Physics

  1. Making Use of Uncertainty: How Quantum Physics is Revolutionising Our Lives

    Making Use of Uncertainty: How Quantum Physics is Revolutionising Our Lives

    On the microscopic scale the universe behaves in a weird and wonderful way quite contrary to our everyday experience. Objects can be in two places at the same time, cats can be both alive and dead, particles can tunnel through barriers, and randomness governs everything.

  2. Is there life out there? (2014)

    Is there life out there? (2014)

    Four years ago the description of the Universe was changed from billions of stars in each of billions of galaxies to billions of planets in each of billions of galaxies. The probability of finding intelligent life out there looks like a certainty and however improbable life is, it looks as if we will find it sooner rather than later. How will it change our world?

  3. How Physics Has Shed Light on the Nature of Time

    How Physics Has Shed Light on the Nature of Time

    Josh Hulks presents a talk on what physics has to teach us about the nature of time.

  4. Is There Life Out There?

    Is There Life Out There?

    Two years ago the description of the Universe was changed from billions of stars in each of billions of galaxies to billions of planets in each of billions of galaxies. The probability of finding intelligent life out there looks like a certainty and however improbable life is, it looks as if we will find it sooner rather than later. How will it change our world?

  5. From Rutherford to the LHC

    From Rutherford to the LHC

    This year we celebrate the centenary of Rutherford's "discovery" of the tiny atomic nucleus at the centre of the atom. Why are scientists are still studying this topic a hundred years on? Professor David Jenkins from the University of York will explore the properties of the atomic nucleus and explain the origin of the chemical elements which make up our physical world.