Nuclear Astrophysics – The Synthesis of the Chemical Elements Professor Zsolt Podolyak, University of Surrey Professor Podolyak was born in Romania and obtained his PhD in Hungary. He has worked in Italy and is now based at the University of Surrey, where among other topics teaches Nuclear Astrophysics. He is a Nuclear Physicist, with research […]

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What lies beneath? Predicting the Earth with physics Dr Christina Manning, Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Manning is a Research Officer in Isotope Geochemistry in the Earth Science department at Royal Holloway, University of London. She studied Earth Sciences in the University of East Anglia, including an undergraduate dissertation on magma mixing as a […]

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Semiconductors and Superconductors By Vinooja Thurairethinam 13 V Superconductors As a conductor is cooled, its electrical resistance decreases. The colder the material, the less the atoms in the conductor vibrate and thus there is less resistance to the flow of electrons through it. However, when the temperature is below the critical temperature, the resistance of […]

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