Time Dilation
Abstract The Theory of Special Relativity, developed by Albert Einstein in 1905, was a discovery that redefined physics, and one…
Gaming with AI
From the earliest forms of Mancala invented in Africa 6000 years ago to the board games in Europe that became…
Prime Numbers in Nature: Cyclical Cicadas
To many, the prime numbers are a foreign and useless concept conjured up in the laboratories of decrepit mathematicians, having…
Fukushima’s Nuclear Waste Disposal
In 2011, the shores of Japan were shaken by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that spawned a 14 metre-high tsunami, flooding the…
Meeting our meat
What makes a steak appealing? Is it the crispiness of the outside textures contrasted with the tenderness of the inner…
Turbomachines
1.0. Introduction: On the 25th of August 2020, a Tokyo-based engineering company, SkyDrive Inc., carried out the first ever successful test of a piloted eVTOL (electric vertical…
Food Quality Testing using Spectroscopy
One of the most important factors of success in any industry is the quality of the products you sell. This…
Graphene
Graphene is one of the most exciting developments in material science in the last 50 years. Although originally discovered in…
Interview with Nobel Prize Physicist, Professor John Michael Kosterlitz (1)
Image Credits: Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud We were lucky enough to have an interview with Professor John Michael…