Science and SciFi
In computational physics, the devil is often in the scales. This post explores how normalisation—when grounded in sound physical principles—can transform unstable simulations into elegant, interpretable models. From wave equations to diffraction integrals, it’s a practical workflow I’ve relied on for years, now distilled into a new paper and shared for the wider community.
This article by Christian Tomás Schmiegelow first appeared in Physics APS on February 7, 2022. You can see the original here. Two separate teams have demonstrated a way to couple two ions through a metal… Read More »“Tin-Can Telephone” Connects Two Ions – APS Reblog
Now Reading: Sentient by Jackie Higgins After reading a review of this book in the Guardian, I thought it was a good book to add to my list. Jackie Higgins explains how the animal kingdom… Read More »Now Reading: Sentient
June 30th! It has gone quickly and with today being the last day of pride month it seems fitting to mention a very influential scientist that has shaped modern life, contributed to the war effort… Read More »Alan Turing – Pride Month
The Institute of Physics is holding Council Elections and I am proud to announce that I am standing for election as President-Elect. It is an honour to be standing alongside three other candidates, including one… Read More »Standing for IoP Council Elections
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/science/fluorescent-mammal-springhare.html Meet the Newest Member of the Fluorescent Mammal Club The springhare — whose coat glows a patchy pinkish-orange under UV light — joins the platypus and other mammals with this perplexing trait Relates post… Read More »Meet the Newest Member of the Fluorescent Mammal Club
Researchers have produced the most comprehensive platypus genome yet, as well as that of another monotreme, an echidna. — Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/science/platypus-genome-echidna.html
To be creative, you have to think differently, we have a tendency to be labelled strange, crazy, and even insane. The Disordered Mind by Erik R. Kandel.
Bosons — especially photons — have a natural tendency to clump together. In 1987, three physicists conducted a remarkable experiment demonstrating this clustering property, known as the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect. Recently, researchers at ULB’s Centre for… Read More »Quantum interference in time
This is a reblog of an article in ScienceDaily. See the original here. A research team has for the first time experimentally proved a century old quantum theory that relativistic particles can pass through a… Read More »Sci-Advent – Perfect quantum transmission through barrier using sound