It was back in 1928 that Paul Dirac predicted the existence of a strange, new type of matter. He argued that electrons must have an oppositely charged twin, in other words an anti-electron. It took a few years but they were eventually discovered by Carl D. Anderson in 1932 and were given the name ‘positrons’. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apart from various experiments that involved explosions or electrocution there was one that I remember well from my school days in the physics lab. This was Youngs Double Slit experiment where light is shone through two slits : The resultant image shows an interference pattern, thus proving that the light is acting as a wave. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A group of Danish space enthusiasts called ‘Copenhagen Suborbitals’ has just had it’s first successful launch of a rocket that they hope will be taking someone into space one day. The version they launched cost a mere £42,000 to build, although the final version will be ‘beefed up’ to take a person. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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