More Physicist Claudia de Rham: ‘Gravity connects everything, from a person to a planet’Tag: Physics
Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sun
Astronomers have discovered an enormous black hole which formed in the aftermath of an exploding star a mere 2,000 light years from Earth. BH3 is…
View More Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times mass of sunWorld’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
If you zoomed out on the universe, well beyond the level of planets, stars or galaxies, you would eventually see a vast, evenly speckled expanse…
View More World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universePeter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94
Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle known as the Higgs boson, has died. Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel…
View More Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94New 3D cosmic map raises questions over future of universe, scientists say
The biggest ever 3D map of the universe, featuring more than 6m galaxies, has been revealed by scientists who said it raised questions about the…
View More New 3D cosmic map raises questions over future of universe, scientists sayControversial new theory of gravity rules out need for dark matter
Dark matter is supposed to account for 85% of the mass in the universe, according to conventional scientific wisdom. But proponents of a radical new…
View More Controversial new theory of gravity rules out need for dark matterQuantum physics makes small leap with microscopic gravity measurement
Scientists have detected the pull of gravity on the microscopic scale in a feat that lays the groundwork for probing its nature in the mysterious…
View More Quantum physics makes small leap with microscopic gravity measurementCern aims to build €20bn atom-smasher to unlock secrets of universe
Officials at Cern, home to the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, are pressing ahead with plans for a new machine that would be at least…
View More Cern aims to build €20bn atom-smasher to unlock secrets of universePhysicist Bob Coecke: ‘It’s easier to convince kids than adults about quantum mechanics’
Belgian physicist and musician Prof Bob Coecke, 55, wants to teach quantum physics to a mass audience. The paradox-filled theory that describes the microscopic realm…
View More Physicist Bob Coecke: ‘It’s easier to convince kids than adults about quantum mechanics’‘Wobbly spacetime’ may help resolve contradictory physics theories
At the heart of modern physics is a gulf that scientists have spent more than a century trying to bridge. Quantum mechanics gives an apparently…
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