Physics

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)

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

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

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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

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