There are some invisible worlds – worlds that have been disclosed to us only by the technological advances of the last decades. Surprisingly, various species of shrimps where already there!

12 March 2010

Giovanni Volpe, Physics

So many things can actually fit in your pocket: your wallet, your cell-phone, your keys, and… your microscope the size of a United States quarter! This is the scenario that a research group at California Institute of Technology (Caltech, Pasadena, California) envisions.

15 march 2010

Giorgio Volpe, Physics

Recently some scientists have re-proposed the idea that the speed of light, usually indicated as c, might change over time. If this were the case, it would have tremendous implications.

1 March 2010

Giovanni Volpe, Physics

From our first days to our final breath we are immersed in this life filled with sounds and colours. But what are sounds? And what are colours? Phenomena as natural and omnipresent as light and sound are fascinating and share many interesting parallels - and offer the possibility to gain insight about one of the most beautiful and basic concepts in nature: waves.

15 February 2010

Armand Niederberger, Physics