On the 22 March, detective sergeant Nick Bailey was discharged from hospital following exposure to Novichok in the Salisbury attack. Sgt Bailey had been seriously ill after responding to the already infamous assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on the 4 march. Speculations on the origin of the attack aside, one question being asked […]
Physics Prize: Weiss, Barish, and Thorne’s gravitational waves Over a billion years ago, two black holes collided. After a long, drawn-out approach in which they gradually orbited each other more and more closely, the two gargantuan bodies crashed. The impact sent ripples through the universe at the speed of light, stretching and squashing spacetime itself […]
Water is a poor conductor of electricity The ability to conduct electricity is defined by a substance’s ability to carry a stream of electrons. In order to do this, there needs to be free moving ions present (i.e atoms or molecules that have a charge). Water can carry a charge because some of its molecules […]
Researchers at The University of Edinburgh are developing solar panels that will be able to purify sewage water across India. Solar energy is a low-cost, simple and highly-accessible method of energy. The Indian Government has structures in place for decontaminating stream and river water, however water access would improve drastically by purifying sewage water. The […]