Graphene: materials in the flatland
Professor Konstantin Novoselov talks about his Nobel Prize winning discovery graphene, and what the future holds for it in the 2012 Kohn Award Lecture
Neutrinos: not so fast
Faulty wiring appears to be responsible for an apparent violation of the universe’s speed limit observed by scientists in Italy last year. (Extract 2 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 29 February 2012)
Schoolchildren get involved in pollution research
Dr Mark Richards explains how pupils in Brighton are helping Imperial scientists monitor air pollution around their schools.
Emmissions - testing the air
Imperial scientists gather air pollution data with the help of Brighton school children
2012: the year of the Higgs boson?
Last year ended with promising results from the Large Hadron Collider, but Professor Jordan Nash is keeping the champagne on ice. (Extract 1 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 18 January 2012)
Hunt for Higgs boson closes in - Interview with Dr Jonathan Hays
Imperial physicist Dr Jonathan Hays works at the CMS particle detector of the Large Hadron Collider. He discusses the news this week of preliminary new results that point to the existence of the elusive Higgs boson.
Hunt for Higgs boson closes in - Interview with Prof Jerome Gauntlett
Imperial theoretical physicist Professor Jerome Gauntlett discusses the preliminary results from the Large Hadron Collider and how the ongoing search for the Higgs Boson may change following this week's announcement
Extract 3 of 4 Imperial College Podcast 2 November 2011
Imperial physicists explain how the European space missions they're working on will get up close and personal with the Sun, and give us a glimpse of the nascent universe.
Space mission scientists share their cosmic vision - Solar Orbiter
Imperial physicists Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O'Brien show off their prototype kit for the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission and explain why it won't be possible to send a manned mission to the sun just yet
Space mission scientists share their cosmic vision - Euclid
Imperial physicist Professor Steve Warren talks about amazing power of Euclid to capture maps of the sky, and discusses what we can learn about dark matter and the early universe by measuring light with its deep-space camera
Extract 1 of 5 - Imperial College podcast 12 October 2011
Podcast presenter Gareth Mitchell passes the time with particle physicist Professor Jordan Nash and asks what item of clothing he would eat if it turns out neutrinos really travel faster than light
I'm a Scientist
A film about scientists. Professor Stephen Curry interviews six different scientists to find how how they got interested and what drives them in their life and work.
DJ Physics
Martin Archer is a DJ Physicist. By night he's dropping tunes on his evening show on Kiss FM. By day he works at Imperial College London as a PhD Space Plasma Physicist.
CMS - the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN
Professor Tejinder Virdee talks about the CMS experiment currently being conducted at CERN
Can we freeze time? Laser adventures in the realm of the nano-nanosecond
Take a tour of high-speed measurement technology that provides startling insight into the world around us, from electrons to galloping horses. Professor John Tisch delivers his inaugural lecture. Recorded at Imperial College London on 22 July 2011
Extract 2 of 4 from the Imperial College podcast 29 June 2011
In the first of two reports from the Cheltenham Science Festival, Simon Levey speaks to Professor Tejinder Virdee about why the Large Hadron Collider might be considered the greatest scientific achievement of the last 10 years.
Lies, damned lies and tricking the light fantastic
What you learnt in physics wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't the whole truth either. Light can behave in amazing ways with extraordinary consequences. Professor Martin McCall presents his inaugural lecture, held on 2 March 2011.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast March 2008: Sir John Pendry on Metamaterials
Sir John Pendry on metamaterials and the 'perfect lens'.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast May 2008: The Coldest Objects in the Universe
Part one of an interview with David Clements; detecting some of the coldest objects in the universe.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast June 2008: The Physics of the Early Universe
Understanding the physics of the early universe - part two of an interview with David Clements.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast October 2008: The Large Hadron Collider
Professor Jordan Nash, based at CERN, explains what the LHC will tell us about the universe.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast June 2007: Anti-counterfeiting technology
Physicist Russell Cowburn on anti-counterfeiting technology that reads the 'fingerprint' of objects such as paper.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast September 2007: Brian May on Zodiacal Dust
Brian May explains why he swapped his guitar for a telescope to chase zodiacal dust.
Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast September 2007: Tejinder Virdee on the Large Hadron Collider
Tejinder Virdee on what the biggest experiment on Earth can tell us about the building blocks of the universe.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast May 2010: Nuclear Fusion
Michael Coppins on nuclear fusion and the potential of heating plasma to 100m degrees.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast February 2010: Organic Solar Cells
Postgraduate student Jarvist Frost on making more of the Sun's energy by using Organic Solar Cells.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast October 2009: Speeding Up Computers with Light
Stefan Maier on his plans to use photons to make computers work faster.
Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast August 2009: Dark Energy
It could control 70% of the universe, but does it exist? Andrew Jaffe and colleagues debate dark energy.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast July 2009: The Feasibility of Fusion
Brian MacGowan on proving the feasibility of fusion at the National Ignition Facility, California.
Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast January 2009: The Physics of the Earth's Climate
New head of physics Professor Joanna Haigh on the physics of Earth's climate.
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast July 2010: Professor Sir Peter Knight on Quantum Optics
Professor Sir Peter Knight on why the science of quantum optics never stands still.
Perfect lens: Wei Wee discusses his paper published in New Journal of Physics
Perfect lens: Wei Wee discusses his paper published in New Journal of Physics
Extract 5 of 6 from the Imperial College Podcast 30 November 2010
Your life on Mars: Professor Mark Sephton chooses a book, object and companion for a hypothetical trip to Mars
From Einstein's intuition to quantum bits: a new quantum age?
Distinguished CNRS scientist Professor Alain Aspect delivers the 2010 Schrodinger Lecture on qubits.
Solar Influences on Climate
IChemE Lecture on Solar Influences on Climate by Professor Joanna D Haigh
Sir Peter Knight awarded Royal Medal
Leading physicist Sir Peter Knight talks about his career in quantum optics after winning the Royal Society's Royal Medal
Imperial physics professor wins prestigious award
Professor Stefan Maier awarded the Raymond and Beverley Sackler Prize for his work on photonics and plasmonics
Ultrafast Laboratory opens at Imperial
Dr Jasper van Thor, Dr Craig Lincoln and Anne Fitzpatrick talk about the new laboratory, which houses three state-of-the-art lasers, and explain how the technology will help their research
Spinning around: Imperial physicists mimic magnetic monopoles
Dr Will Branford and Dr Sam Ladak from the Department of Physics show us how their new nano-scale honeycomb acts like one pole of a magnet
Imperial research at the interface
Professors Adrian Sutton and Mike Finnis explain how they can predict what happens at the interface between two materials, and why this is a major breakthrough
CMS - the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN
Imperial physics professors Tejinder Virdee and Geoff Hall talk about the aims of the CMS experiment, their first set of results and their future hopes for the research.
Discovering the Quantum Universe: The LHC Project at CERN
A special lecture presentation given by Professor Tejinder Virdee of Imperial College London
Fusion for the future
Professor Steve Rose talks about his research on high energy density physics
Imperial's new Professor of Physics, John Tisch
John Tisch talks about being promoted to Professor at Imperial, and his work on capturing the movements of electrons inside atoms.
Imperial welcomes European leaders in science
RAMIRI symposium held to discuss future of Europe's research facilities
New debating series launched exploring big questions about our universe
Astrophysics group launch new series called 'The Big Questions' starting off with the Big Bang
Planck satellite mission
Imperial's Professor Andrew Jaffe outlines Planck's mission to study relic radiation from the Big Bang.
Herschel space telescope mission
Imperial's Dr Dave Clements describes how Herschel will provide images of some of the coldest objects in the universe
Professor Sir John Pendry discusses controlling electromagnetic fields
Professor Sir John Pendry talks about his highly cited paper, 'Controlling electromagnetic fields' which was published in Science in May 2006.
