Taking Maxwell’s equations for a spin
John Clerk Maxwell developed his famous Maxwell Equations whilst working at King’s College London in the late 19th Century. The Maxwell Equations are four equations which link the fundamental behaviour of electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic fields and waves,...
Professor Alex Shluger wins 2020 David Tabor Medal and Prize
Congratulations to Professor Alexander Shluger (UCL Physics & Astronomy and the London Centre for Nanotechnology) who has been awarded 2020 David Tabor Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics, for his seminal and wide-ranging contributions to surface and...
Could local data be the key to controlling and easing lockdown?
Pandemics, such as COVID-19, are usually assumed to spread rapidly within the population. In reality, the population is more heterogeneous with regard to risk, and there will be large variation on the basis of geography, workplace and other key factors. Analysing data...