Interviews about Physics

How many licks does it take to eat a lollipop? How many ants would you need to carry a person? Aaron Santos' new...

This week in science history saw, in 1968, the death of Otto Hahn, the German chemist who co-discovered nuclear fission...

It turns out that the jockey's amusing posture has some serious physics behind it. Andrew Spence tells us more...

This Week in Science History saw in 1919, the solar eclipse that proved Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity...

How can we solve the problem of steering articulated trailers independently? Andrew Odhams believes he has the answer.

The European Space Agency has launched the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, or GOCE for short...

This week in 1853 saw the death of Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and father of the Doppler effect - one of the...

You've heard the saying "lies, damned lies and statistics", now Ben Goldacre joins us to talk about how...

After Dave had built a rudimentary telescope from a pair of magnifying lenses, we asked Dr Carolin Crawford for her...

How can nanotechnology tell us about antibiotic resistant bacteria? - With tiny diving boards, of course...

A car which silently repairs scratched paintwork, chipped windscreens or engine faults sounds fantastic, and may not be...

Electricity from fusion could be a great alternative to traditional coal-fired power stations, supplying cheaper,...

The Joint European Torus, or JET, is the biggest fusion experiment in the world right now - but how does it keep fusion...

So what's the next step towards making fusion power a reality? Steve Cowley explains the plans for the...

How could lasers be used to achieve fusion? Kate Lancaster joins us to explain all...

The LHC may be the biggest particle accelerator in the world but how does it work? We spoke to Ben Allanach from the...

What does it take to create something as big as the LHC? Guy Crockford is an engineer in the control room of CERN and...

The beams created by the LHC will be used by scientists from all over the world in their research. Tara Shears from the...

Could an Anaconda be the best way to extract power from waves? Possibly not the snake itself, but it's namesake...

Forensic scientists have announced a major breakthrough in crime detection which could lead to hundreds of cold cases...

Airlines often get a lot of criticism from the green movement for the amount of greenhouse gases they emit. But could...

Mark Peplow joins us once again from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World...

You may have heard of using diamonds to cut glass or harden drill bits, but lasers? Scalpels? Chris Wort joins us from...

Solar panels seem to be turning up on rooftops all over the place, but are they really worth using? You may be...