The Unreliable Fabric of Reality Einstein’s relativity reshaped our view of the universe, showing that space and time shift with motion and gravity. This piece reveals how time slows, lengths change, and simultaneity fades, uncovering the physics behind everyday tech like GPS and why observers never share the same moment. UCL Science Magazine • Physics
Are we alone in space? Scientists suspect Mars was once habitable, but radiation and oxidants erase biological traces. New tests exposing DNA on stones to simulated Martian radiation show that full sequences degrade, yet fragments can survive long enough for taxonomic identification, aiding the search for past life. UCL Science Magazine • Physics
The Interdisciplinary Future of STEM - Academic Seminar at UCL On Monday, March 10th, UCL Science Magazine had the pleasure of hosting a series of academic seminars on ‘Interdisciplinarity in STEM,’ led by UCL lecturers Dr Graeme King and Dr Amy Cottle. A huge thank you to our speakers for their fascinating insights and to our attendees for contributing to UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
How to Train Your Fusion Reactor: Letting Tokamaks Learn Stability Fusion Reactors, while impressively useful for renewable energy production, often run into chaos due to plasma disruption events. A group of scientists tackled this problem using reinforcement learning, letting the reactor learn how to stay stable during operation. By Faraaz Akhtar You may have heard of the notion that we UCL Science Magazine • Physics
Understanding Water: A Deep Dive Using Machine Learning Having struggled to create an accurate functional to describe molecules such as water for years, physicists have now turned their attention to how tools like ML can help with the task. In the process, DM21 is born. By Faraaz Akhtar UCL Science Magazine • Physics
Has He Got A Touch On It? How will the Al Rihla, with its tracking and data recording capabilities, change the modern game? By Ben Crawford. UCL Science Magazine • Physics
