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Painting the universe red
24
MAY
Painting the universe red

Raghda Abdel Khaleq spends a lot of time contemplating the unknown sector of our universe. And not just for her PhD research in nuclear physics. “This painting is part of a dark energy-inspired series,” she says, as she makes another deliberate stroke of the paintbrush on her canvas. “I’m exploring the repulsive energy that is responsible for the universe expanding at an accelerated rate. “I...

Raghda Abdel Khaleq spends a lot of time contemplating the unknown sector of our universe. And not just for her PhD research in nuclear physics. “This...

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Megavolts Episode 5: Star explosions, nuclear waste and a huge periodic table
12
MAY
Megavolts Episode 5: Star explosions, nuclear waste and a huge periodic table

Nuclear physicists deal with not just the 118 elements of the periodic table, but all the isotopes of those elements, which takes the numbers...

Hybrid particles surprise with negative mass
08
MAY
Hybrid particles surprise with negative mass

A surprise observation of negative mass in exciton-polaritons has added yet another dimension of weirdness to these strange light-matter hybrid...

Beautiful nuclides attract positive interactions
04
MAY
Beautiful nuclides attract positive interactions

An innovative interactive chart of nuclear data is attracting thousands of users from around the globe to the Research School of Physics’...

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