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Physics World Stories Podcast

Physics is full of captivating stories, from ongoing endeavours to explain the cosmos to ingenious innovations that shape the world around us. In the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester talk... Read more

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Our universe is humming with gravitational waves

Our universe is humming with gravitational waves

In recent weeks the astrophysics community has been buzzing following the discovery that the universe appears to be fill... Read more

7 Aug 2023

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Moore’s law in peril and the future of computing

Moore’s law in peril and the future of computing

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel who died earlier this year, is famous for forecasting a continuous rise in the den... Read more

4 Jul 2023

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