All you need is some marbles, a biscuit tin and Paul McMillan, a Professor of Chemistry at UCL. First broadcast on In Our Time, 28 May 2015.

Niels Bohr's Nobel Lecture on December 11, 1922, titled The Structure of the Atom, is one of the most significant contributions to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics. This ...

Crystallography is the science of analyzing the pattern produced by shining an X-ray beam through a material sample. A powder sample produces a different pattern than solid crystal. One longstanding ...

One longstanding problem has sidelined life-saving drugs, stalled next-generation batteries, and kept archaeologists from identifying the origins of ancient artifacts. For more than 100 years, ...

Try these interactive flashcards based on GCSE physics past papers. By working your way through the flashcards created by experts, you can prepare for your physics exams and make your revision more ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...