Institute of Physics

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The Institute of Physics is a scientific membership organisation devoted to increasing the understanding and application of physics. It has an extensive worldwide membership (currently over 34,000) and is a leading communicator of physics with all audiences from specialists through government to the general public.

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    • Play Physics in Perspective: Quantum Magic Tricks - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Physics in Perspective: Quantum Magic Tricks

      Dr Yvette Hancock of the University of York specialises in quantum technology. She helps us become quantum mechanics ourselves while revealing the theory and technology behind future handheld devices. The lecture was filmed at the Royal Institution as part of a series called 'Physics in Perspective'. http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/extra_resources/perspective/page_41717.html

      • Release date
        May 24, 2012
      • Runtime
        48:08
    • Play Quantum Magic Tricks Q&A at the Royal Institution - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Quantum Magic Tricks Q&A at the Royal Institution

      Dr Yvette Hancock of the University of York specialises in quantum technology. She helps us become quantum mechanics ourselves while revealing the theory and technology behind future handheld devices. The lecture was filmed at the Royal Institution as part of a series called 'Physics in Perspective'. http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/extra_resources/perspective/page_41717.html

      • Release date
        May 23, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:02
    • Play Physics in Perspective: Red Hat's Manik Surtani on how advances in computing will change society - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Physics in Perspective: Red Hat's Manik Surtani ...

      Manik Surtani is a senior software engineer at Red Hat Inc. Involved in the creation of open source technology he is well placed to tell students at the Royal Institution about the social impacts of new technologies. The talk includes cloud computing, smart phones and social networks. The talk was part of a lecture series from the Institute of Physics called 'Physics in Perspective: an enrichment course for sixth formers and college students' (www.iop.org/pip)

      • Release date
        May 15, 2012
      • Runtime
        43:46
    • Play Manik Surtani Q&A at the Royal Institution - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Manik Surtani Q&A at the Royal Institution

      Manik Surtani is a senior software engineer at Red Hat Inc. Involved in the creation of open source technology he is well placed to tell students at the Royal Institution about the social impacts of new technologies. The talk includes cloud computing, smart phones and social networks. The talk was part of a lecture series from the Institute of Physics called 'Physics in Perspective: an enrichment course for sixth formers and college students' (www.iop.org/pip)

      • Release date
        May 3, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:26
    • Play Artificial muscles that can camouflage like squid and zebrafish - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Artificial muscles that can camouflage like squi...

      Researchers from the University of Bristol have created artificial muscles that can be transformed at the flick of a switch to mimic the remarkable camouflaging abilities of nature's organisms. Two individual mechanisms are demonstrated in this video based on the colour-changing effects seen in squid and zebrafish. The published version of the paper "Biomimetic chromatophores for camouflage and soft active surfaces" (Bioinspir. Biomim. 7 036009) will be freely available online from 2 May. It w...

      • Release date
        May 3, 2012
      • Runtime
        00:40
    • Play Bioinspired Robojelly fuelled by hydrogen - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Bioinspired Robojelly fuelled by hydrogen

      American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen. The video, provided by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech, shows the potential of the robot as it is powered by electricity. The paper, published in IOP Publishing's journal Smart Materials and Stru...

      • Release date
        Mar 21, 2012
      • Runtime
        00:28
    • Play Air Apparent - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Air Apparent

      Over 50,000 deaths each year in the UK are attributed to air pollution. Physicist, entrepreneur and father Mark Richards is concerned about the environment and in particular what we expose our children to. Dr Mark Richards, Duvas Technologies and Department of Physics, Imperial College, London

      • Release date
        Mar 16, 2012
      • Runtime
        08:33
    • Play Ion Beam Cop - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Ion Beam Cop

      When Melanie Bailey used to sneak biscuits from the cookie jar, she worried about leaving behind clues that might enable her mother to link her to the crime. We meet Melanie some years later in her work as a forensic scientist. Dr Melanie Bailey, Ion Beam Centre, University of Surrey

      • Release date
        Mar 2, 2012
      • Runtime
        07:26
    • Play Written in the Sky - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Written in the Sky

      The northern lights, or aurora borealis, have fascinated people for generations. Some believe these ghostly lights in the night sky are the souls of the dead sending messages to the living. For space plasma physicist Jim Wild, the messages sent by northern lights are vital. They are messages from the sun and we need to listen carefully. Dr Jim Wild, Department of Physics, University of Lancaster

      • Release date
        Mar 2, 2012
      • Runtime
        04:38
    • Play Baths and Quarks - Institute of Physics on Blip Institute of Physics episodes on Blip

      Baths and Quarks

      David Tong spends a lot of time in the bath. For him, this is work. Lying in the bath, he thinks about the problem that he has been working on for five years. It is a problem which has been troubling scientists for 40 years and which has a $1 million prize waiting for whoever is able to solve it. Professor David Tong, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

      • Release date
        Feb 28, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:57
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