All Outputs (24)

Physics and sport: flying balls, perfecting technique, and wellbeing in academia (2024)
Digital Artefact

For sports fans, the next few weeks will bring excitement and drama. The Euro 2024 football (soccer) tournament is under way in Germany and the Copa América is about to kick off in the US. Then at the end of July, the Olympics starts in Paris as athl... Read More about Physics and sport: flying balls, perfecting technique, and wellbeing in academia.

Swift quakes and new podcast music inspired by the fine-structure constant (2024)
Digital Artefact

Whether you’re a Swiftie, a devout metalhead, or a 1980s synth pop aficionado, there is something for every musical taste in this month’s Physics World Stories.

In part one, podcast host Andrew Glester is joined by Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach, a ge... Read More about Swift quakes and new podcast music inspired by the fine-structure constant.

An orchestral trip through the moons of our solar system (2024)
Digital Artefact

This month’s episode of Physics World Stories features an interview with composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg with music from her The Moons Symphony. Her creation takes listeners on an epic journey through the science and stories of the moons of our solar... Read More about An orchestral trip through the moons of our solar system.

Physics for fairness: Tackling global sustainability challenges through science (2023)
Digital Artefact

This year, 2023, marks the half-way point to the 2030 deadline for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent global developments, including conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic, make SDGs such as “Zero Hunger” and “Reduced Inequali... Read More about Physics for fairness: Tackling global sustainability challenges through science.

Acceptance and understanding of artificial intelligence in medical research among orthopaedic surgeons (2023)
Journal Article

The principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM) are the foundation of modern medical practice. Surgeons are familiar with the commonly used statistical techniques to test hypoth-eses, summarize findings, and provide answers within a specified range o... Read More about Acceptance and understanding of artificial intelligence in medical research among orthopaedic surgeons.

Our universe is humming with gravitational waves (2023)
Digital Artefact

In recent weeks the astrophysics community has been buzzing following the discovery that the universe appears to be filled with a background hum of gravitational waves. Using radio telescopes in the Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the US, several... Read More about Our universe is humming with gravitational waves.

Will AI chatbots replace physicists? (2023)
Digital Artefact

When discussing the capabilities of the latest AI chatbots, a physicist may argue: “Okay, they’re impressive at regurgitating texts that sound increasingly human. But we physicists don’t have much to worry about. It will be ages before the bots learn... Read More about Will AI chatbots replace physicists?.

Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics (2023)
Digital Artefact

If you were awarded $3m prize money for your scientific excellence and hard graft, would you give it all away to strangers? That’s what the Northern Irish astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell did in 2018 after winning the Special Breakthrough Pri... Read More about Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics.

How can we make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable? (2023)
Digital Artefact

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are set to play a key role in the transition to a decarbonized world. They are one of the principal energy sources for electric vehicles, grid storage and many consumer electronics. As things stand, however, the way that... Read More about How can we make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable?.

Active listening: Learning through interviewing (2023)
Book Chapter

Active Listening is a concept borrowed from counseling and conflict resolution; it makes for better interviews and better interviewers. Students entering the workplace can effectively use Active Listening in many aspects of their work from science wr... Read More about Active listening: Learning through interviewing.

Finding solace in the stars (2023)
Digital Artefact

A new film Space, Hope and Charity tells the story of Charity Woodrum, an astrophysicist whose childhood dream of working for NASA was nearly derailed by a personal tragedy. Woodrum is now studying for a doctorate in galaxy quenching at the Universit... Read More about Finding solace in the stars.

Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities (2023)
Digital Artefact

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently made history by selecting John McFall – an amputee, Paralympic sprinter and medical scientist – among its latest cohort of astronauts. McFall’s inclusion is part of an ESA parastronaut feasibility project for... Read More about Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities.

Commanding missions, making history (2022)
Journal Article

Andrew Glester reviews Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M Collins with Jonathan H Ward.

Ambassador for the Space Age (2021)
Journal Article

Commercial spaceflight industry professional and science communicator Kellie Gerardi was one of the many who wanted to be part of the nascent Space Age. But with a degree in film studies rather than aerospace engineering, her nontraditional path in t... Read More about Ambassador for the Space Age.

Spicing up your space education with CanSats rockets and hackathons... - the Space Universities Network Recipe Book (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. It now has 60 member... Read More about Spicing up your space education with CanSats rockets and hackathons... - the Space Universities Network Recipe Book.

The imitation game (2019)
Journal Article

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch talks to Andrew Glester about what it's like to play famous scientists

Race to lunar space (2019)
Journal Article

Visitor from another star (2019)
Journal Article

Asteroid, comet, alien ship or something else altogether? Astronomers are still unsure about the true nature of 'Oumuamua – the first confirmed interstellar object to be detected in our solar system – as Andrew Glester finds

Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
Journal Article

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids.