Physics

Physics episodes:

• 02.10.2016

  Author & physicist Dave Clements

  Dr Dave Clements, Senior Lecturer in Imperial's Department of Physics, talks about how his twin passions for astronomical research and science fiction writing complement and interact with each other.

  
• 11.26.2015

  How do we know general relativity is true?

  Listen to Professor Fay Dowker talk Samuel Lickiss through the proofs of general relativity – from eclipses to ripples in spacetime.

  
• 11.25.2015

  What happens if you fall into a black hole?

  Black holes are where we could experience some of the most extreme effects of general relativity. So what happens if you fall into one?

  
• 06.10.2015

  Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) 7 January 2014

  On 7 January 2014, the Sun's surface erupted with an unusually large explosion, called coronal mass ejection (CME), with NOAA releasing a significant false alarm geomagnetic storm at Earth. Credit: Dr Neel Savani / Imperial College London

  
• 11.04.2014

  Quantum theory: it's unreal

  How to construct a better narrative over what really goes on in the subatomic world. Inaugural lecture of Professor Terry Rudolph

  
• 10.06.2014

  An audience with Kibble

  Professor Sir Tom Kibble talks to Imperial alumni about his role in the prediction of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose existence was finally confirmed at CERN in 2012

  
• 07.02.2014

  Looking inside the heart of the sun

  Dr Arthur Turrell explains his Royal Society Summer Science exhibition, which gives a flavour of experiments that aim to recreate the centre of the sun. (Extract 2 of 4, Imperial Podcast 2 July 2014)

  
• 06.02.2014

  The random universe

  Using the oldest light to build the newest theories about the universe. The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Andrew Jaffe

  
• 04.23.2014

  Dark Energy : Dark Matter : Dark Gravity

  Dark energy and dark matter pervade the Universe. Professor Alan Heavens discusses how we find their properties and test whether Einstein's gravity theory works.

  
• 02.04.2014

  Awaking Rosetta

  Chris Carr discusses his involvement in the European Space Agency Rosetta mission, and tells us why it is so important to study comets. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 5 February 2014)

  
• 01.20.2014

  Wake up Rosetta! Chris Carr discusses ESA space mission

  In this audio interview, Gail Wilson speaks to Chris Carr about Rosetta's voyage of discovery and his involvement in this European Space Agency mission.

  
• 01.15.2014

  eLISA mission

  Professor Tim Sumner (Physics) explains how the European Space Agency plans to detect gravitational waves, one of the most elusive phenomena in astronomy. (Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 15 January 2014)

  
• 12.19.2013

  The 2013 Children's Christmas Demonstration Lecture - It IS rocket science

  The 2013 Children's Christmas Demonstration presented by Dr Simon Foster, Outreach Officer, Department of Physics

  
• 10.29.2013

  Higgs glory

  Professors Jerome Gauntlett, Tom Kibble and Tejinder Virdee give their thoughts on the big ideas behind the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Extract 1 of 3 from the Imperial Podcast 30 October 2013)

  
• 07.25.2013

  From geek to glamour via a desert island - how did I get here?

  Dame Athene Donald, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge, gives Imperial's annual Athena Lecture, celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology and medicine.

  
• 06.19.2013

  Mission to Mars

  Dr Simon Foster on how he and other Imperial researchers are plotting to send astronauts to Mars. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 19 June 2013)

  
• 05.13.2013

  The sun and the climate

  Professor Joanna Haigh, Head of the Department of Physics, discusses the effect of the variations of solar forces on the earth's climate at Imperial Festival, 2013.

  
• 05.08.2013

  Tom Kibble: breaking symmetries, breaking ground and the new boson

  Nobel Laureate Professor Steven Weinberg presents a special lecture on particle physics to celebrate Imperial Professor Tom Kibble's 80th birthday.

  
• 04.30.2013

  What is plasma?

  PhD student Arthur Turrell on an unusual state of matter, and what it could do for us. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 1 May 2013)

  
• 04.30.2013

  Women in Space Science

  Scientists from Imperial and Nasa told school students about their exciting careers at an event at the American embassy. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 1 May 2013)

  
• 03.21.2013

  Tom Kibble: breaking symmetries, breaking ground and the new boson

  Nobel Laureate Professor Steven Weinberg presents a special lecture on particle physics to celebrate Imperial Professor Tom Kibble's 80th birthday.

  
• 02.22.2013

  String Ensemble at Imperial Fringe

  Physicists and musicians discuss the science of how string instruments produce sound.

  
• 11.23.2012

  Superstorm in a teacup?

  Professor Jo Haigh discusses whether the immense force of Hurricane Sandy could be a sign of more extreme weather to come.

  
• 11.21.2012

  Imperial's Contribution to Fusion

  Find out what contributions the College has made to research about fusion

  
• 08.21.2012

  Tricks of the light

  Professor Sir John Pendry assesses recent developments in the field of transformation optics – the science behind invisibility cloaks. (Extract 4 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 22 August 2012)

  
• 08.08.2012

  Light squashing physics - Interview with Professor Sir John Pendry about the theory of transformation optics

  Professor Pendry talks about the latest research in transformation optics and how this theory can be used to make better airport security scanners, state-of-the-art microscopes, non-invasive medical scanners and cancer killing devices

  
• 07.18.2012

  Giving accelerators a 'light' push

  Professor Zulfikar Najmudin shows how lasers and plasmas may herald the future for particle accelerators in his inaugural lecture

  
• 07.05.2012

  The LHC project at CERN: exploring physics moments after the Big Bang

  Professor Jim Virdee looks at how the Large Hadron Collider is addressing some of the most fundamental questions about the origin, evolution and composition of our universe.

  
• 07.02.2012

  Spacetime and the quantum: united by history

  In her inaugural lecture Professor Fay Dowker asks how can we realise the full potential of relativity and quantum theory?

  
• 03.22.2012

  Graphene: materials in the flatland

  Professor Konstantin Novoselov talks about his Nobel Prize winning discovery graphene, and what the future holds for it in the 2012 Kohn Award Lecture

  
• 02.28.2012

  Neutrinos: not so fast

  Faulty wiring appears to be responsible for an apparent violation of the universe’s speed limit observed by scientists in Italy last year. (Extract 2 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)

  
• 02.08.2012

  Schoolchildren get involved in pollution research

  Dr Mark Richards explains how pupils in Brighton are helping Imperial scientists monitor air pollution around their schools.

  
• 02.02.2012

  Emmissions - testing the air

  Imperial scientists gather air pollution data with the help of Brighton school children

  
• 01.17.2012

  2012: the year of the Higgs boson?

  Last year ended with promising results from the Large Hadron Collider, but Professor Jordan Nash is keeping the champagne on ice. (Extract 1 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 18 January 2012)

  
• 12.14.2011

  Hunt for Higgs boson closes in - Interview with Prof Jerome Gauntlett

  Imperial theoretical physicist Professor Jerome Gauntlett discusses the preliminary results from the Large Hadron Collider and how the ongoing search for the Higgs Boson may change following this week's announcement

  
• 12.14.2011

  Hunt for Higgs boson closes in - Interview with Dr Jonathan Hays

  Imperial physicist Dr Jonathan Hays works at the CMS particle detector of the Large Hadron Collider. He discusses the news this week of preliminary new results that point to the existence of the elusive Higgs boson.

  
• 11.01.2011

  Extract 3 of 4 Imperial College Podcast 2 November 2011

  Imperial physicists explain how the European space missions they're working on will get up close and personal with the Sun, and give us a glimpse of the nascent universe.

  
• 10.25.2011

  Space mission scientists share their cosmic vision - Euclid

  Imperial physicist Professor Steve Warren talks about amazing power of Euclid to capture maps of the sky, and discusses what we can learn about dark matter and the early universe by measuring light with its deep-space camera

  
• 10.25.2011

  Space mission scientists share their cosmic vision - Solar Orbiter

  Imperial physicists Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O'Brien show off their prototype kit for the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission and explain why it won't be possible to send a manned mission to the sun just yet

  
• 10.13.2011

  Extract 1 of 5 - Imperial College podcast 12 October 2011

  Podcast presenter Gareth Mitchell passes the time with particle physicist Professor Jordan Nash and asks what item of clothing he would eat if it turns out neutrinos really travel faster than light

  
• 09.19.2011

  I'm a Scientist

  A film about scientists. Professor Stephen Curry interviews six different scientists to find how how they got interested and what drives them in their life and work.

  
• 07.21.2011

  DJ Physics

  Martin Archer is a DJ Physicist. By night he's dropping tunes on his evening show on Kiss FM. By day he works at Imperial College London as a PhD Space Plasma Physicist.

  
• 06.29.2011

  Can we freeze time? Laser adventures in the realm of the nano-nanosecond

  Take a tour of high-speed measurement technology that provides startling insight into the world around us, from electrons to galloping horses. Professor John Tisch delivers his inaugural lecture. Recorded at Imperial College London on 22 July 2011

  
• 06.29.2011

  CMS - the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN

  Professor Tejinder Virdee talks about the CMS experiment currently being conducted at CERN

  
• 06.28.2011

  Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College podcast 29 June 2011

  In the first of two reports from the Cheltenham Science Festival, Simon Levey speaks to Professor Tejinder Virdee about why the Large Hadron Collider might be considered the greatest scientific achievement of the last 10 years.

  
• 03.23.2011

  Lies, damned lies and tricking the light fantastic

  What you learnt in physics wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth either. Light can behave in amazing ways with extraordinary consequences. Professor Martin McCall presents his inaugural lecture, held on 2 March 2011.

  
• 02.25.2011

  Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast September 2007: Tejinder Virdee on the Large Hadron Collider

  Tejinder Virdee on what the biggest experiment on Earth can tell us about the building blocks of the universe.

  
• 02.25.2011

  Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast September 2007: Brian May on Zodiacal Dust

  Brian May explains why he swapped his guitar for a telescope to chase zodiacal dust.

  
• 02.25.2011

  Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast June 2007: Anti-counterfeiting technology

  Physicist Russell Cowburn on anti-counterfeiting technology that reads the 'fingerprint' of objects such as paper.

  
• 02.25.2011

  Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast October 2008: The Large Hadron Collider

  Professor Jordan Nash, based at CERN, explains what the LHC will tell us about the universe.